Rocky Mountain Root Beer

The longer I review root beers, the more I find that I look forward to it less – I think that makes sense??  I mean, often you get root beers like Big K, or Hannaford Brand just because the brews are cheap, available and haven’t been reviewed yet.

But I was really looking forward to trying Rocky Mountain Root Beer.  I mean everything about this root beer shouts quality.  The bottle is quality with an awesome picture of a sheep on steroids . . . or is that a ram?  Anyway, it doesn’t really matter, because a bottle with a manly looking animal on the front is awesome.

Some of the little quips on this bottle say, “batch brewed,” “all-natural,” “made with beet sugar”, and “handcrafted.”  And all of these quips are completely true!  Wait . . . made with beet sugar?  That’s right, not high-fructose corn syrup, not honey, not molasses and not even pure cane sugar.  This baby is made with BEET SUGAR!!  How cool is that!  In fact, if your interested my next post will be for the purpose of explaining a little more about beet sugar.

Everything about this root beer screams quality.  And in fact, it is a high-quality root beer, but sadly it’s not the kind of quality root beer that delights my taste buds.  The beet sugar is distinctive, and although there is not an over abundance of sugar in this brew it tastes way too sweet for my liking.  There is also a strong licorice or anise taste and I’m not sure if its that actual spice or if it’s a flavor of the beet sugar.  Much too strong for my liking.

The Professor’s Grade: C –