I am new the the soda world but I am trying to clone the bite from Barq's. I have searched High and even LOW for the clone for this soda or to the reason it has sooo much bite and so little sugar. I have no idea. any help is apreciated!
Barq's bite comes from Anise, and possibly a little nutmeg. I would actually say that barq's has the least amount of wintergreen of the major brand sodas(if it has any)-Mug is really heavy on the Wintergreen.
You should check out Virgil's root beer. It's a bit expensive(about $5/4 pk. of 12 oz.), but my favorite root beer. To me it's akin to a well-crafted, gourmet Barq's-like the difference between a $5 bottle of wine and a fine, aged wine.
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We might have to agree to disagree on this one. I find that anise provides a rich and complex black "licorice" flavor to the drink, and it is very prevalent in Barq's.
Wintergreen provides a very minty flavor-and Mug is overwhelmingly minty. I like it to Pepsodent toothpaste, Wint-o-Green Life Savers, and Winterfresh gum. It provides a cooling sensation(as minty things usually do), and I detect almost none of that in Barq's.
The only other culprit I can think of is possibly Nutmeg. Nutmeg usually provides an aromatic quality to foods it is included in, and somewhat of a "sting" in the mouth like allspice and clove. While it is possible those last two are used as an ingredient in Barq's, if they are present it is very minimal, or washed out by the HFCS...
I'm still going to say it's anise or nutmeg. I'll be brewing my own batch of Root Beer soon here, and I'll be using both wintergreen and anise, maybe even nutmeg. Even so, I want to go make some teas out of anise, wintergreen and nutmeg separately to see what kind of flavors/mouth feels/aromatic qualities each as.
I am new the the soda world but I am trying to clone the bite from Barq's. I have searched High and even LOW for the clone for this soda or to the reason it has sooo much bite and so little sugar. I have no idea. any help is apreciated!
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