White Birch Beer

A textbook example of the clear, New England style of white birch beer: cane-sugar sweet and rounded with a soft creamy edge, then cut by a bright wintergreen lift that defines the style. The wintergreen leans pointed enough to read as faintly medicinal between sips, which is exactly what enthusiasts of the white style are after rather than a flaw. Carbonation is brisk and holds its sparkle to the last pour, keeping the sweetness lively instead of cloying. It sits among the benchmarks of the category, a regional Connecticut classic that rewards anyone exploring birch beer beyond the darker, root-forward bottlings.