If you want a totally textbook average root beer, this is it! First of all, the label is nice & someone has put some actual thought into it. Unlike other ones where someone only had 5 minutes on Microsoft Paint, i.e. Big Ben’s. It also is a rather smooth root beer with a clean finish. However, that’s about all I can say that’s good with Batch. There’s nothing that stands out that would turn someone completely off but there’s nothing there that would make anyone want to buy this over and over again. There’s a slight sweetness with a hint of molasses or brown sugar that fades quickly. It is totally forgettable but yet you could do a lot worse. I still can’t recommend it as there are many great root beers out there.
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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