Sprecher Root Beer Old Fashioned

A limited-run twist on Sprecher's fire-brewed, honey-sweetened flagship, this bottling reimagines the brewery's sassafras-and-vanilla base as a riff on the classic whiskey Old Fashioned. The familiar caramelized-honey body and creamy vanilla core stay front and center, but a bright lift of orange zest and a dusting of aromatic, bitters-inspired baking spice push it toward the cocktail end of the category. It drinks rich and rounded rather than sharp, finishing long and honey-sweet with just enough citrus and spice to keep it from going cloying. Sits among the more dessert-forward, characterful craft root beers, with a novelty citrus-and-bitters angle that sets it apart from the brand's straight-ahead original.