Description: "Jambalaya, Crawfish Filé... Root Beer? The Choctaw Indians introduced early Cajuns to Filé powder (ground sassafras leaves) to treat a variety of ailments and to thicken the soups and stews that would eventually become known as Gumbo. Sassafras is also a traditional brewing spice in root beer. Swamp Pop Filé Root Beer highlights this classic Louisiana flavor, creating an herbal profile reminiscent of early, traditional root beers. Enjoy ice cold or over vanilla ice cream!"
Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Cane Sugar, Caramel Color, Natural Flavors, Quillaja Extract, Phosphoric Acid.
Smell: Right away I noticed this did not smell like a normal Root Beer. It actually gave off the scent of a cola.
Head: Long lasting if not a bit short. It did last through the entire drink, and because of the height it didn't really get in the way of the drink.
Flavor: Again, I bring up the fact that it's almost hard to call this a Root Beer since it's so much more like a cola than Root Beer. Actually it's almost more like a Sarsaparilla than a cola even. Which makes sense seeing as one of the selling points is that it's Filé Root Beer. Sweet with hints of vanilla, not bad.
Overall: Filé is in fact ground up Sassafras leaves, and Sassafras used to be a main ingredient in Root Beer, which in turn found its roots (ha) in Sarsaparilla. Most people call Sarsaparilla the grandfather of Root Beer. So what you have here is a very unique Root Beer that hearkens back to what a Root Beer originally tasted like. But at the same time it's very un-Root Beer like. However, it's not a bad drink at all, it's actually quite good. I'd say to anyone wanting something unique, go ahead and give this a try, but someone looking for a creamy Root Beer, maybe avoid this?
Purchased from Alsip Home & Nurse
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