Bundaberg Root Beer (Australia)

I recently tried this root beer that hails from Australia.  I've seen this at BevMo, and the price is quite a bit more than other choices...so I suppose it could be considered delicacy in the world of U.S. root beer.  If you look close enough, at the top of label on the front of the bottle, there are instructions to "invert bottle before opening".  I really wan't sure what the point of this was, so I just assumed it was just an Australian thing, probably since they are below the equator and everything is upside down anyway.  Just kidding, but I did invert the bottle before opening just in case it would explode upon opening if I didn't.  I looked into this later and it turns out that some of the contents of this root beer tend to settle at the bottom, so inverting it will help the contents mix properly before consumption.

What was most memorable about this root beer was the unique cap, which was a combination of a pull top and traditional cap.  After popping the top, I poured the drink and observed that it had minimal head with a light amber color.

The taste of the root beer itself was very unique, I really have never had something like it.  It definitely has a strong sarsaparilla root flavor, in fact this is one of the main ingredients.  The flavor was complex enough, but I feel it was overpowered by the sarsaparilla.  This particular elixir was neither Sweet nor Bitter, and I had a hard time classifying it within the spectrum.  This root beer is what made me think that there could be other axes in the universe of root beer in addition to the Sweet-Bitter spectrum.  Overall, it really wasn't my favorite choice, but well worth the try to taste an authentic classic Australian root beer flavor of yesteryear.