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    Home » Holidays » Gift Ideas

    Root Beer Soda Sampler Gift Idea (With Free Printable)

    Modified: Aug 5, 2025 · Published: May 5, 2021 by Brandy · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Looking for a super fun gift idea?  Fill with a small crate with a variety of bottled sodas for a root beer sampler soda sampler! Includes printable guide to tuck inside the crate.
    You might also like our birthday money box gift idea (using a tissue box), Father's Day grill platter, candy gram, or homemade bbq sauce gift idea!
    soda sampler crates

    Watch our step by step video!

    Soda and Root Beer Sampler Gift

    I always have the hardest time coming up with fun gifts for my husband. He doesn't "need" anything, he usually just buys what he wants, so when it comes to gifts I usually try to go homemade if I can. This soda sampler isn't completely homemade, but different. He loves his soda. And root beer is a favorite so I made him a root beer sampler and it was a hit! I also put together a soda pop sampler with a variety of colorful bottles and flavors.
    root beer sampler crates
    two soda samplers with printable cards
    Wouldn't this be a great gift for Father's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, a birthday or graduation gift? Such a great gift for a guy teacher, right?
    Fill with a variety of soda pop bottles, root beer, or other beverages! I created a printable guide that you can tuck inside the crate if you'd like. It's basically a guide that you can fill out to show what flavors are inside, and what they taste like. You know---just to act like we're fancy.
    The easiest way to find out what the sodas taste like (since you don't want to open all of them just yet) is go do a quick google search. "What does Virgil's root beer taste like?" Apparently it has more of a vanilla flavor than some. You can write that down on the guide under the brand name.
    crate of soda pop bottles

    Best Place To Find Bottled Soda

    There are a few places that sell a variety of bottled soda flavors, but Cracker Barrel is my favorite because they sell individual bottles instead of 6 packs. If you're only making one or two crates this is the way to go.

    Sampler Crate

    I found the crates at Walmart (in the craft section) for $4.97 and they are PERFECT for these sampler gifts. Each crate holds 5 bottles.

    crate of root beer bottles for root beer sampler

    Root Beer Sampler

    The root beer sampler includes a bunch of fun flavors! I even found a brownie caramel flavored root beer and a birch beer to try.

    soda sampler crate filled with soda bottles

    Soda Pop Sampler

    It was hard to narrow down the flavors to include in the soda pop sampler, but I ended up with a Shirley Temple, a cherry cola, strawberry, key lime, and orange flavor to sample.

    printable labels for root beer sampler

    Printable Guides for Root Beer Sampler and Soda Sampler (CLICK HERE) 

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    Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

    Comments

    1. Anne Maskell says

      November 04, 2010 at 12:31 pm

      What a fabulous idea! Who knew there were so many kinds of root beer?

      Reply
    2. Vicki says

      November 04, 2010 at 3:27 am

      This is such a cute idea! I always serve the kids root beer on pizza night. This would be a fun idea for our gift exchange with their friends. So clever! Nice to meet you and thanks for sharing!

      Vicki at Rusty Rooster Vintage

      Reply
    3. The Pampered Mom says

      November 04, 2010 at 2:48 am

      cool idea!

      Reply
    4. southernscraps says

      November 04, 2010 at 12:56 am

      Cute idea!

      Reply
    5. Scrappy Heartz says

      October 24, 2010 at 2:39 pm

      LOVE IT!! My Dad loves his root beer. And will only buy Kroger brand because it's the cheapest. I can really spoil him, make him something and give him something that he will love!! He isn't easy to do that for...thanks for the idea!!!

      [email protected]
      Debbie Chapman

      Reply
    6. Sachiko says

      October 24, 2010 at 3:42 am

      I LOVE this idea!! I know some people who will love to recieve this gift... my kids!

      Reply
    7. mamabyrd says

      October 22, 2010 at 4:46 pm

      That's perfect for my husband. He loves root beer. Isn't it funny how many of us are saying the exact same thing. It must just really be a guy thing. I'm excited to put one more thing on his Christmas list that isn't over 200 dollars--that's probably also a guy thing.

      Reply
    8. Michelle says

      October 21, 2010 at 1:45 am

      That is SOOO cute! That would be a cute idea for all the guys in my family that I never know what to give them.. Thanks!! I'm so excited to be on the lookout!

      Reply
    9. Creative Flair says

      October 20, 2010 at 2:47 am

      Great idea! I am always looking for things for my husband who has everything.

      Reply
    10. Mandy says

      October 19, 2010 at 5:56 pm

      You can take the extra root beer's and make root beer reideer's for your neighbors or vt'ers.

      Reply
    11. Jennifer Juniper says

      October 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm

      THis would be a great gift for my son who also loves root beer!

      Reply
    12. An Experiment in Happiness says

      October 18, 2010 at 10:47 pm

      What a great idea! I love how cute you made this with the manly feel to it still!
      ~Jessica

      Reply
    13. Elizabeth says

      October 18, 2010 at 6:04 pm

      That's a great idea! My husband loves root beer too. lol. His favorite is Henry Weinhards root beer. He says it's by far one of the best he's ever tasted. Just in case your husband runs out of the samplers.

      Reply
    14. Ashley @ Little Miss Momma says

      October 18, 2010 at 3:06 pm

      Such a cute idea! I saw that on Jill's blog too and I fell in love with the idea. Yours turned out fabulous!

      ashley
      http://www.littlemissmomma.com

      Reply
    15. Emily @ Finding My Aloha says

      October 18, 2010 at 3:03 am

      My husband LOVES root beer! I did the same thing for him one year! Our favorite is Virgil's! It is so fun to shop for new and interesting "beers"!

      Reply
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