The original Virgil’s root beer is about as average as a root beer could be. For me, it’s fine but it could be a lot better. And enter the special edition Bavarian Nutmeg root beer by Virgil’s. It actually tastes pretty good and your taste buds are assaulted with some heavy nutmeg flavor on the aftertaste. It has hints of vanilla and cinnamon too. Almost like Christmas in the mouth. But the fancy bottle comes at a hefty price tag at twice the price of a regular bottle of root beer. It was right around the $5 mark. I can’t quite justify a price that steep. Sometimes you have to pay for quality and it’s an above average flavor but I don’t think I’ll get it again.
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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