Maple

Quite Sweet. Nearly overwhelming wintergreen from start to finish. Right after the start a distintly birch sourness provides a lot of depth and counterpoint to the usual root beer sugar. The maple is present, but mostly hinted in the extremely long finish. It's almost unfortunate that the wintergreen is so strong …

Very sweet. Candy start obscures any actual flavor until maple finally shows up in the middle and hangs in just through the beginning of the finish. Butter does appear but is generally elusive. Mostly this just tastes like medium grade sugar. Ok. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Very sweet. Intense and rich wintergreen and vanilla blend at the start. Shimmery maple appears in the middle and returns occasionally as a ghost in the long finish. Reasonably complex. Ok. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's.

Medium sweet. Bright natural Lemonade tones in the start clad a ginger and soft vinegar core that grows as it warms. Medium fire. Maple is present though muted. Slightly bitter natural ginger finish. Recommended. Originally posted to Twitter.

Very sweet. Strong maple beginning has support from other dark sugars but clashes slightly with mint/vanilla. OK. Originally posted to Twitter.

Barely sweet. Soda water with a few drops of maple syrup. Pass. Originally posted to Twitter.

NOTE: This review is an early item I found in my old Twitter stream that counts as a soda review. It is not in the more useful later form of review but I am including it for posterity. Text: Lakefront Brewery Golden Maple Root Beer: Very subtle maple. Very nice "creamy" flavor. Very sweet. Pretty good.