Ozark is made in Branson, Missouri which I’ve heard some people proclaim that it’s the Vegas of the Midwest. I’m more inclined to call it the Myrtle Beach/Pigeon Forge of the Midwest as it has similar touristy attractions as those places. For me, it would be an underwhelming place and Ozark root beer is a rather underwhelming root beer. It has a slight bite to start but it quickly becomes smooth not 1/4 through the bottle. It mostly tastes of caramel with a ever so slight wintergreen flavor in the aftertaste. Overall, it’s an average root beer. There’s nothing too complex here and there’s nothing that would turn anyone off but it’s easily forgettable.
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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