This is the most artistic drink picture I've taken...I'm so proud.

 Manufacturer:

Bottled under the authority of Kutztown Soda Works, Inc. Kutztown, PA 19530

The Pitch:

Say now, no one can resist the spell of Kutztown Birch Beer, Pennsylvania's finest. Share a frosty mug with your special someone and just watch them fall in love. Drink to your health!

The Ingredients:

Triple-filtered carbonated water, pure cane sugar, caramel color, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, sodium benzoate (a preservative), yucca extractives and acacia.

The website:

www.kutztownbottlingworks.com

 
Spike says:

I don't know why I bother with birch beer. I'm genetically predisposed not to like it. I'm not a big wintergreen fan and as we all know, birch = wintergreen. I stopped at Byler's Country Store and couldn't resist. This even comes in two colors, clear and not clear, though the label for the clear still mentions caramel color as an ingredient. The company's website says they're the same except for the color and I guess they would know best, though the dark is less wintergreeny than the clear. Definitely. The clear tastes like soda water with dissolvedWint-o-green Lifesavers. No head, fairly fizzy, medium color (the dark, duh). The brown isn't much better. No real character. You know, this wouldn't be bad on a hot day if you don't mind the wintergreen. So once again, Spike proves that if you don't like birch beer you shouldn't drink birch beer. I'm sure I'll get hate mail over this one too..."My grandpappy drank this in the Civil War - how dare you don't like it!" I'll pretend, though, that I like birch beer and give the brown a C (though the clear would be a D).