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Something Bowl Sunday 2/5 Not sweet. Quite malty with just a bit of a bitter edge from some hops. Plenty of depth. Finish comes off slightly metallic unfortunately. Ok. Purchased at Stinson Wine, Beer and Spirits

Very sweet. Even from the scent you can tell they went hard on the butter flavor and taking a sip brings that sharply into focus. The peach comes through under a blanket of the butter eventually, maybe not muffled, but certainly well wrapped. Probably one of the better implementations of artificial butter flavor in a …

Very sweet. Non-specific citrus with elements of lemon, lime, and a little grapefruit. Slightly buttery. Lingering finish is fine. Ok. Purchased from Noll Hardware

Medium sweet. Quite chunky. Strongly floral start is inoffensively perfumey, almost rose but clearly something different. Honey comes through in the middle and lasts into the finish. Generally well-blended flavors work nicely all through. Ok.

Very sweet. Candied slightly-generic berry flavor is pretty straight forward and unambiguious. Has just a touch of depth in the middle with a hint of black pepper. Narrowly avoids being syrupy but also steers well clear of any semblence of actual fruit. Surprisingly good and relatively short finish. Very close to being …

Very sweet. I can see what they were going for, I just don't think they got there. Near the finish you catch a solid glimpse of the classic orange soda base but everything prior to that is kind of a muddled mess. There are flashes of peach and flashes of orange but mostly it comes across as fruit-like sweetness rather …

Very sweet. Labelled as a passionfruit, orange, and guava flavored soda I can see what they were going for and in the usual way they are not subtle about their flavors. I won't swear by this since it has been at least a couple of decades since I've tasted it, but from what I remember this is at least strongly …

Medium sweet. I debated quite a bit before deciding on medium for the sweetness. On first sip the lime is very prominent, and strong enough to come across as artificial despite all of the packaging and website text protests to the contrary. I could find the ginger if I looked for it, as it mostly is expressed by a …

Very sweet. Classic artificial strawberry start then adds a fair bit of pucker from the "rhubarb" while lacking in any additional flavor from that purported ingredient. Lacks depth. Ok. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Not sweet. A pretty good example of a fairly malty lager. Low bitterness. One of the most normal tasting non-alcoholic beers I've run across. Ok.

Medium sweet. Nicely off-dry where a good portion of the sweetness is provided by the flavor rather than actual sugars. Light ginger manages to accentuate tannins from the tea while the elderberry provides some fruit and floral complexity on top but unfortunately never quite manages to blend between the two layers. Ok. …

Very sweet. From the label I had been expecting something closer to Ting or Squirt but the actual flavor contains a lot more lemon/lime than grapefruit. Very round, but not quite syrupy, mouthfeel. I think the most accurate description might be "Sprite + Grapefruit" and the addition does add quite a bit to …

Very Sweet. Candy-like start quickly develops depths of wintergreen and molasses along with other ephemera. The candy start returns near the end and haunts the extended finish. Definitely a different flavor profile from their standard root beer. Ok. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's.

Quite sweet. Classic baby aspirin/orange cream flavor right out of the bottle. Good vanilla and good fruit. Eventually develops a pronounced and nearly off-putting level of bitterness, though arguably adds depth at the same time. Honey is just barely discernable if you go looking for it, but could use a touch more. Ok. …

Medium sweet. An initial burst of flavor has both tea and cranberry melted around a lightly tannic core with faint hints of ginger emerging through the finish. Just enough cranberry in the start to give a little pucker. The finish can come off a bit like sweetarts candy, which is a little disappointing but mostly fine. …

Very sweet. More fruit than cola from start to finish. The mango sits somewhere in the uncanny valley: Nearly authentic, but artificial enough to be occasionally jarring. The cola is present if you search for it carefully, but overall is more like a lost opportunity for a much more interesting soda. Ok. Purchased from …

Not sweet. Malt forward with sharp hops follow-up. Slight umami towards the finish. Bitterness strongest in the middle with a slow drop through the extended finish. Ok. Purchased from Top Ten Liquors Roseville

Slightly sweet. That's not entirely accurate, but it gives the impression of sweetness enough to come across as sweet even without any sweeteners present. Related, could be accurately described as what you would get if you had removed all of the sweeteners from their line of strawberry sodas. Tart and candy notes are …

Not sweet. A really interesting flavor profile. Starts with something close to green mango and segues into a slightly more ripe version of the fruit. Very extended finish is creamy and fruity. Ok. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's

Not sweet. A worthy attempt to straddle the line between natural and artificial but unfortunately falls into the later. Somewhat like a raspberry candy without any of the sugar. Finish is long but somewhat subtle and possibly the most authentic flavor present. Ok. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's

Not sweet. Intense orange attempts to capture floral and fruit aspects nearly successfully. The middle flavors resembles the smell when peeling a fresh orange and almost makes you want to dodge the spray. Very long finish flirts with artificiality. Ok. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's

Very sweet. Fascinating nose. A waft smells like typical Mountain Dew while a sniff smells like gingerbread. The flavor has a similar dichotomy with a clear, and fairly decent, gingerbread cookie flavor followed with the classic Mountain Dew finish. Altogether somewhat unexpected, certainly an odd combination, and not …

Very sweet. Definitely an improvement on a memorably bad similar soda. Very much like liquid Red Hots candy but with a slightly better finish and slightly less fire. Early sips can sometimes show the flavor as a thinner veneer than others, but the whole is well done. Ok. Similar to some of Real Soda's other lines, the …

Slightly sweet. More malt than hops at the start. The hops do fairly quickly assert themselves for a fairly characteristic Cascade bitterness. Bitterness fades before the medium long, fairly nice finish. Ok Purchased from Top Ten Liquors Roseville

Very sweet. This soda should be named "BUTTERSCOTCH!" instead of aluding to any kind of caramel as the only flavor profile you get from the start to the lingering, slightly unsatisfiying, finish is just that: rich butterscotch with possibly a hint of candy rum flavor. Comes across as both complicated and also …

Quite sweet. Fairly complex herbal blend that does float a fresh ginger flavor in places, but without any fire. Somewhat muddled overall with some oddly fruity tones. Medium long finish with pleasant anise. Ok. Purchased at Stinson Wine, Beer and Spirits

Slightly sweet. Tart and malty start with defined lemon essence melding with a light hop bitterness. Indeterminate fruit tones make an appearance at various points, but nothing that leaves much of an impression. Somewhat nutty malt and light lemon continues through the long finish. Ok. Purchased from Top Ten Liquors …

I should start with a disclaimer: I am NOT a coffee drinker. I try a sip or two occasionally but find it to be far too bitter. The only exception was on a vacation in Guatemala where it was served with lots of milk and an extremely light roast of very fresh beans from a farm on the other end of the valley. I was like …