Anchor Ginger Root Beer
It’s a bit ironic that I would take a picture of this bottle on land, when the whole premise of this root beer is somehow associated with the sea. In fact there is some phraseology on the side of this bottle that says, “As a tribute to all the Sea Dogs and Scallywags looking for adventure on the high seas . . . blah, blah, blah, blah.”
Frankly, this is a very good root beer and it doesn’t need any catchy statements about pirates and oceans and sea anemones in small print on the side of the bottle. Even though the “sea junk” is pretty corny, the bottle design itself (the anchor) is pretty darn cool.
When I sipped this root beer, I sensed that a ginger beer and a root beer had collided to create this wonderful brew. Admittedly, this could have been an all out disaster, but this turned about to be an all out success. This is simply a pleasant brew which has a slightly different flavor than the average root beer.
I really, really liked the root beer and I wish I had another. And yet . . . I can’t help but think how much better this would be with a little honey sweetener . . . ahhh honey, ginger and natural root beer flavor . . . now that would be good.
The Professor’s Grade: A –
Super Chill Root Beer
Ok, I’m really desparate, and there is really no other way to explain the review of this muddy water. I’m not an elitest gourmet root beer snob, but this is still stooping to a new low.
Oh well . . . this is a bit too sweet even though the carbonation is pretty good. Although, truth be told I could carbonate water, muddy water and even toilet water pretty good as well. So I guess that’s not saying too much. The taste is not so great, but I feel super chill writing this super lame review.
The Professor’s Grade: F+
Bulldog Root Beer
Ahhhh . . . the feeling of complete satisfaction when you take a sip of a near perfect root beer. Let me say that again . . . ahhhhh. Plain and simple this is an excellent root beer, in fact this is probably the best root beer that I’ve tasted thus far. As far as creaminess goes, this is a far superior root beer to all the others. It is also the best blend of honey and vanilla that I have ever, I mean ever tasted.
Although most root beer reviews give this brew an excellent rating, I’ve seen a few whiners crying about the canine featured on the front of the bottle. It goes something like this, “the picture on the (sniff, sniff) of the bottle (cry, sniff) is not even a bulldog (all out wailing). First of all, Bulldog Root Beer not only wrote the book on root beers, but they wrote the manual on Bulldogs. If they say it’s a Bulldog, then it’s a stinkin Bulldog.
The Professor’s Grade: A +
Reading Draft Root Beer
As a Pennsylvania boy, I love trying these Pennsylvania Root Beers. Sadly this is not one of the top brews – not bad, but certainly not anything special. It has a simple, light flavor and a very frothy head. Maybe the one thing that sets this root beer apart is the deep dark color, in fact it’s the darkest root beer I’ve ever seen. There you go Reading Draft Root Beer, you’ve made it into the Root Beer 101 Textbook. Not for taste of course, but for color – that’s right – just squirt a bunch of caramel color into your brew and you make history!
And on a side not, I purchased this at Sturgis Pretzel Factory which my colleague and personal friend, Professor Pretzel invited me too. Unfortunately, the Sturgis Pretzel Factor was more cool than the root beer that I purchased there.
The Professor’s Grade: D +
Root 66 Diet Root Beer
I was beginning to get a little worried about the health effects of diet sodas . . . you know the cancer, weight-gain, kidney problems, cell damage and of course the addictive nature of the drink. Thankfully, I had a “heart to heart” with my colleague, Professor Diet Coke and he assured me that all of these concerns are way overblown. I can now do this review with a clean conscience.
As far as diet root beers go, this is actually a pretty decent one. It has a good head, nice carbonation and is pretty creamy . . . just like the non-diet version. Most of the flavoring in this beverage remains pretty consistent with the original Root 66 Root Beer. Of course, it still has that diet after-taste, but it’s better than most. Ed and Mari (another root beer web-site) give much shorter and to the point review. They strongly disagreed with my assessment giving Root 66 Diet Root Beer a rating of “mega-barf.” Well Root 66, bring on the barf . . . bring on the barf.
The Professor’s Grade: D +
