Durango Soda Company Zuberfizz Original Cola

I grabbed this for a caffeine boost the other afternoon:

Brand: Durango Soda Company Zuberfizz Original Cola.

Origin: Durango, Colorado.

Purchase Place: "Minnesota's Largest Candy Store," Jordan, MN.

Sweetener: Cane Sugar.

Review: Like many "good" colas, this has a very deep, rich flavor. It's almost smokey (but not as weird as that sounds), and there are "fruity" hints (but not as wussy as that sounds). It was rich without being heavy. Good flavor. Perfect amount of carbonation without being harsh. If you like colas, give this a try!

Score: 8.5 out of 10.

Root Beer Pulled Pork

This past weekend, I made an easy, tasty meal with some root beer. It required 4 ingredients and a crockpot:

The 4 ingredients: pork loin, seasoning, an onion, and root beer.

Pork with seasoning, onion, and root beer in the crockpot.

After 2 hours on high.

After 4 hours on high.

Pork 4.5 hours later.

The juices after 4.5 hours. It had no sweetness, and was very savory. The aftertaste had a hint of root beer.

Shredding the pork, with a pile of fat at the upper right, and the onions in the middle of the top - I had to
cut up the onions so my 3-year-old would eat them.

Shredded with all but about 1 cup of the liquid mixed back in.  We've found it to be too juicy if all the liquid is used.

It's really that easy. I added more seasoning to the pull pork when I put it back in the crockpot for another half hour because a lot of the seasoning that I originally put on the pork came off with all the fat I cut off while shredding. Try this some day!

- pork
- bottle/can of root beer
- 1 cut up onion
- seasoning to taste

Add all ingredients together, and cook until meat is done. (Roughly 3-4 hours on high, 5-8 hours on low.)  Take out pork and shred. Reserve some of the liquid, and add the shredded pork and most of the liquid back to the crockpot. Add more seasoning if desired, as well as however much liquid you'd like. Cook on low for another 30 minutes. Eat.

Christmas Sodas

I just finished up with a final late Christmas party with my family. We shared lots of food and some tasty sodas:

My family thought the Ozark Mountain Orange Cream tasted like the orange floats my Grandma used to make, and they thought the Durango Soda Company Zuberfizz Creamy Root Beer was so creamy that it tasted like a root beer float as well. Both went over well. (I originally gave the Orange Cream a 6 and the Root Beer an 8.5 in my reviews, and I still stick by those ratings.)

Happy New Year!

Durango Soda Company Zuberfizz Creamy Root Beer

Some friends stopped by last week with some tasty treats for me! They came to visit and left this for me:

Zuberfizz that they brought from CO, and Ely Wild that they purchased in Northern MN.

Zuberfizz is their favorite Root Beer (locally made near their house in CO), so I had to try that one first:

Brand: Durango Soda Company Zuberfizz Creamy Root Beer.

Origin: Durango, Colorado.

Purchase Place: King Soopers Grocery Store, Denver, CO.

Sweetener: Pure Cane Sugar.

Review: This was total crap. (Just kidding friends from CO! Just trying to scare you!) No really, it was good. It was VERY creamy with a good vanilla root beer flavor. This had a classic taste but with extra cream. My wife thought it tasted a lot like a root beer float, but I didn't think it went that far. The only real downside to all the creaminess is that there is practically no "bite" at all. So if you like a soda with bite, this isn't for you. But I thought it was pretty decent.

Score: 8.5 out of 10.