Posted by paul mathus (2194) on 11/14/2007 12:11:23 PM
pop a cherry
I agree with a lot of other reviews. I've not been such a fan of virgil's root beer, a little too spicy for me. but the cherry cream soda is ****in deliciousness.
This is another high quality entry. It is very sweet, and the cherry flavor added is a unique flavor. Definitively not the same cherry flavor you will find in every other cherry soda. It also has a really great aroma.
This is a really fabulous "fruit cream." The flavor, like Virgil's regular cream, is extremely intense with a clean mouthfeel, but not quite as sweet; this is probably due to the exclusion of unrefined sugar which gives the plain cream a mild caramel/molasses finish (which could actually have been interesting here--in fact, a blast of bitter chocolate would really be fab). The top-quality, all-natural ingredients (including unbleached sugar--no HFCS) and flavorings contribute to a soda that's more suited to sipping than to quaffing--almost like an unsyrupy liqueur (sans alcohol, of course). As previously stated, I think Virgil's Root Beers are overpriced and WAY overrated, but the creams are at the head of their class. Definitely beats any of the Stewart's "fruit creams" hands down.
