8.5First-Rate! Steelhead Root Beer Gatt More December 11, 2014 While visiting Eugene, Oregon last June I met my family at the Bier Stein for lunch, and among the hundreds of bottles of beer in the refrigerators, I found Steelhead Root Beer and had two bottles with my meal.... Read More
8Nice. Scuttlebutt Root Beer Gatt More June 10, 2014 I'd lived near the Scuttlebutt Brewery for nearly a year before I realized that they actually produce a root beer. Unfortunately, it is not available in bottles or cans; if you want to try it, you'll have to vi... Read More
7Nice Bulldog Root Beer Gatt More May 14, 2014 So far, I've sampled about a dozen different root beers produced by Orca Beverage in Mukilteo, WA, and I think that I can safely say that Bulldog is the best of them. Unfortunately, that does not mean that Bulldog is among the best root beers I've tried overal... Read More
5Not Bad. Crater Lake Root Beer Gatt More May 8, 2014 Crater Lake Root Beer is a pretty unremarkable brew out of Portland, OR. And the remarks that I do have are not especially good. Crater Lake opted for a clear bottle rather than brown, which is interesting. I d... Read More
6Not Bad. Bedford’s Root Beer Gatt More May 5, 2014 My first experience of Bedford's was with their Creme Beer when I was a kid back in circa-1988 Missoula. Bedford's Creme Beer was the beverage of choice in my group of friends while gorging on pizza or spaghet... Read More
3Bleh. Hummingbird Hill Birch Root Beer Gatt More May 2, 2014 Hummingbird Hill sodas are truly products of the Northwest, having been first home-brewed and sold at a farmers market in Silverdale, WA in 2004. Today, the Root Beer, Birch Root Beer, and Sarsaparilla are bottled on a slightly larger scale in Silverdale, wher... Read More
8.6First-Rate! Henry Weinhard’s Root Beer Gatt More April 30, 2014 I first tasted Henry Weinhard's Root Beer back in the mid 1990s, and it was almost instantly my favorite. Like Thomas Kemper, I believe that it was actually manufactured in the Northwest at the time (Portland,... Read More
