Boozy Root Beer Is About to Be Huge

With a winning recipe, Pabst is making a national push
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Pumpkins, peaches, and chocolate. Eventually, beermakers were going to get back to roots.

Hard root beer–think A&W with alcohol–is coming to a head this summer, as craft breweries look for a competitive edge and drinkers develop a taste for sweeter swill.