Fentiman's Soda

Off-site for training one week I found myself in fairly short supply of decent lunch options apart from a specialty goods grocery store. After a couple of days I realized in the fog of lunch hunger I had picked up a different Fentiman's soda each time I went to the store, and decided to continue the trend the rest of the week.

• Curiosity Cola
• Victorian Lemonade
• Cherrytree Cola
• Dandelion & Burdock 
• Traditional Ginger Beer

Made in the UK, each one is unique and not overly sugary in taste (although there's plenty of sugar in them, averaging 11.6g per 100mL). Fentiman's prides itself on it's historic origins and line of "botanically brewed" products - including cocktail mixers - with potent ginger root and other natural ingredients. Since they're all so different, it's not fair to compare them against each other, but my favorite is probably the lemonade. Not too puckery, it has a natural, mild sweet lemon taste that is very refreshing. Lemonade for grown-ups so to speak. The novelty of Dandelion & Burdock (similar to historic versions of root beer) is hard to ignore, but admittedly it's not something the average palate is used to. If given the choice I'll probably try something else over it...perhaps either their pink lemonade or shandy? Not sure.

You can get Fentiman's at most major grocery stores for about $4.99 for a 4pk of 275mL bottles.