Best Substitutes for Root beer
Out of Root beer? Here are the best alternatives that work in cocktail recipes.
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Original Ingredient
Root beer
Other
Sweet, herbal nose with sassafras, wintergreen, vanilla, and warm spice. Palate is boldly sweet with complex root extract flavor and effervescent carbonation. Long, nostalgic, candy-like finish.
Recommended Substitutes
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Dr. Pepper
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Sarsaparilla
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Coca-Cola
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
General Substitution Tips
- → Match the alcohol level: a 40% spirit needs a similarly strong replacement or adjust volume.
- → For liqueurs, dilute spirits + simple syrup can replicate sweetness and proof.
- → Citrus substitutions: lemon and lime are mostly interchangeable at a 1:1 ratio.
- → For bitters, Angostura is the most neutral substitute for most other aromatic bitters.