Old Original Levis Root Beer Soda

funny that this is available so close to me AND by mailorder direct from them and i had no idea until just now. i ordered it from the root beer store. anyhow, this has a semi-bitter taste to it and reminds me very much of some black cherry sodas. indeed… it has a cherry taste almost, not really so much root beer even. weird since this company makes a cherry soda too. maybe some leaked or something… don’t get me wrong, it is good and definitely a different flavor than other root beers, but i almost hesitate to call it a “root beer.” but then i think of all of the other crappy stuff that is labeled as such by the likes of Journey and Virgil’s and so on and i am ok with this. now i know sort of where to find it, so i will have to seek it out.
Ingredients:filtered carbonated water, pure cane sugar and/or high fructose corn sweetener, natural and artificial flavorings, citric acid, less than 1% sodium benzoate (preservative), yucca foam extract and caramel coloring

Anthony’s Rating: 84
User’s Rating: 49
# of ratings:10
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Steelhead Original Spicy Draft Root Beer

very kindly, this company had 3 bottles of this stuff hand bottled just for me to try! wow. it is really just sold on tap in the Steelhead brewpubs. anyhow, it is quite yummy. it has a subtle anise taste to it and something else making it oh so slightly bitter while still being slightly sweet. it reminds me (strangely) of a really good root beer barrel candy i had once, only not as sweet. they tell me adults prefer this formulation and i would definitely see why, with the bitterness and all. more of an adult type drink. but good. definitely good. distinctive too.
Ingredients:carbonated water, cane sugar, honey, maltodextrin, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate, real vanilla, phosphoric acid, salt.

Anthony’s Rating: 91
User’s Rating: 86
# of ratings:22
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Harpoon Brewery Vermont Draft Root Beer

my buddy Michael got this for me, i am guessing in Vermont. it has a wacky little zing to it, let me check the ingredients again… ah yes, anise & cassia. i don’t think i have ever had any soda with cassia, that is definitely present here. but something else is there too and not the anise. oh well. it is rather sweet and on the whole, not bad at all. that little bit of spice sticks on your tongue for just a second then it disappears and you wonder if it was ever there at all.
Ingredients:pure Vermont carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, cellulose gum, caramel color, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate (preserves freshness), citric acid, anise, cassia.

Anthony’s Rating: 85
User’s Rating: 83
# of ratings:75
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Hosmer Mountain Birch Beer

clear birch beer, rockin! about what i expected from it too. which is pretty good as i expected a slightly wintergreen birch beer. sadly though, the wintergreen is a little TOO slight for my tastes, leaving it with not much other taste. just becomes slightly sweetened water to me by the end. which is kind of unfortunate as i had high hopes for this. oh well, can’t win em all.
Anthony’s Rating: 69
User’s Rating: 82
# of ratings:19
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