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Monday, January 6, 2014

Grandpa's Root Beer

Several months ago I found a bottle in a Loveland Fleamarket with the label,

Grandpa's Own Special Formula Root Beer

It has a paper label with a cork in the top and I assumed it was someone's home brew.  Then last Saturday we decided to drive up to Ault Colorado and check out the antique stores there.  There are 4 of them in this small town.  I was both surprised and very pleased to find a crock jug with the same brand on it.


I did a bit of research and found that there really is a company in St. Joseph, MO that bottles and sells Root Beer and Cream Soda. I have now added them to my list of places I want to go and visit.  I love this little crock. It probably only holds about 24 ozs.

I paid about $4.00 for the bottle and $15.00 for the crock.

1 comment:

  1. It was probably 1999, and i was just 8-9 at the time. This guy on the bottle was at the local county Fair (westfair) in council bluffs Iowa. He was selling his root beer and it was like 3 bucks a bottle. I bought one and it was the smoothest root beer you'll ever have. The gentleman looked just like the man on the bottle.

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