#reading draft

[theyoungwritersmind-aristanelson]

[sodarules]

Reading Draft Cran Raspberry Soda Review

1/10

This sadly resembled cough syrup in both smell and taste. It tasted overly sweet and had a bitterness at the same time that created a balance I disliked a lot. I didn’t taste cranberry or raspberry as much as general sweetness. I was disappointed by this flavor.

[mauannacreates]

It's nice to be editing my draft after nearly a month and see all the errors that I've done.

And when I thought it looked good when I wrote it...!

Oh well. At least I have the next few months to be looking through and adding or removing scenes while I'm rewriting the book again (But I don't it'll be as intense as before. Or maybe it will be, since the flow of this draft seems staggered at times 🥲)

And at least I improved with some of the characterization.

[theadamglass]

Birch beer is root beer's less well-known cousin, popular in the northeastern US and finally spreading into other parts of the country, which is proof that God wants us to be happy. More at the blog.

[mightysodablog-blog]

Reading Draft Birch Beer

Old review!

I bought this soda from a Mennonite stand in the Reading Terminal Market, in Philadelphia. The flavor is nice - basically what you'd expect from a birch beer, with strong and natural-tasting mint, sarsaparilla, anise, and sasafrass flavors. Higher citric/acidic notes are notably present in the mix, but it's anything but harsh. I might even detect a little bit of grape in there as well, but just a smidgen.

The carbonation is minimal, and the bubbles are small. The aftertaste doesn't quite deliver the way you'd expect it to. It's a little watery, with a hint of minerals, as though it were made from hard water. It doesn't ruin the soda by any means - I'd still consider this a quality drink - but it's a blemish in the flavor profile.

The Reading Draft website mentions that they use a unique slow-carbonation process, wherein the CO2 is introduced at low pressure, while the drink is cooled. I don't know how common this is in soda manufacturing; perhaps this has something to do with the weakness in the later part of the flavor.

I find it worth noting that over at Anthony's Root Beer Barrel, the web's oldest and most-comprehensive root beer review site, Reading Draft Birch Beer is rated in the top 20 root beers out of more than 600 reviewed.