# Foulest soda/pop? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733 "2002-10-24T19:45:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/41 "2002-10-25T06:06:06Z")
What about Cool Ranch? ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/42 "2002-10-25T06:37:10Z")
Well, I’m hardly a Big Red FAN, but it’s certainly better than Moxie. And Tab isnt’ even CLOSE to the vileness that is the Mox. Finally, all you people that nominated Pepsi Blue: none of you have tried Moxie, have you? Because Blue, while overly, sickeningly sweet, and a poor combination of flavors and carbination is just unappetizing, and not good. Moxie…dear god. It’s in a whole different stratosphere. I’d be willing to bet that most people couldn’t finish a can. (My uncle Al excluded. He loves that stuff. I think he must have lost his taste buds in The War.) ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/43 "2002-10-25T08:14:52Z")
One of the local breweries tried introducing a pineapple flavored soda a few years back. I took a sip on a dare. A newspaper food reviewer had written: “Let me guess. The boss’ son got a chemistry set for Christmas?” He was being **kind**. It mercifully disappeared after a year, but now I see that our local grocery store has a house-brand pineapple soda. This time I ain’t takin’ no dares. My uncle has a strange fondness for Moxie. Never tried it, the smell was just too weird. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/44 "2002-10-25T12:42:53Z")
Oh where do I start? consitering I heartily dislike most sodas, I guess we statr off straight off by saying I adore the holy Doc. Red Fusion(Has no business disgracing the holy Doc name) Mt. Dew or any of it’s variations (diet Caffine free, like norinew said, What’s the freekin’ point?) Sprite (7up lacks that certain chemical aftertaste) Pepsi Blue (following up on the discustingness that was Clear) I also redently tried Fago’s Candy Apple…Not much apple but lots of grossness. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/45 "2002-10-25T12:58:38Z")
Okay. That’s it. To make you guys see the truth, I’m personally swimming to Italy and spending my life’s savings on a large amount of Beverly Soda. Then I will drive to each of your homes and make you drink 8 full oz. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/46 "2002-10-25T13:01:44Z")
Diet \*\* anything\*\*. I simply cannot tolerate the taste of diet sodas. They are just so fake-sweet that my throat slams shut after a tiny sip. The worst of the diet drinks, to me, is Diet Pepsi, with Diet Mountain Dew an extremely close second. [sub]I nearly choked just writing this post…ack![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/47 "2002-10-25T13:04:21Z")
Every time I drink Dr. Pepper, I get nightmare all night long the next time I go to sleep. No joke. Anybody else with this reaction? Feedback, please. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/48 "2002-10-25T13:06:35Z")
Here’s another vote for Pepsi Blue. That stuff tastes like liquified blueberry gummi candy. Nasty. Jman ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/49 "2002-10-25T13:16:24Z")
Gotta agree with **japatlgt** about Diet Rite. That stuff is marketed by Satan. However, the Diet Rite Grape soda is really, really good. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/50 "2002-10-25T13:38:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\*“handover”? \*\* hangover [sub]typo, sorry[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/51 "2002-10-25T14:13:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 23skidoo \* > \*\*Dear lord, [Cel-Ray](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/soda-pop/drbrownscelray.html) was just about the worst thing I’ve ever tasted, soda or otherwise. > > Factors which only served to increase the unpleasantness: > > 1. Dr. Brown’s brings several images to mind, none of which made the soda taste any better. > > 2. I knew it was going to be bad, but I tried it anyway, and it was so much worse than I imagined. > > 3. ITS CARBONATED CELERY FLAVORED SODA \*\* Ok, hands down that has to win. I never even tried it and I’m sickened. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/52 "2002-10-25T14:15:37Z")
What about **Orbitz**? I never tried the stuff, but the gelatinous-looking balls of pus suspended in the soda solution was just stomache-turning. StG ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/53 "2002-10-25T14:23:26Z")
Green Fucking River. OHMYGOD it is hideous. A wretch-fest of the highest order. Do NOT go there. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/54 "2002-10-25T14:31:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by interface2x \* > \*\*Okay. That’s it. To make you guys see the truth, I’m personally swimming to Italy and spending my life’s savings on a large amount of Beverly Soda. Then I will drive to each of your homes and make you drink 8 full oz. \*\* I’ll help you. You simply cannot imagine how incredibly foul this drink is until you’ve tried it. The trick is, when you go to a place that has it (as far as I know, Italy and Disneyworld are it), try to get your SO to take a BIG sip of it. I wasn’t able to pull it off completely. He was a bit suspicious and only took a tiny taste. Which was enough for him to look at me with eyes wide with disgust and shock and me to break into giggle fits for the next half hour. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/55 "2002-10-25T14:46:38Z")
_Bière d’épinette_ - spruce beer. A Quebec phenomenon, AFAIK. Imagine the sap from an evergreen mixed with carbonated water and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/56 "2002-10-25T14:53:37Z")
Crap, I forgot about Beverly Soda. Beverly is as bad as coke but it isn’t sweet. It tastes like unsweetened bile. I had it at the Coke factory in Atlanta and thought I was drinking someone else’s vomit. NAAAAASSSSSTTTYYYYYYY!!! ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/57 "2002-10-25T15:01:35Z")
PS. Thanks MEBuckner you’re the greatest! Homebrew, I like Big Red but they don’t sell it here. For those that don’t know, it also tastes like carbonated bubblegum. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/58 "2002-10-25T15:28:22Z")
Another vote for Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray as the worst ever. The celery. celery!\*\* celery!! celery!!! \*\* taste clings to your mucous membranes, even up your nose, and haunts you for hours after you’ve spit it all out. ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/59 "2002-10-25T15:56:35Z")
I gotta say, I haven’t heard of most of these monstrosities. How do people get away with this? Don’t they do taste-test surveys? The Beverly and the Moxie have me downright scared… ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733/60 "2002-10-25T15:57:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nightsong \* > **Anything similar to Dr. Pepper. ICK! It’s too… too… thick tasting, I guess is the best way to describe it.** No…the best way to describe this vile concoction is: Squeeze a tube of Ben Gay in a bottle of Coke, stir and voila! (wretch) you’ve got yer Dr. Pepper! _gag_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foulest-soda-pop/133733.md?page=4)