Mar
30
This is my third review of a product made by the Durango Soda Company. I earlier reviewed their Coco Fizz Chocolate Soda and Key Lime Cream Soda. I recently got my hands on their creamy root beer. It is sweetened with cane sugar and comes in a short 12 oz bottle. I really like the …
Mar
23
It’s fun to read what companies place on the side of a bottle of soda pop. I have read all sorts of things, some made me want to rip off the cap as quickly as possible, some left me scratching my head. A bottle of River City Root Beer says “River City Root Beer brings …
Mar
23
“Bringing back the taste of the Old West. Enjoy Original Columbia Soda Works Sarsaparilla. The flavor will take you back to the days of yesteryear when miners and settlers alike enjoyed the rich tastes of these early refreshments. A taste as rich as the Mother Lode”. This is what appears on the side of a …
Mar
21
Who are the Pearson Bros of San Francisco? My research did not come up with any answers. All I have is a quote from one of the Pearson Brothers, Matt. He says in the San Franciso Chroncile “`Root beer should be lightly carbonated, like a microbrew. It shouldn’t boil off the tongue like Coke,”. This …
Mar
21
Straight out of Chicago, Illinois is the Clover Club Bottling Company. I am here today to review their root beer. I purchased it at Straub’s Fine Grocers in St. Louis, Missouri. The bottle has a picture of the Old Water Tower and the John Hancock Tower. It was sweetened with high fructose corn syrup and/or …
Feb
28
This root beer I am going to review today is a family affair. The Knox family have been brewing their only root beer since 2000. It started with one man’s passion for brewing beer. This eventually lead to root beer for friends who do not drink. Everyone loved their brew. So this is what eventually …
Feb
15
The neat thing about traveling the country, is finding products that I cannot find in my own neck of the woods. I was at a Stater Bros grocery store in Southern California yesterday when I spotted a 4-pack of Thomas Kemper Root Beer. I have heard a lot about this root beer, but have never …
Jan
21
Sometimes when I am writing one of my reviews, is hard to come up with a lot of background info. That is not the case today. Dorothy’s Isle of Pines Root Beer has an interesting story behind it. Dorothy Molter lived in Minnesota, where she operated the Isles of Pines resort. She was a nurse …
Dec
23
Some drinks have longer names than others. The one I am reviewing today is a mouthful: Olde Rhode Island Molasses Root Beer. I heard some positive things about this root beer on another website, so I decided to give it a try. I probably wouldn’t have tried it based on the label on the bottle …
Dec
20
A clear root beer? That is the first thing that came to mind when I saw a bottle of Vermont Sweetwater Rugged Mountain Root Beer. The root beer comes in a green colored 12 oz glass bottle. Vermont Sweetwater prides themselves on making all natural beverages. They use pure mountain water and evaporated cane juice …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
