Review: Best Damn Sweet Tea
Best Damn Sweet Tea will be released March 27th in the Northwest and Midwest markets of the USA. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a bottle a little early. Hard Iced Tea was first introduced in 2001, with the release of the Twisted Tea brand of malt beverages. Others followed including Mikes Hard, Redd’s, Easy Tea, and Not Your Mother’s. Sweet Tea differs from iced tea in that sugar or sugar syrup is added to the iced tea before serving. This is not the first hard sweet tea malt beverage. Twisted Tea at one time made a Sweet Tea flavor. There are several sweet tea flavored vodkas including ones made by Firefly, Sweet Carolina, Jeremiah Weed, Burnetts, and Mothers on the market today. Best Damn Sweet Tea is aged on real black tea leaves during the brewing process for a refreshingly smooth iced tea taste. Read more 
Review: Best Damn Cream Soda
Best Damn Cream Soda was just released. Cream Soda is the third hard soda flavor this division of Anheuser Busch has crafted. The other flavors include Root Beer, and Cherry Cola. The Best Damn line also includes Best Damn Apple Ale, and the soon to be launched Best Damn Sweet Tea. While cream soda may be thought of as a secondary soda flavor, the first published cream soda recipe dates back to 1852, 34 years before Coca Cola was first produced. This original recipe included egg whites. Maybe that’s why Coca Cola quickly became a dominant soda brand. Today, most cream soda’s are produced by brands more associated with root beer than cream soda, including IBC, A&W, Barq’s, Mug, and Dad’s. That said I am a fan of cream soda, and while I’m not claiming to be a Cream Soda Sommelier, I’ve tasted over a dozen cream soda brands, and I know the difference between an average and a great tasting one. Best Damn Cream Soda is brewed as an ale, and then aged on real vanilla beans with natural flavors and caramel color added. Read more