Ingreditents: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Caramel Color, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Natural and Artificial Flavors, Modified Corn Starch, Citric Acid, Quillaia Extract.
Smell: Back again, and still met with a surprising strong scent of anise. Made me wonder how much, if any, the formula had changed at all.
Head: Interestingly enough, not as tall as the old mix. But still as long lasting. I had a nice foam the entire drink.
Flavor: It's hard to review this without constantly remembering how the previous mix tasted. The anise is way more downplayed now, and it's a much sweeter Root Beer. You can taste little hints of other flavors in the background, but really it falls more in line with standard sweet sassafras flavored Root Beer.
Overall: The bottle only touts that there was a switch from corn syrup to real sugar. Maybe I'm just being fooled by slick marketing, but this doesn't taste as much like licorice as it used to. And that's definitely a step up. This puts IBC back up from being and under performer to a standard bearer again.
Here's the original review for comparison: IBC Root Beer
Purchased from: Meijer
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