20 - O-So Butterscotch Root Beer
O-So started making sodas in 1946 as an independent soft drink company based in Chicago, IL. However, it is now sold by Orca Beverage Co, the same company behind Bedford’s Root Beer.
There are lots of other root beers from Chicago, such as Cicero’s, Triple XXX, and Filbert’s. So if you like Chicago, you should give this drink a try too!
Branding
There really isn’t much branding to this drink. You have the O-So logo in brown and yellow, and that’s about it. The cap is a fun color, though, and they did slap the phrase “Oh! So Good” on the neck of the bottle in yellow and white as well.
Taste and Ingredients
You can smell the butterscotch when you pop the cap off the bottle. There is a strong butterscotch flavor to the drink as well. In fact, I would call it more of a butterscotch dark soda than a root beer, though there is some root-beerish flavor.
Carbonation is light, so there isn’t a lot of fizz, and the root beer goes down smooth and creamy.
I think the main flavors, though, are the butterscotch and the vanilla. O-So also goes for pure cane sugar and mostly readable ingredients, so that’s a good thing.
The Wrap Up
While I prefer regular root beer, the butterscotch isn’t a terrible addition. However, the butterscotch certainly masks the root beer flavor. If you don’t like butterscotch, you probably won’t like this drink either.
On the other hand, if you are feeling adventurous, you should definitely try it out. O-So is pretty good!