Saranac Root Beer
This is probably the most amazing head I’ve ever seen on a root beer – it simply does not diminish after sitting several minutes. To be quite truthful though – it doesn’t really impress me. For example, I’m trying to get down to the amazing taste of the root beer itself and I’ve got to wade through 3 inches of some chemical induced foam. Ahhh . . . it’s not all that bad, but just not all that impressive.
Early on in my root beer days . . . before the days of www.professorrootbeer.com, (at that point I had www.rootbeerreview.com,until I was jailed in Hungary and viciously had the web-site stolen) I tried Saranac and loved it. Those early root beer days were the good ole days of Spike, Anthony and myself . . . sprinkled in were a few posts by Luke and the gourmet.
But in rebuilding my web-site, I couldn’t find the original Saranac review and that’s why I have to do it all over again. Years ago, Saranac sent me a few brews for free, but this one I paid for myself . . . like the true and honest professor that I am. But anyway, I loved Saranac back then and I still love it now. Classic root beer taste, extremely creamy with a hint licorice and vanilla I think. Because of some nostalgia I’m probably giving this a little better than I should, but it’s still a pretty good dang brew.
The Professor’s Grade: A –
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The most common foaming agent is yucca root extract, so, so it isn’t a chemically induced foam, it’a a natural root foam.
Thanks Eric . . . you would think a professor, like myself, would know this. You are probably right in this case although I don’t see Yucca on their ingredient list, it would be interesting to see what they use. Regardless, I don’t find the foam to be too tasty . . . to me it the taste had a chemical quality to it.