Big Ben’s White Birch Beer

February 27, 2005
Filed under: birch beers — anthony @ 9:23 pm
Type: White Birch BeerComes In:12oz glass bottle, 20 oz plastic bottle, 2L plastic bottle, 7oz glass bottle, keg, 5 gallon tank, 32 oz plastic bottle
Available:PA, onlineObtained in:beverage store in PA
Head:SmallSweetener:corn sweetener, sugar
Caffeine:No
Website:http://www.catawissabottlingco.com/bigben.htm

alright, so onto the white birch! i am sure it is my imagination but it does taste slightly different. more crisp and slightly sweeter. or maybe not… could have just been the soda settling a little bit as the top of both actually was tastier than the bottom. kind of silly to review this i suppose as it is exactly the same as the Blue Birch but without the color. i could copy and paste but that seems just as silly. well, whatever. kind of minty, kind of sweet. the mint taste is a little weird. not bad. not amazing.
Anthony’s Rating: 83
User’s Rating: 77
# of ratings:12
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Big Ben’s Blue Birch Beer

February 27, 2005
Filed under: birch beers — anthony @ 9:21 pm
Type: Blue Birch BeerComes In:12oz glass bottle, 20 oz plastic bottle, 2L plastic bottle, 7oz glass bottle, keg, 5 gallon tank, 32 oz plastic bottle
Available:PA, onlineObtained in:beverage store in PA
Head:SmallSweetener:corn sweetener, sugar
Caffeine:No
Website:http://www.catawissabottlingco.com/bigben.htm

this is a first indeed, a blue birch beer! they actually have 4 kinds of birch beer but i was only able to find 2 of them on this journey so hopefully i can find the others some other time. anyway, i do not know if the blue really changes anything except the color of my stomach. i was hoping for a blue tongue but i think i’d have to hold it in my mouth longer. i think it is just coloring as the labels and ingredients seem identical (“… red #30 or blue #1 except white.”) but whatever. i like their 12 oz returnable bottles, reusing the bottles from past PA soda companies, mainly A-Treat but also Towne Club, which i have not seen in years! makes sense, bottles can be expensive, especially nice thick ones like this. so it is pretty tasty actually. wintergreen with a good sweetness level. the wintergreen seems slightly off, it is not biting like i would hope/expect, it is more of a slow developing, lingering taste.
Anthony’s Rating: 83
User’s Rating: 80
# of ratings:18
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