Root beer floats are a simple and delicious drink doubling as a sweet treat. Ingredients are typically vanilla ice cream and root beer, but you can add liquor, too.

"On National Root Beer Float Day, August 6, simply show off your "Float Flex" — that is, flaunt your new physique with your best muscle-flexing pose — at any participating U.S.

Tuesday is officially National Root Beer Day. While you're not likely to find a parade or a huge celebration happening in your town, we know where you can at least score free root beer floats ...

We tasted through eight brands of diet root beer, from A&W to Barq’s and Stewart’s, to find the ones that taste great — and the awful ones to avoid.