wow, also a very fine beverage. strangely i see Hank’s Root Beer all over the place, but i have only seen this birch beer in 2 places in Wilkes Barre. odd indeed. oh well. it is a red birch, but it is minty which is a little bit weird since it is usually the clear birch beers that are minty. quite a bit of fizzy to it, but still a little bit of a creamy undertone, behind the fizz and the minty-ness. actually i think i like this a tad more than their root beer. definitely get it if you can find it. maybe try and mail order it even.
This contains real Cane sUGAR NOT hfcs … VERY SWEET AND TASTY!!! YUMMM
well, when i reviewed it, it has high fructose corn syrup. if they have changed that, good for them! i will try to find out and confirm.
Big Phil, actually I just purchased a bottle of this; and it does in fact use HFCS. The only difference is the labeling of the bottle. The bottle I have is called “Hanks Premium Birch Beer”. Don’t know if there’s a difference between “Gourmet” Hanks and “Premium” Hanks? Hopefully I’ll be able to find the “Gourmet” version, if there really is a difference.
Oh, and this was a darn good birch beer. It’s better than their root beer. I’d give their Birch Beer an 87.
After trying this one again I’ve seen that it is not as good as I thought it originally was. It has a bitter taste to it, and I’m not a huge fan of the mint flavor going on. It is decent and I would consider maybe trying it again. I gave it a 74.