Dave Smith wrote:
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> I don't know how important a blind taste test would be. Some people
> simply seem not to have good taste.

It's good for personal evaluation. I've always loved root beer.
One day I bought 5 different brands of it and went home to do a
blind taste test. A few were eliminated after the first pass.
Near the end, I kept tasting several times.

Winner for me was "Dad's Root Beer."
Runner up was "A&W"

From then on, I knew what to buy.