Killebrew sodas batting 0-2 in quality control
Who doesn't want to root for a hometown hero, especially when it's a root beer? 
Harmon Killebrew's legacy lives on in these bottles.
Old Fashioned Killebrew sodas--root beer and cream soda--are part of famed Minnesota baseball player Harmon Killebrew's legacy. When Harmon's son brought the root beer to market more than a decade ago, it was said to be made from an old family recipe. But these days the revered slugger is unfortunately no longer able to practice quality control.
Last spring, RMJ Distributing became the exclusive licensee, manufacturer, and distributor of the soda, and began packaging it in aluminum bottles. The Hot Dish recently sampled the new, locally made products and found them somewhat wanting.
Soda is a fairly simple beverage, with three main characteristics: flavor, sweetness, and fizz. Both the Killebrew root beer and cream soda hit the mark on the first two, but fell totally flat on the carbonation--it was almost nonexistent.
Was this an anomaly? Have you tried Killebrew soda? What were your impressions? (Find it here.)
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