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Published: December 28, 2007
Drinking it up
POPS, local company brew up success with a signature root beer for travelers
By Steve Lackmeyer
The second best-selling soda at POPS — Oklahoma 's tribute to the carbonated beverage — is a brand that didn't exist six months ago.

But don't look for Round Barn Root Beer to be showing up at the corner convenience store anytime soon.

More than 460 brands of soda, including 63 varieties of root beer, are sold off the shelves of POPS, the Arcadia restaurant and convenience store that opened in August. And w...

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