# Your favorite non-mainstream soda **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [May 24, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528 "2010-05-24T01:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/81 "2010-05-25T23:26:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I used to like Schweppes Bitter Lemon. It has a quinine/lemon taste. [When I look around for it, I see others looking also.](http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/406068) It goes quite good with gin as well - sort of like a super-lemony tonic water. Canada Dry makes a credible version as well, although it’s just about as hard to find. Oh, and Spec’s Liquor and Fine Foods in Houston (the huge downtown one) has Leninade also. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/82 "2010-05-26T02:55:12Z")
Mello Yello! I know it’s made by a mainstream company, but it’s impossible to find in Arizona. We have to get family in Minnesota to ship it to us. So frustrating! ---
**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 26, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/83 "2010-05-26T07:02:12Z")
I came here to mention GUS cola, which I just tried this week, and Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray Tonic, which I can’t get in Colorado, unfortunately. Irn-Bru is mainstream, but only in Scotland, where it’s made. From girders! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/84 "2010-05-26T07:59:08Z")
[Irn Bru](http://www.irn-bru.co.uk/), a neon orange creamy soda-type drink from Scotland. I drink the diet version, but the full blooded stuff partly explains the dire condition of Scots teeth I think! You can get it in some supermarkets here in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/85 "2010-05-26T08:59:12Z")
[West’s Cordials](http://www.wests.co.nz/products.html) were a local brand where I grew up. Amongst the standard, they made two unique and delicious flavours - _chocolade_, and _pineapple & pear_. I miss them. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/86 "2010-05-26T09:38:39Z")
The best I’ve had is a root beer made in Minnisota, but is, for some reason, sold at a steakhouse here. I can’t name it for fear of revealing my identity. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/87 "2010-05-26T12:08:31Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > [Izze’s Sparkling Juices](http://www.izze.com/#products/izze) (specifically, the sparkling blueberry) > > and > > Root beer from [the Root Beer Stand](http://www.therootbeerstand.com/) I love the Izze drinks! I’m also here to speak up for [Ramune](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramune). It’s so much fun. I get it at World Market… it’s delish. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/88 "2010-05-26T12:50:18Z")
South Indian _Ginger Pop_ (can’t find a picture). It looks innocent enough, but it’s practically fire in a bottle! - Much, much stronger (and better) than any ginger beer I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/89 "2010-05-26T13:19:53Z")
Jones Green Apple or Cream sodas. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/90 "2010-05-26T18:18:14Z")
Squirt is a grapefruit juice flavored soft drink-used to be common in Massachusetts. I can’t find it now-anyone know where it is sold? ---
**Author:** ![ScatteredFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@ScatteredFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScatteredFrog)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/91 "2010-05-26T18:22:46Z")
ralph124c – thanks for reminding me; I also immensely enjoy Wink, which is another grapefruit soda. It’s hard to find – I actually ordered it online…my wife says she used to drink it all the time at her grandmother’s house in New Jersey, but it just disappeared. One day when we were in Jewel, probably about 12 years ago, she saw 50/50 and was convinced it was Wink under a different name. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/92 "2010-05-26T18:34:09Z")
In the Caribbean, **Ting** (very much like Squirt or Wink) is popular. It is bottled on an island…maybe Trinidad? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/93 "2010-05-27T01:27:15Z")
I get those plastic lemons from the supermarket and squirt it into a shot glass. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/94 "2010-05-27T05:17:15Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Squirt is a grapefruit juice flavored soft drink-used to be common in Massachusetts. I can’t find it now-anyone know where it is sold? Squirt is a pretty common soda here in the southwest. Arizona, in particular. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone actually drinking it (I love it), but you can find it at almost any convenience store here. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/95 "2010-05-27T11:50:52Z")
Squirt is all over the upper Midwest here… always see it in stores… ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/96 "2010-05-27T15:40:40Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > [Vess](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vess) is primarily a St. Louis area thing. The orange is especially awesome. Many a summer day was wasted riding our bikes to the gas station to buy some Vess. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/97 "2010-05-27T16:33:24Z")
[Jeff’s Orange Dream soda.](http://www.getcreamed.com/orangelg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/98 "2010-05-27T16:38:55Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Squirt is a grapefruit juice flavored soft drink-used to be common in Massachusetts. I can’t find it now-anyone know where it is sold? I buy it at Target (on Long Island), actually. I only drink it in the summer for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/99 "2010-05-28T15:15:38Z")
I can’t believe no one likes this one: **Delaware Punch**. Supposedly removed from America because the dyes caused health problems, I have not seen it for at least 20 years…but the taste still sits in my noggin. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528/100 "2010-05-28T16:28:52Z")
I liked Double Cola. It tasted like a slightly bitter RC to me. Is it still sold anywhere? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-non-mainstream-soda/540528.md?page=6)