During a recent adventure into my grandmother’s basement, I discovered this wonderful artifact from a time long ago. It is a chug-a-jug of old-school root beer. This thing must be 30+ years old, maybe even 50+. Who knows what that liquid in the bottle is at this point, having sat for so long. I do apologize for the crudeness of the photo, I was just too lazy to get my good camera, I just snapped this with my cellphone. Anyway, I am holding a bet for anyone who dares drink this substance. I will pay you $20.00 to take a swig. It should be stated that bagaki.com and bagaki enterprises are not liable if you get sick or die. It is unknown what is in this container, and you are 100% responsible should you decide to drink from it.
May 26, 2006 at 09:39
old root beer was traditionally made with sassafras root (thats where the ‘root’ comes from) and yeast was added to ferment the beverage (where the beer part comes from) to give just enough carbonation before yielding any alcohol. So now root beer is no longer made with Sassafras because safrole a compound in sassafras root is a carcinogen. Add to this the possiblity of yeast being present causing fermentation over 30-50 years would probably yield a potent alcoholic/cancerous concoction. I would have to demand $25 to drink this.