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Hard Root Beer
Coney Island Brewing Company
- From:
- Coney Island Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
Ranked #53 - ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #25,897 - Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 17.63%
- Reviews:
- 113
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 21, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 15, 2015
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 226
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Coney Island Hard Root Beer is a new twist on an old favorite. With hints of vanilla, licorice and birch, this root beer will bring you back to the boardwalk.
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Reviewed by AccipiterofBeer from New York
3.8/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L; 3.5. Root beer mah dudes.
S: 3.5 Root beer mah dudes.
T: 4: Root beer mah dudes. No alcohol discernible
F: 4. It's hard soda. Hard to beat in this category. Medium mouthfeel.
O: 3.75. It's... you get the point. Solid alcoholic beverage to have at a social gathering if you're tired with beer.
Mar 21, 2022S: 3.5 Root beer mah dudes.
T: 4: Root beer mah dudes. No alcohol discernible
F: 4. It's hard soda. Hard to beat in this category. Medium mouthfeel.
O: 3.75. It's... you get the point. Solid alcoholic beverage to have at a social gathering if you're tired with beer.
Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas
4.06/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Deep amber in color, verging on obsidian, with a large, quite coarse, tan head, which collapses, but manages to leave a nice circlet about the glass wall, and a scattering of foam on the surface. Patchy, sticky lacing clings to the glass wall.
Aroma: A spot on rendition of the aroma classic root beer, sarsaparilla, pink bubble gum, vanilla, licorice, brown sugar and molasses.
Taste: opens with a wonderful and outrageously over-the-top flavor of classic root beer: brown sugar, molasses, sarsaparilla, pink bubblegum, licorice, vanilla, cola and just a hint of alcohol. The sweet and spicy wave carries throughout the taste. Finishes with a lingering sweet wave of brown sugar, vanilla, and pink bubblegum.
Mouth feel: Soft and very full, quite pleasant, with just a whisper of carbonation.
Drinkability/notes: Simply excellent, among the best root beers that I have ever had, either alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Coney Island Root Beer is a wonderful reminder of the glorious complexity of root beer.
Presentation: Packaged in a standard twelve-ounce aluminum can, served in a Duvel chalice.
Oct 29, 2020Aroma: A spot on rendition of the aroma classic root beer, sarsaparilla, pink bubble gum, vanilla, licorice, brown sugar and molasses.
Taste: opens with a wonderful and outrageously over-the-top flavor of classic root beer: brown sugar, molasses, sarsaparilla, pink bubblegum, licorice, vanilla, cola and just a hint of alcohol. The sweet and spicy wave carries throughout the taste. Finishes with a lingering sweet wave of brown sugar, vanilla, and pink bubblegum.
Mouth feel: Soft and very full, quite pleasant, with just a whisper of carbonation.
Drinkability/notes: Simply excellent, among the best root beers that I have ever had, either alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Coney Island Root Beer is a wonderful reminder of the glorious complexity of root beer.
Presentation: Packaged in a standard twelve-ounce aluminum can, served in a Duvel chalice.
Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
3.24/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Taste: sweet, vanilla, honey, root beer notes. Spicy root beer nose. Dark brown hue, clear, foamy head some lace. Medium/light body. Root beer with a bite.
Aug 15, 2018
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.51/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
3.51/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Ordinarily, I would just rate this: the bottle was 3 months past its Best By date and the the most recent review is 7 months ago; indicating this may not be released again without a contemporary adjustment. But on the other hand, I am gunning for Poo-bah and I need the Karma.
A summertime quaff that appeals to childhood memories and, at the same time, joys of growing up (as hard as that may have been sometimes.) From that complicated appeal comes a beer that tastes like root with pronounced vanilla, some licorice and lots of sugar. And the sweet malt seems to help recall those bygone days.
Just like those days, I will not have Coney Island's Hard Root again. Time to move on and deal with today.
Aug 15, 2017A summertime quaff that appeals to childhood memories and, at the same time, joys of growing up (as hard as that may have been sometimes.) From that complicated appeal comes a beer that tastes like root with pronounced vanilla, some licorice and lots of sugar. And the sweet malt seems to help recall those bygone days.
Just like those days, I will not have Coney Island's Hard Root again. Time to move on and deal with today.
Hard Root Beer from Coney Island Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
485 ratings
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