3 words: “too much wintergreen”.
This beverage is hardly subtle, and I’m not sure what it’s really trying to give me here, other than a strong dose of wintergreen.
Don’t get me wrong; wintergreen is one of my favorite flavors, but it’s overused in too many root beers and here we find it becoming virtually the only flavor in the birch beer. Could it be that “birch” root tastes horrible and must be completely masked to make it palatable?
Or maybe Boylan’s doesn’t think we can handle the true flavor, as so many other soda companies do, and so they turn what could have been a “lovely beverage” into liquid candy, that any child will enjoy, but no discerning palate will appreciate.
Scott’s Score:
I’m giving this a 4 out of 10.
© 2006 Scott Wiersdorf