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<p>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 (and other) root extracts to
flavor (mask bad flavors) in the fermented things they ran through
their stills (corn, rye, apple, pear, etc). <br>
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<p>Here is an interesting history of the pharmacy Soda Fountain.</p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/soda-fountains--their-pharmacist-inventors">https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/soda-fountains--their-pharmacist-inventors</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/23/22 6:27 AM, glen ⛧ wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">It's smack in the gruit tradition:
<div dir="auto"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruit"
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<div dir="auto">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 either. Alcohol is only a minor player in the real
story.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 10:36 PM
Gillian Densmore <<a href="mailto:gil.densmore@gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr">Given rootbear floats is one of the GOAT hot
weather drinks:
<div>How is it that we sat down one day and said: you know
this ginger, spices, <span
style="color:rgb(77,81,86);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">s</span>arsaparilla?
what happens when its carbonated, then mixed with very
cold crtystalized dihydrogen monoxide, and decided it was
yummy? </div>
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