{"id":53771,"date":"2025-01-28T18:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/hanks-gourmet-root-beer-erics-gourmet-root-beer-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:32:10","slug":"hanks-gourmet-root-beer-erics-gourmet-root-beer-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=53771","title":{"rendered":"Hank\u2019s Gourmet Root Beer \u2013 Eric\u2019s Gourmet Root Beer Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hanks_gourmet_big.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"138\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hanks_gourmet_big.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7044\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:138px;height:380px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hanks_gourmet_big.jpg 138w, http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hanks_gourmet_big-109x300.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Seal_of_Approval2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"889\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Seal_of_Approval2.png\" alt=\"Seal of Approval\" class=\"wp-image-35\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:150px;height:150px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I made a mistake 13 years ago. Back when I held my <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/2012\/02\/the-ultimate-root-beer-showdown\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/2012\/02\/the-ultimate-root-beer-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ultimate Root Beer Showdown<\/a> I said that Hank\u2019s seemed better than I remembered. At that time I knew the bottle had changed, but I didn\u2019t actually realized that they\u2019d made a subtle change to both their recipe (substituting cane sugar for high fructose corn syrup) and their name (substituting Gourmet for Premium). What I thought was the Hank\u2019s I\u2019d reviewed in 1998 was actually a technically new root beer. I\u2019d like to think that after seeing such a high ranking at gourmetrootbeer.com they strove to make their premium root beer even better, worthy of truly being, \u201cGourmet\u201d, and renamed the brew once they\u2019d achieved it. Regardless, change their recipe and name they did, and thus a new root beer I need to review. Since I\u2019ve been drinking Hank\u2019s continuously since then, the review itself comes as no surprise but I shall write it as if it did.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet mother of root beer! This has an amazing Body. How root beer should taste. It\u2019s sweet and rooty and creamy and spicy. It\u2019s perfectly proportioned with nothing lacking. The Bite is solid but not overbearing. The Head is tall and foamy as a root beer should be. The Aftertaste is luscious vanilla that lasts the perfect amount of time. <\/p>\n<p>I really, truly, love this stuff. It is perhaps as close to perfection as we can come in this imperfect world. See how it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gourmetrootbeer.com\/rev4.html#hanksgourmet\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.gourmetrootbeer.com\/rev4.html#hanksgourmet\">rates<\/a> against other root beers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gourmetrootbeer.com\/rev4.html#hanksgourmet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"53\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gourmetrootbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/keg5.png\" alt=\"5 out of 5 Kegs, Elixer of the Gods\" class=\"wp-image-370\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Responsive Ad --><\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a mistake 13 years ago. Back when I held my Ultimate Root Beer Showdown I said that Hank\u2019s seemed better than I remembered. 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