<P> Small Town Brewery was founded by Tim Kovac in Wauconda in 2010 . Kovac first started homebrewing in 1988 . After three years of development , Not Your Father 's Root Beer was released in Illinois in 2012 . It was initially sold in its 19.5 % abv incarnation in kegs at local bars and liquor stores . The brewery then did two small bottling runs of a 10.7 % abv root beer in 22 - ounce bottles , and in November 2014 , they released 12 - ounce bottles of a 5.9 % abv version . </P>
<P> Small Town Brewery was founded by Tim Kovac in Wauconda in 2010 . Kovac first started homebrewing in 1988 . After three years of development , Not Your Father 's Root Beer was released in Illinois in 2012 . It was initially sold in its 19.5 % abv incarnation in kegs at local bars and liquor stores . The brewery then did two small bottling runs of a 10.7 % abv root beer in 22 - ounce bottles , and in November 2014 , they released 12 - ounce bottles of a 5.9 % abv version . </P>
when did not your father 's root beer come out
when did not your father 's root beer come out
2012
2012