In the latest of review all the drinks that Sprecher makes, it’s time for their version of Dr Pepper. In case you missed it, their root beer is superb as is their cherry cola and even their orange soda got high marks for me even though I’m not much of an orange soda guy. Now, if you were to blindfold me, I wouldn’t be able to even tell you that this should be categorized in the vein of Dr Pepper. It’s very, very smooth, almost like a Pepsi. If you can’t stand the peppery flavor of Dr Pepper (first of all, how dare you) then you’d probably enjoy this. Also, honey is very forward focused in this drink. So, it’s slightly sweet as well but not in a bad way. This is a good, solid drink but for me, it doesn’t dethrone the king that is Dr Pepper.
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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