There was a lot of things going for WBC before I even popped the cap. It’s a “Chicago style” root beer and I am unaware of what that truly means (I am aware of Chicago style dogs & pizza.) However, Chicago is fully in the Midwest & that usually means it will be a solid craft drink. Also, WBC is a label under the Sprecher brand. With the original Sprecher tied for first in my root beer rankings, that should hold considerable weight. However, it does not. It’s a rather weak tasting root beer. It’s smooth, slightly bitter and slightly sweet and has a light vanilla flavor that doesn’t last long at all. There’s a light wintergreen flavor in the aftertaste that got more pronounced as I continued with the bottle. Unfortunately, it’s just an average root beer. Nothing that wowed me to want to get again but nothing that tasted off. So, not all root beers from the Midwest are going to stand out.
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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