Sarsaparilla

Snake River Sarsaparilla

Jackson Hole Soda Co. · Old West craft sarsaparilla

Jackson, Wyoming, USA

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A frontier-styled sarsaparilla that leans herbal and old-fashioned rather than candy-sweet, opening on earthy sassafras root with a thread of birch and quillaia-driven smoothness. Cane sugar and caramel color pull it toward a cola-adjacent middle, while soft vanilla rounds a finish that stays smooth without ever turning fully creamy. It is restrained and food-friendly, the kind of bottle that reads as nostalgic Old West rather than dessert-in-a-glass. A faint note of artificial flavoring keeps it just short of clean-label craft purity.

Taste profile
Flavor fingerprint for Snake River SarsaparillaSweetness 4 of 5, Carbonation 3 of 5, Body 3 of 5, Creaminess 2 of 5, Bitterness 2 of 5, Spice-heat 1 of 5, Aroma intensity 3 of 5, Finish 3 of 5SweetnessCarbonationBodyCreaminessBitternessSpice-heatAromaFinish

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Flavor wheel
Flavor wheel for Snake River SarsaparillaHighlighted: Root & sassafras, Wintergreen & birch, Spice (cinnamon, clove, nutmeg), Vanilla & cream, Caramel & molasses, Woody & bark, Herbal & medicinal.RootWintergreenAniseSpiceVanillaCaramelWoodyHerbalOff-notes

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Scores

Our score
38/50
What drinkers think
7/9
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Critics vs. the crowd
+1
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The maker

Jackson Hole Soda Co. is a small old-fashioned soda brand out of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that makes cane-sugar sodas including its Snake River line. Its Snake River Sarsaparilla is a traditional-style sarsaparilla named for the river that runs through the region. The brand markets a nostalgic, Western-themed range of glass-bottled sodas.

Ingredients & nutrition

Carbonated water, Cane sugar, Natural and artificial flavors, Caramel color, Gum acacia, Phosphoric acid, Citric acid, Natural quillaia, Sodium benzoate (preservative).

12 fl oz(per serving, as labeled)