I’ve had regular Dad’s before. It’s a solid root beer. It’s not one of my top favorites but if it’s available, I would recommend it. Now, when it comes to the diet root beers, they typically fall a notch or two down from their regular versions. Trust me, this is my 51st root beer I’ve tried. I knew going in that the diet version of Dad’s would be average at best and I was right. It’s a solid choice if you’re trying to cut calories. But for me, it had a slight bitter aftertaste. It has a smooth, light caramel flavor though and overall, probably one of the better diet root beers that I’ve tried.
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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