Root Beer is an American soft drink
It is a soft drink based on vanilla extracts, liquorice, sassafras, nutmeg, anise and other plant species. It is a sweet soft drink and many children drink it to be tough, you do just as if you drink beer (bear), it tastes totally different. It has a rather specific taste that is not comparable to anything.
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