Capt’n Eli’s
A friend of mine sent me a couple of these and some Maine Root to try (Thanks Brendan! twitter.com/mainerunnah, dailymile.com/people/mainerunnah). I must say that I’m pretty impressed with what Maine has going on with root beer. I don’t know if it’s because there’s nothing else to do up there, or because root beer goes so well with lobster, but some of the better craft brews I’ve had lately have come from that northerly state.
The first sip of this revealed a bold crisp flavor strong on anise and wintergreen with a hint of vanilla underneath. The beverage had a nice carbonation level that stayed through the whole bottle and didn’t diminish as is so common. There’s a lot of sugar in this root beer (49 grams), but it didn’t seem overwhelmingly sweet. Apparently, this recipe has been around since the 1920s, but the family recently built a business around it. It has also inspired a graphic novel, pretty cool, huh?
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