Hard Root Beer
Coney Island Brewing Company in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Vegetable Regular|
Score
6.22
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. I had a hard time rating this one. If I rated as a beer it would have been rated low but then I decided to rate it for what it was (which is what I try to rate all beers). Cola or root beer brown in color with a medium to small quickly disappearing head. Yes the aroma and taste was both a nice tasting root beer and I love root beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:13
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
How: Bottle.
Where: Zinburger, New Jersey.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Jenka bubble gum, Listerine.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Jenka bubble gum, Listerine.
Comment: Some misunderstanding so got it served as a floater with ice cream. Luckily the ice cream came separately so got to tried it both as the beer itself and with ice cream. Can't say that the ice cream helped it, but didn't make it that much worse either.
Where: Zinburger, New Jersey.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Jenka bubble gum, Listerine.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Jenka bubble gum, Listerine.
Comment: Some misunderstanding so got it served as a floater with ice cream. Luckily the ice cream came separately so got to tried it both as the beer itself and with ice cream. Can't say that the ice cream helped it, but didn't make it that much worse either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2018
at 18:59
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is mynthe and herbal. Sweet, caramelish and mynthe. Sweet and teaish to herbal mynthe far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2017
at 20:36
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Dark brown to black, small tan non lasting head. It’s like Listerine and Deep Relief had an unholy child... and it’s sugary sweet. Not really good.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2016
at 09:36
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2
I’m only rating this to get t the top of the brewery raters list. Not even sure why this crap is on RB. Disgusting fake Alco pop. What is wrong it people that like root beer and adding alcohol to it doesn’t make it better.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2016
at 12:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown pour with a fleeting, minimal, tan head. Smells like root beer. Pretty much tastes like a root beer too. A bit on the sweet side.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2016
at 17:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle and the thought about drinking this is scary. Pours like a lighter stout or porter. Smell of sweet rootbeer pop permeates the room. Initially, taste is like rootbeer but then there is this weird added alky feeling to it. I’m thinking these rootbeer beers would benifit from lower alky like many radlers or fru-fru-fruity fruit lambics. Yes, too much alky to drink this refreshingly even tho the taste would fool the uninitiated. Yea, me no thinks this is really beer, no? What else can be said? This is roo-roo-rootbeer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2016
at 15:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
12oz bottle. Poured a dark brown, cola color. They nailed the look - a little more carbonated than Not Your Fathers, but still a touch under the normal "soda" carbonation - not a problem though. Aroma was heavy on sarsaparilla, birch, vanilla. A touch medicinal. Vanilla notes, birch. Very drinkable - alcohol is slightly noticeable, but it’s easy to drink this one down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2016
at 15:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle from Vons in Atascadero. Nose is cinnamon, anise, vanilla, and brown sugar. Clear dark brown with a medium beige head. Flavor is sweet root beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2015
at 20:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Anise and tootsie roll nose. Ruby black, medium brown head with no retention. Licorice, tootsie roll, and horehound. Medium body soft carbonation, sugary sweet, but not syrupy. Tastes good, but I maintain this is at best alcopop, at worse spiked soda, but not beer.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2015
at 20:03