Burly Beverages Real Deal Root Beer Soda Syrup
Burly Beverages Real Deal Root Beer Soda Syrup is root beer the way it was originally made — from real roots, barks, twigs, and leaves, with no chemical preservatives, food dyes, extracts, or refined sugars. The 16 fl oz (473mL) bottle makes 16–20 craft sodas or up to 32 cocktails, and it is available to order online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.
- Size: 16 fl oz (473mL)
- Recipe: made from all the roots, barks, twigs, and leaves a real root beer should be made from (brand copy)
- Made in: Sacramento, California — small-batch craft syrups
- Free from: chemical preservatives, food dyes, extracts, and refined sugars
- Yield: one bottle makes 16–20 sodas or up to 32 cocktails (brand claim)
Back When Soda Was a Tonic
Burly Beverages frames its root beer as a throwback to the era when sodas were sold as tonics and elixirs — botanical, bracing, and made from real ingredients rather than flavor systems. The Sacramento, California company, founded in 2015 by Gabriel Aiello, builds its syrups from whole spices, real herbs, and locally sourced produce sweetened with unrefined cane sugars, and its sodas carry Slow Food certification. Explore the rest of the Burly Beverages line or shop all mixers.
Tasting Notes
Deep, earthy, and botanical — the roots-and-barks character of old-fashioned root beer with a warm spice backbone, rounded by unrefined sweetness. It tastes like a tonic-shop elixir rather than a candy-sweet fountain soda.
How to Enjoy
Stir into chilled seltzer for a classic craft root beer, or get creative: the brand suggests using it to sweeten coffee, oatmeal, and plain yogurt, and in baking, homemade whipped cream, and marinades. It also plays well with spirits and herbal, savory, or spiced bitters for grown-up root beer cocktails.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is root beer traditionally made from?Historically, root beer was brewed from roots, barks, and herbs. Burly's version returns to that idea: real roots, barks, twigs, and leaves with no extracts or artificial flavoring.
Can you bake or cook with root beer syrup?Yes — the brand suggests it in baking, homemade whipped cream, marinades, and even stirred into coffee, oatmeal, or yogurt as a natural sweetener.
What's the difference between craft root beer syrup and store-bought root beer?Craft syrup is built from real botanicals and unrefined sugars with no preservatives, dyes, or extracts; most mass-market root beer is a flavored syrup of artificial ingredients. The result is deeper, earthier, and less candy-sweet.
How many sodas does a 16oz bottle make?Per the brand, one 16oz bottle makes 16–20 sodas or up to 32 cocktails.
Root beer like it used to be — add Burly Real Deal Root Beer Syrup to your cart at Del Mesa Liquor.