When I was in Ohio, found a couple root beers that I hadn’t tried before. Fitz’s Root Beer of St Louis (not pictured) had a clean, crisp flavor and a good vanilla aftertaste. It would rank above average for me. Hank’s Premium Root Beer (of Philadelphia) has a slight bite like Barq’s and is rich and creamy. Definitely ranks high. Thomas Kemper Root Beer of the Pacific Northwest has an overtly sweet and fruity flavor. It’s ok but it’s a one and done for me.
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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