Comments on: I Need Root Beer

Question: I Need Root Beer

BradNelson — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:41:16 -0800

Where can I find root beer in London?

I'm living in Berkshire (with easy access to London) and am in desperate need of root beer. Where can I find some?

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:45:41 -0800

Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges all have Root Beer. The House of Fraser on Bond Street used to sell it. You might also try The Texas Embassy, close to Covent Garden. It's a restaurant, but they are renowned for their re-heated burritos and other American classics.

You could also try to order a root beer-making kit from Amazon and be the hit of every party in London by serving your own brew.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:57:49 -0800

Root beer in the UK.

By: rokusan

rokusan — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:27:37 -0800

Bonus: the Selfridges house brand is actually good.

By: heh3d

heh3d — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:53:29 -0800

Its also worth checking the off-licenses in your area. When I lived in London, I freaked out when I found a place with a whole display case full of Snapple. I hadn't had Lemonade (American style) in like 6 months before that.

By: buggzzee23

buggzzee23 — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:56:20 -0800

I hadn't had Lemonade (American style) in like 6 months before that. posted by heh3d

How does the rest of the world make lemonade?

By: afx237vi

afx237vi — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:27:30 -0800

If you ask for lemonade in a British pub or restaurant, you'll most likely get a can of 7-UP (or Sprite, which tastes exactly the same).

By: divka

divka — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:30:08 -0800

Sainsbury's has root beer, you can even buy it from them online and have it delivered.

My boyfriend says it taste not-so-great, though. Perhaps it should be the last option. Although, he says you can also get pretzels at Sainsbury's at Christmastime--for what that's worth.

By: featherboa

featherboa — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:40:18 -0800

Cybercandy in Covent Garden for your authentic American sugar fix, or order online. In my youth you could get root beer in UK McDonalds - which is where I picked up my taste for it - but sadly no more.

Also, American lemonade is actually made with lemons and is closer to what we Brits call cloudy lemonade, but less fizzy; or, indeed, lemon Snapple.

By: featherboa

featherboa — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:45:00 -0800

Actually, on posting, ignore what I said about lemonade, afx237vi has it.

By: brujita

brujita — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:17:50 -0800

Lemon squash UK=lemonade US.

By: randomination

randomination — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:23:25 -0800

I always thought what you call root beer was what we call Dandelion & Burdock, so you could try looking for that.

I don't actually like either of them, so my tastebuds might be unreliable, though.

By: quiet

quiet — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:08:01 -0800

Lucky Seven or Bodeans?

By: divka

divka — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:33:08 -0800

Dandelion and Burdock isn't the same thing as root beer, I'm afraid. Entirely different taste, and not always an American-pleasing taste at that :)

By: Kreiger

Kreiger — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:30:50 -0800

You might try the 'Autralia/NZ/Canada/Various Other Colonies Shop' on Maiden Lane, right around the corner from Cybercandy in Covent Garden.

By: roofus

roofus — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:52:17 -0800

Costco in Reading is closer to Berkshire than Central London, and stocks Root Beer intermittently. It doesn't taste great though. I buy my root beer cheap, by the case, from Oriental City in Hendon.