# What's your favorite non-cola softdrink? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694 "2000-05-27T17:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/21 "2000-05-28T18:41:58Z")
Has anyone tried Northern Neck Ginger Ale, it’s a Virginia product…it’s really good. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/22 "2000-05-28T21:22:48Z")
**ting.** ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/23 "2000-05-28T21:24:28Z")
I like Adirondack Raspberry Lime. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/24 "2000-05-28T21:51:48Z")
Schweppes Bitter Lemon. Can’t find it much these days, but when I do… ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/25 "2000-05-28T22:12:19Z")
Jones Soda. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. . . ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/26 "2000-05-29T02:00:06Z")
I knew there had to be another bitter lemon lover out there. I’ve only ever had the Canada Dry, not Schweppes. Haven’t found either in Columbus for a couple years. Diet Mt. Dew is my addiction, but I like Fresca, Vernor’s, and Clearly Canadian’s blackberry. One soda I remember drinking a lot of as a kid was Blue Sky; soda the flavor and color of blue popsicles. I haven’t seen it in twenty years, though. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/27 "2000-05-29T16:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I like Ruby Red Squirt. > \*\* Ruby Red Squirt! That’s my favorite non-cola softdrink. I like regular Squirt, too, but only with bourbon in it. ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/28 "2000-05-29T21:07:46Z")
Diet Mt Dew ( we call it “spew”) and diet storm (“drizzle”) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asmodeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Asmodeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asmodeus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/29 "2000-05-29T22:56:48Z")
Cheerwine…a cherry soda…its only found in the mid-south. And for some odd reason…Montana. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/30 "2000-05-30T00:21:05Z")
Sussex Golden gingerale. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/31 "2000-05-30T04:02:23Z")
Ale-8-1…it’s a Kentucky product, very hard to find outside the state. (Until they recently started canning some of it in Elizabethtown, it was hard to get it west of Lexington; it doesn’t matter, since civilized people don’t drink it out of a can, anyway.) It is sort-of ginger ale, not too spicy and very sweet, and flavored with what I honestly believe is Cascade hops. (It’s a well-kept secret, of course.) It comes in thick-glass 12-oz returnable bottles with a 20 cent deposit. (It also comes in various nonreturnable bottles and the aforementioned cans, but who cares?) Conventional wisdom is that it contains considerably more sugar and caffeine than most soft drinks, but it’s not the case. (Much of the rumor comes from their early-20th-century slogan, “For Bracing Pep”.) It’s the perfect beverage for a humid Kentucky summer, goes well with a nice salty bag of peanuts (which some purists actually pour straight into the bottle), and mixes nicely with Maker’s Mark to form what I call the Glass of Bluegrass. If you’re ever rolling through the state, I suggest you pick one up. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/32 "2000-05-30T04:28:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Birchbeer - Another Detroit/Ontario exclusive Nah, I had plenty of birch beer growing up in Pennsylvania. Down here in Louisiana, nobody has ever heard of it, though. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/33 "2000-05-30T08:11:40Z")
Squirt Root Beer Iced Tea Lemondade ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/34 "2000-05-30T08:50:25Z")
The greatest soda of them all… the now extinct **Josta**. Let’s have a moment of silence… … … … … I said SILENCE, you stinker!!! ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/35 "2000-05-30T15:17:00Z")
Cherry 7-Up Brisk Iced Tea ---
**Author:** ![Modian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Modian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/36 "2000-05-30T19:37:51Z")
Cheerwine - I’ve only seen it in NC, but then I don’t go much further south. 🙂 Mello Yello - Why’d they stop selling this? Beat the hell outta Mtn Dew. Sun Drop - mmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Oat\_Willie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@Oat\_Willie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat_Willie)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/37 "2000-05-30T20:10:55Z")
Pepsi. It doesn’t really taste like coke, but it beats iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/38 "2000-05-30T20:12:27Z")
Modian, no one beats the hell out of Mt. Dew without going through me first! I like anything sweet–Adirondack grape, Orange Crush (or Sunkist), Snapple pink lemonade. I have Mt. Dew for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/39 "2000-05-30T20:12:56Z")
Modian, no one beats the hell out of Mt. Dew without going through me first! I like anything super-sweet–Adirondack grape, Orange Crush (or Sunkist), Snapple pink lemonade. I have Mt. Dew for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694/40 "2000-05-30T20:45:06Z")
I love Mt. Dew, but I don’t think I’d like it if it’s gone through you first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-cola-softdrink/20694.md?page=3)