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Fitz's

Premium Micro-brewed Root Beer

"Since 1947"

"Caffeine Free"

Fitz's Bottling Company, 6605 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri  63130

314-726-9555

Review

        Complex nose, fruity and rooty with some vanilla tones.  Very sweet lead, with tiny bubbles that get in the way, mellowing to spicier middle and then a faint, sweet wintergreen finish.  This is a delightfully complex brew.  It has a round, vanilla-y taste that is very satisfying, and the aftertaste, a wintergreen tingle, is pleasant.  The brew gets smoother as you get further into the bottle, which is good, as the initial tiny bubbles and bubble burn distract from the tastiness.

Luke's Numbers (10/24/04)

Ingredients ("original recipe since 1947"): filtered carbonated water, cane sugar, natural flavors, caramel color, vanillin, sodium benzoate (preservative) and citric acid.  12 oz. bottle, 160 calories, 45 mg sodium, 40 g carbohydrates, 40 g from sugars.

Acquired:  I got my first bottles from Bradonvical, by mail order (the nice folks there actually sent me a couple of bottles to review).  Since then I have also found it at Beverages & More, Colma, California..

Available:  By mail order from Bradonvical or Fitz themselves, also at Beverages & More in California, and at the brewpub in St. Louis.

Links:

        Fitz's Root Beer homepage.

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