SuperSoda - Appreciation of all things carbonated

[Solix]

Bubble Up is easily in my top 3 sodas. So perfect.

[bernt]

Green apple. very refreshing

[laserbeast]

i keep ordering the green apple sidral from this one mexican place and they always give me the normal sidral! ahhh so annoying i just want the green

[robbie]

I usually hate pop in cans, but there was a whole bunch for free at work so I grabbed one. It doesn't taste anything like cherry, but almost has a Dr Pepper type twang to it. Worth trying if you get the chance, find it on the cheap.

[kiya]

One of my favorite breweries is now making soda.

http://www.selectism.com/news/2011/04/04/le-baladin-sodas/

[curemyself]

crush strawberry in a bottle is amazing.

goose island root beer is the shit.

[bernt]

http://hotlipssoda.com

Real fruit soda. I had raspberry. It's very pulpy and not too sweet.

[mr.invincible]

^ rep on hotlips

and i think anything by americana is really good, especially the orange cream or whatever.

[Vampyrvargfesten]

grapefruit is the only good flavor that izze makes

all the other ones just taste wrong

[robbie]

One of my favorite breweries is now making soda.

http://www.selectism.com/news/2011/04/04/le-baladin-sodas/

can anyone suggest a good 'entry' ginger beer? Maybe thats a stupid question, but I've heard that different varieties/brands vary slightly in taste/'spiciness'. The only kind I've ever had was Goya and the shit about knocked me over. Is that what I ought to expect ? I have friends who rave about Ginger Beer and Cola Champagne, I'd like to find an appreciation also.

[bernt]

http://www.drinkfentimans.com/

I've been trying out Fentimans lately. Curiosity Cola and Dandelion & Burdock are the best. I can't find the Shandy anywhere, but I bet it's amazing. Victorian Lemonade is serious.

[TPR950H]

i remember this shit in glass bottles.

google yields they sell it at big lots/pic 'n save. need to see if there's truth in that.

[BRICK DOM]

Brings me back to my childhood ...

[Vampyrvargfesten]

for the longest time i avoided the 'throwback pepsi'

just had some now.

it's not bad at all

will need to try this again side-by-side with mexican coke

gonna conduct a "blind taste test" à la "pepsi challenge" lol

[DüM]

can anyone suggest a good 'entry' ginger beer? Maybe thats a stupid question, but I've heard that different varieties/brands vary slightly in taste/'spiciness'. The only kind I've ever had was Goya and the shit about knocked me over. Is that what I ought to expect ? I have friends who rave about Ginger Beer and Cola Champagne, I'd like to find an appreciation also.

only one I can find around here. I cop the Extra, but yeah it's pretty spicy.

[FranklinCosgrove]

^^ I really hate the taste of Reed's Ginger Brew just in general. I'd say if you can find Regatta go with that. Very refreshing and mild. Not crazy spicy like some other brews.

[robbie]

Thanks gents.

[setterman]

for the longest time i avoided the 'throwback pepsi'

just had some now.

it's not bad at all

will need to try this again side-by-side with mexican coke

gonna conduct a "blind taste test" à la "pepsi challenge" lol

First throwback Pepsi and Mountain Dew bottling from a couple years ago was very good, and I liked both. The more recent bottling with the 80s Pepsi and white Mountain Dew labeling isn't as good. The Pepsi tastes like I expect Pepsi to (dirt) and the Mountain Dew has a little bit of an after taste. Tried Mexican Coke back in fall for the first time. Was disappointed because it tasted like Pepsi (dirt).

Heritage Dr. Pepper is my favorite mainstream soda. Served the colder the better.

[robbie]

I had my first coke from the UK today. Lucky enough for me I found a proxy for the Selfridges x Coca-Cola 1886 commemorative bottle (Thanks again Paul T).

In addition to being made with Sugar, it has 'vegetable extracts' in it. I am assuming these are different than HFCS because the listed sweetener is Sugar.

It is probably the best coke I have had. It has the same smoothness of the Kosher Coke, but something a little bit extra maybe the fact it was in glass.

Also, I am really excited. This weekend we will be going home to Oklahoma. There is a great soda 'ranch' along route 66 I am going to be hitting up. I think at any given time they have 30+ root beers,sarsaparillas cold. Not to mention the colas,cherry soda's, etc. I guess its the Galco of the OKC area.

[Gecko]

All coke in the UK says with vegetable extracts

[robbie]

Cool. I didn't know this, do you know what they are referring to by this?

-rF

[Gecko]

I'd say most likely just a difference in labelling laws as US coke says natural flavourings or something doesn't it? Coke still has processed coca in right?

[robbie]

according to the wikipedia page they use decocainized coca extract...

[robbie]

Stopped along Route 66 in Arcadia,OK at 'pops' soda ranch. At any given time they've got 300 varieties cold and about 100-150 warm.

That fat dude walked past every single soda on that wall and bought a can of mountain dew, wtf?

They have this cool sort of soda-mosiac thing going on. It is really beautiful when the sun catches it just right.

sippin

purchased the following:

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[ohsnap]

^ i've seen the manhattan special at a deli i frequent

is it any good?

[Vampyrvargfesten]

damn that place is awesome

do have any more pics with the landmark and site?

their website is pretty cool

http://route66.com

this is just another reason to take a road trip across america

^ i've seen the manhattan special at a deli i frequent

is it any good?

i really like it

wonderful rich coffee flavor.. i don't drink coffee that much but i love the taste

it's a really mellow (smooth and creamy ) taste from the sugar and subtle carbonation

[kiya]

^ i've seen the manhattan special at a deli i frequent

is it any good?

Honestly it's my favorite soda outside of the usual stuff. It's really amazing stuff, perfect coffee to sweetness ratio.

[robbie]

There were about 40 kids there taking pictures by the giant bottle out front. I will probably be back a few times over the summer. It's a lot cooler at night.

Re: Manhattan Special, it is really good. I enjoy it a lot.

[JL77]

That place looks like heaven.

[nameness]

Galco's soda tasting:

http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2011/06/highland-parks-king-of-pop-to-host-a-summer-soda-tasting/