IBC Root Beer

Independent Breweries Company
private
Industry Beverage
Fate closed, IBC name sold
Successor Northwestern Bottling Company
Founded 1919
Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri
Key people
 Griesedieck family
Products IBC Root Beer
Website www.ibcrootbeer.com Edit this on Wikidata
IBC Root Beer
Type Soft Drink
Manufacturer Independent Breweries Company (1919–?)
Northwestern Bottling Company
National Bottling Company (1930s–1976)
Taylor Beverages (1976–1980)
Seven-Up Company (1980–)
Dr Pepper/Seven Up
Cadbury Schweppes (?–2008)
Keurig Dr Pepper (2008–present)
Country of origin 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Variants IBC Diet Root Beer

The Independent Breweries Company was a syndicate founded in St. Louis, Missouri, by the combination of Griesediecks'[1] National Brewery,[2] Columbia (Alpen Brau), the Gast brewery in Baden, A.B.C.,[1] and Wagner Brewing Company.[2] This combination was ill fated due to high overhead with too many executives and low profits forcing IBC into receivership. The IBC Root Beer was the main survivor of the syndicate.[1]

Root beer

IBC Root Beer was founded in 1919 by the Griesedieck family as the Independent Breweries Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Root beer found a market as a legal beverage during the era of Prohibition. The Independent Breweries Company closed, but the trademark was purchased by the Kranzberg family, which operated the Northwestern Bottling Company. In the late 1930s, it was sold to the National Bottling Company, owned by the Shucart family. Popularity and distribution declined after World War II.

In 1976, the IBC trademark was sold to Taylor Beverages, which was then sold to the Seven-Up Company in 1980. After Dr Pepper and 7 Up merged in 1986, distribution of IBC spread across the United States. Dr Pepper/Seven Up was acquired by Cadbury Schweppes in 1995.

IBC was subsequently organized within the Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages unit of Cadbury Schweppes, before being spun off into Keurig Dr Pepper in 2008.

In July 2016, IBC reformulated its beverages, using cane sugar in place of high-fructose corn syrup. The bottles are now distributed in four-bottle packs (instead of the original six), and no longer have the IBC logo formed into the bottle itself, but rather printed on a plain brown bottle. This change has also resulted in increase in average price per bottle.

Flavors

Current

In 2018:[3]

  • IBC Root Beer
  • IBC Diet Root Beer
  • IBC Cream Soda
  • IBC Black Cherry
  • IBC Cherry Limeade

Former

  • IBC Tangerine Cream Soda
  • IBC Cherry Cola
  • IBC Strawberries and Cream
  • IBC Berries and Cream
  • IBC Birch Beer
  • IBC Peach Cream Soda

See also

  • Fitz's, another St. Louis root beer

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Griesedieck Bros. History". Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Company. Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-06-20. Edited, from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, by Steve DeBellis
  2. 1 2 Donald Roussin; Kevin Kious (May–June 1999). "Wagner Brewing Company: Bringing Beer and Baseball to Granite City, Ill". American Breweriana Journal. American Breweriana Association (May–June 1999). Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  3. ↑ http://www.ibcrootbeer.com
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