Sarsaparilla
Bundaberg Sarsaparilla
Bundaberg Brewed Drinks · Traditional brewed sarsaparilla
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
A genuinely brewed sarsaparilla that leans old-fashioned and herbal rather than candy-sweet, built on real sarsaparilla and licorice root, ginger, vanilla bean, and molasses steeped over several days. The pour is dark and softly carbonated, with a full, syrupy body, a licorice-and-molasses core, and a rounding wash of vanilla that nudges it toward a root-beer-float impression without ever becoming a cream soda. The bitter, woody root character and long molasses finish make it more grown-up and divisive than mainstream American root beers, and the herbal intensity reads as pleasantly traditional to some drinkers and faintly medicinal to others. It sits at the authentic, brewed end of the sarsaparilla category, rewarding curiosity more than it chases broad crowd appeal.
Objective sensory intensities (how it tastes) — not a liking score.
Our editorial notes.
Scores
Rate it
Add your own read to the crowd’s — a quick score, or a full tasting.
The maker
Bundaberg Brewed Drinks is an Australian family-owned brewer founded in 1960 and run by the Fleming family for four generations, based in Bundaberg, Queensland. It craft-brews its sodas over several days with real ingredients rather than relying on extracts and syrups, and exports to more than 60 countries. Its Sarsaparilla is built on a family recipe brewing sarsaparilla root, ginger, licorice root, vanilla bean, and molasses.
Ingredients & nutrition
Carbonated water, cane sugar, sarsaparilla brew (water, sugar, molasses, ginger root, sarsaparilla root, licorice root extract, vanilla bean extract, yeast), colour (caramel IV), acid (citric acid), preservatives (202, 211), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), sarsaparilla flavour.
12.7 fl oz · 182 cal · 44.3 g sugar(per serving, as labeled)