DELICIOUS ROOT BEER (11)

Flavor Scale: 11

And with a twist--we're off! My first review, very fittingly, is a root beer with a French name, Racinette Délicieux. Actually, it's firstly annotated as Delicious Root Beer, but given its origin it makes sense to see both of these names equally represented on the front. Johnnie Ryan is the owner of the label who makes this particular root beer, out of Niagara Falls, NY. Now, down to the business that isn't on the label.


The scale I was mentioning before is going to be from 1 to 21. We'll call it the "Flavor" scale for names sake.  One through 7 is for people who will like the more "herbal" side of root beers, like sarsaparillas for example, 8 through 14 for those who prefer the middle side of balanced flavors or more regular soda tasting drinks, and of course, 15 through 21 being the sweet toothed vanilla froth loving root beer lovers. In case you couldn't pick up on it, those are the highest numbers because I'm biased and a numeric decision had to be made. Never fear, food discrimination is against my oral morals and everything gets a chance to be graded as negligent to my preferences as possible. Back to Delicious Root Beer!


This is a pure cane sugar made soda, and it is definitely evident. You fans of the pure cane stuff will probably enjoy a root beer like this. It is pretty sweet, but still on the rootier side of business. This one's very well balanced and has something I think everybody can enjoy. I'll give it an 11 on the scale but say that it may lean a little more in favor of the Roots as far as main taste goes. If it weren't for the pure cane sugar and how noticeable it was, I'd probably rate it more like a 7. 


Delicious Root Beer, however very likeable, flopped when it came to the burp test. I don't know about you but when it comes to great root beers, there's nothing like finding a new amber liquid love and half an hour afterwards be given the chance to revisit the sensation. Say what you will about the propriety of burping, but you can't deny it's magical ability to punish or reward you for the good or bad food choices you so recently made. Besides, the nature of fizzy drinks is that they bring about the event of burping, inevitably. Enjoy life's little inevitables when you can. Point is, there wasn't much to write home about my burp experience with this one. I think I tasted something I ate 6 hours prior more than I tasted root beer, much to my despair. 


As far as my personal tastes go, it's not particularly near my favorites, but it's still enjoyable and had that nice equilibrium between the polar sides of flavor brought out by the sugar that I could really appreciate. I'd suggest it to anyone and everyone, as evident to it's moderation on the flavor scale. But as a reminder, the scale, perhaps even this whole blog, is meant to help you find root beers that will fit your taste-buds best interests. So find where you might fit on the scale, or perhaps you don't and you either love or hate all of it, and I'll see if I can't be of help. Let me know if there's more you'd like me to cover or any other questions in the comments. Thank you for reading and take care!