"Old
Fashioned Root Beer"Luke's Root Beer Reviews
Firehouse Brewing Co.
"Wild Bill's Birch Beer"
"Old
Fashioned Root Beer"
Firehouse Brewing Co., 610 Main Street, Rapid City, South Dakota
605-348-1915
A brewpub in an old firehouse in downtown Rapid City. The food is decidedly mediocre, and it allows smoking -- ugh!
Review
Very rooty with cinnamon aftertones. Complex taste. A somewhat harsh wintergreen lead but pleasing and mellower follow-through. Delightfully smooth, carbonation is a nice accent, not in the foreground. A very soft and mellow brew. Not sweet enough for my taste, but pleasant nonetheless.
Luke's Numbers (6/18/04)
|
Flavor |
Mouthfeel |
|
Sweetness 6 |
Carbonation 8 |
|
Rootiness 8 |
Smoothness 10 |
|
Aftertaste 7.5 |
Over-all mouthfeel 9.5 |
|
Over-all Flavor 7.5 |
Over-all Root Beer Experience 8.0 |
|
Over-all average 8.06 |
Rank: 23 of 98 |
Ingredients: not available.
Acquired: at the Brewing Co.
Available: only at the Brewing Co. $1.75/pint, with free refills (bonus!). The 1/2 gallon growler is available for $6.41 with the bottle, $3.74 for just the 1/2 gallon of root beer.
Links:
Firehouse Brewing Co. homepage
Luke's Root Beer Homepage + Root Beer Rankings
2001 Root Beer Taste-off + 2002 Root Beer Taste-off