IBC Root Beer

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title: "IBC Root Beer" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-soft-drinks", "cuisine-of-st.-louis", "keurig-dr-pepper-brands", "products-introduced-in-1919", "root-beer"] description: "American soda brand" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBC_Root_Beer" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American soda brand ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox company"]

Field	Value
name	Independent Breweries Company
type	Private
fate	closed, IBC name sold
successor	Northwestern Bottling Company
foundation
defunct	Unknown
location	St. Louis, Missouri
industry	Beverage
products	IBC Root Beer
key_people	Griesedieck family
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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

The Independent Breweries Company is a defunct syndicate founded in St. Louis, Missouri, by the combination of Griesediecks' National Brewery, Columbia (Alpen Brau), the Gast brewery in Baden, A.B.C., and Wagner Brewing Company. 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.

Flavors

Current

In 2020:

• 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

References

References

1. "Griesedieck Bros. History". Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Company.
2. Donald Roussin. (May–June 1999). "Wagner Brewing Company: Bringing Beer and Baseball to Granite City, Ill". American Breweriana Association.
3. "IBC".

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