Birch beer
A-Treat Birch Beer
A-Treat Bottling Company · Dutch-style brown birch beer
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
A-Treat's brown birch beer leads hard with wintergreen — bright, sweet, and unmistakably minty rather than rooty, with a cool methyl-salicylate lift that defines the whole sip. Caramel color lends a dark cola hue and a faint brown-sugar backbone, while a soft creamy texture rounds out the body before a clean, minty finish. Carbonation runs a touch sharp and the sweetness is generous, placing it at the candy-forward, crowd-pleasing end of the birch spectrum rather than the dry, bark-driven artisanal end. A regional Pennsylvania favorite that drinkers tend to love well above what its straightforward formulation would predict.
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The maker
A-Treat is a Pennsylvania soda brand that traces back to 1918, long bottled by the A-Treat Bottling Company in Allentown and a regional staple of the Lehigh Valley. The original company ceased production in early 2015, but the brand was acquired by the Allentown-based Jaindl Companies, which revived it and resumed bottling its lineup of caffeine-free flavors. Birch beer and sarsaparilla are among the styles A-Treat is best known for in eastern Pennsylvania.
Ingredients & nutrition
Carbonated water, High fructose corn syrup, Caramel color, Sodium benzoate (a preservative), Natural essential oils, Artificial flavor, Citric acid.
12 fl oz · 160 cal · 41 g sugar(per serving, as labeled)