My Appalachian ancestors were quite fond of both sarsparilla vine and
sassafrass tree root-products as an herbal tonic. They were prone to
making teas (more appropriately tisanes) from this for medicinal/comfort
purposes. None that I know of were brewers, though they likely did use
these
It's smack in the gruit tradition:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruit
Don't fall for the capitalists' revisionist narrative around
'commercialization'. Indigenous brewers have been making good beer out of
all sorts of plants for millennia. And don't fall for the Temperance
teatotaller garbage
Given rootbear floats is one of the GOAT hot weather drinks:
How is it that we sat down one day and said: you know this ginger,
spices, sarsaparilla?
what happens when its carbonated, then mixed with very cold
crtystalized dihydrogen monoxide, and decided it was yummy?
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