Made by Chef Gale Gand, that’s what
the bottle reads. She is an acclaimed
pastry chef, author, restaurateur, television personality, root beer maker, and
mom. She professes, “I can’t live without root beer.”
Her craft soda testing started
years ago in England, where root beer was scarce. She would get her root beer from McDonalds by
sending others to the restaurant, as she and her staff could not be seen there.
Gale had a dog named Rootie, a Terrier. When she arrived in America, she
made her own root beer containing cold-pressed Nielsen-Massey Vanilla. About
50,000 bottles of Gale’s Root Beer are produced every year. Rootie, and I
assume a younger Gale, appears on the label.
Ingredients: Carbonated
Water, Cane Sugar, Caramel Color, natural and artificial flavors, cinnamon,
ginger, vanilla extract, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, and Sodium
Benzoate.
Nutrition 12
oz. serving (from the bottle)
160
Calories
40 mg Sodium.
41 g (14%) of Daily
Carbohydrates
0 mg Caffeine
Aroma and Flavor – 1.0 out
of 3 mugs
I
was intrigued when I read “Cinnamon, Ginger, and Vanilla” on the bottle. It's a unique mix. Upon opening, there was a mild hint of cinnamon in the bottle. The vanilla was noted, yet the cinnamon-ginger infusion was with vanilla and cane sugar. My first sip was rather a letdown. I was not a fan of the cinnamon. It was a little hard to swallow. It also had a slight rancid taste.
.
Head – 1.5 out of 3 mugs
A
very fizzy, small head that was fast dissipating. A small ring remained long after the head disappeared.
Zip – 1.75 out of 3 mugs
This
brew is complex—a little too complex for my preference. The variety of flavors is an interesting blend. At no time did any one flavor dominate.
Post Consumption Impression – 1.5 out of 3
mugs
This is not the brew for me. While I have reviewed many that score significantly
lower scoring than Gale’s, there are also many I would suggest before Gale’s.
Would I recommend this at 5.75 out of 12 mugs?
This is more like a solid soda without a real identity
than a root beer.
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