A truly two for one deal. Barq’s is pure nostalgia for me. It’s probably the first root beer I have ever had and I loved it since. The Barq’s root beer bite and caramel taste is what I keep coming back for and it easily is a top tier root beer for me with no debate. Diet Barq’s slides a little further down the list but it’s an above average brew. It definitely ranks high among the diet root beers out there. For me, Barq’s is a comfortable warm blanket and while I don’t get to partake in it as often as I like as I keep having to try new root beers, it always welcomes me back in open arms.
It’s been years (2019) since I reviewed the original Fitz root beer. I haven’t tried it since largely because with a few exceptions (Sprecher, Barq’s, A&W, & Dang) it’s onward to new root beers I haven’t tried before. It’s been so long since I had Fitz’s, the pride of Missouri, that I had to re-read the review to get my mind set for the diet version. I said the original version was clean, crisp, light tasting with a nice vanilla aftertaste. And honestly, that would be a good description of this one. It’s incredibly light tasting and because it’s diet, it’s not sweet at all. I got a little whiff of aspartame in the aftertaste but unlike a lot of diet drinks, it’s barely noticeable. For a diet drink, this is totally serviceable for those looking to save some calories & considering there wasn’t anything that turned me off and grading on a no sugar curve, it’s an above average drink. If I ever completely run out of root beers to revi. 
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