Cool Mountain Root Beer frontloads its bite with a carbonated sizzle that has a slight echo of Pop Rocks, followed by a rather slim aftertaste. It’s not bad and certainly inoffensive, but there isn’t an abundance of joy in it.
Sampling date: July 18, 2012
Ingredients: Filtered water, pure cane sugar, natural and artificial flavor, caramel color, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate as a preservative
Nutritional information: 12-ounce serving, 160 calories, 0 grams fat, 40 grams sugar, 15 milligrams sodium, 1 gram protein
Bottling location: Des Plaines, Illinois
Rankings to date:
1) Route 66 Root Beer
2) Bulldog Root Beer
3) Cool Mountain Root Beer
Anonymous
I like a nice frosty mug of root beer
Eric Enders
I can’t get it anymore, but Saranac was always my favorite root beer.
Anonymous
Not even a mention for A & W ?
Jon Weisman
Not sure I understand. I’m doing one root beer at a time. So far I’ve done three.
Anonymous
How high are the Cool Mountains in Des Plaines, Illinois?
Jon Weisman
NPUT
Adam Luther
“Slight echo of pop rocks” – that is good Jon, really good.
John Walker
You need to try Hank’s, Frostie and Henry Weinhard’s. And of course no mention of A & W, it’s an okay grocery store root beer; not even top 25 root beer.