I like root beer and I like President Theodore Roosevelt, so the question remains, will I like a drink whose name is derived from the legendary man? Not so fast. I had low hopes for this, just look at the label. The brand only does plastic bottles and offers no glass bottles. Taste wise, it has a quick, sharp, rooty harshness that is a little sweet but becomes bitter. It has virtually no aftertaste. If you don’t like root beer, this isn’t going to win you over and if you are an aficionado, it’s probably best to overlook this one. It’s an acceptable but average brand.
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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