From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.

Answering those questions that make you go.

Moment of um um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Anna Weggle.

Um.

Hey, welcome to the soda shop, you. What can I get you?

Ooh, good question. I want something refreshing. Hmm. And sort of bubbly. Hmm. But not too bubbly. I see, I see. Well, how's about a good old-fashioned rip beer? Would you believe I've never had rip beer before? How could you not? I just don't even know what it tastes like.

Well, it tastes like the first pitch thrown at your favorite team's ball game, right as the sun is highest in the sky and the breezes as warm as bathwater.

Hmm, I'm not really a sports fan.

Okay, okay, okay.

Well, then, it tastes like the last dance at the sock hop, and Jimmy finally asked you to dance after stealing glances your way all night,

and at long last the anticipation is over as you shake your saddle shoes to the rock and beat.

I mean, I'm really more of a solo dancer. A solo dancer, I see. Well, what about kicking your shoes off and walking through the grass on the first warm day of spring?

It's been a long winter and your little toosies are ready to seize the day.

I'm allergic to grass.

Ah, well, I don't know what to tell you.

It's sweet. It's good. Here, try a sip.

Wow, that is really good.

An oddly hard to describe.

My name is Theo from Baffle, Washington.

My question is, what is the flavor of a root beer?

It's likely called root beer because one of the main flavoring agents historically is actually

the bark of the root of the sassafrash tree.

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