# Carbonated Rainbow **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769 "2010-03-08T21:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/1 "2010-03-08T21:13:27Z")
I am looking for the best grape, orange and strawberry sodas out there, folks. So far, Sunkist looks good for orange, but there are limited strawberry selections out there, and _all_ grape sodas so far have been absolute crap. Help me! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/2 "2010-03-08T21:21:39Z")
Try Club Orange for orange flavour if you can find it where you live. [http://www.foodireland.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?AFFIL=I6244846&Screen=PROD&Store\_Code=FI&Product\_Code=520505](http://www.foodireland.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?AFFIL=I6244846&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FI&Product_Code=520505) I used to be partial to Shloer for a grape flavoured soda. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/3 "2010-03-08T21:23:23Z")
Have you tried any of the Mexican sodas? They have them at my favorite restaurant, and I’ve bought some for the kids at the grocery. I wouldn’t rely on them to discern what is “good” though. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/4 "2010-03-08T21:25:10Z")
For strawberry does cream soda qualify? A lot of people… some people… okay, I knew this guy that liked [Big Red](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(drink)). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/5 "2010-03-08T21:32:37Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > For strawberry does cream soda qualify? A lot of people… some people… okay, I knew this guy that liked [Big Red](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(drink)). You do know that “red” doesn’t automatically mean “strawberry” in the soda world, right? Big Red is a mixture of orange, lemon, vanilla and toxic levels of red dye. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/6 "2010-03-08T21:34:00Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] For strawberry does cream soda qualify? [/QUOTE] Not even close. AFAIK, cream soda is vanilla. Looking at BevMo, their most-popular strawberry soda appears to be from someone called Filberts. Next up is the old stalwart, Crush. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/7 "2010-03-08T21:45:29Z")
Has anyone tried grape Nehi lately? ---
**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/8 "2010-03-09T00:32:45Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Have you tried any of the Mexican sodas? They have them at my favorite restaurant, and I’ve bought some for the kids at the grocery. I wouldn’t rely on them to discern what is “good” though. Damn, beat me to it! Mexican soda FTW, they also have weird flavors like apple, sangria, and guava. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/9 "2010-03-09T00:36:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Has anyone tried grape Nehi lately? Not since MASH went off the air. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/10 "2010-03-09T00:36:56Z")
[This](http://www.sodapopstop.com/products/detail.cfm?link=707) was awesome! Check around the rest of the site, too. Esp the Something Different link ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/11 "2010-03-09T00:43:28Z")
[Maybe? Haven’t tried one …](http://www.sodapopstop.com/products/detail.cfm?link=771) [Grape](http://www.sodapopstop.com/products/detail.cfm?link=133) [Crush flavours on second row](http://www.sodapopstop.com/products/browse.cfm?link=26) I can tell you these all taste great. . ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/12 "2010-03-09T00:48:25Z")
I loves me some different flavour sodies, uh huh ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/13 "2010-03-09T01:02:35Z")
Thanx for the linkypoos, dudes and dudettes, But I coulda done that myself. I’m looking for personal opinions here-tell me about the brands that screamed in your face,“This _is_ what you’re looking for!” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/14 "2010-03-09T01:12:01Z")
I’m a big fan of Fanta Orange. They have other good fruit flavored drinks too. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/15 "2010-03-09T01:27:30Z")
Missed in my links: I like the Crush flavours. Orange, grape, and strawberry. Yum! Nesbit sodies are good, too. Haven’t tried their orange. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/16 "2010-03-09T02:14:11Z")
I thought this was going to be a thread about multi-colored rifles. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/17 "2010-03-09T02:17:07Z")
I love Crush. And you can usually get it in glass bottles at Wal-Mart. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/18 "2010-03-09T02:17:19Z")
Cherry 7-up is good for the red, better than any strawberry soda I can recall trying. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/19 "2010-03-09T02:21:14Z")
Flathead Lake Monster sodas are yummy… And colorful. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769/20 "2010-03-09T02:31:06Z")
I practically lived on strawberry Crush when I was pregnant…good stuff! Welch’s makes a good strawberry soda as well. For grape there is Welch’s too or Crush, house brands and Shasta (Shasta might make a strawberry too, I don’t know). If money is not an issue (because it is pricier) and if it is available in your area you might try Jones sodas too. Lots of flavors and all that I have tasted have been very good. ETA: If you need a yellow for your carbonated rainbow, I’d recommend pineapple Crush! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonated-rainbow/531769.md?page=2)