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AJ Stephans

Pure Cane Sugar Birch Beer

"Since 1926"

"New England's Best Tonic"

A.J. Stephans, 10 DeWitt Road, Stoneham, Massachusetts  02180

781/438-2221

 

Review

    Strong wintergreen nose.  Strong wintergreen lead, moves into a pleasant mellow tingly midrange.  Somewhat sweet wintergreen aftertaste, not unpleasant.  This is a better birch beer than AJ Stephans root beer is a root beer.

 

Luke's Numbers  (10/16/04)

Flavor

Mouthfeel

Sweetness  7

Carbonation  8.5

Rootiness  8.5

Smoothness  8

Aftertaste  8

Over-all mouthfeel  8

Over-all Flavor  7.5

Over-all Root Beer Experience  7.5

Over-all average  7.88

Rank: 37 of 125

 

Ingredients:  pure carbonated water, cane sugar, flavor, sodium benzoate (preservative).  12 oz. bottle, 170 calories, 35 mg sodium, 45g total carbohydrates, 43g from sugars.

 

Links

    AJ Stephans homepage -- including drink recipes using their better-known ginger beer.

 

Acquired

        Beverages & More, Colma, California.

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