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Sonora
Brewing Company
Root Beer
Sonora Brewing Company,
3601 N. 26th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85019
602/484-7775
"Out here in the Sonora Desert, we know a thing or two about thirst and how to quench it. We take an array of herbs, flavors, and pure cold water, and mix it up with Arizona honey from the Sonora Desert for a taste that'll satisfy the soul-searingest heat. We hope you take a shine to it!"
Review
Spicy honey nose. Smooth honey flavor with overtones of something I can't figure out, but that is pleasant. Not too much in the rooty department. The bubbles are too tiny, making this an excellent belching brew but less satisfying to drink. A wintergreen aftertaste that lingers too long, but which is cut by honey. A tasty brew from this Phoenix microbrewery -- did I mention the honey?
Luke's Numbers (3/23/03)
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Flavor |
Mouthfeel |
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Sweetness 8 |
Carbonation 7 |
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Rootiness 6 |
Smoothness 8.5 |
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Aftertaste 6 |
Over-all mouthfeel 8 |
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Over-all Flavor 7.5 |
Over-all Root Beer Experience 7.5 |
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Over-all average 7.31 |
Rank: 20 of 56 |
Ingredients: carbonated water, sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup, maltodextrine, natural and artificial flavors, Arizona honey from the Sonora Desert, sodium benzoate (a preservative), vanilla, phosphoric acid. 12 oz. bottle, 141 calories, 29 mg sodium, 37 g total carbohydrates, 34 g from sugars.
Links
Sonora Brewing Company root beer homepage -- you can order root beer directly from them.
Luke's Root Beer Homepage + Luke's Root Beer Archive
2001 Root Beer Taste-off + 2002 Root Beer Taste-off