• Tja@programming.dev
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    7 days ago

    I dint know if the most disgusting, but the biggest delta between expectation and reality was root beer.

    Expected something vanilly or maybe gingery, got mouthwash. I genuinely spit the first sip.

    • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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      Mouthwash? You sure you weren’t drinking a bad sample? A&W brand root beer has a decently strong vanilla taste, although I personally prefer Barq’s which doesn’t.

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        5 days ago

        Mouthwash isn’t minty everywhere. Japanese usually also don’t like root beer because it has an overlap with some medicines’ tastes here

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      Make sure root beer is ice cold, like nearly frozen. Room temp (warm) root beer can have a cough syrup flavor to some people.

      Also there are a TON of different types of root beer. Some are better than others. I’m a 1919 and Triple XXX fan. Sprecher is also good, but the others are better, just sprechers is easier to get.

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        Warm root beer is an entirely different drink. Still good IMO, the taste is softer and more drawn out. Cold rootbeer is crisper with a cleaner (by comparison) finish.

    • Two things could hardly be more different than root beer and mouth wash. To be fair, there are a lot of different varieties of root beer - some with a heavy licorice flavor, others stronger vanilla or whatever, but they’re all sweet.

      As someone else suggested, maybe you got a strong ginger beer? Those can be pretty spicy.

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        6 days ago

        Nope, A&W root beer. Maybe a have some weird gene mutation like some people have one that makes cilantro taste like soap. I bought a can and even got a root beer float. Still mouthwash (not the ice cream part).

        • Oh, that’s really strange. Kind of reminds me of when a friend said pineapple makes your whole mouth feel like when you lick a 9v battery, and be didn’t get why people like it. Turns out he has some generic thing that’s like an allergy to it.

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      Ginger bier is quite spicy, hot if it has enough in it. What you expected sounds like sarsaparilla?