- Manufacturer:
- Manufactured exclusively for the Hansen Beverage Company Corona, CA 91720 U.S.A.
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The Pitch: - In 1935, Hubert Hansen's simple motto "only the best will do"
earned him a loyal following among Hollywood movie studios who clamored
for his all-natural fresh juices. From these humble beginnings, a star
was born.
At the Hansen Beverage Company we've been living up to these high standards ever since. In honor of Hubert's dedication, spirit and commitment to the highest quality, we proudly offer our new super-premium, all natural Hansen's Signature Soda.
Made in small batches, using only the finest natural flavors derived from the freshest fruits and spices from around the world. Carefully blended with the purest water, sweetened with only natural cane sugar and clover honey.
Hansen's Signature Soda is the pinnacle of the soda crafters art.Hubert would be proud. Indulge and enjoy!
- The Ingredients:
- Contains: Triple filtered carbonated water, cane sugar, caramel color,
malic acid, natural spices, blend of Madagascan, Indonesian, and Tahitian
vanilla extracts, honey, wintergreen extract and natural flavors.
- The box:
- n/a
- The bottle:
- not yet available
- Spike says:
- This is a good-looking root beer, er sarsaparilla soda. Nice and dark, good head. In fact, a bit too good (maybe because they used malic acid instead of phosphoric acid). It reminds me of our honeymoon and the champagne glass-shaped hot tub. While filling it, we dumped in some bubble bath. It didn't really foam up so we dumped in some more...and some more. Of course, when we turned on the jets all that bubble bath really came to life and flowed onto the floor, 8 feet below. Maybe I'll post a picture of that sometime. But I digress. The head on this is rock solid, but it grows to unexpected heights. Too much is better than too little, so I'll let them slide on this. Creamy (all that imported vanilla paid off) with a carbonation bite (a little heavy on the CO2). Of course, all that fancy vanilla is just a marketing gimmick. I can't believe some master chemist sat around experimenting with different vanilla ratios while making root beer. "Batch #1049: 2 parts Madagascan, 2 parts Indonesian, 1 part Tahitian: After 3 long years I've hit the right root beer formula!" Maybe it's my imagination, but I'm starting to recognize the cane sugar taste. It gives the drink a slightly different feel to the sweetness (and this is a sweeter brew, as root beers go). It reminds me of Natural Brew Draft Root Beer in that respect. Natural Brew featured "evaporated cane juice", and that drink was on the sweet side as well. Very distinctive. Minimal aftertaste. The wintergreen is thankfully mild enough to go unnoticed. That's a good thing. A little can add character, too much will ruin the drink and give you brown mouthwash. This is a good drink. I recommend you try it, despte the misleading label ("since 1935"? Maybe the juices, but not this stuff). A-.