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AllaN01Bear

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1. howdi

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 05:06 PM

Jan 25

when my late mom was alive she told me that when she was little , her dad ( my grandfather) and an uncle made rootbeer. in the middle of the night she kept hearing machine gun sounds . tthe next day she and my aunt were told " you can have all the rootbeer u want" .

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When I was a kid my mom made homemade root beer [View all] Figarosmom Jan 25 OP

howdi AllaN01Bear Jan 25 #1

Yeah😊 that was the sound, popping. Nt Figarosmom Jan 25 #2

I've made pine soda. VGNonly Jan 26 #3

Sounds good Figarosmom Jan 26 #4

Lots of Vitamin C, VGNonly Jan 26 #5

back in the '50s my daad bottled beer and root beer rurallib Jan 27 #6

I'd cry too Figarosmom Jan 27 #7