birch beer

Tree-flavored pop

Birch beer is a carbonated soft drink flavored with birch bark or birch sap, popular in the northeastern United States.

It resembles root beer but has a distinctive wintergreen-like taste.

The color varies from clear to red to brown depending on the recipe: We stopped at a roadside stand for birch beer.

beverage

sarsaparilla

Root-flavored soft drink

pop · draft · fountain drink · float · refreshment · brew · tonic · spritzer · ginger ale · cola

flavor

wintergreen

Aromatic evergreen herb

earthy · aromatic · herbal · vanilla · anise · licorice · sassafras · tangy · medicinal · distinctive

traditional

Pennsylvania Dutch

German-descended American subculture

homemade · artisanal · heritage · regional · craft · small-batch · handcrafted · nostalgic · Appalachian · farmhouse

carbonated

fizz

Bubbly hissing sound

carbonation · fizzy · seltzer · aerated · frothy · bubbly · spritz · head · foam · tingle

ingredients

yeast

Fermenting fungus

  • sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
  • molassesSyrup from cane processing
  • extractConcentrated derived substance

honey · spices · fermentation · maple syrup · botanicals

Categories
Opposites
soft drink flavor profile

birch beercola

Caffeinated carbonated beverage

Coca-Cola · Pepsi · ginger ale · Sprite · orange soda

Family

beer, birch, birched, birchbark, birchwood, birching, silver birch, paper birch, yellow birch

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G