# favorite off-brand soda **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833 "2001-05-29T01:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/21 "2001-05-30T03:10:21Z")
ACME store brand cola…3 liters for $0.95 . A can of Coke in a vending machine costs more nowadays. BTW, ACME is a real supermarket chain where I live in south Jersey, not just Wile E. Coyote’s mail order outfit. ---
**Author:** ![DebiJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@DebiJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DebiJ)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/22 "2001-05-30T05:09:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pcubed \* > **Moxie. Know it, fear it, love it. The soda so good they had to put a picture of a dentist on it.** The only thing worse than Moxie is diet Moxie. 😃 I like Minute Maid Orange soda. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/23 "2001-05-30T07:33:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > **What he said. PA Dutch is fantastic and makes an excellent birch beer float. Haven’t seen any roadside birch beer stands lately, though. I guess they don’t have any in Oslo, flodnak?** **ahem** I’m a chick. But no, there is no birch beer of any type around these parts. On the other hand, we have Solo orange soda, which almost makes up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/24 "2001-05-30T07:50:56Z")
Kroger’s Dr. K is much better than Dr. Pepper. Sam’s Green Lightning is a suitable Mountain Dew substitute, as well. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/25 "2001-05-30T11:52:20Z")
since i ain’t american i have no idea of what most of these strange beverages are… in in ireland we get coke cherry coke pepsi sprite fanta club orange lemon rock shandy jolt and that’s about the height of it. but i like cidona and irn bru best. (you know,non-alc, fizzy apple juice and that toxic scottish stuff) ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/26 "2001-05-30T14:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flodnak \* > \*\* > **ahem** I’m a chick. > > But no, there is no birch beer of any type around these parts. On the other hand, we have Solo orange soda, which almost makes up for it. \*\* Ooops. I didn’t know that. Please forgive my ignorance. :o I wasn’t wearing my glasses when I typed my last message. Would a couple of two-liter bottles of birch beer make up for my ignorant sexist assumption? Or would the customs people stop it at the border fearing it’s some kind of noxious chemical weapon? Again, my apologies. I promise not to make that mistake again. Yer pal, Zappo ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/27 "2001-05-31T01:21:22Z")
In Buffalo, New York, there must be more local brands of pop than any simnilarly sized metropolitan area. The biggies are **Vizniak** (found in every garage in Cheektowaga), **Black Rock** and **Consumer’s** , none of which are found in supermarkets. **Aunt Rosie’s Loganberry** is a local delicacy that’s found just about everywhere. When I’m back hoe, though, my preference is just for a case of cheapo **Tops** supermarket brand cola. Tastes like a batch of Coke and Pepsi mixed together. [http://www.buffalofoods.com](http://www.buffalofoods.com) – a _very_scary Web site. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/28 "2001-05-31T01:52:46Z")
chalk one up for Diet Rite Red Raspberry! mmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/29 "2001-05-31T03:33:09Z")
I absolutely _love_ Safeway’s Grapefruit flavor. That and Hansen’s. Hansen’s is “all natural” and has cool flavors like grapefruit, vanilla cherry cola, kiwi strawberry, key lime… mmmm! ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/30 "2001-05-31T04:12:49Z")
Here in Southern California, we have a chain of markets called Whole Foods. They sell things like organic produce, free-range chicken, lots of soy/alternative/vegan products. Now, Whole Foods Market has their own brand called 365, and their sodas are absolutely the best I’ve ever had. Not only are they no caffiene/no artificial flavors or colors, but their prices are equivalent to your regular big brand sodas (which turns me off from Hansens, because they can be so expensive). The Root Beer, Cherry Creme, and Orange Creme are fantastic. **Bumbazine** mentioned Cock & Bull’s Ginger Beer. By gawd isn’t that stuff terrific. I just have a hard time finding it–the only place I’ve ever seen it is at a hoity-toity market by my mother’s house an hour’s drive away. ---
**Author:** ![SallySimpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@SallySimpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallySimpson)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/31 "2001-05-31T04:21:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by enolancooper \* > \*\*BTW, ACME is a real supermarket chain where I live in south Jersey, not just Wile E. Coyote’s mail order outfit. \*\* We have ACME here in Ohio, too! Right down the road from my house as a matter of fact. Did you also have Click? The same company owned them, and it has been changed to ACME SuperCenter, which was completely inferior. As far as soda goes, give me some Faygo RedPop. Right now. I can only find it in large volume in southern Ohio, and am forced to load up when I visit my aunt in Columbus. Tahitian Treat is also very good, but I think it’s made by Coke. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/32 "2001-05-31T04:27:52Z")
_Safeway Select’s Diet Orange._ Beats the fizz outta Sunkist, Slice and any other Brand Name Orange soda. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/33 "2001-05-31T13:56:19Z")
Does anyone remember Boy Howdy beer? It was always advertised in Creem magazine. I always wondered if it was real or a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/34 "2001-05-31T16:12:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pcubed \* > \*\*Moxie. Know it, fear it, love it. The soda so good they had to put a picture of a dentist on it. > \*\* Please tell me you’re either kidding or a 75 year old man from Maine. That is the most vile beverage on the face of the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/35 "2001-05-31T17:19:03Z")
I **rarely** drink soda, so I’m not sure if these are main stream or not. Mrs. Spritle loves \*\*Diet Dr. Brown’s Black Cherry Soda \*\* (and it K[sub]P[/sub]). I’ve been known to drink **Stewart’s Root Beer (reg and diet), Stewart’s Lime Soda and Stewart’s Orange Soda** on rare occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/36 "2001-05-31T17:28:23Z")
I don’t drink soda very often, either, but I do keep a variety of **Boylan’s** fine products around the house, particularly the cream soda and black cherry soda, which compare very favorably to **Dr. Brown’s.** **Borealis** birch beer and **Virgil’s** root beer, too, although these are really fency-schmency Yuppie beverages, and not “off-brands.” And **Reed’s Ginger Brew** isn’t bad stuff, but it doesn’t pack the punch or the burn of **Vernor’s.** ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/37 "2001-05-31T18:21:30Z")
First of all, I LOVE RC Cola. It tastes far better than Coke or Pepsi, in my opinion. Secondly, I also LOVE store-brand rip-offs of brand name sodas. “Dr. Radical” (Dr Pepper ripoff) and “Yellow Lightning” (either a Mello Yellow or Mountain Dew ripoff, or both) are available at Big Y Markets here in Western Massachusetts. They taste great; I’m not sure what company makes them–maybe Big Y itself? ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/38 "2001-05-31T21:18:47Z")
WalMart Sam’s soda----the caff-free diet cola is better than Diet Coke but not as good as Diet Pepsi. Nothing is as good as Diet Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Medievalist2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Medievalist2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medievalist2)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/39 "2001-05-31T21:45:49Z")
I like Coke, Dr. Pepper, and RC, but I rarely drink them because the caffeine keeps me awake at night. I like Canfield’s Chocolate Soda. I also love grape Fruitopia. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833/40 "2001-06-01T05:43:04Z")
_Ahem_ Do none of you people know the best Soda on the face of the earth? **Jones Soda.** There simply is none better. Anyone who can make a vanilla cream soda I can enjoy is GOD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-off-brand-soda/66833.md?page=3)