[2] This combination was ill fated due to high overhead with too many executives and low profits forcing IBC into receivership.
[1] IBC Root Beer was founded in 1919 by the Griesedieck family as the Independent Breweries Company in St. Louis, Missouri.
Root beer found a market as a legal beverage during the era of Prohibition.
After Dr Pepper and 7 Up merged in 1986, distribution of IBC spread across the United States.
In July 2016, IBC reformulated its beverages, using cane sugar in place of high-fructose corn syrup.