Uncle Scott's All Natural Root Beer

Yesterday after class, I cracked open a root beer:

 
Brand: Uncle Scott's All Natural Root Beer.

Origin: Mooresville, NC.

Purchase Place: Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop, Spring Lake Park, MN.

Sweetener: "100% pure cane sugar."

Review: This wasn't my favorite. It had too much anise flavor, and almost tasted "burnt." I checked the ingredients list, and I was happy to see "vanilla" (which I could taste a little), but then next came "cinnamon oil" which might be adding to that burnt taste. Later on down the list was both "licorice root oil" and "anise oil" which combined provided the TOO MUCH ANISE flavor that I didn't care for. The root beer flavor was OK, but the other flavors were just too much. Not a great root beer. Dang.

Score: 3.5 out of 10.

Grandpa Joe's Marshmallow Old Fashioned Soda Pop

I opened this last night with my boys:

 

Brand: Grandpa Joe's Marshmallow Old Fashioned Soda Pop.

Origin: Pittsburgh, PA.

Purchase Place: Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop, Spring Lake Park, MN.

Sweetener: Sugar.

Review: It SMELLS like marshmallow! Truly! And the first sip had a bit of a marshmallow flavor, but first came an overly sweet "cream soda" flavor. It was decent, but VERY sweet - my boys loved it and my wife thought it was too much. I'll give it a pretty average score.

Score: 5.5 out of 10.