In what's become a growing trend among soda manufacturers, Thomas Kemper has recently reformulated their soda recipes and updated packaging. Instead of using high-fructose corn syrup, the new beverages are naturally sweetened with pure cane sugar.
I tasted three — Black Cherry, Root Beer, and Ginger Ale — of the company's five sodas and was pleasantly surprised by the results. All of the sodas were refreshing with typical flavors that one would expect from a craft, bottled soda company. To find out how each one tasted, read more.
The root beer, with its vanilla-marshmallow smell and clear, classic taste, was my favorite. It was everything you want from a root beer — sweet and comforting. My least favorite was the black cherry. It had a strong artificial smell with a too-syrupy taste that reminded me of cough medicine. The fresh, clean, crisp ginger ale was my co-tester's favorite. They described it as a quality ginger ale that was "really good" with strong ginger flavor.
How about you? Have you tried the new Thomas Kemper formula? Did you notice a difference? Are you excited soda companies are eliminated the high-fructose corn syrup?
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The ginger ale is my favorite brand. It really tastes hand crafted and has a crisp, strong flavor.
1Good for them.
I try to buy Dublin Dr. Peppers in can or bottle form whenever I see them. I think they just taste better. Less of an aftertaste
2I've never seen that brand but I'd try the Ginger ale.
3i've never tried this brand but i've tried another type of cane sugar soda in bubblegum and it was awesome!
4I will definitely try these as soon as I can find them! Especially the Ginger Ale...
5I hope more companies switch to cane sugar instead of fructose.
6You can also buy imported soda from latin supermarkets, they import coke and pepsi and their national brands and they are all made with cane sugar which really makes a difference in the flavor. No more watery tasting corn syrup.
7The root beer sounds great; you had me at "vanilla-marshmallow smell."
8The root beer sounds absolutely delicious! Do they make a cola too? That would make me very happy!
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