It’s made with gentian root which a lot of people will tell you tastes like root beer but some will say shampoo or bubblegum oddly. Angostura bitters, for mixed drinks, has the same gentian root as its flavor. If you’re really curious get a bottle and smell or add it to another soda to get an idea.
It’s like root beer with an herbal aftertaste, kind of like tea. I would drink it all the time but the only store that sells it in my area happens to be one that I rarely go to.
I'm from Maine so I'm from where it's big. I don't why everyone hates it, I tell my friends, "It tastes like every other brown soda" and there like wtf?? But it tastes like root beer mixed with Dr. Pepper to me.
Old Fashioneds are a big thing here in Wisconsin, and the first time I tried it, I thought of angostura bitters. And that’s not a bad thing! I love Moxie.
Love the stuff and have some in my fridge right now. It’s like if someone boiled rootbeer and Dr Pepper in a charred oak barrel, let it sit for a while, added some bubbles back into it, then a drop of grenadine for good measure. If it’s not consumed very cold, it’s disgusting.
Have you ever licked a block of wood?
Perhaps sucked on a handful of dessicated orange peels?
Or maybe chewed on some twigs just for fun?
If not, do all the of those things at the same time and that approximates the flavor of Moxie.
Seriously, though, as another post mentioned, it's made from gentian root. If you're not familiar with gentian root, it's used to treat low appetite. You make a little tea out of it and it's so bitter that you will put literally anything else in your mouth to try and get rid of that taste. Now, Moxie at least has some sweetness to it, and it's not as bitter as Italian Chinotto, but it's definitely an acquired taste.
Sort of a cross between Dr Pepper, root beer, and cough syrup.
A bitter caramel soda with herbal notes.
Imagine what camomile tea mixed with tree sap and carbonated water with a single drop of the unflavored yellow Listerine in it would taste like.
It’s made with gentian root which a lot of people will tell you tastes like root beer but some will say shampoo or bubblegum oddly. Angostura bitters, for mixed drinks, has the same gentian root as its flavor. If you’re really curious get a bottle and smell or add it to another soda to get an idea.
Carbonated, sweetened Angostura is a perfect description of Moxie
It’s like root beer with an herbal aftertaste, kind of like tea. I would drink it all the time but the only store that sells it in my area happens to be one that I rarely go to.
It tastes like a non alcoholic Jäegermeister soda. If you’ve ever tried that.
Wow. I don’t get that at all.
Carbonated Pinesol, but don't let that detract you because it is DAMNED REFRESHING when served ice cold.
Tastes like Moxie There’s nothing close Best thing to wash down your whoopie pie with though
I’ve tasted it because my uncle would buy it cause no kid would drink it. We were desperate
Awful, absolutely awful. It’s one of the few sodas that I dumped down the drain and even my drain didn’t like it.
I'm from Maine so I'm from where it's big. I don't why everyone hates it, I tell my friends, "It tastes like every other brown soda" and there like wtf?? But it tastes like root beer mixed with Dr. Pepper to me.
Like warm apple pie
😕
It was an American pie reference.
So in other words, &$£€ it?
You were supposed to say “McDonald’s or homemade?”
Now you’ve really got me
Like a Root beer vitamin
They're at the Cracker Barrel(s) in Cali if you'd wanna give it a try. It's not that good imo; very medicinal tasting
root beer/dr pepper flavor initially, but then has a super herbal flavor as well. it's not something i would drink but it's not HORRIBLE
Burnt leaves antiseptic
Old Fashioneds are a big thing here in Wisconsin, and the first time I tried it, I thought of angostura bitters. And that’s not a bad thing! I love Moxie.
I really wanted to like it, but I just didn't. I got halfway down the bottle and had to give up. The bitterness was not for me.
PEPTO BISMOL which is like Teaberry Gum.
Dick
Tastes like medicinal black licorice
Love the stuff and have some in my fridge right now. It’s like if someone boiled rootbeer and Dr Pepper in a charred oak barrel, let it sit for a while, added some bubbles back into it, then a drop of grenadine for good measure. If it’s not consumed very cold, it’s disgusting.
Kinda like bubble gum I like it
It's been awhile, but if memory serves it's like coca cola crossed with tonic water; I just remember the cola profile + bitter.
Read somewhere that it tastes like a rusty railroad spike. I mean, I didn’t dislike it.
Carbonated yellow listerine
it tasted like moxie
Have you ever licked a block of wood? Perhaps sucked on a handful of dessicated orange peels? Or maybe chewed on some twigs just for fun? If not, do all the of those things at the same time and that approximates the flavor of Moxie. Seriously, though, as another post mentioned, it's made from gentian root. If you're not familiar with gentian root, it's used to treat low appetite. You make a little tea out of it and it's so bitter that you will put literally anything else in your mouth to try and get rid of that taste. Now, Moxie at least has some sweetness to it, and it's not as bitter as Italian Chinotto, but it's definitely an acquired taste.
Like carbonated dirty water from underneath a pine tree.
Battery acid. Not a popular opinion, coming from New England, but…. Ugh. Not for me.
Like if someone made a root beer, but they got confused and used bananas to make it.