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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