Soda Reviews

Elixir Floral Infusions – Lavender

2013-06-17T16:00:37Z

So another review courtesy of ThirstMonger is in front of your face. Today’s soda needs a little bit of assembly as it’s a mixer of sorts. Elixir Floral Infusions Lavender is what I’ll be mixing with some cool carbonated water today. When you visit their site it seems Elixir is primarily made for mixing with alcoholic beverages. Since I’m not one to imbibe I’ll be using their “soda” recipe and reviewing that. Before I go into creation mode I would like to note that Elixir is all-natural, made with purified water, cane sugar, natural lavender extract, natural food color, organic blueberry extract, citric acid, and cultured sugar. That’s quite the impressive ingredient list in terms of quality. My hopes have risen just a bit. Now to the recipe for soda.

Underneath the picture of a lightly purple drink I’m told that to make soda I need an 8 to 1 ratio of carbonated water and Elixir. Already I’m looking at this picture and thinking that it won’t be strong enough for me to truly enjoy. That soda looks waaay to fancy for my liking, so here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to take the chance and use my own math to make a better Elixir experience for myself… hopefully. My Elixir Lavender will have a 4 to 1 ratio, thus allowing me to truly taste the lavender goodness. Thankfully I have a Sodastream so that I can use my very own water in this experimental version of lavender soda. Here goes something!

What I’ve created looks a lot like grape/purple Kool-Aid. I’m sure it won’t taste of Kool-Aid, but that’s fine as I’m not interested in that particular sugar water at this point in time. I’m interested in this new and “improved” Elixir Lavender. On to the smell test!

Only when I press my nose up to it do I smell, amazingly enough, the sweet aroma of lavender. I figured it would have a rather pungent scent since I’ve doubled the amount recommended. Perhaps even this super charged version will still be weaker than I’d prefer.

Here is the part where I tell you how pleased I am with myself for increasing the flavor. I can really taste the lavender. It’s not some frilly beverage I’d drink at a cocktail party in tiny sips. No, this is LAVENDER SODA and I like it. Did I think I’d like it, no… not at all? That’s because I was thinking it’d be more like my Dry Soda experience which left me feeling empty.

The carbonation I created is tiny yet noticeable. As I previously stated this was made in my Sodastream and I gave it “three buzzes” worth of carbonation which was the recommended level. I will say that Elixir Lavender does taste a bit alcoholic yet there is no alcohol in site. Of course it supposedly pairs well with alcohol, so perhaps this is why the flavor is shadowed. Each time I take a swig out of my glass my nostrils fill with a lavender scent that thankfully does not rival the potpourri you might otherwise find lavender in. While I know it’s impossible, I also get a slight grape flavor with each sip I take. I’m thinking this falsity lies within the fact that I like most people associate purple soda with grape. If I were a betting man I’d bet that this taste I’m transforming into grape is created by the blueberry extract that resides within the bottle. It’s this very blueberry extract that I believe is balancing out the lavender taste so that my brain can both comprehend and enjoy what I’m partaking in.

Now with that said, I’m sure lavender soda isn’t for everyone, heck I feel a bit odd with each sip I take. Thankfully the gardens at Elixir are home to a few other flowers as well. Perhaps they’ll have one you might enjoy. So there you have it. I broke all the rules (1 rule) and made a super Elixir Lavender Soda and I enjoyed it. Give it a shot (HA! Puns!).

Verdict – Buy a Pack

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Stop and smell the iguanas!

Flathead Lake Sour Cherry

2013-06-14T04:01:46Z

I’ve made it no mystery that I enjoy sour beverages. What a terrible mystery that would be. If it was an Encyclopedia Brown book you’d throw it away at the big reveal. “Turns out Aaron LIKES sour sodas!”… aaaaand in the trash. Of course something can be so sour it’s hard to enjoy, but for the most part I enjoy most sour sodas, or at least the idea behind them. Flathead Lake Sour Cherry is what sits in my cup holder at the moment and I’m about to take a dive into it, mouth first. The color is a delightful dark red, almost maroon, which gives my eyes a hint of what’s to come. A look at the ingredients shows that I’m about to ingest a bunch of chemicals and “natural flavors”. Well then, there’s no time like the present to ingest some chemicals!

A rich, cherry sno-cone syrup-esque (double hyphenated word, nice) aroma reaches out of the bottle and socks me in the nose. Chemicals or not, I’m now a bit more excited to give this soda a chug.

Oh, that’s right. Flathead Lake soda is seems to always be a little more watery than you’d expect. Fortunately for Sour Cherry it’s not so watery that I’m going to deduct points, it just took me off guard. As for the “sour” portion of sour cherry… it’s noticeable, but your cheeks aren’t going to pucker at all. It’s certainly discernible from your standard cherry soda though. The bubbles are tight and few in number, yet strong enough to be a part of the drinking experience with every sip. Sadly there is a bit of a syrup curtain that falls at the end of each act. This curtain has a pleasant taste, but overstays its welcome with each lowering. While an encore wouldn’t be a terrible thing, I’d really just prefer if this soda ended on the sour sensation it leaves at the tip of my tongue. Ah well, someone get Sandman to pull ‘em off stage and we won’t have that problem anymore. Didn’t think you’d find a Showtime at the Apollo reference in a soda review? You must be new to the site. Welcome!

All in all Flathead Lake Sour Cherry is a tasty soda, but nothing to write to Mom about. Granted I just did write to my mom about it because she reads the site, but I digress.

Verdict – Buy a Pack

Twist has been mistaken as the Flathead Lake Monster for years. He's not it though as he's much, much older.

Hockey Soda Energy

2013-06-12T04:14:07Z

Today’s faire from ThirstMonger is Hockey Soda Energy, which is actually an energy drink. I once called an energy drink a soda and the guy sending it to me made sure to correct me. I’m pleased to see that Hockey Soda isn’t nearly as uptight with their nomenclature. Hockey Soda Energy lives in a black can with an intimidating blue hockey mask emblazoned on the label. Circling the top of the can are the ingredients of L-Glutamine, B Vitamins, L-Carnitine, and Taurine, circle the top. I’m not a hockey player by any means as I’ve never seen more than a patch of ice on the road, much less a frozen lake. Hockey Soda Energy forgives me for this and tells me to do the following: “Dangle, snipe, and celly with this pro style energy drink, Hockey Soda Energy.” I understand those to be hockey terms, but honestly I only know “snipe” of the three. No matter, I’m also promised that “Hockey Soda Energy is a cola citrus energy drink infusing the past with the present.” A cola citrus energy drink, huh? I have no idea how one pulls that off, but if they can merge past with present then I’m sure cola citrus energy combinations are simple. Let’s open this up, shall we?

Surprisingly this smells quite a bit like cola and I must say I’d already written it off that it wouldn’t. Hockey Soda Energy has called me out, and in the case of the smell test, checked me into the boards. See what I did there? It’s a hockey analogy. I can do it too.

With my first sip of Hockey Soda Energy I’m taken aback by the fact that the cola citrus flavor they promised is now happily swimming around in my mouth. The initial first half of my sip is indeed flavored with cola, but a strong citrus blast comes through and cleanly sweeps it away. Lemon, lime, and a hint of that taste that seems to be in all energy drinks, create what can only be described as a “zing” of citrus. This zing is sour enough that your cheeks pull inward, showing the starting signs of “pucker”.

Now of course with all this good, there is some bad. First off the initial cola taste weakens with each sip you take. This is because the secondary citrus flavor eventually takes full residence in your taste buds and the cola just can’t yell loud enough to be heard. I really do like the citrus flavor that I’m ultimately left with, but it’s the cola/citrus combo that’s presented so well at the beginning that sets Hockey Soda Energy apart. Secondly, I’m always going to squawk a little when it comes to high fructose corn syrup. So… squawk.

To go back to the positive though, I’m honestly surprised by how much I like the taste of this beverage. The fact that they actually pulled off a cola/citrus hybrid impresses me the most. That impressive impression is followed by the fact that they’ve created an energy drink that doesn’t have a vague bubble gum sweetness to it. In a market where energy drinks are a dime a dozen it makes me really happy to see one that, in my mind at least, shows how being different can sway even the harshest critics… I’m talking about me.

Verdict – Buy a Pack

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Oddly enough Twist turned down the role of Casey Jones in the new TMNT

Maine Root Sarsaparilla

2013-06-07T00:54:02Z

Well here we go again with a bottle of simple root beer… sorry, sarsaparilla. It’s bold that a company would sell both a root beer and a sarsaparilla as many cannot tell the difference in taste between the two. Apparently Maine Root is so bold as to do just this. Both root beer and sarsaparilla are flavored with the sarsaparilla root, but root beer tends to be more complex in the additional flavors. So that’s why I consider sarsaparilla soda (I’m getting really tired of typing out sarsaparilla) a “simple root beer”. This beverage in front of me is all natural which already starts us off in the right direction as I prepare to huff it.

It does smell of root beer, but with a stronger birch aroma than you might find in its sudsy brother. I’m curious to see if I’m right in assuming that it won’t be as creamy either.

It’s not super creamy, but the mouth feel is fantastic. A tantalizing amount of fizz is present throughout the entire sip. Bubbles quietly creep on to my tongue and increase in ferocity as the drink wears on. The birch flavoring allows me to somewhat easily identify this as a sarsaparilla instead of a root beer. I’m happy to see that some effort went into this soda and the word “sarsaparilla” wasn’t just stamped on the side for kicks. A sweet caramel taste sticks to the tip of my tongue as each gulp is vanquished. It’s this taste that is left in my memory each time I pause between sips. Again I can’t overstate how exciting the bubbles feel. Ok, so I can easily overstate how exciting the bubbles feel… and probably have, but really guys, c’mon, the BUBBLES!

Sadly, as I continue to drink this soda the flavor begins to build upon itself in such a way that the original experiences are pushed to the back so that this new group of experiences can stand on the stage and scream. The sweetness begins to compound upon itself, stealing the show from the caramel, carbonation, and birch. All in all Maine Root Sarsaparilla is an above average soda, but all good things must come to an end… this one about three fourths of the way through the bottle.

Verdict – Buy a Pack

I always feel like a gold prospector when I say the word "sarsaparilla"

Loca Diet Cola

2013-06-05T15:00:00Z

In front of me I have a soda made by one of my favorite companies, All-Natural Oogave. On the same note, I have a soda in front of me that contains an ingredient that I’m not all that fond of, stevia. Here’s the twist. The company I love used an ingredient I’m not thrilled about and now all I can do about it is review the can of Loca Diet Cola in front of me. First off our history with Oogave is well documented. They were one of the first believers of this site and supplied us with many a tasty beverage. Heck they’re the only company we’ve done a “company review” on (there was supposed to be more of those, but we got lazy). So as I said before, we like Oogave. Now for my beef with stevia.

Stevia, if you are not aware, is a natural sweetener that is very low cal. Stevia is a great alternative to sugar in diet beverages, but for me and many others it leaves a disheartening aftertaste. Any beverage I’ve ever had that was solely sweetened with stevia has not been in my good graces. Never fear, stevia fans. Once upon a time we stumbled upon a beverage that was “split sweetened”. It used both sugar and stevia and the results were fantastic. It seems that sharing the duties with a delicious sweetener was right in the wheel-house of stevia. Fortunately Loca Diet Cola deals with stevia the awesome way.

Loca Diet Cola uses both stevia and agave nectar (an Oogave staple) to tastify their soda. This results in a 10 calorie cola which may still leave you skeptical, but hopefully I’m about to sway you to the positive. Aside from the sweetener, Loca Diet Cola is an all-natural beverage, but if you’re a fan of Oogave like we are that shouldn’t surprise you in the slightest. Even though I’m a fan of their products I too still have my doubts that this diet cola is going to knock my socks off in the taste department. I guess there’s only one way to find out.

A noticeable cola scent rises from the mouth of the can. It doesn’t have the “chemical scent” that many diet colas have and for that I mark down a point in the “nice” column.

The first sip reveals that I will not be partaking in that dreaded stevia aftertaste today, so good for you Loca Diet Cola. Now that my fear has been quelled I can focus better on the task at hand. Each sip I take includes the following: Cola flavor, club soda flavor, cola flavor. I’m not really sure what’s happening in the middle there, but the cola flavor kind of ducks out for a second and I’m left with a curious experience. I don’t find Loca Diet Cola as rich as other colas in taste, but that may be by design. If I were to do a blind taste test on this beverage I could tell you that it’s a diet cola, but a good diet cola and that’s good because those are so far and few between.

The carbonation level in Loca Diet Cola is great as the bubbles are staying strong throughout, racing around my teeth and gums. It’s this racing speed that surprises me as many Oogave sodas are lower in carbonation due to the agave nectar not getting along with the C02 molecules… more or less. Apparently the addition of stevia allows those molecules to attach a little easier and create the very fun mouth feel I just experienced.

Overall, Loca Diet Cola is a good diet soda and one I would recommend to anyone out there that either drinks diet beverages or is considering switching to diet beverages. In a world where diet sodas are usually a chemical stew it’s really nice to see an all-natural, organic entry into this market. Go Oogave! Googave!

Verdict – Buy a Bottle

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Who you tryin' to get crazy with ese? Don't you know I'm drinkin' loca?

jC's Sweet Tea

2013-05-29T02:27:24Z

There are three types of beverages I’m guaranteed to like: whole milk, limeade, and sweet tea. I can thank my lucky stars that I have one of those three beverages in front of me tonight, courtesy of ThirstMonger. jC’s Sweet Tea (and yes the “j” is lowercase) is today’s beverage and I think I’m in for a good time. Immediately I looked at this bottle of sweet tea and the first thing I noticed is that it is “southern style”. Now, I’m perfectly ok with that because I probably have a bias in believing that the South makes the best sweet tea. The second thing I noticed is that it was made in Ohio. Somehow I my eyes skipped past the part that said “all natural” and straight to the contradiction on the bottle. How am I supposed to take a “southern style” sweet tea seriously if it was made in Ohio? For that answer I checked out the jC’s Sweet Tea website and read their history.

The long of the short of it is that a woman with the initials J.C., who hails from Alabama and South Carolina, eventually made it to the state of Ohio. She of course brought her family recipes with her and the sweet tea really struck a chord in her friends. Long story overly shortened… now we have jC’s Sweet Tea – made in Ohio, yet by a southerner. That’s a legitimate enough reason for me… on to the ingredients.

Unless you were taken aback by the earlier contradiction as I was, you probably noticed that this is an all-natural sweet tea. The ingredients are as follows: Water, Sugar, Pineapple Juice (a first for me in a tea), Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice, Pekoe Cut Black Tea, Orange Pekoe Tea, Rinds of Oranges & Sweet Spice. Without even opening the bottle, that sounds absolutely fantastic. So, please allow me to open the bottle and prove to you that it is.

There is some serious spice in jC’s Sweet Tea. The aroma that comes off the top of the beverage is downright heavenly. It has a smell that I would like my entire house to share. A mixture of everything I just read off the ingredient list greets my nostrils as if they were best friends. Hopefully my taste-buds get the same treatment.

First off, I just let out an audible “Ahh”. I felt I needed to type that for honesty sake. I was afraid that this would be overly sweet, but jC’s Sweet Tea has a brilliant level of sweetness. It’s enough to make the drink a treat, but not so much that it would overpower a meal or become a liquid dessert. Each sip contains a harmonious mixture of sweet tea, lemon, spices, and even the orange finds its way into this description. It’s hard for me to tell you exactly which spices are used, but my best guess would be all-spice and maybe some nutmeg. Another area that I thought might be a weak point is the potential over use of the lemon, but let me paraphrase this again. The lemon gets an “E” in conduct for how well he plays with others. I cannot over emphasize enough how well blended this beverage is, so I’ll stop saying it from this point on.

The mouth feel is just at the entrance of syrupy, but this vanishes once the drink no longer resides in your mouth. After my gullet was emptied I was left with the slight taste of sweet tea, nowhere nearly complex as the actual drink itself, but a fond reminder of what I just experienced. Honestly I finished this about halfway through the review, it’s really good sweet tea. I can’t say that I’ve ever had anything like it in the South, but I really wish I had.

Verdict –Buy Stock!

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Twist is called "Sweet T" in many iguana circles

Faygo Original Red Pop

2013-05-27T16:07:36Z

Red pop is a somewhat foreign concept to me. I understand that it’s a big deal in other parts of the country, but here in Houston I’d be surprised to see it in a local grocery store. Even though it makes perfect sense I find regional soda love very odd. What shaped the history and tastes of that region? Why does Maine love Moxie so much? Why is red pop a northern thing? Why is Cheerwine a Carolina thing? I’m sure there’s a simple answer to all of those, probably mostly based on the origin of the product. I still find it interesting. I also find it interesting that red pop, or in this case Faygo Original Red Pop, is just strawberry soda. Why not just call it strawberry soda? I’ve had red pop once before, so my venture into this world isn’t completely unique. I’m hoping that the cane sugar sweetened version of red pop will be even tastier. Let’s find out, shall we?

The scent of Faygo Original Red Pop is somewhat muted and I must say I’m a bit shocked by this. When I think of a strawberry soda, I think of an overly sweetened, cotton candy-esque beverage that sits on my tongue for hours after consumption. This version of red pop, based on the smell at least, seems like it may be a bit tamer to the taste.

I was correct, this isn’t your standard sugary red liquid made to taste like candied strawberries. Faygo Original Red Pop feels like an adult version of strawberry soda. Let’s not pretend it’s not sweet, it most certainly is, but the flavor that accompanies said sweetness isn’t trying to impress you. A well-defined strawberry flavor that leans towards candy a bit more than actual strawberries is the first experience my tongue runs into. The carbonation gives my mouth a hybrid sensation of both fizzy and fluffy, keeping the experience fun the whole way through. At the apex of the swig the middle of my tongue experiences a shock of sweetness that slowly vanishes becoming nothing more than a memory. I don’t really even have time to figure out if that peak of sweetness was in fact too sweet for my taste buds. Honestly, I don’t care. I think influx of sugary taste is another reason the beverage stays fun. If it all tasted like that it’d be overkill and I wouldn’t even try to finish the bottle. Fortunately, this soda seems to pace itself as it’s being consumed. Fun carbonation here, quick burst of sweetened strawberry flavor here, smooth mouth feel here… it works.

Faygo Original Red Pop is not strawberry soda and I’m happy to have figured that out, but it’s really hard to explain why it isn’t what it clearly states it is. Let’s use geometry for example. A square can both truthfully be called a square or a rectangle as it has four right angles. No one is going to call see a square and call it a rectangle even though it would be the truth. Faygo Original Red Pop is a strawberry soda, it’s also Red Pop. Guess which one it deserves to be called. I had a hard time rating this, but the more I think about it I realize that I would want more than 4 in my fridge.

Verdict – Buy a Pallet

Twist is a green pop, but that's a story for another time

Hank's Orange Cream Soda

2013-05-24T16:07:17Z

Without looking I can already tell you the last several sodas we’ve reviewed have all been root beer or cream soda based beverages. I thought about bucking that trend today, but instead of shocking your brains too much I’ll ease out of the root beer/cream soda genre with a tall orange bottle of Hank’s Orange Cream Soda. This fancy looking bottle contains a liquid that has two things going for it; the first is that it’s sweetened with cane sugar. Secondly, Hank’s uses orange juice concentrate in the making of their orange cream soda… something I haven’t seen before. I’m curious if this will be as smooth as other orange cream or “dreamsicle” sodas since actual orange juice is in play here. Only in time will we find out.

Either I’m getting weaker or these twist off caps are getting harder to remove. Yeesh. Hank’s OCS delivers in the scent department by giving my snout a tremendous amount of both orange and vanilla aroma. The dogs wrestling behind me can’t even pry my attention away from this beverage.

Forget what that last guy said about this not being a smooth orange cream. That last guy was crazy, as this is a very smooth soda. There is an initial burn on the tip of my tongue created by the enclosed fizz, but quickly it disintegrates into a creamy citrus slide. If someone were to ask me if I thought this had orange juice concentrate in it I’d probably say it didn’t. The orange flavor doesn’t really attack your throat like it would in juice form. Instead it appears in front of you wrapped up in just enough vanilla that you have a hard time figuring out if it’s the real thing or not. The orange vanilla hug that happens in this bottle continues its embrace down my gullet. The two flavors are inseparable and work in tandem throughout each sip.

The finish of Hank’s OCS leaves something to be desired as it develops a somewhat “fake” taste near the end that only worsens until you take another swig, starting the experience back over again. I’m a little weary of my final gulp seeing as I won’t have anything left to reset the taste. Perhaps I’ll open this extra People Water I have lying around. All in all Hank’s OCS is a tasty soda with some shortcomings here and there. Shortcomings included this should still be in your fridge in multiples.

Verdict – Buy a Pack

Twist coined the word "gourmet"

Joia Pineapple Coconut & Nutmeg

2013-05-23T04:07:00Z

When ThirstMonger said this week’s beverage was going to be Joia, I honestly had no idea what would be coming in the mail. When I opened the box I found six oddly delightful flavored sodas that I honestly can’t wait to try. Since my fridge is full of soda as it is, I took a chance and picked the best two sounding flavors that were to be chosen from when chilled. Upon opening my ice box again Joia Pineapple Coconut & Nutmeg was the winner and I cannot wait to try it.

Joia lists itself as an all-natural soda which is very pleasing to both my eyes and my tongue. Looking at the ingredient list I’m impressed even further as I see pure cane sugar, real pineapple juice concentrate, and natural flavors of pineapple, coconut, nutmeg, cocoa, etc. There’s other ingredients that are equally natural that I’m leaving out, but these are the ones that I’ll be tasting so I figured them important enough to mention. The Joia bottle design is very tranquil and reminds me of something I might be handed on a beach vacationing somewhere. I’m not big on beach vacations, but I am big on fancy tropical drinks… perhaps I was just given an easy way to induce enjoyment. I picked Joia Pineapple Coconut & Nutmeg because those three flavors just sound like that need to be together, like they’ve been buddies all along playing behind the school. Hopefully my initial thoughts won’t lead me astray.

A delightful aroma containing all three of the listed flavors oozes out of the mouth of the bottle. It’s not an overpowering aroma, but it certainly isn’t playing around. I suppose it’s time to follow the directions on the side of the bottle and “Drink Instinct”.

Just as I suspected the flavors act as if they are old chums, each complementing the other. Pineapple comes in as the base, setting the stage for its friends. Coconut comes out and tells a light joke to get everyone chuckling and nutmeg works the lights determining the mood of each sip. If one were to be considered strongest of the three it would have to be pineapple, but nutmeg and coconut aren’t far behind. The Nutmeg adds a somewhat bitter taste to each sip, but the undertone of sweet pineapple helps me forget it by the end of my swig. The carbonation level of Joia is a slight, sharp fizz that grazes all parts of my mouth. It keeps my tongue interested and tells my hand to continue picking up the bottle. I’m not hugely fond of pineapple sodas so some of my bias may show in the rating, but Joia does a good job with the natural juices and flavors they have on their palette. While I enjoyed Joia Pineapple, Coconut, and Nutmeg I’m sure it won’t be my favorite of the Joia brand. I can’t wait to find out what that will be.

Verdict – Buy a Pack

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Twist says "You'll enJOIA it." Then he cried tears of sorrow for such a pun.

Rocket Fizz Root Beer Float

2013-05-20T18:31:51Z

In the infantile days of this site (I believe we were still on LiveJournal) we reviewed A&W Root Beer Float in a bottle. I think the word that got tossed around a lot was “rancid” which left us a bit gun shy to try another Root Beer Float in a bottle. Thankfully Rocket Fizz has such a beverage and since they rarely steer me wrong I have no worries about trying it. Rocket Fizz Root Beer Float may not be the bees knees, but I can almost guarantee you that I won’t use the word “rancid” in its description. Of course it’s sweetened with pure cane sugar, but after that the ingredients become a bit to chemical or vague (natural/artificial flavors) to really care enough to go into detail. So my expectations are set carefully above “awful”… something tells me it will easily surpass them.

My nose has a hard time recognizing the “float” scent that should be coming out of the mouth of the bottle. Of course this could easily be the result of a high level of grass pollen in the air that occasionally renders my nose useless. I can smell a rich and sugary root beer flavor with something different in the background. Hopefully the “ice cream” will arrive once I take a swig.

Well it’s a heck of a lot better than A&W’s version of the same flavor. The root beer taste is burly and easily experienced, but the vanilla ice cream never shows up to the party… a different visitor must have stolen his invitation. Roasted marshmallow is the secondary flavor in this soda and he’s quite brash about his presence. You’d think that someone who was not invited to a shin did would show a bit of cowardice, but not R.M. He kicked the door open, announced his arrival, spit on the floor, and kissed root beer’s sister. It’s like he knows he doesn’t belong, but doesn’t care because he’s sure he’ll win you over… and he’s right. I really did want to try a good root beer float soda, but with every sip of root beer and roasted marshmallow I care less and less that the ice cream taste is absent. It’s an odd combination on virtual paper that works like gangbusters in my mouth. Perhaps I should retool that last sentence, better not as then this sentence wouldn’t make any sense.

Are there faults to Rocket Fizz Root Beer Float? Well aside from the fact that it doesn’t exactly taste as the label states, yes there are. The root beer flavor, while good, could be richer, creamier, just better in general for one. A somewhat syrupy mouth feel is my last impression of the beverage. I wouldn’t say it’s the velvet curtain I so often describe, but perhaps a sheer curtain used for fog effects. All in all Rocket Fizz Root Beer Float is something out of the ordinary and I suggest you buy multiples to share.

Verdict – Buy a Pack

Twist is a Rocket Fizz Man, burning up his fuse up here alone.