Welcome to the part of my blog I call Brews Of Root Extraction Online (BOREO). No relation to the popular cookie, and hopefully you don’t find it a bore. This post is an introduction, explaining what, how, and why I’m choosing to review certain non-alcoholic soda drinks.
- What BOREO reviews. To be reviewed by BOREO, a drink must be: (A) Non-alcoholic, (B) Commercially available, (C) Carbonated, and (D) Naturally flavored by botanicals other than “cola” or fruit. This would include root beers, birch beers, sarsaparillas, and the delightful “Don’t know what this is” sodas such as Moxie.
- How BOREO reviews drinks. I will give each drink a 1-5 score (1 being worst, 5 being best) in the following five criteria: (A) balanced Sweetness, (B) Lightbody Spices (cinnamon, clove, wintergreen, ginger, e.g.), (C) Heavybody Spices (anise, molasses, vanilla, nutmeg e.g.), (D) Uniqueness (is this just a clone of Mug Root Beer or does it bring something new to the table), and (E) balanced Mouthfeel.
- Why BOREO is reviewing these drinks. I am recovering from Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), and I’m out to prove that a person can “get snobby” about their drinks, remarking on flavor profiles and generally being a pompous windbag, with the need for alcohol.
- What other information BOREO will provide. If I can reasonably know, I’ll list the full name of the product, the company that makes it, whether it was bottled/canned/drafted, where it was purchased, and for what price.
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