A & W Root Beer – Taking me back to the old days!
Written: Jun 21 '08 (Updated Jun 21 '08)
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Pros: Delicious, sweet, somewhat spicy and refreshing!
Cons: Calories are all empty, but sometimes that's ok!
The Bottom Line: If you have a nostalgic moment or if you haven't tried A & W Root Beer in a while, grab a can and go back in time!
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| Magick1's Full Review: A&W Root Beer 72oz |
I was fortunate enough to try an A & W Root Beer way back when I was a little girl. My parents make a joke about it, as I was roughly 2 years old and had a frosty mug of root beer that was “junior sized” and I loved it!
Well, the feelings remain partial to the old fashioned root beer that I have always known and enjoyed. I find many different versions out on the market and I have tried some others. But, I always come back to this product!
The Product
This root beer has a wonderful color: dark amber in color but it’s clear when you pour it into a glass. Personally, I have purchased some of those mugs that you can freeze and pull them out when I enjoy one of these root beers! I love the somewhat frozen slush that it creates from the frosty mug and it takes me back to the good old days where you could pull up to the drive in A & W restaurant, order a mug of root beer and they would skate it out to the car in a frosty glass mug. You cannot really find these places that do that anymore! What a bummer.
Have you ever tried one of those hard A & W Root Beer candies? Do you recall the smell and the flavor? This drink, when you crack open a can pushes out the root beer scent immediately and it smells wonderful and it reminds me exactly of the candy! They did a terrific job emulating the drink flavor in those candies!
This drink is full of sugary sweetness and just enough bite to make you appreciate it. I feel the drink seems to give a brief pinch of root beer flavor and sweeps your mouth with the sweet flavor that you expect from a soda. The root beef made my A & W is soda doesn’t have caffeine if that is a concern for you! It also doesn’t have a tremendous amount of fizz when you pour it out. There is some, but it’s not like most sodas where you pour it into a glass and if you don’t watch out you might fizz over the top of the glass!
Per the A & W Drive In website www.aw-drivein.com the history of this root beer dates back to 1919. The formula was purchase from a pharmacist in Arizona by Roy Allen. Allen started to mix up this drink and sold mugs of it for a nickel! He started to open up other stands to sell this because it was successful and then decided to take on a partner. He got Frank Wright and this is where the A & W came from. It’s really kind of interesting history and you should check it out!
Per this website, the drink is made up of a blend of herbs, spices, barks and berries! If you haven’t had this before or never really looked into root beers, you probably did not think all of this went into it, right?
The Ingredients
Per the cans, the ingredients don’t seem quite as intriguing:
Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, sodium benzoate (preservative), natural and artificial flavors
Nutrition Facts
This information is also directly from the can and is based upon 1 can and a 2,000 calorie intake diet.
Calories 170
Total Fat 0g or 0%
Sodium 65mg or 3%
Total Carb. 47g or 16%
Sugars 45g
Protein 0g
Overall Impressions
I really enjoy this root beer and to me, it will always be the first choice of root beers if I have a selection. Others I have tried either have too much bite and not enough sweetness or they just taste flat! This selection always satisfies that craving. I enjoy every single delicious, sweet, tasty drop. One can normally satisfies my craving and I normally can get by on 1 can a week! Summer time, when the frosty mugs and the root beer tastes the best to me, I might have 2 – 3 week cans a week!
If you have not tried this and enjoy drinking soda and you don’t mind a bit of sweetness tinged with just a slight bite of “something else” (spices), you might enjoy this. If you like the sharper tasting root beers, this likely will be too sweet for your palate. But, you never know. Give it a shot. Do it justice though and try it in a frosty mug to get the best flavor! If nothing else, make sure it is very cold when you drink it! I hope you enjoy it, I know I sure do!
~Thanks for spending time with me today!~
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