- Manufacturer:
- Bottled under the authority of Olde Brooklyn Beverage Co., Inc. TOLL FREE 1-877-OLD-BKLYN
- The Pitch:
- Born in Brooklyn, USA
- The Ingredients:
- Water, pure cane sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, sodium benzoate (a preservative), citric acid and red #40 (artificial color).
- The box:
- n/a
Spike says:- I'm not sure what to do with birch beer. It is often considered the equal of root beer, yet the actual drinks are so unlike real root beer. It's like Willy Wonka's idea of root beer, except when I drink it I don't float up to the ceiling. So I have this stuff called Olde Brooklyn Bayridge Root Beer. I don't know if "Bayridge" is part of the name. I guess Olde Brooklyn folks put the name of a Brooklyn neighborhood on every flavor. I can't even apply my root beer standards to this stuff. Heck, the stuff is red! Yet it tastes somewhat like a root beer. This one has a stong wintergreen note, and despite the label's claim there may be pure cane sugar in the drink (what's up with that? "cane sugar and or corn syrup" what, they don't know what they'll have laying around the plant that day?) it doesn't have that cane sugar taste. Not really too carbonated, and now I see why. The label says "water", not "carbonated water". Leaves my lips sticky. I don't know who would drink this. Maybe the Bayridge residents have birch beer parties. If I close my eyes it would be a D+ (flat, headless, wintergreeny), but that whole cherry soda look...well D.