Welcome to Brews Of Root Extraction Online. This post reviews the root beer from “Jones Soda Company”, the company who sells some interestingly flavored sodas, always uses real cane sugar, and employs customer-supplied photos for their bottle labels. Jones is based out of Seattle and their sodas are widely available in all kinds of stores; I purchased mine (a 12 oz glass bottle) for $1.99 at a local chain grocery store.
I use five criteria I score from 1-5 to evaluate brews.
A. Sweetness: 4. I love this brew, but it’s just a tiny bit too sweet.
B. Lightbody spices: 5. I could taste lots of wintergreen, plus a hint of something a tad bit spicier.
C. Heavybody spices: 5. This is where Jones Root Beer really shines. There is vanilla, but it’s not just vanilla. Somehow they have replicated the flavor of creme brulee (whether it’s by actually roasting the cane sugar I have no idea) and the result is a delightful caramelized sweetness at the back end.
D. Uniqueness: 4. Between the spiciness and the creme brulee flavor, this is an uncommonly good brew.
E. Mouthfeel: 5. With a heavy caramelized cane sugar drink, you want the carbonation to be fine, lively and frothy, to balance out the “syrupy-ness”. Jones Root Beer is just that: fine, lively and frothy.
Total score 23/25. This is the best root beer I’ve had yet.
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