I have had a soft spot / special place in my heart for Wild Bill’s soda for a long while. first because they are probably the best soda in my home state of New Jersey. second since they are headquartered quite close to where I grew up. third since they had hand delivered a case of soda to me once a couple decades back for me to review and just enjoy. fourth, there is no fourth. fifth since I think they also run a bunch of soda trucks that are at renaissance fairs, comic conventions and such things where you buy a metal mug and get refills for a small fee all day and forever more as long as you bring that mug back. I of course never have remembered that metal mug so now have several. so anyway, when they seemed to re-focus or whatever, stop making glass bottles and instead made tall cans, started calling themselves “Wild Bill’s Craft Beverage Co” and generally had a new vibe, I was intrigued. but it took me a bit to actually check if they had reformulated their drinks. the strange thing is the nutrition info is the same and the ingredients are the same but in a different order. so I take that as this is a new version. they also no longer make the birch beer it seems, or at least in cans. they did have it on the soda truck when I saw it last week so maybe I will have to review that version next time I find it. but the sarsaparilla may be gone entirely? I don’t know.
now is this any good? I shall now find out! oh yes, that is quite delicious. very creamy, very sweet. really though, maybe even too much of each of those, it verges on the sickly sweet. I definitely would not want to make a float from this. I should know, with 46g (86% of RDA) of sugar, it is going to be sweet. luckily I just cycled and ran for almost two hours so I need some simple sugars anyway. I am one who likes sweet things of course but there is a limit and this walks right up to that limit. it is still quite good but I feel almost like I am drinking a candy than a soda. the flavor is pretty good but nothing too out of the ordinary, just straight root beer taste done quite well. I would drink this sometimes but that huge sugar amount would kind of dissuade me from having it a lot. I will have to look for their diet version now that I know it exists. perhaps that will be ok? well, it is diet, so probably not, but I can be hopefully.
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" . $current_user->display_name ."'s rating: none yet!
enter a value below to rate this."; } else { echo "
" . $current_user->display_name ."'s rating: " . $user_rate->rating . "
enter a value below to change this."; } } // if ('' == $current_user->ID) { else { //no user logged in } echo "
User's Rating: "; echo round($mylink->average); echo "
# of ratings:"; echo $mylink->num_ratings; echo "\n"; // if ('' == $current_user->ID) { if ( !$current_user->exists() ){ //no user logged in echo "Log in to rate & save your personal root beer list! "; echo ""; } else { echo ""; echo"
| Type: | "; echo $mylink->kind; echo " | Comes In: | "; $mod_pack = str_replace(',', ', ', $mylink->package); echo $mod_pack; echo " |
| Available: | "; $mod_avail = str_replace(',', ', ', $mylink->available); echo $mod_avail; echo " | Obtained in: | "; echo $mylink->how; echo " |
| Head: | "; echo $mylink->head; echo " | Sweetener: | "; $mod_sweet = str_replace(',', ', ', $mylink->sweetener); echo $mod_sweet; if (!empty($mylink->calories)) { echo " |
| Calories: | "; echo $mylink->calories; echo " | Sodium: | "; echo $mylink->sodium; echo "mg |
| Carbs: | "; echo $mylink->carbs; echo "g | Sugar: | "; echo $mylink->sugar; echo "g"; } echo " |
| Caffeine: | "; echo $mylink->caffeine; if (!empty($mylink->website)) { echo " | ||
| Website: | website; echo "\">"; echo $mylink->website; echo ""; } echo " | ||
"; // echo "
| Ingredients: | ";
}
}
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