I had high hopes for this one. I enjoy trying flavors of root beer that are out of the norm. Salted caramel would be a unique flavor, if done correctly. But, this one stumbled right out of the gate and couldn’t get a good stride. Its flavor was rather weak and felt watered down. It could have come out swinging for the fences with a smooth caramel flavor but for me it was a strikeout. Honestly, the only salted caramel flavor that I got was in the aftertaste as it settled in my mouth. It was a rather quick blink and you’ll miss it moment. Overall, it missed the mark for me when it could’ve easily been a bullseye. I will have to put it in the below average category. Cicero has a regular version that I will eventually get to. Hopefully, it’s better than this one.
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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