Is Hawaiian Punch still around? I haven’t seen that stuff since I was a kid. I remember it being red and insanely sweet.
Oh God yes…it remains a favorite of mine to this day. I’d never thought of it as being a regional thing.
The whole Dr. Brown’s line seems to be a NYC thing. I love the black cherry flavor!
Both can be found in the Mexican section of the big DC-area chain grocers. I wish there was diet Coco Rico.
Their diet chocolate sodas are available in the DC area. At least I think we still have them, haven’t looked in a while.
Y’all probably still have a lock on their other sodas. Haven’t seen a Red Crème up here since the 90s.
On the subject of local root beers, we have Old Dominion; Wikipedia says they use honey and sugar rather than corn syrup.
Manhattan Special is a very sweet espresso soda that seems to be available only in Italian specialty stores less than 50 miles from Manhattan. It’s pretty much sugary crack – it out-Jolts Jolt.
In Japan, there is a penchant for all things Fanta, but especially Melon Fanta.
Oh my word. I tasted that at a World of CocaCola at Epcot center. I took a sip and gagged, as did everyone else. It tasted like band-aids to me. The rest of the time we were in there, we stood around waiting for people to take a sip of that stuff. They pulled the most hilarious faces…
I was also at the Coke exhibit at Epcot a few years ago and pretty much did the same thing. To say Beverly is an acquired taste is definitely an understatement. (Although, after sampling a few cups, I did decide that I liked it better than Moxie. That stuff tastes like carbonated Vick’s VapoRub.) Still, it should be mentioned that Beverly is a non-alcoholic bitter apéritif and is not supposed to be consumed like Coke, Pepsi, or other soft drinks are.
Faygo is the beverage of choice of fans of Insane Clown Posse, aka Juggalos.
Knowledge of this type is exactly the sort of thing I’d like Lacuna to remove from my brain.
I’ve had it at Epcot. Vile stuff.
It was widely available in the Quad Cities when I grew up.
Around here (Alabama and NW Florida) we have Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale. It is quite spicy. I like it, but a friend of mine says it’s “like drinking razor blades.”
I can find Vernor’s everywhere here nowadays. And I see Faygo, but just diet varieties. Until this thread I thought they made only diet sodas.
Seriously guys? I never had a problem finding Cachaça in any liquor store. I’ve used it for Caipirinhas for years and never had a problem. In fact, I have some Pirassununga 51 right now that I had left over from the weekend, bought at a liquor store down the street here in Portland, OR. And we’re not talking a high end fancy liquor store - simply the one closest to my house.
Ale 8-1. A ginger ale out of central Kentucky. Here’s a map where it can be found.
Just for completeness: Buffalo Rock.
And the company blurb: Brands - Buffalo Rock Company
I love it. It’s not as bat-to-the-throat spicy as Blenheim’s Old #3, but it has a much “darker”, richer ginger flavor.
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Welcome to Pennsylvania. 
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is far from consumer friendly, IMHO. They list their catalogue online, and it looks like they have some available, but I check every so often, and nada.
When I visited Greece in high school, I remember seeing a lot of Fanta, especially orange. And I also remember something about there being Fanta shipped there from 2 different places - and one was South Africa? It’s a hazy memory but I recall our tour guide mentioning something about how Fanta from South Africa was better. But I could have misheard or my mind is making all of this up.
I love ginger ale. Here, I’ve only seen it in 2-liters at the grocery store, Canada Dry and Schweppes. But when I was in Colorado, Manitou Springs to be exact, they had 20oz at the gas station. I was in heaven. Wish more people liked it here so they would sell it cold at convenience stores.
And obviously, St. Louis is all about the Fitz’s
A lot of Jewish delis in California stock it, presumably for the large population of nostalgic former New Yorkers.