Posted in A&W, Cadbury Schweppes, Carbonated Soft Drinks, Creme Soda, Kosher, Reviews, Root Beer on Feb 24th, 2008 7 Comments »
Take the flavor experience of a root beer float and bottle it. That's what A&W Float soda attempts to pull off. It's an interesting innovation idea… and one that comes close, but misses. While it does use sugar and skim milk, the resulting taste is so artificial that you shouldn't even bother. Great idea, horrible execution.
Posted in Barq's, Carbonated Soft Drinks, Creme Soda, Reviews, The Coca-Cola Company on Nov 8th, 2007 9 Comments »
When you think Barq's, you typically think about that root beer with a "bite". They should stick to root beer, because Barq's Red Creme Soda is nothing unique. Sweetened with HFCS, very syrupy, and way too sweet, this Red #40-colored drink dampens the solid name of its root beer sibling.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Creme Soda, Jones Soda, Update on Jun 18th, 2007 5 Comments »
Clarification regarding Jones Soda's use of the term "inverted cane sugar" from an e-mail sent by a reader with a degree in biology with a minor in chemistry.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Creme Soda, Jones Soda, Reviews on Jun 11th, 2007 14 Comments »
This soft drink review takes a look at the revised Jones Soda line, no longer sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. Jones Soda Cream Soda is instead sweetened with "inverted cane sugar". What is inverted cane sugar? Sweet, but good.
