Saint Arnold Root Beer

A Houston brewery's take that leans hard into wintergreen — the methyl-salicylate lift is the first thing most drinkers notice, riding over a vanilla-sweet, cane-sugar base. The yucca-driven foam gives it a rounded, mildly creamy mouthfeel rather than a true cream-soda richness, and the sweetness sits full but stops short of cloying. It drinks as a clean, traditional, middle-of-the-road craft root beer; the one recurring knock is a thinner-than-expected body and an occasional muddy note on the back end that keeps it just below the category's best. A reliable, crowd-friendly pour, especially over vanilla ice cream as the maker suggests.