It’s no secret that I love all things pumpkin.  But it’s also probably comes as no surprise that I’m not a soda (or pop – as we call it in Michigan where I grew up) drinker, especially not when sweetened with high fructose corn syrup and other junk.

But there are a couple of brothers who are making a different kind of soda brew, and while their Maine Roots are in ginger brews, at Natural Products Expo East a week ago, they debuted a Pumpkin Spice brew that is deeeeeeeeeelicious!

Here’s how a couple of brothers became the father of this Maine Root craze:

Four years ago, Matt, a boat builder and former fishing guide, was helping his friend Bobby build an oven at the Flatbread Pizza Company in Portland, Maine. But Matt was less than satisfied with the restaurant’s current root beer when it came to quenching the great thirst he was working up, so he decided to brew his own. It was a hit and praises and orders flowed, enough so that soon his brother Mark quit his software sales job to expand their distribution. Today, Maine Root’s organically sweetened sodas have been thrilling fans from New England to Texas and is flying off the shelves at fine grocery stores nationwide.

Get your hands on some and enjoy a crisper, healthier pumpkin spice beverage this season!