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Hard Root Beer
Sprecher Brewing Company
- From:
- Sprecher Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.32 | pDev: 23.19%
- Reviews:
- 36
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 03, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 14, 2014
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 81
This is a fermented malt beverage, meaning it is pretty much beer, but it tastes just like root beer. The 5% ABV brew has a tinge on malt flavor on the finish; other than that it tastes just like soda.
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Rated by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois
3.01/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
flat
Dec 13, 2020Reviewed by HopHippie from Wisconsin
4.19/5 rDev +26.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.19/5 rDev +26.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
L: Big foamy head and very dark color but cant give many points because the color is influenced by the caramel color they add in.
S: A lovely more spicy version of sprechers root beer.
T: Root beer, vanilla, spices, honey.
F: Little syrupy but as is to be expected from hard soda, good carbonation, good feel.
O: Beats out not your fathers by a mile, an amazing hard root beer.
Jul 21, 2020S: A lovely more spicy version of sprechers root beer.
T: Root beer, vanilla, spices, honey.
F: Little syrupy but as is to be expected from hard soda, good carbonation, good feel.
O: Beats out not your fathers by a mile, an amazing hard root beer.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.65/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a very dark brown color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is the classic root beer aroma. Taste is root beer, vanilla, molasses, a bit on the sweet side. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.
Nov 13, 2017Reviewed by StraightNoChaser from Georgia
4.01/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Look: lovely dark nearly opaque brown. Big foamy tan head.
Smell: rich root beer.
Taste: rich, tasty root beer. Simple, nothing fancy but as advertised, a damn fine hard root beer.
Apr 08, 2016Smell: rich root beer.
Taste: rich, tasty root beer. Simple, nothing fancy but as advertised, a damn fine hard root beer.
Reviewed by hoptheology from California
3.75/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Pours a tan 1 finger head, and the color of -surprise!- root beer. The head actually does stay at about 1/2 finger, and doesn't fizzle out like the majority of the candy beers.
Smells like imitation vanilla, sassafras, vanilla bean, wet cardboard and alcohol. It's not bad, just not really stand-out.
This one actually manages to taste somewhat like a beer. It starts off mega sweet, with natural vanilla, lavender, and herbed spices, but there's this fruity element - citrus/marshmallow - something like that, and then it fades into barley malt, leaving a malty, semi-sweet finish.
The feel is carbonated and somewhat chalky, but still drinkable. The finish isn't great, either but it's good enough to keep drinking.
Overall, I don't know how to feel about Alcohol Root Beers, but this one is pretty decent. It actually feels like I'm drinking a beer and not just an alcoholic beverage - most just taste like root beer with shots of vodka dumped in. Not the case here. This one was slow brewed (you can tell), and a lot of soul was put into it. I'd have it again.
Mar 29, 2016Smells like imitation vanilla, sassafras, vanilla bean, wet cardboard and alcohol. It's not bad, just not really stand-out.
This one actually manages to taste somewhat like a beer. It starts off mega sweet, with natural vanilla, lavender, and herbed spices, but there's this fruity element - citrus/marshmallow - something like that, and then it fades into barley malt, leaving a malty, semi-sweet finish.
The feel is carbonated and somewhat chalky, but still drinkable. The finish isn't great, either but it's good enough to keep drinking.
Overall, I don't know how to feel about Alcohol Root Beers, but this one is pretty decent. It actually feels like I'm drinking a beer and not just an alcoholic beverage - most just taste like root beer with shots of vodka dumped in. Not the case here. This one was slow brewed (you can tell), and a lot of soul was put into it. I'd have it again.
Hard Root Beer from Sprecher Brewing Company
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
235 ratings
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