beer_name: Brewer Patriot Collection - 1790 Root Beer Brew
text: 12oz brown bottle with best before date of October 2006. Pours a dark mber/brown with an unimpessive head, but good longevity and lace. Since there is no comparison with this I give it an average smell. Lots of licorice up front mixed with definate root beer and molasses. Not bad smelling, just unusal for beer. Lots of unusual flavors for beer. Again licorice with root and birch beer. Molasses and I almost detect ginger. Dry and medium carbonation. As unique and unusual as it is, it is also hard to drink. Not impossible just not highly drinkable. All in all its OK. Try one for yourself.