Rocky Mountain Root Beer

Rocky Mountain Root Beer

Website: http://www.rockymountainsoda.com/flavors/

Sweetener: Rocky Mountain Beet Sugar

Bottled at: Denver, Colorado

Purchase Location: Rocket Fizz

Rocky Mountain Soda harnesses the essence of the Rocky Mountains in its small batch, hand bottled root beer. Rocky Mountain Root Beer is made with carbonated Colorado water and sweetened with Rocky Mountain beet sugar. As far as I am aware, this is the first beet sugar root beer I have reviewed.

I really like Rocky Mountain Root Beer’s label. It celebrates the Rocky Mountains in a classy sepia tone. The focal point is a regal Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep surrounded by Rocky Mountain flora. The bottom of the label has an artistic seal depicting a steep mountain peak, and on the top of the label, the name of the soda stands out in bright gold lettering.

Unfortunately, the drink is not as memorable as Rocky Mountain Root Beer’s label. For starters, this soda is not very flavorful. It is almost as if instead of root beer, Rocky Mountain Root Beer is a carbonated water, lightly flavored with root beer. To the extent Rocky Mountain Root Beer does have flavor, it disappears almost immediately. It comes of as slightly yeasty, but not off-putting. Anyhow, that flavor quickly vanishes, along with any prolonged interest in the soda.

Overall Score: 5 of 10.