Chautauqua Beverages Root Beer

I don’t know how I’m supposed to say this name. Thankfully this is a written post and not a video, or I’d be in deep trouble. For a root beer that’s supposedly been established in 1938, they sure have done a good job keeping it a secret from me. I got this in a trade from anthony, I think he got it in either New York or Pennsylvania, because those are the two addresses on the label. Also, in small print, it says it was produced by Mobilia Farms, so maybe he got it there? Also did you know there’s a town in Pennsylvania called North East? I thought they were just being general in the area, but nope, it’s a real place. On Lake Erie, by the town of Erie, but you guessed it, a little North and East. Anyways The one other part is that they are “Manufacturers of high grade beverages” which evidently means they put propylene glycol in their root beer, because they did. Anyways.

The Body is sweet and mild. There’s an aged sarsaparilla flavor which is good, but there isn’t a lot of other flavors. The Bite is sharp and prickly but light on spices. The Head is very tall and foamy, but fizzes down a bit two quickly. The Aftertaste is mild sarsaparilla.

This should probably be labeled as a sarsaparilla and not a root beer. Though that gets into the whole is a sarsaparilla a root beer which I’ve gone over my stance many times, but incase you’re new, I’ll summarize by saying if you call it a root beer but serve me a sarsaparilla, it can be decent, which this is. It’s drinkable. See how it rates against other root beers.