in general, i like Trader Joe’s. they have very yummy snacky things like chocolate covered pretzels and cookies and junk along with tons of dried fruits and the like. but i am never quite sure how they stay in business. they seem to almost exclusively carry their own brand stuff, but it is generally quite …
Barq’s Diet Root Beer
i know, i know, another soda i should have reviewed years and years ago. but see, i don’t like regular Barq’s so the expectations for a diet version are quite low, thus i put it off a lot. i am rather surprised that this does not have caffeine like the full sugar version has. weird, …
Avery’s Sarsaparilla
ah, another one of the elusive Avery’s varieties! i really should just go up to the plant sometime and get the rest of them, it is only a couple of hours’ drive away. i have driven through or at least very near New Britain many times in the past couple of decades but i just …
Big Ben’s Dark Birch Beer
the final birch beer in the extensive Big Ben line up! phew! at last. i imagine this one is less “Patriotic!” than the red, white and blue birches, but i guess there is some country with dark brown in their flag where this would be ‘Patriotic!’. where that country is i do not know. i …
Jones Diet Root Beer
i am not quite sure why this soda was so hard to find. actually finding specific Jones Soda flavors in general is difficult. i don’t see the regular root beer all that often. or when i am in the mood for a foofoo berry, i can’t find that. stores seem to pick a couple of …
