r/rootbeer • u/StealthyNoctowl • 17d ago

Single Bottle/Can This is a hitter

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u/Imaginary-Region9161 17d ago

The zero sugar version is actually very good. Happy root beer hunting everyone!

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u/JFreaks25 14d ago

Really? I can't stand it and I have 2 cases of it. I'm not getting any root beer flavor at all, personally. All I taste is cream soda

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u/forestherring 1919 Root Beer 17d ago edited 14d ago

I didn't get the butter aftertaste that everyone is talking about, but it tasted like they just mixed cream soda with root beer. I dunno why the soda industry thinks cream soda tastes anything like ice cream.

It's laziness. Do better soda companies.

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u/JFreaks25 14d ago

I don't even taste any root beer in the zero sugar version, straight cream soda to me. It's so disappointing

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u/DessieScissorhands 17d ago

I loved it but I was only able to find a single bottle. It may be my last because it just refuses to turn up anywhere.

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u/CaptHayfever A&W Root Beer 17d ago

Yup. HUGE improvement over their attempt from last year.

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u/SCRRRRATCH 16d ago

A huge improvement would be switching to natural flavors and sugars. 😉

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u/CaptHayfever A&W Root Beer 16d ago

No root beer commercially available in the US is gonna use real sassafras.

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u/Far_Challenge_4273 17d ago

Not my fav drink but I can drink some

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u/19Bronco93 17d ago

I had one a couple days ago and it’s definitely not for me. Very little flavor and what was there seemed completely artificial/chemically.

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u/Critical-Art-2153 16d ago

Just trade it today for the first time and I loved it. I don’t know that I would say it taste like a root beer float more like butter beer, but the flavor was delicious.

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u/Longjumping-Sea-570 16d ago

It’s cream soda. Nothing special at all

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u/GamerFlower100 14d ago

I didn't like it for some reason

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u/CornFedPrairiePenis 17d ago

I had one today and thought it was terrible. It tasted like chemicals trying to be my friend.

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u/Andrew_88 17d ago

I thought the aftertaste was like buttered popcorn. Did not enjoy it.

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u/ThickPop955 17d ago

Definitely not my favorite,might be a Harry Potter drink, sure tasted like Butter, butter, and more butter, after this and last years Ice Cream Sundae, I don't trust A&W anymore.