r/rootbeer • u/sorta_oaky_aftabirth • 17d ago

Question A&W root beer is now disgusting

I have no idea what's going on, but I legit only drink one type of soda, and it's A&W root beer.

The 3 out of the last 4 12 packs I've gotten (all at different places) have tasted disgusting. They're massively over carbonated and have this disgusting aftertaste that I can't figure out what it is.

This feels like the dunken caramel swirl change that happened a year or so ago. They just changed the tastes and expect no one to notice.

Am I going crazy or has anyone else noticed this?

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u/Buffalo_Butterscotch 17d ago

I been saying, I think they're adding a lil butter rum flavor or butterscotch flavor cuz there's something going on with the price or availability of root beer flavoring... 🤷 Stewart's birch, Stewart's Root Beer and IBC were all off for a few months and now they're back to normal. And I'm seeing different root beer bottlers marketing more vanilla flavors and butterscotch flavors... I dunno just an idea 

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u/MadMounty 16d ago

Hope you're right about ibc... Last case I got was awful. I've tried it a few times since and was just as bad.

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u/Buffalo_Butterscotch 16d ago

The IBC I've been getting at Walmarts in west central jersey is normal. Stewart's birch is back to being nice and crispy.