# Nostalgic American Beverages? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [March 21, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350 "2021-03-21T16:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/21 "2021-03-21T21:22:59Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > [Vernors](https://www.amazon.com/Vernors-Ginger-Ale-Soda-Cans/dp/B00019TVC8)…mmmmm… I totally agree with the “mmmmm”, but are you really unable to get your hands on Vernors? I know it’s regional but I thought it was widely available these days. A couple retro ones I remember fondly: Slice Rondo I’m sure most of you remember Slice, but I can never find anyone but myself who remembers Rondo. Their tagline was “Slam It Down!”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/22 "2021-03-21T22:27:14Z")
How far from the NY metro area does Dr. Brown’s sodas get? They’re pretty common in Central Jersey and I don’t recall seeing them in Florida, New Orleans, Chicago or California. Anyone else familiar with them and not NY, NJ or Connecticut? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/23 "2021-03-21T22:38:22Z")
How about the (Chicagoland) Canfield Lineup? 50/50, which was excellent, but made from lime and grapefruit, which turns out to be much better than lemon-lime (YMMV). Also… Canfield’s Diet Chocolate Fudge Canfield’s Dry Ginger Ale Grandpa Graf’s Swiss Creme (I never saw Granpa Graf’s. Ginger Ale and Swiss Creme were very good, too.) > **[A.J. Canfield Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J._Canfield_Company)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The A.J. Canfield Company was a Chicago-based independent producer of carbonated beverages founded in 1924. The company was known during its later years for marketing unusual flavors, including Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge; it was sold by the Canfield family in 1995 to Select Beverages. > The company was started in 1924, at 67th Street and South Chicago Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, by Arthur J. Canfield, a former railroad worker. > Canfield's was... I remember Green River, Teem, Slice, Vernors. Remember Jolt? > **[Jolt Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Cola)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Jolt Cola is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Jolt Company, Inc. (later known as Wet Planet Beverages). The cola drink was created in 1985 by C. J. Rapp as a highly caffeinated beverage. It was targeted towards students and young professionals, stressing its use as a stimulant in a similar manner as energy drinks. Its slogan reads "All the sugar and twice the caffeine!" > Jolt Cola is a beverage originally made by The Jolt Company, Inc., o... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/24 "2021-03-21T23:00:34Z")
I recently discovered a locally invented drink, made from pre-digested peanuts mixed with DNA. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Wfm5XIw.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/5sngdH7) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/25 "2021-03-21T23:04:13Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Perhaps he’s referring to the Green River area by SeaTac, of Green River Killer fame. I live about 5 minutes from the Green River in Auburn. The river does not go anywhere near Seatac. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/26 "2021-03-21T23:07:11Z")
It goes up into Kent, on the other side of I-5 from SeaTac (city). I doubt anyone out-of-area would have recognized the names Kent or Auburn. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/27 "2021-03-21T23:10:39Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It goes up into Kent, on the other side of I-5 from SeaTac (city). I doubt anyone out-of-area would have recognized the names Kent or Auburn. - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6JOQbwVJjxY/hqdefault.jpg "Cops in Kent Almost Live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JOQbwVJjxY) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/28 "2021-03-21T23:21:16Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > How far from the NY metro area does Dr. Brown’s sodas get? They’re pretty common in Central Jersey and I don’t recall seeing them in Florida, New Orleans, Chicago or California. Anyone else familiar with them and not NY, NJ or Connecticut? I’ve seen it in sandwich shops here in Schenectady. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/29 "2021-03-21T23:35:56Z")
Lol! I lived near there for 4 years and still have a Caveman Kitchen pin. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/30 "2021-03-21T23:51:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > How far from the NY metro area does Dr. Brown’s sodas get? Local bagel shop in Wisconsin carries the full line of Dr. Brown’s. (So did the cute little Jewish deli that went under… that’s how I learned that no one should get celery flavoring anywhere near a soda.) ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/31 "2021-03-22T00:08:20Z")
Grew up in Los Angeles county and I remember Cactus Cooler from back then. Whenever I’m in the area visiting family I’ll usually buy a bottle. Like others mentioned it’s got a pineapple-orange taste quite different from Mountain Dew. I don’t think anyone would confuse the two in a taste test. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/32 "2021-03-22T00:20:20Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > How far from the NY metro area does Dr. Brown’s sodas get? I recently bought a bottle of Cel-Rey at Rocket Fizz, here in the Pacific Northwest. So, pretty far. I think I’ve seen it at more mainstream bottle shops, but I’m not positive. I miss all the Nehi flavors, like peach. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/33 "2021-03-22T00:34:40Z")
I liked Cactus Cooler. Sorta kinda orange–pineapple flavored , but without the throat searing intensity of Nehi or Crush. It was different. I also liked Squirt. It was sold in steel cans by the case or each IIRC. Stores that carried Canada dry carried it, like Sav-on drugs. Bubble Up is another. Can I remind everyone of this masterpiece? > [@Anybody want a rim job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rim-job/366124): > > Thanks to the fresh, new and exciting taste of Diet Pepsi, Jazz, Black Cherry & French Vanilla, and for a limited time only, I will be tossing salads like a mother fuck just so I can get the taste of this rancid chipmunk spunk out of my mouth. With a hook like, “Indulge your senses.” on the label I was certain that I had found a new favorite among the already shitty diet soda catalog out there, but what I didn’t expect was that the only senses getting indulged were Rallo’s, the recent parolee w… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/34 "2021-03-22T00:40:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I also liked Squirt. > > It was sold in steel cans by the case or each IIRC. Stores that carried Canada dry carried it, like Sav-on drugs. Squirt is still around (I had that brand as a client, 20 years ago); it’s made by Dr Pepper Keurig, which also makes Canada Dry, so it makes sense that they were sold at the same stores. > **[Squirt Soda](https://www.squirtsoda.com/)** > > Whether you’re serving Squirt poolside or enjoying a yummy Squirt mixer, the citrus-flavored favorite is a guaranteed good time. Check out all the tasty Squirt variations below. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/35 "2021-03-22T00:44:36Z")
Yes, but I have only tried the diet version once, it wasnt any good, i dont know if they still make it. Some people say that Fresca tastes like Squirt and they are woefully wrong. Mind you, one tiny benefit of fresca is that it freezes into a sort of slurry even in a soft drink machine if it it set cold enuf. I stopped drinking most sugar sodas quite some time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/36 "2021-03-22T00:46:20Z")
I miss the sodas which Snapple had before they switched to juices. I don’t remember trying their namesake but they had a great root beer! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/37 "2021-03-22T01:16:27Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s still available in Chicago, though the bottled version tends to only show up in grocery stores around St. Patrick’s Day. But, there are some restaurants (like the gyros place a few blocks from my house) which have it on their fountain. A few years ago I was in Chicago in early December and I mentioned to a friend that I hadn’t had a Green River in ages. She picked up a couple of 2-liters for me; one I drank over the weekend and the other I packed in my checked bag to take home. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/38 "2021-03-22T01:25:37Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > A few years ago I was in Chicago in early December and I mentioned to a friend that I hadn’t had a Green River in ages. She picked up a couple of 2-liters for me; one I drank over the weekend and the other I packed in my checked bag to take home I’m imagining your digestive tract in the airport x-ray-type scanner, glowing bright green, setting off alarms. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/39 "2021-03-22T01:26:51Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > How far from the NY metro area does Dr. Brown’s sodas get? I remember seeing them in Virginia in the '90s. > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Swiss Creme Bought that in Michigan in the '60s. > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Remember Jolt? I often drank ~~rum~~ Bacardi 151 and ~~Coke~~ Jolt when I was in Hawai`i. I love Squirt, but don’t drink non-diet sodas much. Back in the late '70s Vernor’s was still only available in Michigan. I was in Iowa by then, but one of the ladies at work went to MI every summer to visit her grandchildren and brought me back a six-pack or two. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350/40 "2021-03-22T01:28:42Z")
Archaic Canadian beverages include Sport Cola, New York Seltzer (occasionally re-released in limited flavours), Pop Shoppe, Tahiti Treat and PC Chocolate Soda. You also can’t get Moxie - once the world’s best selling soda - here. Since it is so medicinal tasting, I’m okay with that. My brother stocks up on it when he goes to Maine, however. I think I’ve seen Jolt Cola here fairly recently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350.md?page=3)