Soft Drinks
Birch Beer
United States
A sweet, carbonated soft drink flavored with birch bark or birch oil, similar to root beer but brighter.
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What it is
A closer look at Birch Beer.
A sweet, carbonated soft drink flavored with birch bark or birch oil, similar to root beer but brighter.
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Pour should foam like root beer with a wintergreen-tinged, woody flavor; caffeine-free and best over crushed ice.
Where it belongs
Origins and
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