Old Dominion Root Beer

[chazwicke]

Does anyone know if they sell this in sixtels?

[MeridianFC]

Good question. I may be making this up but I thought it was a half barrel only proposition but that can't be right can it?

The OD root beer is by far my favorite. When it comes to soda my trinity is:

1. Blenheims Ginger Ale (Hot)
2. OD Root Beer
3. Boylan's Sugar Cane Cola

[Derekt2]

Originally posted by MeridianFC
Good question. I may be making this up but I thought it was a half barrel only proposition but that can't be right can it?

The OD root beer is by far my favorite. When it comes to soda my trinity is:

1. Blenheims Ginger Ale (Hot)
2. OD Root Beer
3. Boylan's Sugar Cane Cola

Call the pub but I likewise think it's 1/2s.

[chazwicke]

I've had some responses on DC beer that they do indeed put it in sixtels but I think it has to be ordered in advance.

[newportstorm]

Unrelated....veering off topic....

Was browsing the OD website and came across this:
"We adhere to the old German Purity Laws that were written in Bavaria during the Middle Ages and use only pure water, barley and barley malt, and yeast in our beer."

Stuff like this is misleading, if not an outright lie. Take a look at the OD beer lineup and you'll see they use wheat & honey, at minimum, in some of their beers - I'll assume their neglect of hops was a typo. I enjoy Old Dominion's beers but ease up on the "Purity Laws".

Back to your root beer hunt.

[Derekt2]

Originally posted by newportstorm
Unrelated....veering off topic....

Was browsing the OD website and came across this:
"We adhere to the old German Purity Laws that were written in Bavaria during the Middle Ages and use only pure water, barley and barley malt, and yeast in our beer."

Stuff like this is misleading, if not an outright lie. Take a look at the OD beer lineup and you'll see they use wheat & honey, at minimum, in some of their beers - I'll assume their neglect of hops was a typo. I enjoy Old Dominion's beers but ease up on the "Purity Laws".

Back to your root beer hunt.

That's funny b/c the law mentions hops but not yeast which had not yet been isolated or understood at that time. My .02 -- it's not meant to be misleading, it's just poorly written.

[HogieWan]

also, the purity law allows the use of "malt" not only barley malt. i.e., malted wheat is allowable, hence the hefeweisen

[newportstorm]

As far as the Reinheitsgebot language, I've read here (http://www.beerchurch.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1887) and elsewhere, that barley, not malt, was specified.

Anywho...maybe OD wasn't intentionally trying to mislead their customers, but the statement is, nevertheless, misleading. They're far from the only brewers guilty of statements like this - Jim Koch's bogus Beer Drinker's Bill of Rights comes to mind. If a brewery can't stand on the merits of its flavorful beer, they're doing something wrong. More and more beer lovers are becoming educated and looking for innovative, flavorful craft beer. Let's not insult them with half-truths.

Cheers!

[MeridianFC]

There's been a lot back and forth on the Rheinheitsgebot as it relatest to modern brewing ( check out http://www.xs4all.nl/~patto1ro/reinheit.htm ), but I understand why some brewers would cotton to it. It's to let the consumer know what the product they're imbibing is made of. I'd prefer they just list all ingredients.

I don't think OD were out to intentionally mislead the consumer, it's obviously the specialty beers that contain the non RHG ingredients, as far as I've been told and seen all the "normal" OD beers are all malt.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by MeridianFC
I'd prefer they just list all ingredients.

I don't think OD were out to intentionally mislead the consumer, it's obviously the specialty beers that contain the non RHG ingredients, as far as I've been told and seen all the "normal" OD beers are all malt.


I'd like to see brewers list all ingredients and the alcohol content as well as bottling dates.

Old Dominion was among the first to put a legible bottling dates on their beers. In fact I think they have since the very beginning.