Virgil's Zero Root Beer

That tag line for this root beer is "you'll swear it's made in heaven."  Unfortunatley, heaven doesn't make root beer like they used to.  To be frank, it barely had a root beer taste at all.  It was clouded (probably a result of being made in heaven) with a huge diet taste of stevia rebaudiana leaf extract and that dang GMO-free caramel color.  Truth be told, I'm not on the up and up on the GMO, and this root beer is not really worth the couple of extra minutes to research it.

I do love the fact that it has zero calories and it's using a sweetner that doesn't cause years of soft-drink induced cancer.  I actually like diet soda a bit too much and it would be nice to find a tasty alternative.  Virgil's Zero Root Beer is not that alternative . . .  although it is a really nice alternative for muddy water.

One other thing that I absolutely love about this root beer can be found right on their web-site.  It says, and I quote, "no sugar alcohols that upset your intestines."  Awesome . . . simply awesome.

Although I've never been a huge Virgil's fan to begin with, I think they have a much "higher standard" to live up to - this brew is a big disappointment.

I give this root beer a   F

Hannaford Diet Root Beer

Get excited now folks - this is your opportunity to read about a store-brand diet root beer! I did this review alone, as I really don't like to expose the little professors to diet sodas. Although, for the most part this is all I drink - so my diet taste buds are actually quite refined.

When poured the brew it had a pretty impressive root beer color and a pretty impressive head. But when I sipped this beer it went downhill pretty quick. Smack, slam, wake-up - this is one of the nastiest diet flavors that has ever been attached to a root beer.

Pretty bad stuff - but sadly I will drink the rest of the 2 liter bottle. No reason to let a bottle of aspartame go to waste.

I give this brew a . . . F

Diet Barq's

Printed in big bold letters is the phrase "artificially flavored". It almost seems like they are proud of it - whatever . . .

I tend to drink a lot more of diet soda than regular ones - so here it goes!

Every sip of this brew (I don't know if it should even be called a brew) gets worse and worse. This actually doesn't even taste like a root beer - it is sort of fruity with maybe a little bit of a cherry taste. The carbonation, smell, head, and color don't really even seem to matter - because it doesn't seem like a root beer to me.

As far as the "dietness" of the taste goes - I have had a lot worse. I don't sense a lot of the artificial sugar taste - although it does have a bite and I guess part of that could be related to the aspartame. Oh well . . .

I give this brew an F