Product details: 12 fl. oz. Intellectual property of and bottled by Judge Wapner's real life family member Robert Powells of the Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Shops, LLC, PO Box 3663 Camarillo, CA 93011. 180 calories, 45g sugar. Glass bottle with twist off top. http://www.rocketfizz.com
Ingredients: Water, cane sugar, caramel color, natural flavor, real vanilla, citric acid.
My thoughts: I can't say for certain whether this and the Gene Audry root beer I had yesterday are rebadges of the same recipe, or if they are merely very similar. It seems that they are ever so slightly different, but it's entirely possible that the minute differences I think I'm detecting are due to variances with how my taste buds are registering it today.
Like Gene's, this has a basic root beer flavor, though it seems a little stronger and slightly less candy-like. No individual spices seem apparent, the vague touch of vanilla in the aftertaste is still there. Carbonation is okay, perhaps leaning a little more flat. It could use a little more bubbly punch. It feels a little bit thicker than yesterday's root beer, perhaps lending it a slight lead in smoothness. That thickness seems to make the sugar stick a little more in my mouth, but not too badly.
Just as the Gene Autry root beer before it, this one isn't anything exceptional and doesn't offer enough to compel me to buy it again instead of the cheaper root beer in a can. I feel like this could be a slightly different recipe, but it isn't enough to elevate it above the same average score. The bottle has Judge Wapner proclaiming, "I sentence you to drink my root beer!" Compared to some of the other root beers I've had, I'd be happy to accept the sentencing, knowing I got off relatively well. But since the judge isn't going to make me drink this, I think there are better ways to do my root beer time.
Rating: C
flavor: C
aftertaste: C
sweetness: C
smoothness: C+
carbonation: C-
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