# I got Moxie! (cola, that is) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407 "2004-04-28T01:37:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/21 "2004-05-02T21:39:58Z")
Well this is one Message Board member who’s proud to proclaim his **Moxie™** soda orientation. At one time it was strictly a Yankee (meaning New England) “delicacy”. Well, it might still be popular only in New England but this Bostonian was saddened to learn that it is now being made in … Atlanta. As for the taste? Strong and medicine-like would describe it pretty well. Also, they had a strange logo (trademark ? ad campaign?). Anyway, they always show Moxie signs with a guy pointing his finger at you. Seems almost defiant doesn’t it? Think about Coke and Pepsi - they show young folks running around in the Sun and the surf having lots of fun. The guy with his finger pointed at you is more like a warning - “hey kid this ain’t no sissy soft drink”. As a matter of fact, the phrase concerning someone having “a lot of Moxie™” came about _because_ of the soda and _not_ the reverse. Moxie™ (as has been well-established in this thread) is not a very pleasant-tasting soft drink. Therefore if someone could drink a lot of Moxie™ they _had_ to be tough. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/22 "2004-05-02T23:30:42Z")
I gotta try me some Moxie! **Elfbabe**! Now you know what I want for Father’s Day!!! BTW, I picked up some Ginger People brand Lemon Ginger Beer. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/23 "2004-05-03T00:15:42Z")
I’ve wanted to try Moxie for years, but have never had the chance. Maybe I’ll order it sometime. I like mediciney flavored things, including actual medicine. I’m weird that way. The last Mad I picked up had real honest-to-Og ads in it. They have officially, totally, sold out. Bill must be rolling over in his grave. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/24 "2004-05-03T03:05:39Z")
I’ve wanted for years to try **Moxie**. I’m the only person I know who can drink **Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray Tonic**. Yes, it’s celery-flavored soda. And yes, it really tastes of celery. Quite strongly, in fact. I love the stuff! I also have a liter and a half of **Manhattan Special Espresso Coffee Soda** sitting on my shelf. Just what it sounds like–_very_ sweet carbonated espresso coffee. A bit strange, but man, it makes **Jolt** seem like distilled chamomile tea! ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/25 "2004-05-03T03:07:10Z")
Damn! Take the word _distilled_ out of that sentence! (I was going to say distilled water, but I though chamomile tea would be better.) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/26 "2004-05-03T03:27:41Z")
**Cisco** , are you unable to get to their retail location? I can’t believe they’ve taken six weeks to send you your order. And with a $6.00 delivery charge added for the Phoenix metro area! Sheesh. I’d cancel my order, but I’m impatient that way. As far as sodas I’d recommend, **Playboy** , try the rest of the [Skeleteens](http://www.skeleteens.com/potions.html) (they make Black Lemonade) drinks. Especially the ones with jalapeño in them. Hmm, after looking at the site I see they don’t sell Brain Wash anymore. That was my favorite. They have the others, though. Are you in Tucson, **Playboy**? I know where you can get the Skeleteens there. ---
**Author:** ![International\_Playboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@International\_Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/International_Playboy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/27 "2004-05-03T14:06:01Z")
> [@Dangerous Nan McGrew](#): > > **Cisco** , are you unable to get to their retail location? I can’t believe they’ve taken six weeks to send you your order. And with a $6.00 delivery charge added for the Phoenix metro area! Sheesh. I’d cancel my order, but I’m impatient that way. > > As far as sodas I’d recommend, **Playboy** , try the rest of the [Skeleteens](http://www.skeleteens.com/potions.html) (they make Black Lemonade) drinks. Especially the ones with jalapeño in them. > > Hmm, after looking at the site I see they don’t sell Brain Wash anymore. That was my favorite. They have the others, though. > > Are you in Tucson, **Playboy**? I know where you can get the Skeleteens there. Nope, Yuma. ☹ The best thing going for this town is as a gas stop for driving between San Diego and Phoenix. Jalepeño soda sounds interesting. Gonna have to try that. Or is that the Brain Wash flavor? Heh, “Rat Bastard Root Beer.” Does Pop the Shoda Shop have a retail location in Phoenix? I didn’t see any info on their website about one and assumed they were just mail order only. I’ll be there in June to see the Dead and will have a couple of free days to go shopping. ---
**Author:** ![International\_Playboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@International\_Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/International_Playboy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/28 "2004-05-03T14:12:44Z")
Wow! Was just looking at the ingredients for Black Lemonade, no wonder I felt buzzed. Between it and the grande white chocolate mocha I had right before that, I was cranking along yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/29 "2004-05-03T15:42:32Z")
> [@International Playboy](#): > > Nope, Yuma. ☹ The best thing going for this town is as a gas stop for driving between San Diego and Phoenix. Heh. Yeah, I stopped and stayed at a motel there once when I got too tired to drive on my way home from San Diego. And that’s all I know of Yuma. Well, and there’s those sand dunes from _Return of the Jedi_ nearby. That’s pretty cool. > [@](#): > > Jalepeño soda sounds interesting. Gonna have to try that. Or is that the Brain Wash flavor? I guess it was just the Brain Wash. I checked the ingredients of the others and can’t find jalapeño. I thought it was in some others, but it’s been a while since I’ve had them. The jalapeño wasn’t the main event, though. The drink itself tasted fruity-like. It just added an extra kick to the aftertaste. > [@](#): > > Does Pop the Shoda Shop have a retail location in Phoenix? I didn’t see any info on their website about one and assumed they were just mail order only. I’ll be there in June to see the Dead and will have a couple of free days to go shopping. Yeah. In Scottsdale, actually. They seem to be ashamed of it though, since they hide any information about it on the “About Us” page. Weird. Seems like the kind of information that deserves a spot on the front page, you’d think. Sorry, **Cisco** , I guess my reading comprehension isn’t what it could be. I don’t know why I thought the _delivery_ charge would apply to your _shipped_ order. So nevermind about that six dollars thing. Unless you really did have it delivered. In which case, I think it’s safe to say that the delivery guy is lost. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/30 "2004-05-03T16:06:08Z")
Oh, Moxie! Aw, HELL yeah! I’d forgotten about that brilliant orange can, and the Moxie Dude with Attitude on the label. I loved that stuff. And **Alan** , there are two of us, you know. 😃 I love Cel-Ray and the Black Cherry soda! **Playboy** - if you haven’t had the Blenheim yet, you _must_ pour it into a glass first. Do not drink it from the bottle - the full flavor just doesn’t hit you. I think, however, I can top any and all comers with a can of stuff I bought in Russia - called _Rassol’_. It is, apparently, carbonated pickled cabbage brine. Thoroughly nasty stuff. I would have saved the can, but even after washing it out it still stunk up the dorm room and my roommate made me get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/31 "2004-05-03T16:11:12Z")
Be sure to try the smooth, refreshing taste of Diet Moxie, too! In bottles or cans, at grocers all over Maine. [Order your Moxie merchandise here! You can even set up a monthly delivery schedule for your favorite imitation battery acid](http://www.mainegoodies.com/food/Moxie/). One taste is enough for most folks. The wonder isn’t that it fell so far out of the market, it’s that there’s still a market for it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/32 "2004-05-03T19:17:23Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > And **Alan** , there are two of us, you know. 😃 I love Cel-Ray and the Black Cherry soda! All right! I am not alone! And I see you’re a Washingtonian, too. I’ve never gotten around to around to attending a Dopefest (I’m too ashamed of my low post count), but maybe we should get together for a Cel-Ray sometime. It’d be nice to drink it in front of someone without constantly getting weird looks. On the other hand, I see from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253155) that you’re an anti-Marmitian, and I was brought up never to associate with your kind. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/33 "2004-05-03T20:00:17Z")
As the old campaign goes: Ted Williams says, “Make mine Moxie!” Guess that better be a frozen Moxie :wally When I was in Germany I drank a great tasting orange-cola blend called Spezi. Too bad it’s not available here (that I know of, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/34 "2004-05-03T20:48:39Z")
> [@Alan Smithee](#): > > All right! I am not alone! And I see you’re a Washingtonian, too. I’ve never gotten around to around to attending a Dopefest (I’m too ashamed of my low post count), but maybe we should get together for a Cel-Ray sometime. It’d be nice to drink it in front of someone without constantly getting weird looks. Loeb’s Deli, corner of Vermont and K Streets NW. Kosher food and Cel-Ray, dude. And post counts don’t matter for Dopefests, so getcher ass on out to the next one. > [@](#): > > On the other hand, I see from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253155) that you’re an anti-Marmitian, and I was brought up never to associate with your kind. Pro-Vegemite is not anti-Marmite. They’re both salty yeast extracts. Besides, I’m a Bolshevik and I get grudging respect from the conservative side of the boards on a fairly regular basis. So if they can do it, you can too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/35 "2004-05-03T23:59:47Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Loeb’s Deli, corner of Vermont and K Streets NW. Kosher food and Cel-Ray, dude. Why do these seem to go together? Didn’t _The Simpsons_ mention Dr Brown’s in the episode about Krusty’s bar mitzvah? Anyway, I usually just hop down the street to Bagel City or Wagshal’s for my Cel-Ray, but I’m always willing to try new places. I do need to get out and see the town more! I got finals this week, though, so it’ll have to be next. > [@](#): > > And post counts don’t matter for Dopefests, so getcher ass on out to the next one. Yeah, I had a feeling you’d say that. :o Mostly I just don’t set foot in MPSIMS enough to see the anouncements. So is one coming up? > [@](#): > > Pro-Vegemite is not anti-Marmite. They’re both salty yeast extracts. Besides, I’m a Bolshevik and I get grudging respect from the conservative side of the boards on a fairly regular basis. So if they can do it, you can too. 😃 Uhmmm…did you _read_ what you posted in that thread? Not anti-Marmite, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/36 "2004-05-04T02:31:11Z")
Yeah, and there was a little 😛 “ha ha, funny jokey Olentzero” smiley after it. Sheesh, you Marmite-heads can’t take a joke. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/37 "2004-05-04T16:17:49Z")
Moxie, lord, Moxie! This former Bostonian is not a lover of that swill. After years of hearing that it was “New England’s Native Soft Drink”, I finally tried some a number of years ago out of regional pride. Pheeeewwwwww! It’s older than Coke, and tastes like it. I believe it was given to Redcoat POWs as punishment, and they’ve been selling the leftover bottles ever since. Sorta like someone took cough syrup, pissed it into a Dr. Pepper, and left it in the sun for about a month. Chill and serve. The legendary soda that I was surprised to find actually existed was Grape NeHi, which Radar O’Reilly was always pining for on M_A_S\*H. Good stuff, there. “Pizza ‘n’ grape soda” fans, lemme hear ya say YEAH! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/38 "2004-05-04T16:30:38Z")
Having grown up in Maine, I can say, hand-on-heart, that I actually enjoy Moxie and love to snag me a can in the summer when I go up ta camp. I haven’t a clue why, as some part of my brain recognizes that it is really a very weird tasting soft drink. It’s in the league of cough-syrup weird. I have to wonder if Dr. Pepper is the harelipped bastard child of Pepsi and Moxie after reconstructive surgery. And yet…it’s good! At least I think so. Maybe you have to get started on it young. It’s like lobster, another New England treat. Just look at the hideous thing. It’s a giant scavenging sea bug, for cyring out loud. It used to be served in ME prisons because it was so cheap to get, and inmates would claim this amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Now it’s this big delicacy and you flatlanders pay an arm-and-a-leg for it. Joke’s on you! And us, because we love it just as much…hahd-shell lobstahs, pot o’ steamahs and some cohn on th’ cawb, by Gawd, an’ wash it down with a can o’ Moxie! Ayuh! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/39 "2004-05-04T19:29:00Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > hahd-shell lobstahs, pot o’ steamahs and some cohn on th’ cawb, by Gawd, an’ wash it down with a can o’ Moxie! Ayuh! So it was wicked dahk down thayah, and he faced down three shahks - hey, how’s it goin’, Bawb? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407/40 "2004-05-04T20:38:43Z")
Three shahks? Jumpin’ Jee-hossaphat! Well, that don’t sound neahly as hahd as th’ tuym Lestah an’ Oi went out in th’ trawlah an’ hooked us th’ most terrifuyin’ fish o’ them all: _Thah Groupah from Hell_! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-moxie-cola-that-is/242407.md?page=3)