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Saranac Soft Drinks: Ginger Beer

Ginger Beer

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Last Updated: 4/21/2003 11:48 AM

Product Type: Carbonated Soft Drink: Regular; Container: 12 fl oz glass
BevNET Review: Saranac Ginger Beer is a decent ginger beer that has a mild spice and a sweet ginger finish. While it features a nice package that goes well with the fine line of Saranac Beers, this product doesn't really keep the same quality. The product is decent, but the use of high fructose corn syrup tends to leave a slightly syrupy feeling in your mouth. The main issue, however, is that we tasted a slight bubblegum flavor in this product. Definitely not what we like to find in a ginger beer. Overall, a decent start, but Saranac needs to clean it up a bit to make it a top notch product.

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hmmmm...
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I'm new to Ginger Beers. The only ones I've tried Reed's, Reed's Cherry, Goya, and Saranac. Of those, I find the Saranac to be the best tasting. A nice peppery ginger ale type drink. The Goya is hard to drink on a dare! Way too spicy. The Reed's are decent tasting, but a little to bland.

Posted by Martin on 8/16/2009 3:13 PM

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yuck
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corn syrup with a hint of ginger. One of the worst ginger beers I've run across. A total disappointment.

Posted by possum on 3/26/2008 9:06 PM

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Wawa
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Hmm. Somewhat surprised by the negative comments. I actually thought this was better than most Ginger Beer I've purchased this past year. Really, really smooth, not as carbonated as the Whole Foods generic variety, and not as over peppy as Ginger Root's beer varietal (which is good, but not stand alone). Saranac's Ginger Beer does have that naught high fructose corn syrup after taste (not sure if HFCS is on the label), which must contribute to lessening of Ginger flavor en route to the creamy evenness it achieves. I'm still looking for heaven, however.

Posted by Andy Darling on 2/7/2008 9:12 PM

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Eh...
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It goes down smooth. When poured in a glass, it gets big foamy head on it. I've had many many better.

Posted by on 8/13/2006 5:47 PM

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a ginger beer failure
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i would have expected better, so many better ginger beers,the best have a balanced bite with some sweetness, not this one.

Posted by on 1/27/2004 6:29 PM

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