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over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Root beer used to be commonly mildly alcoholic (.5-1%). We made traditional root beer in my AP bio class in high school, and weren’t allowed to drink it because of the alcohol

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Damn, how they gonna have you make a consumable product in class and not even allow you to taste it?

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    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The teacher was pretty cool, so I feel like she would have let us try it, but I’ve never met a science teacher who doesn’t have a viscerally negative reaction to the idea of eating something made in a lab. Honestly, the alcohol was probably an excuse

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fair enough, teacher basically covering her own ass. Still, it couldn’t be any more alcohol than a sip of cough syrup just to taste it…

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• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s how they make Jagermeister

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Huh, really? Cuz I like root beer every now and then, but I absolutely hate Jager!

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    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I promise you they both taste the same if you’re not a yank! 😂

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      • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Also not a yank but I can definitely tell the difference IMO

        Root beer tastes like medicine, Jaeger tastes like if Coca-Cola made an aniseed & mint version and you drank the syrup straight

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• simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I guess you could add root beer to fermenting grain, but the end result probably won’t taste like what you expect it too.

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