Towne Club root beer

Background information: (from the website) "Towne Club first entered the market in the mid-1960s, debuting its well-loved “Pop Shops” in Detroit. The Pop Shops offered an incredible number of soda flavors, much more than what was typically seen in grocery stores. The assortment of flavors was known to inspire curiosity and enjoyment among patrons. At Pop Shops, visitors entered the store, grabbed a sturdy wooden crate, and walked around the various stacks of pop—creating a memorable in-store experience. Customers would be encouraged to bring back empty bottles as well as cases, creating a virtuous cycle of experiences.

Towne Club is owned and bottled in Detroit by Intrastate Distributors, Inc. (IDI). IDI owns other beverages, including Frostie and Kist.

Towne Club is made for all Michiganders and bottled with love in Detroit."

Product details: 16 fl. oz.  Bottled by: Towne Club Bev. Corp., Detroit, Michigan 48234. 215 calories, 42g sugar. Glass bottle with twist off top. www.towneclub.com

Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Pure Cane Sugar, Sodium Benzoate (preservative), Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors.


My thoughts: You're at the club. You see a hottie across the way. Your eyes meet. They walk over, the pulse of the music pounding in rhythm to your heartbeat as the rest of the people and the sounds fade away into a background haze. Is this the one you take home, or is it the one you "I gotta run to the bathroom" and ditch? Just what kind of party in your mouth is happening with this Towne Club?

This root beer is the life of the party, with it's strong, rooty sassafrass taste that root beer is known for. It's got some fancy dance moves, ones that seem familiar. It's entertaining, though not entirely innovative. Behind the strong initial impression, there are little hints of vanilla and wintergreen. And as the song ends, the impressions slowly and pleasantly fade, leaving a good taste behind. This root beer may not have mastered the complexity of salsa dancing, or the technical prowess of a master break dancer, but its club party style is fun nonetheless.

Speaking of sweet dance moves, this one has solid sugar levels. Not too syrupy, with just the right amount of sugar. While I prefer my carbonation to bump, grind and twerk energetically over my tongue, this is a little classier, with a little more controlled roiling and jumping effervescence and only moderate amounts of carbonation twerking. While some pickup lines can be terribly grating, this one is fairly smooth. Maybe not the smoothest, but good enough that I'd say "yes."

Well, if this root beer is a night out at the Towne Club, then maybe I've been missing out on this clubbing thing. It's a lot of fun, something I'd be up for doing again, though it wouldn't be my nightly routine. This root beer is good for a hookup, but if you're looking for a long term situation, there are other fish in the sea that would serve you better.

Rating: B
flavor: B
aftertaste: B
sweetness: B+
smoothness: B-
carbonation: B