Northern Soda Company Toasted Pecan Root Beer

I opened my 2nd soda from my "root beer variety pack" earlier today:

 

In front of goodies from our garden.

Brand: Northern Soda Company Toasted Pecan Root Beer.

Origin: Arden Hills, MN.

Purchase Place: Remix, St. Paul, MN.

Sweetener: Cane Sugar.

Review: I swore that I've had this before, but I found no record of it on this blog. So I was going in for the first time. And it was good! It really wasn't much like root beer, though. It was very sugary and sweet. The pecan flavor was strong and pretty spot-on: it tasted like a pecan pie. A very sweet pecan pie with a lot of butterscotch notes as well. Again, there's not much of a root beer flavor to this as it's more of a "sweet pecan/butterscotch soda" instead of a "toasted pecan root beer," but it's still very tasty!

Score: 7.5 out of 10.

A 'Root Beer Variety Pack'

When we stopped by Remix for some shave ice, I noted that I spotted a variety pack of root beer. Well my wife grabbed it as an extra Father's Day present for me:

The "variety pack" on our counter!

The 6 sodas inside. (The "regular" root beer has a printed can, but the rest are stickers on a plain can.)

I'll be back with reviews on all of these over the next few weeks! I can't wait!

Fest Pecan Root Beer

I brought this with me to class today, and tried it out after I got done expanding the minds of my students:

Brand: Fest Pecan Root Beer.

Origin: New Orleans, LA.

Purchase Place: Blue Sun Soda, Spring Lake Park, MN.

Sweetener: Sugar.

Review: I don't love or hate pecans, so I was curious what I'd think of this root beer. Verdict: it wasn't great. I see what they were going for with the pecan flavor, but it tasted a lot like coffee. I had a hard time concentrating on where the root beer flavor was. If a smooth, nutty/coffee flavored soda sounds good to you, then check this out. Otherwise, stay away. I didn't like it at all, and I couldn't finish it.

Score: 2.5 out of 10.