Why are people so split on Virgil's?

Root Beer Fan Joined: Mar 25, 2008 Posts: 14

There are quite a few negative user reviews on Bevnet.Com for this root beer and I was afraid that I wouldn't like it. It turned out great and I really enjoyed it. So why are some people so split on it? This is only my third "serious" root beer so I can't figure out why.

-- Boris

I have tried lots of different root beers and Virgil's seems to be one that is not the same every time. In the bottle it was bad. In the first pony keg I had it was good. In the second pony keg it was undrinkable. This was about 10 people tasting it and all saying the same thing YUCK! Some sort of fruity after taste. Bevnet seems way off some times from what I see. My taste as gone thru some changes over the years. At one time I liked alot of bite in my root beer, now I like more sweet with a real creamy taste. Don't forget drive in root beers, a lot of them still make their own root beer and it can be very good.

Thanks Kink

Root Beer Fan Joined: Jul 08, 2008 Posts: 12

Well i had Virgil's and i liked it. Then I had the Bavarian Nutmeg version and it was a lot worse. I just think it is just "luck of the draw"
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Root Beer Fan Joined: Jun 14, 2008 Posts: 10

i agree
virgils has some good bottles some bad ones
but they add sooo many flavors, that it kind of stops tasting like root beer
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Root Beer Fan Joined: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 2

I bought a bottle of Virgil's at a health-food store. It was sitting on a shelf in a partial six-pack. It was awful. But Virgil's has no preservatives. I wonder how long that pack had been sitting there. It probably simply went bad.

Root Beer Fan Joined: Jan 27, 2012 Posts: 7

I love Virgil's. It's one of my favorites when I want exactly that...but the flavor is too much for it to be a drink-all-the-time flavor, but great for a in-the-mood-for-something-potent-and-different flavor, then it's a real treat.

It's really unique so people are split. People who don't like licorice won't like it. And I agree that the taste does vary; sometimes a "bad bottle" tastes more like crushed aspirin than anise. I've never been sure if it's an occasional shift in my buds or actually a variance between bottles.

Sometimes I even suspect the flavor can settle - I've had bottles that were sweet and delicious at the top and bitter like pain-killers at the bottom. And I'm still not sure if that's true, or my taste buds just started picking up something different.

Lucky for me I've never had a bottle bitter enough to be bad in my opinion, so I've had my fair share of Virgil's. Just my $0.02.