Root beer

An American sweet carbonated dark drink with a sassafras, vanilla and spice taste for drinking and floats.

Root beer is an American sweet carbonated soft drink of a dark colour with a taste of sassafras root (or substitutes), vanilla, anise, liquorice, cinnamon and spices, with a creamy-spiced character. It is drunk chilled, made into a root beer float with vanilla ice cream, and used in marinades for ribs and pork, in glazes and jelly.