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- Manufacturer:
- Blitz-Weinhard Co., Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington.
- The Pitch:
- A gourmet Root Beer, hand finished with only the freshest and highest
quality ingredients including sassafras, vanilla and honey. Enjoy this
truly great American Root Beer recipe, originally crafted by our master
brewers during prohibition earlier this century. This outstanding elixir
proved to be a popular alternative for our beer-drinking loyalists both
during and after the great "dry spell." Our tradition of providing
only the finest quality beverages continues to this day in each bottle
that bears our founder's name, Brewmaster Henry Weinhard.
- The Ingredients:
- Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, vanilla
extract, natural flavors, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate (preserves
freshness), honey essence, Acacia sassafras extract.
- The box:
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Spike says:
- A mild tasting root beer with above average carbonation. Dark in color,
it pours with a firm, persistent head. Despite the ingredient list,
this root beer does not have an artificial taste. The secret to their
success may be because they use only the "highest quality"
phosphoric acid. This root beer presents a complete package: it looks
and tastes like a root beer should. It is dark-bodied with a good-sized
head, and has natural taste that is mild, but not so mild it tastes
watery (though it is close to that point). While I can't confirm that
their "beer-drinking loyalists" were satisfied with the switch
to root beer from their regular beer, I can say that I like it. This
is the best root beer I have tasted, so despite their non-Y2K compliant
box (will "earlier this century" become "early last century"
in 2001?) I give this brew an A.
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