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As for the JB designation, JB stands for "Jerry's Basement" which Tim and I coined for very small companies. Welcome to Jerry's Basement. As said above, these are the brands that are made by quite small and/or unheard of brewing companies. Enjoy yourself and indulge in the few sodas I have that got the JB designation. Run with the little guys! click to enlarge image
Snow-Mint Soda. Right there. I have to apprectiate the idea but yuk! Some new flavors have been added: Whiteout Peach, Cranberry-Lime Chill, and Ice Green Tea-Light But I stick with my desision. They all tasted just like the mint with some flavor extra. The best one was the Peach but still. Even for a JB, definitely not the best I've ever had -3 Stars

Olde Philadelphia-Like I said before, this brewery also makes the Lion Brewery root beer. And also once again, there is not much to say, despite what they say, it is more of a Birch Beer than it is a root beer. Another JB classifier (explained above). Still, the best-5 Stars


Hank's- Hank's is another JB soda. I found it randomly in a gas station in New York. The Root Beer was ideal, but the Cream Soda and the Orange 'n' Cream were too, dare I say, creamy. A little too much vanilla. As for the Black Cherry, it's black cherry, what can you do?...Now, because of these minor faults, it gets a moderate 4.5 Stars
Kutztown-These JBs were GREAT! The Root, Birch, and Ginger Beers were amazing. And the Black Cherry was the best I've ever had! Even with 24 oz. the bottles weren't big enough! -5 Stars



Maine Root-I don't actually know how big this company is but I've never seen it. For now it's a JB. A relative brought these to me from Texas. What I wonder is why does Texas have Maine's soda when I in PA don't. These were quite good and very true flavors. They were Root Beer, Ginger "Brew", and my first ever Sarsaparilla so I'm afraid I have nothing to base my jurisdiction off of. The root beer was rich, the ginger, spicy and the sasaparilla, another mega cream. WOW-5 Stars
Polar "Classics"-These are from the Polar beverage company but will remain seperate because they are "classic." It was an Orange Cream that I got at Price Chopper and am subtley pleased with them for beafn' their soda selection. very good-5 Stars


Lion Brewery-All they have is Root Beer but it was quite amazing it is made by the same brewery as Olde Philadelphia. It was the best root beer I've had yet. It gets the JB (explained above) classifaction and-5 Stars



Flathead Lake Monster a.k.a. Flathead-I found these babies in a gas staion by my Grandmother's house. Another JB, these seemed to come from nowhere. I did some research and found that Flathead Lake Monster is a tourist corporation based on a myth about a lake in Montana. Anyway, the flavors are Black Raspberry, Wild White Grape, Huckleberry, Sour Cherry, and Granny Apple Even though they did a fantastic job, you can sum up the flavors like this; berries left in the sun, grape Kool-Aid, sugar water, cough syrup, and apple juice. Unimpressive base flavors but great in the end-4.5

Pennsylvania Dutch-This JB made Birch Beer wasn't terrible just average for a birch beer-3.3 Stars





Dr. Brown's-When I first saw this in a Giant supermarket, I passed it off as a cheap Dr. Pepper nockoff. But when I read "Reminisant of Dr. Browns", I knew this JB had to be mine. So, while in NYC, we visited a local deli and got this Black Cherry. One of the best black cherries ever!-5 Stars

A-Treat-Yeah, I don't know how to say it either. It wasn't a terrible Birch Beer. This JB wasn't bad but a little too carbonated. I also have "Big Blue" and (Not Red) Cream Soda. I despised the big blue which was a cotten candy flavor but it smelled exactly like this maple syrup bucket I was in charge of cleaning. The contents were a mysterious black sludge and a dead rat fused to the bucket. I coudln't finish it. Gotta give the Amish some credit though-4.5 Stars

Dad's-I've seen this JB in my ramblings on the Internet and am glad that I have gotten them even if they're just plastics. These were close to amazing with Root Beer and my second ever Red Cream Soda plus an Orange and Cream. Almost amazing-4.99 Stars

This page last updated on 4/09/08 by NICK