Root beer

Sprecher Smoky Maple Root Beer

Sprecher Brewing · Smoked maple

Glendale, Wisconsin, USA

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A fire-brewed Milwaukee root beer that leans warm and dessert-like, built on deeply caramelized sugar and real maple syrup over a creamy, full-bodied base. The maple reads as a smoky, toasted sweetness rather than breakfast-syrup candy, sitting alongside familiar vanilla and a brisk wintergreen lift. Underneath, sharper sassafras and woody bark notes keep it anchored as a genuine root beer rather than a flavored novelty, with a long, rounded finish. It sits at the richer, sweeter, more nostalgic end of the craft category, closer to a campfire treat than a dry, herbal tonic.

Taste profile
Flavor fingerprint for Sprecher Smoky Maple Root BeerSweetness 4 of 5, Carbonation 3 of 5, Body 4 of 5, Creaminess 3 of 5, Bitterness 3 of 5, Spice-heat 2 of 5, Aroma intensity 4 of 5, Finish 4 of 5SweetnessCarbonationBodyCreaminessBitternessSpice-heatAromaFinish

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Flavor wheel
Flavor wheel for Sprecher Smoky Maple Root BeerHighlighted: Root & sassafras, Caramel & molasses, Woody & bark.RootWintergreenAniseSpiceVanillaCaramelWoodyHerbalOff-notes

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38/50
What drinkers think
6/9
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Critics vs. the crowd
+14
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The maker

Sprecher Brewing Company is a craft brewery and soda maker founded in 1985 by Randal Sprecher in the Milwaukee area, now based in Glendale, Wisconsin. The company is known for fire-brewing its sodas over a direct flame and sweetening its root beers with raw Wisconsin honey. Smoky Maple is a specialty root beer that layers maple sweetness and a touch of smoke over its signature creamy, honey-sweetened base.