# The Really Odd Soda Pop Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297 "2003-05-24T21:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/81 "2003-05-29T04:40:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ñañi \* > \*\*If anyone else (like Hajario) has ever tried this, I would like to hear their opinion on how similar it is to say, eating a few plates of tootsie roll pops, while washing it down with pseudo-chocolate flavored syrup. \*\* Hey there **ñañi**! I can’t say that I’ve ever tried that stuff but I never would for a couple of reasons: I don’t like diet sodas and I don’t like chocolate (make that three reasons, 'cause **ñañi** says it sucks.) I am a Sprite freak and rarely venture far from that beverage of the gods. There’s a great deli in town here that has over 100 different sodas on any given day. The owner gets a bunch of regional stuff from all over the U.S, lots of obscure brands and flavors and kinds that you would have sworn disappeared a generation ago. The sandwiches are great there but it’s worth a trip just to check out the sodas. Bubble up, Nehi, Moxie, Mexican Coca-Cola (w/real sugar), Faygo… Haj ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/82 "2003-05-29T04:45:18Z")
Anyone know where I can get some **Navy Blue Brain Wash**? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/83 "2003-05-29T06:34:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > … I am a Sprite freak … **Haj** , you must, you must, you must go out and find some **Bundaberg’s Lemon Lime Bitters**. This is what Sprite and **7** [sup]UP[/sup] dream of being on a good night. It is simply the finest clear citrus drink I’ve ever had. I’m still searching for the perfect lime soda, but until then I have Bundaberg’s. I’ll send you a bottle if you can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/84 "2003-05-29T12:52:39Z")
Does anybody kow if “JOLT COLA” is still made? Twice the sugar and three times the caffeine of regular cola! This stuff will make your ears ring! DR. BROWN’s CEL-RAY Soda is truly weird…I haven’t been able to develop a taste for it! MOXIE: positively vile! My gradmother used to drink this stuff-it almost made me sick! ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/85 "2003-05-29T16:31:42Z")
Jolt Cola is most certainly being made. You can find it in any 7-Eleven in northern california. THey even have multiple flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/86 "2003-05-29T18:03:02Z")
**ralph124c** , please notice how Jolt no longer uses their old, “All the sugar and twice the caffeine!” slogan anymore. Last I checked, they are now using the nefarious High Fructose Corn Sweetener. This is a tragic loss to the world of soda pop as they were one of the few soft drinks that actually tasted like Coca Cola used to. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/87 "2003-05-29T18:12:42Z")
For those Dopers in northeast Texas, there’s always [Ifs Ands & Butts](http://www.ifsandsbutts.com) for all your soda needs. And for you non-Texas Dopers (poor y’all), they ship six packs and cases. Here’s an [alphabetical listing](http://www.ifsandsbutts.com/sodas/listalphabet.htm) of their products. Pretty much every soda in this thread is available. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/88 "2003-05-29T18:27:42Z")
Thanks, **Buck**. What a great resource. Does anyone remember **Bierley’s Orange** uncarbonated soda? I hear it is still available in Thailand, of all places. How weird, even Google didn’t turn up a link for it. Also, anyone remember the **Neptune** sodas from Denmark? Their “Grape” which stood for grapefruit was fantastic. I still have a bottle of their beer in my collection somewhere. The label showed a pooch holding a bottle of the brew in its mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/89 "2003-05-29T19:57:55Z")
I just tried **Limca** today. The appeal of this petrochemical concoction evades me completely. Has anyone else here tried **Kvass**? I think the stuff is vile, but I’ve met people who are absolute addicts of the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/90 "2003-05-29T20:37:49Z")
**Sun-drop** God’s gift to mankind. A refreshing citrus soda (the ORIGINAL citrus soda!), Sun-drop is my personal favorite. In fact, my hometown is one of the top 3 sales markets for it in the world (behind most of North Carolina.) Dale Earnhardt himself used to appear on the 20-oz plastic bottle size (they actually called it the Intimidator.) Can be kind of hard to find, though. It’s also available in Diet and Cherry Lemon. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/91 "2003-05-30T00:51:33Z")
Man. still no Tomato Sodas! **Zenster** , you’re the gastroartiste, mebbe this is a nice ticket, what with salsas being the rage these days. Tomato juice, soda water, a splash of maple syrup and balsamic vinegar and Tabasco, maybe chipotles…Try it! For the **Cheerwine** fans, here in NC there is a Cheerwine ice cream; vanilla swirled with a Cheerwine sherbet. Bought it for a coworkers birthday party, he luuuuvvvvss Cheerwine. I thought it was kinda strange, but he loved it There’s also a Sundrop (Mountain Dew cultivar lauded by brianjedi) ice cream. Leave it to NC. Not mentioned yet, but Bam-A-Lam great: Bleinheim’s Ginger Ale, especially XXHot. A South Carolina company that makes wonderful ginger ale. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/92 "2003-05-30T01:29:54Z")
Well, I just had to go out and grab a few more odd sodas today. Not only did I snag some **Green River** , but I also latched onto the first glass bottles of **Vernor’s** I’ve had in _beaucoup_ years. Since I was shopping at the premier purveyor of boutique soft drinks, I was compelled to bag some **Bundaberg’s Lemon Lime Bitters** as well. It’s been a good day. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/93 "2003-05-30T01:41:54Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Scribble_ > I’m not a big fan of Guarana (a Brazilian soda). I think the stuff tastes like liquid bubble gum (yecch!), but I know people who are positively addicted to the stuff. Liquid bubble gum. _shivers_ Already experienced that in the form of the [**Bubble Yum Soda**](http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/pop/food.htm) of the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/94 "2003-05-30T17:54:37Z")
Well, yes, the brand name is an anagram of “vomit,” but puke never tasted this good. I was visiting the Middle East Food Store yesterday and saw that they stocked **Vimto** in the cooler. I remarked how it had come up in my discussion of odd soft drinks (no mention of vomit, however) here and the owner’s daughter promptly reached in a grabbed one for me, _gratis_. Being a sweltering day outside I went for this chilled soft drink like a rat up a drainpipe. Wary of how a previous poster had misnamed it “Vitmo,” I steeled myself for some sort of metallic quasi-medicinal decoction. Instead, it was a delicious raspberry and black currant bit of fizziness. Evidently it is one of Britain’s older soft drinks, dating from 1908. They proclaim that the recipe has not changed significantly since then. I think they are forced to use the term “significantly” because the dreaded HFCS rears its ugly head on the ingredients list. [sigh] I wish they’d just use sugar and get it over with. Unlike American producers, I have noticed that many of the British makers use a combination of sugar and HFCS in their products. For that, they get a modicum of increased respect from me. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/95 "2003-05-30T20:31:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\ ***Haj** , you must, you must, you must go out and find some **Bundaberg’s Lemon Lime Bitters**. This is what Sprite and **7** [sup]UP[/sup] dream of being on a good night. It is simply the finest clear citrus drink I’ve ever had. I’m still searching for the perfect lime soda, but until then I have Bundaberg’s. > > I’ll send you a bottle if you can’t find it. \*\* Found it! They had it at the deli that I mentioned earlier. I swear there isn’t anything that that guy doesn’t have. I expected to have him order some for me and he actually had some in the back. I will give you my review after it cools in my fridge at home for a few hours. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/96 "2003-05-30T20:42:40Z")
Brilliant, **Haj**! This soda is so fine that you’ll want to ingest it without any melting ice cubes watering it down. Way to go! I look forward to reading your review. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/97 "2003-05-30T21:25:59Z")
I just remembered this vile stuff that I had in Korea. They just called it cider but it had some Korean name that I never learned. We called it bubble gum juice because it had the exact flavor of Bazooka Joe bubble gum. Haj ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/98 "2003-05-30T21:50:07Z")
Chilsung Cider? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/99 "2003-05-30T22:23:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lightingtool \* > \*\*I have to mention Birch Beer (if its still common, ignore me). We used to be able to buy it at our local market out in the woods in CT. It was a local brand whose name I’ve forgotten. Light, crisp, and clear in color. A friend’s father used to make his own, as well. > > Just realized a little clarification might be in order… Birch beer is like root beer, only made with birch tree parts. > -tool \*\* I love birch beer. The one’s I’ve seen are a dark reddish brown color rather than clear. I don’t know about CT but here in eastern PA it’s pretty common, although not as common as root beer. You can occasionally even find it on restaurant menus. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297/100 "2003-05-31T14:18:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\ ***Haj** , you must, you must, you must go out and find some **Bundaberg’s Lemon Lime Bitters**. \*\* Now that was some great stuff. Very smooth. Less carbonated and more flavor than Sprite. It seemed a little too sour on the first sip but after that it went down really well. Haj [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-odd-soda-pop-thread/177297.md?page=6)