Sodas, Pt. 2

- GuS Grapefruit Soda

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.

Soda Review!

I don't really know why, but today I somehow bought eight bottles of soda.  I'll be drinking them in the next few days and sharing my thoughts.

- GuS Dry Lemon

This was an interesting looking soda that intrigued me with their different flavors.  I bought the lemon and grapefruit varieties.  I like that it's made with cane sugar and that you can see little pieces of lemon floating around on the bottom.  The taste is quite good, although I was hoping for something a bit more tart than this soda actually is.  Apparently, the special lemons they use are a little sweeter than your average lemon, so that probably explains the taste difference.  I'd like to compare this to Pelligrino Limonata, but I couldn't get my hands on a can at the store.

- Stewart's Black Cherry

This was kind of sickly sweet.  It uses HFCS, and even though I used to think there wasn't a difference, I can definitely feel the more syrupy texture.  Also, it is much sweeter than the soda I drank with cane sugar, but I don't know how much of that is due to the comparitvely less sweet nature of a dry lemon soda than a black cherry soda.  Anyway, this tastes pretty similar to Cherry Coke.  I didn't really like this one and didn't finish it.

- Stewart's Ginger Beer

This ginger ale is really powerful.  The spice is incredibly strong, and will make your nostrils act up.  That's a good thing.  Again, though, the soda is a little sweet for my taste.  Better than the black cherry, but still not something I'd drink every day.  Clearly better than your average Canada Dry or whatever, though.  I'd be really interested in trying the GuS ginger ale with less sweetness and cane sugar.