Root beer
Maine Root Root Beer
Maine Root Beverages · Cane-sugar craft root beer
Austin, Texas, USA
A clean, all-natural root beer built on Fair Trade organic cane sugar, with a forward rooty-wintergreen nose and a backbone of anise and clove that lands more spice-driven than sassafras-rich. The cane sweetness is generous and reads like a classic root beer barrel, while crisp carbonation keeps it lively rather than syrupy. Where it gives ground to heavier draft-style brands is body and creaminess: the finish is short and spice-tinged with a flicker of vanilla rather than a long, foamy fade. It sits as an honest, well-made, refreshing bottle whose virtue is its ingredient purity more than knockout intensity.
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The maker
Maine Root's root beer is the flagship that launched the brand, created by founder Matt Seiler in Portland, Maine as a cleaner alternative to mass-market sodas; the company is now based in Austin, Texas. It is handcrafted, caffeine-free, and sweetened with Fair Trade Certified organic cane sugar. The recipe is built on extracts of wintergreen, clove, and anise.
Ingredients & nutrition
Carbonated pure water, Fair Trade Certified organic cane sugar, Spices.