But the picture has a silver label – – what does that mean?

That Coca-Cola bought it.

When I was young and in Drum Corps I loved crossing the Mississippi so Barqs would be available. Now I wish I remembered the label.

I never heard of it or saw it until the Barq’s has bite advertising campaign.

I haven't seen any since the can shortage, which sucks.

Holy shit, I thought it was called Bang's. I feel stupid

The "bite" is caffeine since some other brands are decaf.

But I most miss Barq's red cream soda .. better than Big Red

Never learned cursive?

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Oh hey man!

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Mississippi? Missouri? Missigan?

Here is a cursive writing chart. Please notice the differences with N and R as well as G and Q. A lower case n has a swoop that forms into that beginning straight line, an r just immediately begins forming the letter. The g and q have opposite facing tail loops.

Thank you. I grew up in an education system that didn't value reading and writing so I genuinely appreciate it. Hope I can fill my knowledge gaps

I went to some specialty snack store and they had it a few months ago. So it’s still out there

My pleasure. Learning is a lifelong venture. We all have gaps in our knowledge. It's all about how we respond to a learning opportunity that makes all the difference.

Missouri loves company, but this isn't their Mo.

You also missed Missachusetts.

The original Barq’s is still my favorite root beer. It was a dark day when Coca Cola bought it and immediately changed the recipe.

One of the things I liked about it, other than the taste and mouthfeel, was the slogan in all their advertising: “Drink Barq’s, It’s Good.” Coca-Cola changed that, too, perhaps fearful of running afoul of truth-in-advertising laws.

It’s still in just about every store here in South Louisiana. My wife and I love the Barq’s red cream soda

So?

I used to love when Barq's gave away temporary tattoos in their 12 packs.

At my local 5 guys there is a pink Barqs and its cream soda.

Red label all the way (no label, the bottles were painted). Red and Blue did not taste the same.

TIL that shit is Barqs and not Bargs.

Guess I was bound to take a few Ls when I intentionally unlearned cursive because I find it pretentious and inconvenient.

What do you mean "Barq's has bite?"

TIL that barqs was actually barqs and not bangs

Barq's Root Beer is nasty.

I always read it that way when I was younger.

Barq's is the superior mainstream root beer. that smooth, smoother bite.

TIL²

Growing up (in south MS) they offered Red Crème Soda (pink label) and Vanilla Crème Soda (gold label) versions. They were sweet as all get out, but as a kid I loved them.

Hands down the best root beer brand out of all of them. Everything else sucks by comparison. Mug and A&W can't hold a candle to barqs

The little building where it was created in Biloxi is still standing. It’s what you drink when you get a po boy.

A&W right from the fountain in them frosty mugs is pretty dang good but you are correct — Barq’s is the king

What do you mean Barq’s has bite?

Never learned cursive writing?

100% truth. I grew up around the Mississippi coast in the 80s, and that version of Barq's was amazing. My dad had one of the older Coke machines at his business, the kind that had the 12 oz glass bottles in it. The drinks were so cold, and the ice cold Barq's was so good. People think I'm just imagining it, but I swear Coke changed the formula after they bought it, and it isn't as good as it used to be.

Yes. Ice cold Barq's in the glass bottle and a shrimp poboy is heaven.

Amen, brother. This is one of my most favorite meals and favorite childhood memory. There was a local seafood shop that I would ride my bike to and buy the shrimp poboy and barqs with my allowance. So so good.

But why are some of the letters a different color?

Those are the vowels.

Em eye ess ess eye pee pee eye

Nice! Where did you march?

Yea it’s weird - some of the natural fancy root beers like Maine root or IBC are really good. But frankly I find I really like barqs. Like…the modern one which TIL is owned by Coca Cola. I don’t think I’m old enough or grew up in the right area to know the old recipe. There’s just a certain crispness to it that Makes mug or A&W seem slightly flat to me.

Dude holy shit yes. I remember when barqs first seemed to show up in New England area…and in assuming that might be when Coca Cola grabbed them. Probably early-mid 90s maybe? Totally remember the tattoos and the caffeine. Made it seem a little edgy as a tween.

Oh, they absolutely changed it. It’s indistinguishable from any generic root beer now. I assume part of the difference is that original Barq’s used cane sugar (that’s an assumption, too, but given where it was made I imagine that cane sugar was the cheap sweetener,) whereas the first change Coca Cooa would have made on Day 1 was to substitute high fructose corn syrup in what had just become a nation-wide product.

I can’t even drink Coke anymore, it’s just harsh and nasty, or I couldn’t until I discovered that you can buy Mexican Coca-Cola in glass bottles by the case at Home Depot. They still make it with cane sugar in Mexico, and it is a different kind of soda entirely.

Once upon a time, there was also Hires

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Is there a chart that explains those?

A chart that explains vowels? I'm sure you could use a search engine to have a vowel explained. They are a required part of many languages that use this alphabet.

Barqs is gross

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I knew it, I was never around it enough though to actually process the fact that is was barqs. lmao

Never heard of it unfortunately

Blue label is still on the shelf in NOLA, slightly creamier with more sassafras. Found it tonight after I read this