Root Beer Cocktail
Every once in a while I get a hankering for some old fashioned root beer. In fact, I had just such a desire since I wrote the post on Root Beer Brewpubs. Finally this weekend I quenched my thirst. It wasn’t a fresh brewed batch of my own but Saranac’s offering. And although I truly love root beer all on its own, I did add a little something extra.
Try out this recipe next time you’re in the mood for sweet throw-back. Its taste is reminiscent of vanilla cake frosting. Seriously.
Root Beer Cocktail
2 oz vanilla vodka
Root beer
Maraschino cherry, for garnish
Fill a pint glass with ice. Add vanilla vodka. Pour root beer in to the top and stir. Drop in your cherry and you’ve got an updated, adultified (yep, that’s a made up word) soda fountain favorite.
Cheers!
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August 10th, 2009 at 11:57 am
I was at coles on Wednesday night and heard of a root beer cocktail. Different recipe though. They used Root Beer Vodka and 7-up. Didn’t taste it myself, but it seems like it would taste along the same lines as this.
But I do like Root Beer types of cocktails. I don’t know what it is about Root Beer, but I could probably drink a gallon of it a day and that not be enough. I love Root Beer with my fav. whiskey. Yummy!
August 10th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
M - hmmm, root beer and whiskey? you know I love whiskey, so I’ll have to give it a shot. Here’s another I’ll be trying soon - root beer and Jagermeister… I have a feeling it’ll be fantastic, especially for those who wouldn’t want something as sweet as my root beer and vanilla vodka creation.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:49 am
M- so I tried the root beer cocktail version you commented about, with the root beer vodka and 7-up (I would suggest ginger ale, though). It was definitely tasty. Tasted more like regular root beer than the drink I made up on Sunday… high octane regular root beer, that is!
For those who don’t like drinks too sweet, I definitely recommend it over the root beer/vanilla vodka creation. Both are quite delicious though.
December 11th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Well, I have Root Beet with Whiskey all the time. The aroma from the root beer combined with the woody and flowery tastes from whiskey make it one of the best drinks in the world.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Sanjay - thanks for passing along! I prefer whiskey (really, bourbon) to any other liquor, so I’ll have to give this a try.