Luke's Root Beer Reviews
AC
Root Beer
"America's
Choice"
Distributed by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Montvale, New Jersey 07645
Review
Medicinal nose. Pleasant, mellow sweet lead, flattening into tough, medicinal mid-range. Flat finish. Tingly aftertaste. Good burpability. Nancy says, "unremarkable, not bad but bad aftertaste."
Luke's Numbers (2/19/05)
|
Flavor |
Mouthfeel |
|
Sweetness 8 |
Carbonation 7 |
|
Rootiness 7.5 |
Smoothness 8 |
|
Aftertaste 6.5 |
Over-all mouthfeel 7.5 |
|
Over-all Flavor 7 |
Over-all Root Beer Experience 7 |
|
Over-all average 7.31 |
Rank: 61 of 142 |
Ingredients: carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, caramel color, sodium benzoate (a preservative), citric acid, natural and artificial flavor and caffeine. 3 liter (101.4 oz.) plastic bottle. 12 oz. serving: 165 calories, 37.5 mg sodium, 44 g carbohydrates, 44 g from sugars.
Acquired:
A&P Supermarket, Mystic, Connecticut.
Available:
Presumably at A&P supermarkets, this appears to be its house brand.
Luke's Root Beer Homepage + Root Beer Rankings
2001 Root Beer Taste-off + 2002 Root Beer Taste-off