Like the other GuS soda I tried, I was quite pleased with the clean crisp taste due to its sparing use of cane sugar, as opposed to an overwhelming use of HFCS. However, I felt that this particular soda did not have a strong enough grapefruit flavor. I realize that the flavors are meant to be subtle, but this soda tasted more like grapefruit-flavored water than grapefruit soda. I'm not willing to give up on GuS entirely, and I expect that further excursions into Grown Up Soda territory will prove fruitful, but I would not recommend this particular flavor.
- Stewart's Root Beer
Like the Black Cherry offering, I found the Stewart's Root Beer to be too sweet and syrupy. I was hoping for a bit more bite in my root beer, yet this soda offered only sweetness. It isn't bad, and it has more spice than, say, an A&W or store brand root beer, but it is not as good as IBC, in my book.
- Stewart's Cream Soda
I don't really know how I feel about this one. Like the other Stewart's, and I hate to sound like a broken record, I disliked the syrupy feel on the tongue. However, this soda was not as offensive as the Black Cherry and I would drink it if offered.
That's all the soda I've drank recently. I'm interested in tasting some other GuS flavors, the Stewart's Key Lime, which one of my friends recommended to me, and perhaps some other root beers. In particular, Old Dominion Brewing Co., a local micro-brew, makes root beer and I'd like to try that. I still don't know for sure what motivated this odd impulse, but there it is.
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