That's what I'd think Ed, it's my preferred drink over Coke/Pepsi but no one I know will drink it. They go as far to say that it's disgusting and they don't know how I drink it? Weirdos. More for us.
They sell A&W root beer in American Candy stores here, I paid the princely sum of £1.49 for a can of it today ( coke sized can) and it was worth every penny. They also serve it in Ed's Diner's.
Can't say I've ever even seen Root beer, let alone tried it.