No. 92 – Adirondack – 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.

On my ever growing bucket list is to make a trip up to north eastern New York and take in the sights of the Adirondack Mountains, Lake Champlain, and historical sites such as Fort Ticonderoga & Saratoga battlefield. This location is where review Number 92 takes us as well as it is made and bottled (or canned) in the area. I did a quick search via Google and did not see where Adirondack root beer is made in bottles, at least to buy online. They may make them in limited quantities in the area? Anyway, the aforementioned area locations are infinitely superior than this root beer. Honestly, it just exists. You know you are drinking root beer but it is not that exciting. For me, it’s far too sweet and though there is a nice creamy profile, there is a slight bitterness in the aftertaste that threw me off. The bad kind of outweighs the good in this one and for me, it’s a totally average drink. If I had gotten a 6 pack, I would have finished them & not regretted it, but luckily I only bought 1.