I am not sure if this is the same as the other Black Bear Root Beer, which may or may not still exist, I will go with “no” as the ingredients are different, so on with the show!
since 1931! well, not really… I mean they claim that and I am sure that is when the first Black Beer Root Beer was made and all, but it also was not made for a good half century or so in between there. now it is made by Sprecher and just seemed to appear a few months ago. I am going on the assumption that this is totally different from Sprecher’s regular root beer, or any of their other offers. but the ingredients are different so I am pretty confident in that belief. I am not sure how bears are connected to root beer, besides the obvious bear/beer thing, yet there are several bear theme root beer type sodas. it is probably second only to dog theme root beers, which I can see more as the member of the family not drinking actual beer or who you would not want to name a beer after even if they are as it might look a little too much like its urine or something. =)
so this soda! I am not into it I must admit. it hits wrong from the start, with a slightly sour yet sharp taste that fades into something a bit better but still not all that good tasting. oh, I have had many sodas much worse than this! but for a premium price and all this is not what I would want to have. I regret a bit buying a whole case instead of a mixed one with other flavors or something. you may like it, but it is not my cup of tea.
Anthony’s Rating: 50
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| Type: | Root Beer | Comes In: | 12oz glass bottle |
| Available: | WI, online | Obtained in: | mailorder from company |
| Head: | Small | Sweetener: | glucose syrup |
| Calories: | 140 | Sodium: | 30mg |
| Carbs: | 35g | Sugar: | 35g |
| Caffeine: | No | ||
| Website: | https://sprecherbrewery.com/ | ||
Ingredients: carbonated water, glucose syrup, contains less than 2% of: natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, gum arabic, sodium benzoate (preservative), citric acid, phosphoric acid, yucca extract, propylene glycol, alginate
Honestly, kinda a weird root beer, but not horrible. I want to give it a low score, but I must be fair, it really is about a 75 for me. It is a really two dimensional flavor. Tasted the licorice flavor (which I like), but it didn’t have much anything else going for it. The glucose syrup as the sweetener gave it this really weird taste, almost like it was a low quality honey or something. This root beer was nothing special at all. Not really creamy. Not really spicy. It did have a nice licorice and (I think) a sassafras or some spice like that going on in the mix. Really think Sprecher should redo this one. Their main root beer is way better. This is a try once and never try again. I feel sorry for you Anthony, that you had to buy a whole case of this stuff.