It’s national beverage day so what better way than to celebrate with my beverage of choice & a milestone review. It’s crazy to think that I’ve reviewed 90 different root beers. Avery’s has an old school label for an old school brand that’s been in existence for well over 100 years. They make a TON of different drinks other than root beer & they have an interesting history where the founder brewed drinks in a barn. However, their root beer is, unfortunately, less interesting. It has absolutely zero carbonation, it tastes flat & watery, with just a hint of caramel. It’s the definition of a totally average root beer. You’re not gonna be blown away nor will you be disgusted either.
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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