Where to buy Root Beer

Anyone still moaning that McDonald's stopped selling root beer years ago should consider ordering online or there are a number of American sweet shops on some high streets that stock mass-produced root beer brands like A & W. There are also some restaurants, supermarkets and independents out there that can help your root beer addiction. It can be an expensive taste due to the products being imported from the USA. Below I will continue to list any root beer stockists by retail category (at the moment the majority are based in Brighton, my hometown):

Department Stores

• Selfridges and Co. - just one root beer sold - Boylans 355ml at £2.55

Independent shops

• Cyber Candy (in Birmingham, Brighton, Camden, Covent Garden, Islington and Shoreditch)
  
• Hardys Sweetshop (in London: Covent Garden, St. Pauls and Greenwich; outside London: Bath, Cambridge, Canterbury, Oxford and Windsor) - only A&W stocked
• Sugar Rush Sweets (in Banbury and Carterton, Oxfordshire) - stocking A&W, Barqs, MUG and IBC

Online specialists

• American Fizz - based in Bournemouth but online they sell A&W, Barqs, Faygo, Goose Island and IBC in different sizes
• American Soda - 8 different brands at a fair price.
• Beers of Europe - Just one product - Dominion Root beer 
• CandyHero - Cans of Day's, Barq's, A & W and bottles of Stewart's. 
• Cyber Candy Bottled Root Beers - 54 products available
• GoodnessDirect.co.uk - only one product 
• Just Root Beer - only stocks one brand - Dad's Root Beer, minimum order of 24 cans
• Septimus Spyder Soft Drinks - one 1 product but a Medieval Brewhouse!
• Sweet Deals - based in Doncaster they stock cans of Mug and A & W 
• Sweets from the USA - MUG and A & W 330ml cans for £1.00 each
• The Stateside Candy Co. AmericanSweets.co.uk - wide range of different drinks including 5 root beer products
• USFoodz - wide range of USA soft drinks but only A&W and Barq's stocked at £1.20 a can
• USASweetShop.com - A & W, Barq's, Dad's and Bundaberg but only in bulk (6 and 12 packs)

Restaurants

• Bubbledogs - A champagne and hot dog restaurant - Dominion root beer
• Byron - A&W root beer (with the option to add a float at 50p) £2.95. 
• Dominion stockist list - including their alcoholic beers
• Ed's Easy Diner - only A&W stocked
• JBs American Diner (Brighton) - only A&W stocked 
• Meat Liquor (Brighton) - order the Brown Cow, a root beer float or ask for it without the ice cream
• Rock Ola Cafe - great 1950s inspired cafe in Brighton
• Shake Shack, Covent Garden  - Abita at £4.50 a bottle, 1 root beer float and 1 Creamsicle

Supermarkets

• Ocado (Waitrose's online shop) - 2 different root beers available
• Asda - 1 product stocked - Carters in packs of 6 cans and Jeremiah Weed 
• Wing Yip - 1 product stocked - A & W at just 84p a 330ml can (in Croydon, Birmingham, Cricklewood and Manchester)
• Tesco - depending on locality and size of store - Boylan and A & W spotted