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Today’s a gray Canadian winter day. So we wandered over to Black Dog Video and grabbed some movies. Because we’re all about root beer these days, we immediately snapped up two bottles of Boylan’s Root Beer. We’ve both had it before and adore it, so we thought that we’d add it into the mix.

They are a pretty amazing company. In fact, their grape soda is my favorite one thus far. From their website:

“The Boylan Bttlg. Co., founded in 1891, is honored to share very similar beginnings with the carbonated beverages of the same era that are now world-famous. But it is our differences of today of which we are most proud. For more than a century Boylan has formulated and produced, regardless of cost, only “authentic soda-pop”, unlike most bottlers in the country who have over the years compromised their original recipes and cut costs by switching to corn syrup and plastic bottles. Boylan still uses pure cane sugar which enhances the true flavor rather than leave a syrupy aftertaste and thick glass bottles to ensure freshness and proper levels of carbonation. Our in-house flavor formulations use the most expensive extracts and essences – and plenty of them. So whether you’re drinking a Boylan because you appreciate what is good and made right or just trying one for the first time, we thank you for supporting one of the oldest bottling companies and its authentic beverages of a bygone era.”

Now onto the Root Beer Review. First, Boylan only uses cane sugar – nothing artificial here. The soda itself is tasty and pleasing to drink. It has a creamy but not too sweet taste when you first take a sip. There’s a lovely and gentle mint aftertaste. It has the best of a root beer – sweet, creamy, and minty.

To put my review into context – I’ve restaurants to eat at specifically because they sell Boylan products. They are that good.

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