Hippo Size Beverages Jumbo Root Beer

This is root beer number 38, drank on 28 November, 2013.

Purchased at: Galcos

Made in: Mukilteo, WA

Bottled by: Orca Beverage Soda Works

Cap style: twist off bottle cap

Volume: 12 fl. oz

Notable text on the bottle: Looking for a drink with GARGANTUAN flavor? Go for the Hippo. The original Texas size drink, Hippo Beverages satisfy that immense craving with a selection of great flavors using our best extracts and flavors. Open wide and experience the little bottle with big taste - Hippo Size Beverages since 1927.

Sweetened with: cane

Natural or artificial flavor? both

Ingredients: carbonated water, cane sugar, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, extract of wintergreen, sodium benzoate (a preservative)

Calories: 160

Review: Big taste is putting it mildly. I think this is a great root beer, with a strong medicinal-like bite and a distinctive sweetness. Good carbonation on the tongue and mouthfeel.

liquid color: extremely dark, porter-like darkness

Head? none