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Dominion
Root Beer
"Made with honey from Virginia"
Old Dominion Brewing Co., Ashburn, Virginia
Made by a popular Northern Virginia brewpub, Dominion also bottles its root beers for sale under the Hard Times Cafe label and others.
Review
Very rooty nose. Highly carbonated, which gets in the way of the flavor. Complex taste, begins with a strong rooty taste (which I can't quite pin down), moves through honey (nice) and flattens out into a slightly artificial-tasting afterburn, which is the weak point. There is a lot going on here, an interesting brew. It's score is hurt by the aftertaste and the intrusive carbonation.
Luke's Numbers (4/4/03)
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Flavor |
Mouthfeel |
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Sweetness 7.5 |
Carbonation 5 |
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Rootiness 9 |
Smoothness 7 |
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Aftertaste 5 |
Over-all mouthfeel 6.5 |
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Over-all Flavor 8 |
Over-all Root Beer Experience 8 |
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Over-all average 7.00 |
Luke's Rank: 23 of 48 |
Ingredients: carbonated water, sugar, honey, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, natural and artificial flavor extracts, yucca, sodium benzoate -- a preservative -- and citric acid. Contains no caffeine. 12 oz. bottle, 170 calories. 35 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrates, 42 g from sugars.
Links
Old Dominion Brewing homepage
Acquired: Old Dominion Brewing, Ashburn, Virginia. $4.19/six-pack, or $0.69/bottle.
Available: At the brewpub itself, also in supermarkets in Northern Virginia and restaurants in the Northern Virginia, DC and central Maryland area.
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