huh, I never realized I never reviewed this reformulated version of their regular birch beer! good thing I checked! I believe the old formula was the second soda I ever reviewed. or perhaps just the second one after I decided to actually make a website about it and not just review them in my zine. it set the standard for what a birch beer should taste like in my mind for many years after. so I hope this is good.
yup, it is. pretty much what a brown birch should be. a healthy dose of wintergreen along with the yummy birch taste and some other “rooty” flavors in there as well. if anything is a knock on it it is a touchy too harsh in the carbonation but that is splitting hairs really. it is a solid drink with a nice head. if you want creamy go for the creamy redcreamy red version, this is not too smooth but that is the intention.
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| Type: | Brown Birch Beer | Comes In: | 12oz glass bottle |
| Available: | AZ, CA, CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, VA, WA, WI, online | Obtained in: | somewhere in the swamps of Jersey |
| Head: | Medium | Sweetener: | cane sugar |
| Calories: | 160 | Sodium: | 35mg |
| Carbs: | 40g | Sugar: | 40g |
| Caffeine: | No | ||
| Website: | http://www.boylanbottling.com | ||
Ingredients: carbonated water, cane sugar, pure birch oil, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, vanillin, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preserves freshness)
Honestly, after trying this birch beer again after many years, I was so depressed because I was missing out. Probably the best brown birch beer out their! Tastes so much like their root beer. I love the herbally-ness that this has. Doesn’t have too much bitterness. Tastes like an “old fashioned” candy….. kinda like Necco wafers….. like how their root beer does as well. So good. Perfect sweetness. Definitely would buy a case of this. Almost as good as their root beer, but I prefer root beer over birch beer in general. A 92 for me.