Beer, as with wine, is typically thought of as a "downer" -- since all alcohol is a depressant and has a sedative effect on us. If you're watching your caffeine intake or simply don't want to risk ...

While root beer is ubiquitous across the country, birch beer is the favored fizzy drink in Pennsylvania. You can think of birch beer as root beer's dad. The name comes from its central ingredient ...

Birch beer is the outlier here, because it’s actually not a root-based soda at all. Instead, it’s made from the sap and bark of birch trees, particularly sweet birch.