{"id":710,"date":"2005-08-17T23:31:17","date_gmt":"2005-08-18T02:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=710"},"modified":"2005-08-17T23:34:29","modified_gmt":"2005-08-18T02:34:29","slug":"rootbeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=710","title":{"rendered":"Rootbeer"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>alking about Caffeine<\/a>: one of the things my dad apparently enjoyed was A&W’s rootbeer<\/a>. No joke. As far as I can remember, I haven’t seen it around over in Europe, which is logical since it has always been associated here with A&W<\/a>, which is an all-American franchise. Or restaurant, that is how they call it over here (I can hear the European jokes alright already).\n<\/p>\n

Recently the Canadian<\/a> part of the company (about A&W<\/a>) has gone on the ‘retro-50’s tour’, something you’ve most likely noticed on the amounts of ads on the Tele-Vision<\/em>. With much success, I’d say. While I don’t mind eating a Papa Burger so once in a while, I’ve always wondered what the amount of sugar was of a glass of rootbeer. Probably a lot.\n<\/p>\n

As for my Dutch siblings<\/em> overseas: the closest that comes to rootbeer is ‘dropwater’. Which is something you’d be able to find in your nearest pharmacy (see aisle ‘cough drinks’). Don’t thank me. I wouldn’t want to wish you a bad cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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