Oak Creek Blonde Root Beer

Oak Creek sodas are produced by Sprecher Brewing in Wisconsin. Multiple Sprecher sodas have appeared in previous posts. The Oak Creek brand is focused only on root beers and makes a standard brown root beer as well as this light colored blonde root beer, both of which are barrel aged for a year. It smells of vanilla and has a color that is clear but tinted slightly yellow like a white wine. I can't say I recall ever tasting a "blonde" root beer before. The carbonation is okay. The bubbles seem to grow taller at the top of the bottle with each tip. I don't sense much of a root beer flavor from this bottle, much more like a vanilla cream.