# Favorite Odd Soda flavors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [April 3, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700 "2012-04-03T16:09:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/1 "2012-04-03T16:09:07Z")
Just picked up a bottle of coconut flavored soda. It is the bomb. The mouthfeel is so creamy. I don’t know how they did it, but I probably don’t wanna know. Any road, it’s nomtastic. So what pleasant (or otherwise) off-the-wall soda flavors have you tried? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/2 "2012-04-03T16:37:23Z")
I like Moxie. I do! Love the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/3 "2012-04-03T16:39:30Z")
I love Coco Rico (puerto rican coconut soda) and the Tamarind soda from the Mexican brand Jarritos. Also Sidral, which is a Mexican-made Apple soda. In the Midwest there’s Faygo Rock & Rye, I don’t know what the hell it’s supposed to taste like but it’s not bad. Somewhat cream soda-ish but there’s more going on there. I have a latent fondness for Cel-Ray (Celery soda) as a Gingerale-esque tummy settler after a huge meal. It’s quite hard to find, even in New York City. Probably because it is, objectively, disgusting. Do not likes: Vernor’s. No, it isn’t “too strong” in fact it tastes like nothing except sweetened wood chips. Colombiana. It tastes sort of like bubble gum. I can see why you’d like it if you started out drinking it as a kid, but I’m not a fan. See also, Inka Cola. Moxie. It’s like an entire old-timey drugstore exploded in my mouth. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/4 "2012-04-03T16:47:25Z")
I _love_ Vernor’s, Faygo Rock & Rye, and Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/5 "2012-04-03T17:00:27Z")
I like malta, I hated it at first and barely managed to finish the first bottle, but I didn’t want to waste the rest of it. Over the next week I slowly drank it and became used to the odd flavors, by the end of the third bottle I was hooked. I’ve also tried most of the stuff in the ethnic isles in our grocery stores. Ironbeer was my favorite, perhaps my favorite soda overall. It tastes like a smoother and creamier Dr. Pepper with mild fruit flavors mixed in, very delicious and refreshing. I found most of the sodas had a very similar flavor, Inca Kola seems to be the biggest of them, some people claim it tastes like bubble gum, personally I think it’s what a “candy” flavored soda would taste like. Of them Cola Champagne was my favorite, it tastes very much like Inca Kola but not quite as sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/6 "2012-04-03T17:35:58Z")
Whatever melted apple lollipop flavor is used to make Green River. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/7 "2012-04-03T17:41:39Z")
Winn-Dixie’s house brand (Chek) has a good green apple soda. I wish someone would sell a good, strong ginger beer around here (south central Georgia). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/8 "2012-04-03T17:53:40Z")
This thread would not be complete without a mention of [Canfield’s Diet Chocolate Fudge Soda](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield's_Diet_Chocolate_Fudge). As far as I know, it was never made in a non-diet version. I used to _love_ this stuff when I was a kid. Apparently it’s still available, but I haven’t seen it in many years. I’ll have to look out for it so I can see if it’s as yummy as I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/9 "2012-04-03T17:58:31Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Winn-Dixie’s house brand (Chek) has a good green apple soda. > > I wish someone would sell a good, strong ginger beer around here (south central Georgia). Do any of your supermarkets carry Goya products in the Mexican foods section? They make a very spicy ginger beer that I like a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/10 "2012-04-03T17:59:28Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > This thread would not be complete without a mention of [Canfield’s Diet Chocolate Fudge Soda](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield's_Diet_Chocolate_Fudge). As far as I know, it was never made in a non-diet version. I used to _love_ this stuff when I was a kid. Apparently it’s still available, but I haven’t seen it in many years. I’ll have to look out for it so I can see if it’s as yummy as I remember. Both of our local Publix stores carry it, I think I’ve seen it at Winn-Dixie to. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/11 "2012-04-03T18:00:37Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I wish someone would sell a good, strong ginger beer around here (south central Georgia). Look for **AJ Stephan’s** and **Reed’s Extra**. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/12 "2012-04-03T18:03:28Z")
A J Stephans ginger beer isn’t odd, but it is one of the best ginger beers out there. Dry Soda makes a nice rhubarb flavor. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/13 "2012-04-03T19:33:47Z")
I like Vernor’s. Irn Bru is interesting. From what I remember about Rock & Rye, it wasn’t too weird, just Dr Pepperish maybe? Has anyone had any of the _really_ weird Jones Soda offerings, and liked it? All those like the Thanksgiving flavors, Brussels sprouts, etc. I want to try Cel-Ray some day. Don’t know if I’d like it, but I’d be able to say I’ve tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/14 "2012-04-03T19:56:15Z")
I came in here to mention Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda, but I see I’ve been beat. You can find it around here occasionally, but not dependably. The **Izze** brand has some good and unusual flavors that I like, including blueberry, blackberry, and pomegranate. ---
**Author:** ![Tara57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Tara57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tara57)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/15 "2012-04-03T20:03:28Z")
I loved Beverly, the bitter soda you can taste at the World of Coke in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/16 "2012-04-03T20:04:35Z")
I stopped into a local candy/obscure soda shop the other day, and couldn’t help but notice they carried [Buffalo Wing Soda](http://www.baconfreak.com/buffalo-wing-soda.html) (link is not to the place I saw it, just the first online link to it I could find). I couldn’t quite bring myself to get it, but curiosity is getting the better of me… I may have to go back and try it. Even though I know it’s going to be awful. Coconut Soda, on the other hand, sounds awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/17 "2012-04-03T20:13:48Z")
I like Brio which is a Chinotto flavoured drink. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/18 "2012-04-03T20:41:23Z")
I like [Chinotto](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=chinotto&rlz=1R2GGLL_enUS402&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1680&bih=900&wrapid=tlif133348549770210&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=1852505495877915199&sa=X&ei=t197T5ydM6HCsAKuw-33Ag&ved=0CDkQ8wIwAg#), which is made from a type of orange but doesn’t taste like any orange I’ve ever had. [Bitter Lemon](http://www.amazon.com/Schweppes-Original-Bitter-Lemon-1-5L/dp/B000LRIHOI) is another favorite of mine: sparkling lemonade mixed with quinine. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/19 "2012-04-03T20:50:10Z")
Manhattan Special is a really strong and overly sweet espresso soda that I find oddly irresistible, although the tiny 10-ounce bottle I see most often is more than enough. I’m sure if I bought the 28-ounce one I would absentmindedly drink it all and die shortly thereafter of grinding teeth-induced stroke. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700/20 "2012-04-03T20:58:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I _love_ Vernor’s, Faygo Rock & Rye, and Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper. I came in to post Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper. It’s like drinking a Black Forest cake. All of the pleasure and zero guilt. Too bad it was only out for a limited time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-odd-soda-flavors/617700.md?page=2)