183 root beers reviewed so far

        Each root beer is judged by eight different parameters (see the individual root beer reviews), and the score of all of those is averaged.

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Cole Family Average, 2001-2002

        For the three root beers which were the top finishers in 2001, the scores below are the averaged score of the 2001 and 2002 results.  This favored consistently strong contenders but penalized Pirate's Keg, which finished first in 2001 and was clearly a bad bottle in its 8th place 2002 finish.  For another cut at the Cole Family's root beer predilections, scroll down to the "Over-all Root Beer Experience" scores from 2001 and 2002, which include invidual scores for both years for the top 2001 finishers -- Stewart's, IBC and Pirate's Keg.

1.	Sprecher	7.26
2.	Stewart’s (2001-02)	6.69
3.	IBC (2001-02)	6.55
4.	Dad's	6.51
5.	Thomas Kemper	6.27
6.	Dog N Suds	6.22
7.	Abita	5.83
8.	Frostie	5.82
9.	Shasta	5.69
10.	Henry Weinhard’s	5.64
11.	Pirate’s Keg (2001-2002)	5.61
12.	Hire’s	5.47
13.	Blue Sky	4.80
14.	Old Fashioned	4.33
15.	Root 66	4.22

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In our Root Beer Taste-offs, we rank each root beer by "Over-all Root Beer Experience," which is counted as just one parameter in the over-all average (of the eight different grades for each brew), but is interesting as a statistic in and of itself.  Below are the "Root Beer Experience" scores over the past two tastings...

 

Cole Family Root Beer Experience, 2001-02

1.	Sprecher	7.93
2.	IBC (2002)	6.94
3.	Pirate’s Keg (2001)	6.75
3.	Stewart’s	6.75
5.	IBC (2001-2002)	6.69
6.	Stewart’s (2001-2002)	6.52
7.	IBC (2001)	6.44
8.	Dad's	6.38
9.	Dog N Suds	6.38
10.	Stewart’s (2002)	6.29
11.	Thomas Kemper	6.13
12.	Abita	6.06
13.	Henry Weinhard’s	5.94
14.	Pirate’s Keg (2001-2002)	5.66
15.	Shasta	5.57
16.	Frostie	5.56
17.	Hires	5.50
18.	Blue Sky	5.00
19.	Pirate’s Keg (2002)	4.56
20.	Old Fashioned	4.06
21.	Root 66	3.88

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