21 - Jones Soda Root Beer
Jones Soda Co. has had a root beer since it came out in 1996. They also recently started making Sunset Sarsaparilla.
Jones is a pretty popular brand with a wide variety of flavors. They also put out special flavors at various times of the year, such as their famous Thanksgiving Holiday Pack.
Let’s see how their root beer shakes out.
Branding
Jones has their own unique look. The photos on their bottles change, but since they usually use black-and-white photos, the “look” is mostly the same with their logo on top, the random photo, and then the flavor underneath.
I believe the photos were submitted by fans and chosen by the company. I’m not sure if they still do that.
Here are some photos of the bottle:
Taste and Ingredients
Jones has a twist-off bottle cap, which is somewhat unusual for a glass bottle. The smell of the root beer is subtle, but it exists. Some root beers seem to have no smell whatsoever. I didn’t taste any licorice-flavoring, but their may be a hint of vanilla even though it’s not listed as being in there.
The root beer taste itself is pretty flat, but smooth. I wouldn’t call it creamy exactly, but it’s got a nice flavor. There aren’t any unusual or strong flavors though. Barq’s tends to be a strong root beer, and even A&W tends to be a bit stronger than this.
However, I rather liked this one.
Let’s take a look at the ingredients:
Looks like Jones went with cane sugar and while the list of ingredients is small, they have more strangely named ingredients than some of the other brands reviewed on this site.
The Wrap Up
Jones root beer is pretty good. I can’t really say it has a unique root beer flavor, as it tends to be quite similar to many popular brews, but it’s a nice one. They didn’t mess up the taste and there are no unusual ingredients.
Give Jones a try! They were one of the first popular brands to always use cane sugar, which is pretty cool!