| Independent Breweries Company | |
| Type: | Private |
| Fate: | closed, IBC name sold |
| Successor: | Northwestern Bottling Company |
| Defunct: | Unknown |
| Industry: | Beverage |
| Products: | IBC Root Beer |
| Key People: | Griesedieck family |
| 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 |
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.
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]
In 2020:[3]
