Root Beer Review #36 – Mason’s Root Beer

We’ve finally made it through three dozen root beers! Honestly, they’re all starting to run together in my brain. I’m sure I’m being influenced by the labels. This label has a good old style comic strip graphic design. This could be a root beer that was consumed on Scooby Doo.

This is a Real Soda brew, but produced under the Monarch Company, Inc. which produces New Age sodas. I’m confused, by the production and distribution scheme, but I wouldn’t go out of your way for this flavor. It’s not bad, but certainly not so unique that you need to find a bottle. The keg brewed flavor is interesting and unique. It’s got a little bite to it on the first few sips but doesn’t last. I’m not a fan of overtly herbal brews without the licorice undertones.

I cheated and looked on some other review sites to get the word herbal. And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!

Derek’s Rating: 5.0

Here are the rankings with notes of Wintergreen (W), Licorice (L), or Other (O):

9.5 Sprecher Root Beer: buy me in bulk online!
9.1 River City Root Beer
9.0 Americana Root Beer
8.8 Tower Root Beer
8.5 Henry Weinhard’s Root Beer
8.1 maine root handcrafted rootbeer: Available at b.good on tap
8.0 Virgil’s Root Beer: available at some supermarkets
7.7 Chicago Root Beer
7.4 Bulldog Root Beer
7.3 Thunder Beast
7.2 Cicero Salted Caramel Root Beer
7.2 O-So Butterscotch Root Beer (O)
7.0 Cicero Chicago Style Root Beer
6.8 J.J. Stewart Root Beer
6.7 Old Red Eye Root Beer
6.6 Frostie Root Beer
6.5 Dr. Brown’s Root Beer Draft Style
6.2 Bedford’s Root Beer
5.9 Red Arrow Root Beer
5.6 Jones Root Beer
5.1 Saranac Root Beer
5.0 Mason’s Root Beer
4.8 Jack Black’s Dead Red Root Beer
4.7 Filbert’s Root Beer
4.6 Gale’s Root Beer (O)
4.3 Triple “AAA” Root Beer
4.0 Trader Joe’s Vintage Root Beer
3.9 Avery’s Root Beer
3.6 towne club root beer
3.4 Dad’s Old Fashioned Root Beer
3.2 Rocky Mountain Root Beer
2.5 Mug Old Fashioned Root Beer
2.0 Judge Wapner Root Beer
1.7 Big Ben’s Root Beer
0.4 The Pop Shoppe
0.1 GuS Dry Root Beer (O)