IBC Root Beer

IBC Root Beer is an American brand of root beer now owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. It was originally owned by IBC until it went out of business.

Independent Breweries Company

Company type	Private
Industry	Beverage
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Defunct	Unknown
Fate	closed, IBC name sold
Successor	Northwestern Bottling Company
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri
Key people	Griesedieck family
Products	IBC Root Beer

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 (1980–1986) Dr Pepper/Seven Up (1986–1995) Cadbury Schweppes (1995–2008) Dr Pepper Snapple Group (2008–2018) Keurig Dr Pepper (2018–present)
Origin	1919 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Variants	IBC Diet Root Beer
Website	www.ibcrootbeer.com

Independent Breweries Company

The Independent Breweries Company is a defunct 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]

Flavors

Current

In 2020:^[3]

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

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