Originally produced in 1929, Brownie featured the little elfin mascot on caps and bottles. Brownie was bottled by the Atlas Beverage Company near the corner of Conant St and Carpenter Ave in Detroit. The founder and owner, Walter Tomaszewski, passed the company to sons Butch and Leonard, but the company would close in 1996 and the old building no longer exists. Today, Brownie is carried on by Orca Beverage in Washington who, as mentioned in previous posts, have carried on producing many retro soda labels, which is appreciated by guys like me... though I still wish many of the old bottlers were still around and producing regional sodas.
You can get a good good snort of that root beer and vanilla scent from the bottle top, pushed by ample rising carbonation bubbles. This soda gives a pleasant blend of rich flavors. A good swig gives a strong root beer flavor, which is followed by a swift vanilla cream taste. It's then finished with a caramel aftertaste. I can imagine in the soda landscape in the mid-20th century this was a pretty original treat to drink.
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