Root Beer Review: Cool Mountain

Can I just say I LOVE the clear bottles?  Seems classier for some reason.  Just fun to look at.  This root beer had almost no smell and almost no flavor.  However, what flavor there is was tasty.  The carbonation was perfect - it just simmered across the tongue.  Had a weird after-feeling (what do you call that?).  Felt like the liquid stuck on the tongue afterwards.  Toward the bottom of the bottle, the flavor got a cardboard overtone.  Ingredients:  Filtered water, Pure Cane Sugar, Natural and Artificial flavor, Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate as a preservative.  Grade:  D+.

Christmas Surprise

So hiding under the Christmas tree was a HUGE box that I was surprised was to me from my brothers.  I had NO IDEA what they could have bought me that weighed 5 million pounds (okay, more like 40, but STILL).  Opening the box didn't help - just saw this:

What in the world???

But taking off the cardboard revealed this (think of angels singing as cardboard removed):

*Angels Singing*

TWENTY-FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROOT BEER!  I've only had about 4 of them before - I will be sure to update their reviews.  SO COOL THO.  Now my fridge looks like this:

My fridge is 1/4th root beer.  What is yours?

Thanks Toby & Steve (and family)!  

Root Beer Review: Maine Root

I was SO looking forward to this one.  I've had Maine Root before and really liked it.  To my shock though, this tasted like cardboard mixed with Dirt. Had to dump it out. Maybe will try again if I can find it.  Ingredients:  Carbonated pure water, Fair Trade Certified organic cane juice and spices. Grade: D-.

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Christmas Craftiness

Look what I made!

I made Christmas freezer jelly all on my own for the first time!  Yay!  Today I plan to make bread to put it on tomorrow.

Look what I didn't make!

But maybe will this year.  I feel like I need to do more girly things and since I am not the best seamstress in the world, pillowcases sound obtainable.  The ones pictured are gifts from my mom.  Anyone interested?

Root Beer Review Special: Old Town Root Beer Company: Sarparilla

Yes, Sarsparilla.  Is the first "r" silent?

Smells like a root beer barrel, but doesn't taste like one!  The scent is actually stronger than the flavoring.  There is a nice carbonation burn on the tongue that transitions to a smooth vanilla flavor.  Ingredients:  Carbonated Filtered Water, Cane Sugar, Natural & Other Flavors, Caramel Color, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate (preserves freshness).  Grade:  B

Note:  Label says "premium vanilla cream!, but vanilla isn't an ingredient.  Hmmm...

Special Guest Review by ANNA!  The vanilla cuts fine - no "tinny" taste that some root beers tend to have.  Flavor seems to spread nicely across the palate.  Carbonation is not too heavy.  Sitting on the tongue, it doesn't bite too much.  Carbonation seems like it would go flat quickly, but waiting 30 minutes and it didn't!  Grade:  B+

Sometimes I feel like this exercise ball.

So alone.  Left out in the cold.  Forgotten.

Why am I here?  And how did I get here?