Since I cant find Tommy Knockers anymore, my favorite Creme to drink is now Boylans. You can for sure taste the difference between cane sugar and syrup. There is a consistency problem from bottle to bottle. I dont know what would cause this, it may even be my taste buds messing with me. A good bottle brings 5 stars and then the next bottle might taste flat or may even have a funny aftertaste, I dont know?-when they are on they are on.
I rather stupidly posted my review for this product under Boylan's regular Creme Soda (which, until recently, I hadn't actually tried), so I tried to pull it and am posting it here. This beverage lists, in addition to Bourbon Vanilla, chocolate and coffee among its natural flavors. This creates a creme soda with a touch of dryness and greater complexity than your run-of-the mill creme; despite my finding the flavor (but not the aroma) of coffee inedible and nauseous, I really like this soda. The secondary and tertiary flavors aren't really identifiable as such (at least not to this palate) but they do enhance the overall flavor and give it depth; as is usual for Boylan's, the level of carbonation is just right, too. The sweetener is cane sugar, so the finish is very clean, non-syrupy, and just sweet enough. I only occasionally get an urge for a creme but this one and Virgil's would have to be my first choices of those readily available in New York City. I have yet to sample a Boylan's beverage that's anything less than stellar (with the glaring exception of their "regular" root beer) and I look forward to quaffing the bottle of their new Orange Creme that's currently residing in my 'fridge.
