Not Your Father’s Root Beer

We’ll just say this: Don’t let kids get their hands on your pack of Not Your Father’s Root Beer. While beer normally tastes like, well, beer, Not Your Father’s Root Beer, an ale from Illinois’s Small Town Brewery, tastes just like root beer. Just like root beer. We can’t stress that enough. While not new—they’ve been brewing it for a couple of years—thanks to demand, the brew is rolling out into new markets as we speak. The standard version clocks in at 5.9% ABV, while two other renditions, which, to be fair, taste a bit boozier, come in at 10.7% and 19.5%. While 5.9% isn’t all that strong for a beer, it’s crazy strong for a root beer. This one’s dangerous.