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Abita Root Beer: Abita Root Beer

Abita Root Beer

Last Updated: 4/1/2003 5:19 PM

Product Type: Carbonated Soft Drink: Regular; Container: 12 fl oz glass
BevNET Review: Abita Root Beer is a very nice micro-brew root brew from Louisiana. Using water from historical Abita Springs, LA, this product aims to provide a beverage that uses some of the finest quality water as its base. In addition, to using fine water, Abita uses pure cane sugar as the sweetener, so it has a very clean mouth feel to it. The resulting flavor is very good. It has a moderate amount of weight to it and a very slight licorice taste to it. We also like the nice 40's style label. A good, well rounded product.

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Average User Rating

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BevNET Product Traffic Rank: #36

so-so
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It is so-so rootbeer. Thomas Kemper rootbeer has a far better flavor. I am new to Louisiana from Washington State so I don't know if you can get it in stores here. I would not drink Abita beer again.

Posted by Jim Straw on 10/28/2010 7:40 PM

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Average
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The ingredient list reads just like an normal soft drink (except the cane sugar instead of HFCS), maybe at one time they used vanilla, herbs and yucca but now it just lists "root beer flavoring. I have a hard time believing the it is actually "brewed". The flavor is exactly what I think Mug Root Beer would taste like if it were made with cane sugar.

Posted by chris on 4/12/2010 8:23 PM

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OK
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I guess I was expecting more from the rave reviews...got several indie rootbeers from CostPlus World Market And Bevmo...the label didn't list any of the exotic ingredients, just cane sugar phosphoric acid and 'rootbeer' flavoring, whatever that is. Technically, bought a bottle of Mason's root beer from Monarch company, and it was better (drank same day as Abita). Mason's is 5 stars, but cant find listed here.

Posted by soda lover on 10/8/2009 2:22 AM

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Wish I could get it locally
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This is one of the best root beers in the country (I should know, because I have tried most of them). I just wish they would distribute their root beer along side their regular beer. I live in north MS and we can get the beer, but not the RB.

Posted by Astro on 6/12/2009 7:23 PM

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The Best!
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I took a class at the New Orleans Cooking School and they served Abita root and regular. I don't like beer so the choice was easy. It filled my mouth with reach, creamy flavor and I concluded it was the best root beer I've ever tasted.

Posted by Peggy on 6/2/2009 11:25 AM

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Cane Sugar NOT HFCS
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If you remember what it's like to drink something with real sugar and not High Fructose Corn Syrup, this is it. You had to talk a swig and couldn't drink the whole thing because the sugar told you stomach to STOP. Great with BBQ! Slaw dogs or just to watch the game. Bold flavor, not watered down or weak. No bite. Not everyone carries it, even in Louisiana.

Posted by JRod on 2/1/2008 6:13 PM

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It Sold Me
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I'm not a fan of rootbeer, but this one won me over. Try it on a hot day, served in a frosted mug. Extra points if you've been walking the Garden District on a muggy day in June. Better yet, order two!

Posted by Newbee on 1/29/2008 2:39 PM

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Got this on draught
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The cane sugar really makes a difference. This has a nice high level sweetness, that is not over the top. The sassafras flavor has a nice bite.

Posted by on 7/1/2006 11:25 AM

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Abita r.b.
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Thought it was average.

Posted by on 3/30/2006 2:18 PM

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Best Root Beer on the market
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I'm glad I'm from Louisiana b/c it's so easy to find Abita Root Beer. I wish it was available everywhere.

Posted by on 3/27/2006 3:10 AM

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