Slog - Comments on I Tried it So You Don't Have To: The New A&W Float Soda http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a Don't do it. I should've know better. I know. Don't tell me I'm stupid for thinking it could be good. I never thought it'd be good. I just... had to try it anyway. The added vanilla flavor, which is far too strong, tastes like cheap vanilla extract. After one gulp I felt like I was drinking up the mixture of melted ice cream, flat soda, and backwash that's left in the bottom of someone else's old root beer float. If you see it, stay away. Giant Chewy Nerds, on the otherhand, are my new best friend.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:30:00 -0800 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:12:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Thank you for this advice. Mwah!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993829 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:48:02 -0800 Comment by Joe M Thanks for the tip... This reminds me of the pre-packaged rice krispy treats that taste overwhelmingly like corn sweetener. Making your own float is as important as mixing your own cocktail!

]]> Joe M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993831 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993831 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:48:42 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe What the fuck happened to my Oompas?! Was I the only douchebag buying those?!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993836 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:52:48 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz do they have a diet version ?
...just axin..

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993845 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993845 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:57:12 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt Sigh. I remember in the 80s driving up to my family's cottage and stopping at the A&W in some tiny Indiana town to get some grub. And we would get root beer floats. Thanks for the memories.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993854 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:02:41 -0800 Comment by Mab Thanks for the tip Megan! I will definitely try out the Giant Chewy Nerds - I do love the Nerds on a Rope.

I hate that artificial vanilla flavour, it tastes like over-fermented liquor.

]]> Mab http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993864 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993864 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:07:47 -0800 Comment by chicago Agreed, my girlfriend bought some of this the other day and it was the grossest shit I've ever had.

]]> chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993869 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993869 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:12:58 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Giant Chewy Nerds ... are those like the giant Sweet Tarts they used to have, but with a candy shell?

Best place to get an A&W root bear float is in Nelson BC after driving to it for half an hour. I like the orange floats better, but ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993873 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:16:58 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton You can get a REAL A&W Root Beer float from the A&W/KFC near the Wal Mart in Renton.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993879 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:21:04 -0800 Comment by AW Thanks for taking one for the team. I would have totally got suckered into this, had I seen it w/o your review.
Though, in truth, if I came across this on a road trip - I'd have to get it.

]]> AW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993898 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:40:58 -0800 Comment by squidoo Thank you. Because otherwise my boyfriend would've tried it.

]]> squidoo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993962 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:22:40 -0800 Comment by DanFan There might be one person in the world who would like it, and that would be my boyfriend. I can't even be in the same room with him when he has a rootbeer float because he stirs it until the ice cream melts and only then does he drink it. That's just wrong. Truly unAmerican. Anyway, he's in Iraq right now and won't have a chance to try it for awhile, but I'm pretty sure this will be right up his alley. Maybe I'll mail him a bottle...

]]> DanFan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c993972 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:30:34 -0800 Comment by Coincidence! Neat! I like The Onion AV Club, too!
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/taste_test_a_w_float_and

]]> Coincidence! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994105 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:15:40 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity I'm not even a little bit surprised.

When I was a little kid in the 1960s & 1970s, back in the midwest, we used to go out maybe once every month or two to an A&W drive-in (yes, I'm that old). My very favorite thing in the world was a real A&W root beer float.

This abomination should be outlawed.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994192 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:43:20 -0800 Comment by Thisbe Artificial vanilla flavouring is a byproduct of the industrial papermaking process.

]]> Thisbe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994228 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:52:03 -0800 Comment by matt @8-they still make the giant sweettarts. i buy mine at city market.

]]> matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/i_tried_it_so_you_dont_have_to_the_new_a#c994555 Chow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:12:21 -0800