For example, a 12-ounce serving of Coca-Cola contains 34 grams of caffeine, but the same serving of Barq's root beer -- one of the more popular brands that contain caffeine -- has only 22 grams.
Root beer recipes can be found in cookbooks dating ... An early competitor was Edward Barq, who began bottling his version in 1897. In 1919 the first A&W opened in California, with IBC coming ...