Published Aug. 27, 2012
Randy Sprecher, who opened Sprecher Brewery in 1985, started making soda in 1988 because so many adults brought their kids on the brewery tour. Today, soda makes up a large portion of sales, thanks to the popular root beer flavor, as well as seasonal flavors like the recently-released blueberry.
Published Feb. 3, 2009
My husband and I are probably not the first to mix up this drink, but we like to think we invented the cocktail we lovingly refer to as "the root beer float."
Published June 25, 2008
Milwaukee will always be Brew City, and now it's also "Root Beer City" as The New York Times hails Milwaukee's own root beer as the best in the county.
Published June 13, 2002
In 1920, Louis Patmont opened a spring water bottling company at the source of a spring in St. Francis. He named the business Black Bear, and today it is most famous for its flavored sodas, which have grown into a beloved hometown tradition.
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