SC - Root Beer

[Craig Jones.]

>> BTW, could someone please clear up for me what is meant in the 
>> States by "root beer"?  I have rather taken it to mean "sasparilla" 
>> while my Lady contends that it is "ginger beer".  Given that it was 
>> on a suggested list of possibles for taking to a pot luck, I have a 
>> nasty feeling that she is right.
>> 
>> Gwynydd of Culloden, Ynys Fawr, Lochac, Kingdom of the West 

The American "Root Beer" softdrinks especially A&W taste almost identical to the soft drink here we call sarsparilla.

Besides, ask for a Root Beer in some rough Aussie Pubs and I shudder to imagine what you might recieve :)~

Naughty Drake.