Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Shell Game on January 14, 2021, 06:37:23 pm
I, for one, do not miss Aristophanes one bit.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Antivehicular on January 14, 2021, 07:12:17 pm
One day, I want to enjoy anything as much as that one dude enjoyed that bottle of Teddy's he put in the freezer for an hour.
I think I'm okay with never tasting anything that's "tasty like a carnival," though. Hot buttered chimps!
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: EYE OF ZA on January 14, 2021, 11:54:24 pm
I love Toast's 'dramatic consumer complaint' voice
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: positive stress on January 15, 2021, 02:10:06 am
this is the exact kind of horseshit I would have gotten into when I was 15. Fuck yeah guys you're all so cool
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Dr. Buttplug on January 15, 2021, 09:39:00 am
Oh, I have opinions on root beer. I was surprised their was no mention of Sprecher root beer. I'd guess that that means the site is as old as it looks.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Puppy Time on January 15, 2021, 11:27:53 am
Night Owl is so worried about people spending their hard-earned cash on trying new root beers but like... OK I am not a root beer connoisseur, but I am pretty sure that you're not going to get into double digits on trying one, right?
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: blunge on January 15, 2021, 11:37:54 am
I think its also hilarious that root beer is artificial because they banned the sassifras root for being a carcinogen. That makes it faker than ginger beer.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Tipsy Almond on January 15, 2021, 01:22:10 pm
I had some nicer root beer a few years back; can't remember if it was a brand mentioned in the episode. Tasted dang good, but it was prohibitively expensive for a 6 pack. Like.... 10 bucks or some ridiculous shit.
I'm continually amazed at the pettiness of the internet. ._.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Sauce on January 15, 2021, 02:29:13 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/AzqC9Ud.jpg)
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: KingKalamari on January 15, 2021, 03:23:40 pm
I am entirely in favor of an entire episode done in cowboy voice, mostly so I can flood the comment section with Primus gifs...
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Antivehicular on January 15, 2021, 03:53:26 pm
I am entirely in favor of an entire episode done in cowboy voice, mostly so I can flood the comment section with Primus gifs... KingKalamari, January 15, 2021, 03:23:40 pm
I'm disappointed I don't live in the universe where the Jelqing Cowboys episode is already real, tbh
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Achilles' Heelies on January 15, 2021, 04:03:57 pm
I am entirely in favor of an entire episode done in cowboy voice, mostly so I can flood the comment section with Primus gifs... KingKalamari, January 15, 2021, 03:23:40 pm
I'm disappointed I don't live in the universe where the Jelqing Cowboys episode is already real, tbh Antivehicular, January 15, 2021, 03:53:26 pm
Get a longer little doggie, pardner
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: EYE OF ZA on January 16, 2021, 11:35:17 pm
knyteowl did nothing wrong
(https://i.imgur.com/nQqyo5Xl.jpg)
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: A Meat on January 17, 2021, 05:11:51 pm
I think its also hilarious that root beer is artificial because they banned the sassifras root for being a carcinogen. That makes it faker than ginger beer. blunge, January 15, 2021, 11:37:54 am
Sassafras being a carcinogen and perhaps more importantly, containing a chemical that's a precursor to MDMA
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: adrenochrome dome on January 19, 2021, 08:25:44 am
Anne Rice's Review with the Root Beer.
(I know I'm reaching.)
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Shell Game on January 19, 2021, 09:32:25 am
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Sydney Opera Mouse on January 20, 2021, 10:20:12 pm
Literally joined to say I love this episode.
I was late to the party - only listened yesterday. Australia Day is less than a week away and listening to my home state of Queensland being mentioned in an episode and super common Bundy drinks being discussed with such fervour was the best early Aussie Day celebration ever.
Also loved the pronunciation of Queensland. I pronounce it American for shits and giggles all the time now.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: GirlKisser420 on January 21, 2021, 01:08:05 am
bundabergs probably the only good thing to come out of queensland. Not bundaberg rum, that stuffs shit
have a welcome to ballpit from this victorian
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Sydney Opera Mouse on January 21, 2021, 01:35:57 am
bundabergs probably the only good thing to come out of queensland. Not bundaberg rum, that stuffs shit
Not Bundy the city either, let's be honest it's a bit of a shithole. The ginger beer I will fight for, root beers review style.
Thanks for the welcome btw - Victoria is lovely and on the topic of pronunciation I never get sick of hearing Americans say "Melbourne".
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Lemon on January 21, 2021, 04:53:14 pm
bundabergs probably the only good thing to come out of queensland. Not bundaberg rum, that stuffs shit GirlKisser420, January 21, 2021, 01:08:05 am
I won a bottle of Bundaberg rum the one time I was in Australia.
I opened the bottle, took a swig, and then just left it in the hotel room, cause I knew I never needed to drink that again.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Sydney Opera Mouse on January 22, 2021, 01:18:44 am
Out of curiosity I decided to look up Bundaberg on Wikipedia to see if they're known for anything internationally other than shit rum (and root beer among fringe populations apparently).
All I learnt was Prince Charles has terrible taste in rum:
On the 6th of April 2018 , Prince Charles visited Bundaberg Rum Distillery[46] He stated, “I'm thrilled that this Distillery's proving to be the one that produces some of the most famous and special of all rums around the world.
Although he did call it 'special', and that's one way to put it.
Also that Bundaberg is known as the "dole capital of Australia" (dole being social security payments) due to low employment.
And I need to stop flooding this discussion with Bundaberg facts sorry.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Oats on January 22, 2021, 11:37:05 am
Out of curiosity I decided to look up Bundaberg on Wikipedia to see if they're known for anything internationally other than shit rum (and root beer among fringe populations apparently).
All I learnt was Prince Charles has terrible taste in rum:
On the 6th of April 2018 , Prince Charles visited Bundaberg Rum Distillery[46] He stated, “I'm thrilled that this Distillery's proving to be the one that produces some of the most famous and special of all rums around the world.
Although he did call it 'special', and that's one way to put it.
Also that Bundaberg is known as the "dole capital of Australia" (dole being social security payments) due to low employment.
And I need to stop flooding this discussion with Bundaberg facts sorry. Sydney Opera Mouse, January 22, 2021, 01:18:44 am
Crosspost all this to rootbeerreview
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: dractivisionary on January 22, 2021, 07:57:25 pm
Now, this is the discourse I live for, people arguing over the most trivial bullshit but pretending it's the most important thing ever. To be honest, food discourse is the best form of discourse. It allows people to get angry and argue but like, it's not about people's rights or if x group should be allowed to live, it's just, root beer.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Glitterbomber on January 22, 2021, 08:40:12 pm
yea food discourse owns, so many people getting deeply angry about something that doesn't actually matter. I don't need to hear Knight Owl's opinions about trans rights because I have some fuckin feelings about where those lands, but boy do I want another full episode of him telling every single person who says 'yea this was nice but a bit pricy for root beer, a special treat for sure' the deep financial breakdown of his favorite root beers.
Also I need to just hear more root beer names, those own.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Antivehicular on January 22, 2021, 09:18:57 pm
Between KnyteOwl on this episode and the dude going in-depth on water-gun stocking patterns in the water-wars episode, I am kind of getting into nerds doing bizarre myopic economic deep dives on their hobbies of choice. It really scratches that itch of "incredibly specifix nerding out about nothing that could possibly ever matter."
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Sydney Opera Mouse on January 23, 2021, 01:19:19 am
yea food discourse owns, so many people getting deeply angry about something that doesn't actually matter. I don't need to hear Knight Owl's opinions about trans rights because I have some fuckin feelings about where those lands, but boy do I want another full episode of him telling every single person who says 'yea this was nice but a bit pricy for root beer, a special treat for sure' the deep financial breakdown of his favorite root beers.
If you get Sprecher in your area this is a very good variant. It's refreshing, has that nice bite regular Sprecher has, but adds a sweet maple flavor to the finish. Also they used real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup in this one, which is a plus.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Tenerence on July 13, 2021, 07:55:39 am
Haven't come on here in literal years, but you know what? That guy at the beginning knew what's up. Barq's is pretty damn good! Also, a caffeinated root beer, which several of those guys seemed to think didn't exist.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Macho Masc Sangy Savage on July 18, 2021, 02:40:06 pm
I have not been able to look at a single can of bottle of root beer the same since this episode.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: 1234GO! on July 18, 2021, 07:08:31 pm
I have not been able to look at a single can of bottle of root beer the same since this episode. Guy Ferrari, July 18, 2021, 02:40:06 pm
Same, since listening to this episode I have bought Virgil's three times. It was $0.99 per bottle at Trader Joes.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Adam Bozarth on July 19, 2021, 02:11:55 pm
I have not been able to look at a single can of bottle of root beer the same since this episode. Guy Ferrari, July 18, 2021, 02:40:06 pm
I had the unique pleasure of spotting and angrily pointing out the bottles of Virgil's on sale at Cost Plus World Market.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: ikaribattousai on July 21, 2021, 12:37:32 pm
Definitely the first episode that made me actually want to engage with the topic of the episode. Not in an arguing about it online way, but in a "you know what? A nice root beer doesn't sound that bad right now, actually," way.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: 1234GO! on August 02, 2021, 10:12:53 pm
Barqs, with bonus soviet ephemera
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Hoffgod on February 20, 2022, 11:09:42 am
The site is gone! Rootbeerreview.com is down and listed for sale. I can only assume this means Aristophanes was finally defeated by KnyteOwl.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Salubrious Rex on February 20, 2022, 05:43:30 pm
The site is gone! Rootbeerreview.com is down and listed for sale. I can only assume this means Aristophanes was finally defeated by KnyteOwl. Hoffgod, February 20, 2022, 11:09:42 am
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Muffinator on February 23, 2022, 08:35:34 pm
I went back and listened to the episode and somehow the first time I glossed over how they all think Bundaberg is a pretentious microbrew and they're making fun of how hip it is
Don't get me wrong, I love a bundy, but that shit is Aussie ... ?RC Cola? I don't know the US well enough to hit a precise equivalent, but it's stuff you buy from the gas station.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: thelizzerd on February 23, 2022, 09:45:34 pm
I went back and listened to the episode and somehow the first time I glossed over how they all think Bundaberg is a pretentious microbrew and they're making fun of how hip it is
Don't get me wrong, I love a bundy, but that shit is Aussie ... ?RC Cola? I don't know the US well enough to hit a precise equivalent, but it's stuff you buy from the gas station. Muffinator, February 23, 2022, 08:35:34 pm
I think the equivalent would probably be Barq's or A&W depending on what part of the country you're in. I think a lot of things get hype in the US just because they're imported and not due to how good they are. Another good example of this is those Hello Panda cookie/biscuits that are Japanese. I know people like obsessed with them, but they're not that exciting.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Dr. Buttplug on February 24, 2022, 09:13:17 am
Whatya talkin' about, it's got that high falutin ring pull top and calligraphic logotype, it's gotta be fancy. And it's got a bottle like a Redstripe, the fanciest of beers.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: EYE OF ZA on February 25, 2022, 05:37:04 pm
You also need to remember that, to Americans, any soda with cane sugar in it is fancy. A soda that doesn't have corn syrup in it, what a special treat! I've seen special 'real sugar' variants of big name sodas in stores here, and they'll also sell Mexican versions of the standard Coke/Pepsi mainstays (and Jarritos, another Mexican brand) because the bottling plants in Mexico don't use corn syrup, so they're ~fancy~.
They kind of are, too. The difference between corn syrup soda and sugar soda is mostly a texture thing. Being syrup,, corn syrup is a bit more thick and goopy, so sodas with cane sugar taste a bit lighter and snappier.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Great Joe on February 26, 2022, 04:06:50 am
You also need to remember that, to Americans, any soda with cane sugar in it is fancy. A soda that doesn't have corn syrup in it, what a special treat! I've seen special 'real sugar' variants of big name sodas in stores here, and they'll also sell Mexican versions of the standard Coke/Pepsi mainstays (and Jarritos, another Mexican brand) because the bottling plants in Mexico don't use corn syrup, so they're ~fancy~.
They kind of are, too. The difference between corn syrup soda and sugar soda is mostly a texture thing. Being syrup,, corn syrup is a bit more thick and goopy, so sodas with cane sugar taste a bit lighter and snappier. EYE OF ZA, February 25, 2022, 05:37:04 pm
and corn syrup Pepsi is fucking disgusting.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Dr. Buttplug on February 28, 2022, 10:09:12 am
Pepsi is gross under all circumstances. I got some WBC root beer from the dollar store and it was really really gross.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Great Joe on March 02, 2022, 05:33:56 pm
Pepsi is gross under all circumstances. I got some WBC root beer from the dollar store and it was really really gross. Dr. Buttplug, February 28, 2022, 10:09:12 am
Real sugar Pepsi is inoffensive, but real sugar RC Cola definitely beats it.
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Skeeps on March 08, 2022, 04:38:24 pm
Pouring one out in honour of rootbeerreview.com
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Tenerence on March 21, 2022, 04:21:38 am
Knyte Owl has fallen silent after a mutually destructive war with Aristophanes. A power vacuum is created. Out of the rubble, one reaches for the throne. https://twitter.com/SuperUltra64/status/1505643698910121991?t=Sg1QxsamQoyU4QV3W6XgDg&s=19 (https://twitter.com/SuperUltra64/status/1505643698910121991?t=Sg1QxsamQoyU4QV3W6XgDg&s=19)
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Antivehicular on March 21, 2022, 03:53:36 pm
Knyte Owl has fallen silent after a mutually destructive war with Aristophanes. A power vacuum is created. Out of the rubble, one reaches for the throne. https://twitter.com/SuperUltra64/status/1505643698910121991?t=Sg1QxsamQoyU4QV3W6XgDg&s=19 (https://twitter.com/SuperUltra64/status/1505643698910121991?t=Sg1QxsamQoyU4QV3W6XgDg&s=19) Tenerence, March 21, 2022, 04:21:38 am
The foam really does go straight to your brain!
Title: 342: Root Beer Advocates
Post by: Dr. Buttplug on April 15, 2022, 02:39:19 pm
Tumblr video (https://weirdness-is-good.tumblr.com/post/681478685996515328)