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Discussion Boards => Real Life => Topic started by: Envy on September 11, 2008, 11:26:26 AM
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It seems jones soda is at it again with some interesting flavors for the halloween season this time. I found them at target and the flavors are lemon drop-dead mummy, Werewolf candycorn which taste....interesting, buried alive pomegranite quite delicious, and spookiwi. They also have some bottled ones but the only one i can remember off hand is dread apple.
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I prefer Blue Bubble-gum. Also, people who call it "pop" should kill themselves.
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Requisite "I've never tried the turkey" post validating the entire Jones Soda 'weird soda flavors' advertising campaign.
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I switched from real soda to diet soda and now real soda is way too sweet for me. However, people have been yelling at me saying that diet soda is even worse for me because of chemicals. To them, I say, not when your family has a long history of diabetes.
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My family has a long history of cancer.
Mm, sugar high fructose corn syrup.
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I got stuck with that bit of genetic weirdness that makes diet soda taste like metal.
for an example of what it tastes like to me, take a handful of pocket-change, stick it in your mouth, then drink soda of choice
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gross. for me it was just a weird aftertaste, and now i don't even detect said aftertaste anymore.
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Mountain Dew is what I usually drink, but whatever happens to be on sale is most likely what I'm buying. I used to drink Diet A&W like a man possessed since it tastes closer to the draft stuff you get at the restaurant, but I eventually burned out on it so I only buy it rarely now.
I prefer Blue Bubble-gum. Also, people who call it "pop" should kill themselves.
Ladies first, sweetheart. :wuv:
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i am a reformed Dew addict. i used to drink that like i would die if i stopped.
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Diet is also quite good, and jones does often have sugar free and it taste exactly the same with no weird taste. However ive been trying to go from regular mountain dew to diet but i find something lacking about the diet that makes me not want to go for the full switch. Also sorry if this was made before in some other weird thread but lack of a food section is one thing i miss.
Edit: Bad grammar on my part, fixed.
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Diet Mt Dew tastes very little like the real stuff.
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When I was in the Navy, I immortalized Mountain Dew as "tasting like man-spooge".
It is a lasting legacy :suave:
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What soda taste close to its actual then? Ive had a few of the diet pepsi jazz but im not sure if thats healthy at all or not. It sure taste good, but can good tasting things be good for you. (soda wise)
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When I was in the Navy, I immortalized Mountain Dew as "tasting like man-spooge".
Only without the mess and money shot! ::D:
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:suave: :suave: :suave: :suave: :suave: :suave: :suave: :suave: :suave:
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I got stuck with that bit of genetic weirdness that makes diet soda taste like metal.
for an example of what it tastes like to me, take a handful of pocket-change, stick it in your mouth, then drink soda of choice
Oh, and even splenda has a bit of it, albeit much less. But splenda makes things taste WAY too sweet to me.
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i am a reformed Dew addict. i used to drink that like i would die if i stopped.
(http://www.corporate-sellout.com/mdtower.jpg)
This.
I drink black coffee now. When fountain drinks are available, I usually go with iced tea. But the big local movie theater chain only has the crappy raspberry iced tea which is basically sugar water anyway, so I drink Cherry Coke when I go there.
(I'm trying to think why there's a coffee mug in that photo, as I didn't drink coffee then. Best guess is I drank herbal tea out of it when I was sick.)
(I miss college.)
(And my hair.)
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Rarely drink soda pop, so Boylan (http://www.boylanbottling.com/) is the one and only. Vintage glass bottles and none of that corn syrup hooha. Just pure cane sugar (not refined). Flavoring isn't done under some mysterious 'flavor' abstract either, but instead by using oils from fruit. Try the orange flavor first, you'll never go back to Orange Crush.
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I have some cane sugar for you.
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(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8527/crushqv9.gif) Orange Crash soda? I've never had that before!
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When I was in the Navy, I immortalized Mountain Dew as "tasting like man-spooge".
It is a lasting legacy :suave:
B-but... how do you know what man-spooge tastes like?
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By drinking Mountain Dew.
Duh.
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Being a bit of an odd duck, I greatly enjoy Jones' Soda's approach to flavors: "Whatever works"
That said, I'm a god damned dew addict.
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Make mine a Moxie.
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I've never liked Mountain Dew. But I drink Coca-cola like a typical dew addict. Well, not the 2 liter in a fucking sitting kind, but the every fucking day kind.
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I used to loathe diet soda but now I :wuv: it. It definitely helped me lose a lot of weight. If you are trying to cut your butter ratio, making the switch is the easiest thing you can do once you learn to like diet.
I never had a taste for any soda besides straight (diet) coke or pepsi, but I do drink a lot of it. My soda habits are boring.
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I've compared cane sugar soda to diet soda on and off, and I think I figured out why we don't like diet soda naturally; Because the soda companies ruined us with high fructose corn syrup! :MENDOZAAAAA:
Seriously, though, cane sugar soda almost tastes like diet soda to me after drinking as much corn syrup based soda as I do.
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Diet soda gives me a headache. Everytime. Within minutes. What's that about? Phenalalamanimals.
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Diet Sunkist is my new fucking high.
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I love Dr Pepper the most, as far as soda goes, but I prefer tea to all drinks.
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I like cane sugar soda. You can get Mexican Coke in some of the convenience stores around here.
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Am I the only one that finds cane suger soda sweeter than corn syrup soda?
Also, Strawberry Soda of any kind is the tits.
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Maybe it's worth the three hour drive out to Ranger, TX so I can pick up Dublin Dr. Pepper, which is made with real sugar. Far superior to regular Dr. Pepper.
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Maybe it's worth the three hour drive out to Ranger, TX so I can pick up Dublin Dr. Pepper, which is made with real sugar. Far superior to regular Dr. Pepper.
This.
This this this.
Dublin Dr. Pepper is SO FUCKING GOOD god why don't i have any now
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Diet soda gives me a headache. Everytime. Within minutes. What's that about? Phenalalamanimals.
You're allergic to aspartame. Try Diet Rite and I bet you will see much better results. My fiance has an aspartame allergy and actually gets physically ill whenever she drinks or eats anything with aspartame in it.
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There are foods with aspartame?
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I like cane sugar soda. You can get Mexican Coke in some of the convenience stores around here.
Mexican coke is a thing of wonder. I picked up a few bottles of the stuff in a tienda in Columbus, OH a few weeks ago. That place was serious; no saben español para nada. It was great.
You're allergic to aspartame. Try Diet Rite and I bet you will see much better results. My fiance has an aspartame allergy and actually gets physically ill whenever she drinks or eats anything with aspartame in it.
Interesting. I'll try this.
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My fiance has an aspartame allergy and actually gets physically ill whenever she drinks or eats anything with aspartame in it.
Oh man, thank you. Nobody believes this exists when I tell them I have it.
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I like cane sugar soda. You can get Mexican Coke in some of the convenience stores around here.
Oh, serious? Where? I always wanted to try it, see if it matched the hype.
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I don't think it does. It's very hard to get it when it isn't flat, which is probably do to the fact that it has to come from Mexico, and the twist-off caps don't seal carbonation in very well. Still, I suspect they might even make it sort of flat, if not entirely noncarbonated. The few I've had that seemed carbonated I couldn't tell if it was my imagination or not.
Also, if you're like me and drink something like 3-6 American Cokes a day, any foreign drink is just plain going to taste foreign to you anyway.
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You can get mexican soda all over tulsa. Pretty fresh.
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I like cane sugar soda. You can get Mexican Coke in some of the convenience stores around here.
Oh, serious? Where? I always wanted to try it, see if it matched the hype.
I've gotten it at the convenience store on Scottsdale Road just south of McKellips. I think it's called Star Liquor. What part of the valley are you in, again?
Brad's girlfriend brought some over the other night too; I can ask where she got it.
I don't think it does. It's very hard to get it when it isn't flat, which is probably do to the fact that it has to come from Mexico, and the twist-off caps don't seal carbonation in very well.
The ones I'm talking about don't have twist-off caps.
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I drink Dew like it's going out of style. And for me, it never will. But I drink less of it now than I ever did, about 2-3 cans a day. I wake up and walk to class in the morning, and crack a dew at a 10 am class and people give me looks. They drink coffee with tons of caffeine, I can have my god damn soda.
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Drop a shot of espresso into a Mt. Dew and chug it down when you're feeling adventurous sometime. If your heart doesn't pop, you'll find that you have super powers.
You haven't lived until you've vibrated through a solid floor.
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What part of the valley are you in, again?
I'm just down the street from the Tempe Marketplace, actually.
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One of my friends said that a guy at AnthroCon auctioned off a case of canadian Coca-Cola for $50.
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Thus confirming that the only reason to consort with furries is to take advantage of them.
(as though this board's origins didn't confirm that already. oh, i kid, i kid.)
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IBC Rootbeer. Stuff of gods.
Failing that, there is option 2, Barqs Rootbeer. Rootbeer + Caffeine. Not many brands have caffeine.
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Barq's is far preferable to most brands. Diet Barq's is extremely similar to the real stuff.
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I loved Moxie until I discovered sushi. I know that sounds weird, but it's true. Now when I get a ginger craving I go to sushi instead.
And god damn it now I want sushi with wasabi and kikkoman's mixed together to dip it in (thanks sei!).
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no one tell guild about ponzu sauce with green onion and that red stuff (is it red daikon or is it A MYSTERY TO EVERYBODY)
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these are ALL fucking excellent (the ginger ale burns a little actually) (http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/soda.php)
I drink Dr Pepper like it is goddamn water.
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I drink Dr Pepper like it is goddamn water.
Except he never gets to it until we're low on coke, when he's the only one that drinks Dr.Pepper everyone in the house drinks coke.
Of the soda's he linked to, the cream soda is the best. The only problem is it's a bit too sweet so you can't drink it quickly. It tastes like a bubbling liquid marshmallow.
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Barq's is far preferable to most brands. Diet Barq's is extremely similar to the real stuff.
It also happens to be the only rootbeer with caffeine in it. ::D:
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In order of preference:
A&W (Tap)
IBC
Barqs
A&W (Can/Bottle)
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If IBC came in 12 packs, I'd probably buy it more often.
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What part of the valley are you in, again?
I'm just down the street from the Tempe Marketplace, actually.
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...I'm at Rural and Broadway.
...Why aren't we splitting this Fat Tire RIGHT NOW.
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Huh. Probably because I work from 9 pm to 7 am?
edit: I could have sworn you said you lived further north...
vv NO.
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GET BACK TO WORK!
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Huh. Probably because I work from 9 pm to 7 am?
I HAVE NO JOB, LET'S DRINK IN THE DAYTIME.
edit: I could have sworn you said you lived further north...
I did, until last November.
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What part of the valley are you in, again?
I'm just down the street from the Tempe Marketplace, actually.
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...I'm at Rural and Broadway.
...Why aren't we splitting this Fat Tire RIGHT NOW.
:?: :?: :?:
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Live closer, guys. :sadpanda:
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It's a beer, Lyrai.
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It comes in cans now.
They're not as good IMO. Brad is mainly enamored of them because it's not just canned, it's can CONDITIONED.
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It's a beer, Lyrai.
Oh.
That reminds me, I need to figure out what I'm going to do with the Crown Royale bottle. I believe plan "Send it to Thad, demand he admin drunk on it" was scuttled due to mail laws being crazy nutso.
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Apparently you can only ship to Arizona if he paid for it in person to you. So yeah, better off just breaking it over something and pretending you're a Demoman.
(Yes I know how awkward that would be with Crown Royale.)
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Incidentally, Arizona's fucked shipping laws just made me spend an hour on the phone with MoneyGram customer support the other day, actually. It was because the sender sent $500, and you can't transfer more than $499.99 to Arizona. I spent an hour trying to fix a broken transaction because of a single penny.
Kind of off-topic. Still. One penny.
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My father has a plaque from a high-profile client that he once spent weeks tracking down the cause of an off-balance reporting system for. The system was off by a sum total of one penny.
The plaque has two pennies on it.
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PS, Cthulhu: you ever eat at Spinato's, on Smith just off Rio Salado? Best pizza ever, and it's right in your neighborhood.
One of the things I like about Marketplace is that it's turned the place's location from "bumfuck, nowhere" to "prime real estate".
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I had not! Also, you're a bastard for not mentioning they'd be closed today. :MENDOZAAAAA:
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Oops, sorry about that.
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Also: get a spinach calzone there. You'll be glad you did.
...A friend took me out for Spinato's for my birthday in '06, during the spinach blight, and they didn't have any. It wasn't as bad as my next birthday, when my brother fell out of a tree and broke his ankle, but it was still disappointing.
...On the plus side, if nobody breaks any bones and the restaurant has the thing I order, this will be my best birthday in three years!
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Ha, that was actually my intent. But, you know, FUCKING MONDAYS. ::(:
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Went to a bar for a office function. Asked for the non-alcohol listing. No IBC but they mentioned Jones. Jones makes an okay rootbeer. What? They don't have any? Well what else? Orange and Cream soda? Sure. I'll try that.
Wow. This stuff is GOOD. Not rootbeer good, but pretty damn fine for an orange soda.
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I visited a tourist trap on the way back to Missouri today.
In Arcadia, Oklahoma (It's about ten minutes east on Route 66, from I-35) there is this little shop:
http://www.pops66.com/
Jesus, I have never seen such a soda selection. Damn near anything you can find on a shelf in this country, they have at least six of them here. The catch? Fucking $1.99 a bottle. They have little empty paper packs so you can mix and match your own six-pack. Root beers, cherry sodas, colas, etc. They even have their own brand rootbeer. It's not half bad.
If you ever travel old 66, or I-35, it's worth stopping by just to see the building and the soda display. Apparently they also have a kiosk where you can have custom soda orders sent anywhere in the country.
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Went to a bar for a office function. Asked for the non-alcohol listing. No IBC but they mentioned Jones. Jones makes an okay rootbeer. What? They don't have any? Well what else? Orange and Cream soda? Sure. I'll try that.
Wow. This stuff is GOOD. Not rootbeer good, but pretty damn fine for an orange soda.
Have you tried Stewart's? They make a tasty orange dreamsickle soda and a good key lime pie soda.
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Virgil's is officially the Best Root Beer in the World. The catch? I've only ever seen it sold in those prepackaged mini-kegs like Heineken makes. You used to be able to got them on the cheap at Costco, but I believe they no longer carry it. If I remember, the label depicts a large bearded man holding a tray of drinks, presumably root beer. Check it out.
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I saw Virgil's bottles out in Seattle last time I was there and bought some. Not bad at all, but I prefer Boylan's. Actually there was some local brand out there that was just killer, but the name escapes me.
Also: One of the things I've noticed in my travels is that the farther north you go in North America, the worse the pop selection gets, making Canada a vast pop-soda wasteland where you can only get big corporate names and ulta-shitty low-budget grocery store house brands.
The farther south you go... my god, it's an endless cornucopia of sugary beverages! :cake:
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I love IBC root beer from Costco. :wuv:
Never had Virgil's bottles, I'll have to keep an eye out next time I go.
The farther south you go... my god, it's an endless cornucopia of sugary beverages! :cake:
This has been a trend in the South for a long time; mostly because its sells so well in the hotter climates. The South also has a higher weight ratio compared to the rest of the U.S. though.
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I don't care about their longstanding and well-known lack of self-control.
I just care about their selection.
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This has been a trend in the South for a long time; mostly because its sells so well in the hotter climates. The South also has a higher weight ratio compared to the rest of the U.S. though.
Why would you want to drink something effervescent and sticky on a hot day?
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I just care about their selection.
And what a selection it is.
Why would you want to drink something effervescent and sticky on a hot day?
You forgot cold. Back when soda machines were becoming popular, it was the drink to have for a hot day, and considered a reward to yourself for a hard days work.
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You forgot cold. Back when soda machines were becoming popular, it was the drink to have for a hot day, and considered a reward to yourself for a hard days work.
Precisely. Don't forget the whole idea of a 'cold beer' being a great drink in a smilar way, in spite of alcohol's dehydrating effect.
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Have switched from regular Mt Dew to Diet Mt Dew as part of a new resolve to eat healthy.
Noticeable difference in taste, but I'll still chug it.
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... Mt Dew ... new resolve to eat healthy.
... I'll still chug it.
:facepalm:
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Oh man. Pops even has Dublin Dr. Pepper. Getting that on next pass in December.
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... Mt Dew ... new resolve to eat healthy.
... I'll still chug it.
:facepalm:
I meant in the sense that it tastes good enough I'd still drink it. Not that I'm drinking 5 2L bottles a day like my brother's roommate did.
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I can't think of Diet anything that tastes remotely similar to its original version (except A&W Rootbeer).
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Dublin Dr. Pepper.
:wuv:
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Have switched from regular Mt Dew to Diet Mt Dew as part of a new resolve to eat healthy.
Noticeable difference in taste, but I'll still chug it.
You're lowering your sperm count, Lyrai. Don't you want children?
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::(:
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Dublin Dr. Pepper.
What's different between this and normal?
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Cane sugar. Delicious, delicious cane sugar.
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Dublin Dr Pepper is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Of course, he made it so damn hard to get....
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I prefer Boylan's.
Superior board member is superior.
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:monocle:
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Dublin Dr Pepper is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Of course, he made it so damn hard to get....
I can drive down to a Chicken Express that has it on tap, it's not available in almost every Kroger's and I have friends who go to Dublin alot, so..:pimp:
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I just savored a Boylan cane soda. That fucker was tastier than any coke I've ever had. And I only have one more. Dammit.
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Dublin Dr Pepper is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Of course, he made it so damn hard to get....
I can drive down to a Chicken Express that has it on tap, it's not available in almost every Kroger's and I have friends who go ---
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh80/Midnight-Wolf525/Pikachu-Slaps.gif)
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Have switched from regular Mt Dew to Diet Mt Dew as part of a new resolve to eat healthy.
Noticeable difference in taste, but I'll still chug it.
You're lowering your sperm count, Lyrai. Don't you want children?
this one should usually be followed with "It's ok, I can help you increase it."
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Diet Mt Dew
You're lowering your sperm count, Lyrai.
"It's ok, I can help you increase it."
(http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo22/driftycity/1222114296062.jpg)
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every soda in brazil uses cane sugar
yes even coke
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Brazil - 1, USA - 0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRL7D0wcXM
:want: I want some of that purple stuff.
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Man... I remember an old pop commercial (brand escapes me and I have no desire to remember), that was done as a joke commercial for several non-existant brands of pop. I will always have this burning memory of one segment of the commercial where a FUCKING HUGE black guy (looking like 'celebrity football endorsement'), with a massive booming voice and crossed arms deadpans the line "I LOVE Jooky.". I wished Jooky was a real beverage, just so I could buy some. The guy was THAT AWESOME.
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Hell, I'd buy some just for the name.
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I remember that one! Oh what was it? Sprite? Five Alive?
No no, it was Sprite. They did a whole ad for the stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfOgYIOho44
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Aw man, you got my hopes up... I thought you found the one with the linebacker.
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Dublin Dr. Pepper.
What's different between this and normal?
Cane sugar. Delicious, delicious cane sugar.
every soda in brazil uses cane sugar
yes even coke
(http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo22/driftycity/1228337409626.jpg)
:america: Sadness abounds... In America!
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But he's... oh nevermind.
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Well, this isn't about alcohol but I can't think of any other thread this belongs in:
So, I took a trip half-way across the state to a place called Pops (http://www.pops66.com) yesterday. Finally, I feel vindicated for living in this state! Their boast of 500 different types of Soda was not an empty one, and the best part is that 90% of the soda in the store is severed in refrigerated cases. So we spent 30 bucks on drinks, loaded up a cooler we brought with us, and headed home. Now I can try all the regional sodas I always wanted to try - Moxie, Leninade, Red Cola, Fukola Cola, Brainwash, and a few I never actually wanted to try, like a banana soda and a mint julep flavored soda. In any case, it was a jaunty trip down route 66 to a magical tourist trap full of hard to find drinks.
Moxie was the first thing we tried, being from middle america where the stuff is never available - I'm honestly pretty impressed. It has a very weird flavor that is almost reminiscent of bubblegum, but a little more fruity and a lot more herbal. It finishes well, with no unpleasant aftertaste, and swallows smooth. It lacks the traditional bite of a carbonated cola. It also smells incredible. If I could find it more easily it would definately make it into my rotation as a frequent drink.
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Pretty rousing endorsement. Moxie Classic! Make it
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Well, this isn't about alcohol but I can't think of any other thread this belongs in:
So, I took a trip half-way across the state to a place called Pops (http://www.pops66.com) yesterday. Finally, I feel vindicated for living in this state! Their boast of 500 different types of Soda was not an empty one, and the best part is that 90% of the soda in the store is severed in refrigerated cases. So we spent 30 bucks on drinks, loaded up a cooler we brought with us, and headed home. Now I can try all the regional sodas I always wanted to try - Moxie, Leninade, Red Cola, Fukola Cola, Brainwash, and a few I never actually wanted to try, like a banana soda and a mint julep flavored soda. In any case, it was a jaunty trip down route 66 to a magical tourist trap full of hard to find drinks.
Moxie was the first thing we tried, being from middle america where the stuff is never available - I'm honestly pretty impressed. It has a very weird flavor that is almost reminiscent of bubblegum, but a little more fruity and a lot more herbal. It finishes well, with no unpleasant aftertaste, and swallows smooth. It lacks the traditional bite of a carbonated cola. It also smells incredible. If I could find it more easily it would definately make it into my rotation as a frequent drink.
I didn't realize you lived in Oklahoma.
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So, I took a trip half-way across the state to a place called Pops (http://www.pops66.com) yesterday.
Yeah, I went there too (http://brontoforum.us/index.php?topic=1209.msg45304#msg45304).
Do yourself a favor, if it's a long trip to get there, make sure you use the FedEx kiosk they have to have yourself mailed more soda a week later. You can't do internet ordering, but you can order from the booth in the store. It's tucked away on the opposite side of the store from the entrance.
Note: The kiosk has the worst touch-screen keyboard ever. It's in alphabetical order.
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I would love to see a public terminal with a Dvorak keyboard layout somewhere. For the lulz.
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I would love to see a public terminal with a Dvorak keyboard layout somewhere. For the lulz.
I've always wondered if using one would improve my typing skills, but then because I know I would have to switch between work and home layouts, I never bother to try.
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I don't touch-type. I have an instinctual hunt-and-peck style developed naturally over 20 years, and you guys can judge for yourself how fucking fast I type in the actually short bursts of time I have to flood this messageboard with words.
If I ever switch to Dvorak I might see some small improvement, but only if I stick with it until I'm 40.
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I don't touch-type. I have an instinctual hunt-and-peck style developed naturally over 20 years, and you guys can judge for yourself how fucking fast I type in the actually short bursts of time I have to flood this messageboard with words.
If I ever switch to Dvorak I might see some small improvement, but only if I stick with it until I'm 40.
That's actually pretty much the same for me. I have very limited touch-type capabilities and this weird thing where I 'anchor' my left hand to the side of the keyboard with my pinky. I use my index fingers to an inordinate degree.
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I thought for a long time that I would never learn touch-type. However, in spite of myself, I've naturally run into a touch-type kind of working. I've accidentally memorized all of the key placements. Which means I can type while lying down, or not looking at thbe screen at all. Lik I'm doing now. Judge for yourself its efficacy.
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Funny, I usually get mocked at work for how fast I can type. Granted that there are a whole lot of errors that usually crop up. I'm a horribly inaccurate typist when it comes to getting it right the first time. In writing this post, I must have made about 20 errors that I instinctively go back and fix.
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I'm a horribly inaccurate typist when it comes to getting it right the first time. In writing this post, I must have made about 20 errors that I instinctively go back and fix.
whhat he saeid
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Romano's (http://www.romanossoda.com/) is absolutely delicious if you can find it. I first tried it on my trip to oregon and again when I went to indiana. I got the phone number for the company and im going to be trying to order it sometime soon. The green apple is absolutely delicious.
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This is Pops, in Arcadia, Oklahoma.
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(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr218/madmaxjr/2009-06-08093325.jpg)
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr218/madmaxjr/2009-06-08093353.jpg)
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr218/madmaxjr/2009-06-08094033.jpg)
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I have a toothache from reading this thread.
Pepsi Throwback is now the only kind of cola I will even drink. God bless pure cane sugar.
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Faygo Redpop is pretty grand, even if it's vaguely like someone stirred it vigorously with a Twizzler.
So yeah, it's an acquired taste.
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Alongside the Moxie I bought a Red Cola, which has a fun REBEL logo. Red soda in a green glass bottle. Had a bit of a cinamonlike aftertaste.
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I bought a Virgil's Cola and a Root Beer the other day. It definitely tastes like it's home brewed... but it's not a good thing. The levels are way off, and they both came off way too sweet. Maybe I just need more Moxie.
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This is Pops, in Arcadia, Oklahoma.
The girlfriend and I just went there last month. Sadly, we are already out of our purchases. :( Shit be expensive, yo.
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There is only one row of lemonade, and Leninade was no longer there. But there is one that looks like a medicine bottle with a big skull and crossbones I think I will try next time.
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Damnit, I'm down to my last bottle of Kosher for Passover Coke. One of the few reasonable ways to score HFCS-free Coke in the States, but it only happens once a year!
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I hate this thread because the great white north is a vast wasteland of nothing like commercial big brands.
For northern pop lovers such as myself, The South is like the equivalent of a lost Aztec temple filled to the capstone with golden booty.
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Bah, you wouldn't know a decent un-mega soda if it loged itself up your rectun, good sir. Either that or Toronto is as depressing as the Vestibules make it out to be..
Big fan of Stewart's Orange Cream soda. The stuff is pure bliss..
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One of the few reasonable ways to score HFCS-free Coke in the States, but it only happens once a year!
Don't you have taco stands wherever you live? Most of the time they carry Mexicoke because gringos would suffer an immediate heart attack if they consumed H-FUCKS.
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Bah, you wouldn't know a decent un-mega soda if it loged itself up your rectun, good sir. Either that or Toronto is as depressing as the Vestibules make it out to be..
Big fan of Stewart's Orange Cream soda. The stuff is pure bliss..
The Vestibules (and Laurence Olivier) enjoy the great taste of Diet Coh-cah Coh-luh.
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One of the few reasonable ways to score HFCS-free Coke in the States, but it only happens once a year!
Don't you have taco stands wherever you live? Most of the time they carry Mexicoke because gringos would suffer an immediate heart attack if they consumed H-FUCKS.
Mexicoke isn't guaranteed sucrose anymore (some trade deal made corn syrup more economically attractive). The Mexicokes I've tried since 2004 have been hit-or-miss.
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IM just can't take that Barq's Biere de Racine no more.
I was shocked to only find the energy drink version of Mountain Dew during my week stint in Canada. It depressed me.
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has someone in this thread mentioned yet that "Pepsi Throwback" is a terrible name for a soda even if it's a neat idea?
"Throwback" is like some kind of parody beverage. Your soda name makes me think of hurling.
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Either that or Toronto is as depressing as the Vestibules make it out to be.
On a culinary basis, I can assure you that this is the case.
Immigrants move to the city and half the time the legacy of bland protestant cookery overtakes them.
That's not to say that Toronto doesn't have good places to eat, but almost all of them are ethnic and even then, it has taken me many years and many dollars wasted on failed ventures to find a list of tolerable eateries.
Whereas in the deep south, I could wander into a shack with a rusty sign, lay down five bucks and eat a meal fit for a king-and-a-half. You'll die of a massive heart attack, but oh man...
Toronto is just one of those places that never had any tradition of good food. The only people here who know what a good meal tastes actually like are the immigrants, and most of them just make money selling bad flavourless knockoffs to the white guys for money. Everything here is sacrified to convenience and expense. Anything to make the food quicker and cheaper, flavour be damned. But hey, you want to make money, go to Toronto. You want to eat, go to Montreal.
@ Alex: We have two kinds of pop in Toronto. Megabrands, and incredibly cheapass grocery store 'house brand' knockoffs of the aforementioned Megabrands. Though we do have Mountain Dew.
By Toronto's standards, crazy 'indie' pop is stuff like... Jones. WHOA LOOK OUT.
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I miss vanilla coke.
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You can buy vanilla flavouring and put some in coke.
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NOT THE SAME AT ALL. :THATWAY:
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CLEARLY BETTER. :slow:
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Way back when the Pyoko crowd were on DC++, I got a file called "coca-cola_formula.txt" from somebody. I've never tried it because I don't know where to find some of the ingredients listed, so it could be entirely bullshit, but it does call for proper sugar and no corn syrup. I'm afraid that if I post it here Coke would send hitmen after me or something, but I'll PM it to anyone who cares.
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There are countless homebrew formulas for Coca-Cola. You can make them all you want, but it's impossible to legally make actual Coca-Cola in the U.S. because one ingredient (de-alkalyzed coca leaf) can't be bought except from one source that only sells to The Coca-Cola Company.
I guess you could buy the leaves from outside the country. Or you could, you know, buy Coca-Cola from outside the country.
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If it's like other BBS text-file recipes, the whole thing was made up by some teenager with a copy of ZMODEM.
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The Horde Game Fuel is the best soda I have tasted in my life
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On the other hand, the Alliance game fuel is fuckawful. It tastes like blue.
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Mountain Dew makes a tolerable soda? Lies. I will not believe it until I try it myself.
Wywt
Mountain Dew made a bad soda? I believe it. I might still try it just to fuel my hatred of MD and WoW.
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from what i hear, the horde gamefuel is the halo 3 gamefuel with a new label.
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I miss vanilla coke.
Funny, I can find it here without much hassle. You do know they started making it again, right?
Also, I am finding that I really like Pepsi Throwback. Too bad it's fucking four bucks for a twelve pack here.
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I miss vanilla coke.
Funny, I can find it here without much hassle. You do know they started making it again, right?
Also, I am finding that I really like Pepsi Throwback. Too bad it's fucking four bucks for a twelve pack here.
That's fifty cents less than what it costs here for regular coke, so CRY ME A RIVER.
...OF SODA.
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The Horde Game Fuel is the best soda I have tasted in my life
:barf: Go to jail!
(http://hundredcoins.org/brentai/images/criminalscum.gif) You should have paid the fine!
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Dude, if I could cry rivers of soda, I'd be saving a shitload of money on my caffeine fix. :want:
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from what i hear, the horde gamefuel is the halo 3 gamefuel with a new label.
PepsiCo rep confirmed it on the blogonetomatic sites a week or two before the soda was released that yes, Horde Game Fuel is Halo3 Game Fuel formula. Also said that Alliance Game Fuel was a new mixture but I dunno, tastes like a harder Revolution (that light blue soda during their "DEWMOCROACY FUCK YEAAAAAH" thing that Voltage one)
:monocle:
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Hold everything. I just remembered that one of those Dewmocracy sodas was actually good. I can't remember the flavor now. I think it was blue or possibly green-colored.
Edit: It may have been red, yellow or purple. I know it wasn't orange. Possibly.
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Orange Mountain Dew (Livewire?) made me want to ragequit from life. It tasted not unlike how motor oil smells.
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Hold everything. I just remembered that one of those Dewmocracy sodas was actually good. I can't remember the flavor now. I think it was blue or possibly green-colored.
Edit: It may have been red, yellow or purple. I know it wasn't orange. Possibly.
Voltage - Dark Blue - Won
Supernova - Red/Purple/Maroonish - was ok
Revolution - Light Blue - was "meh"
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Orange Mountain Dew (Livewire?) made me want to ragequit from life. It tasted not unlike how motor oil smells.
(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/moviemerch-seagal-431.jpg)
You don't know what pain is, muchacho.
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So I picked up a case of Mountain Dew Throwback today.
It's pretty good. I think part of it is a placebo due to the fact that its label still says Mountain Dew rather than Mtn Dew (it's hip to not use full words)!
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I tried the throwback and liked it for a little while. I really like its can design because it's all 70s'ed out, but it really doesn't taste better than regular dew so I stopped buying it.
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There is only one row of lemonade, and Leninade was no longer there. But there is one that looks like a medicine bottle with a big skull and crossbones I think I will try next time.
They probably had leninade, it just wasn't out that day. Generally speaking, they'll have anything that's on their website. If you can't find something, ask.
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Sprecher (http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/soda.php) is absolutely amazing. This pizza place that is just a tiny littl ehole in the wall offers nothing but this for drinks. Now I see why and wonder why I have never seen this before.
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Is it worth having a case shipped all the way from Milwaukee? :wat:
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puma kola was good. Honey, vanilla, and cinnamon.
Not sure what that has to do with pumas but it's tasty
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puma kola was good. Honey, vanilla, and cinnamon.
Not sure what that has to do with pumas but it's tasty
[Insert Warthog joke here.]
I had orange cream today. They are once again sold out of rootbeer.
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Dr.Pepper going hfcs-free for it's 125th anniversary. (http://consumerist.com/2010/07/dr-pepper-temporarily-ditches-hfcs-to-celebrate-125th-birthday.html)
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Hm, will have to check it out. I've still got a Mountain Dew Throwback in the fridge.
And several bottles of cane-sugared Coke. They're not any kind of special throwback marketing campaign, they're just imported from Mexico. (Costco got in a fight with Coke's American bottling company.)
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I have like 5 boxes of Coke here but damned if I'm not going to be drinking nothing but this until they pull it.
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One of the good things about living in Texas is that I can now find Dublin Dr. Pepper's in just about any convenience or grocery store. This are cane-sugar made Dr. Pepper's and are fantastic.
I also find the timing of this release of HFCS-free Dr. Pepper to be a bit weird, as a gas station near my house has been selling what I call "Green Dr. Pepper", which has a green label and is made with real sugar. It's had this for weeks, and it becomes a struggle not to buy it everyday.
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Earlier this year, Heritage Dr Pepper was a thing. It, too, was cane sugar Dr Pepper. It was really good and I miss it.
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We've had real sugar coke the whole time. No sodium benzoate, unlike our Dr. Pepper and Fanta which have it.
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Hm. I pretty much drink Dr. Pepper as my main pop. Wonder if they'll have it in Canuckistan.
It would be nice if they had this (or the cane sugar version) all the time as a higher-priced "luxury version". I'd switch.
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I've acquired some. It tastes different than "regular" Dr Pepper but not in any quantifiable way.
I do feel a lot less like it's giving me an instant diabetic shock though.
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don't really drink soda anymore, but back in my days working at the airport, we had a 50 cent can soda machine, and of dr pepper i quickly discovered that though the first few sips were blissful, the last few were something approximating industrial runoff
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Honestly though, at the end of the day, the third ingredient after "water" and "sugar" is still "phosphoric acid".
It's like the filters in cigarettes.
Shit's only killing me more slowly now.
EDIT: Shit wait no acid's the fourth ingredient. The third is food coloring.
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Obsessives - Soda Pop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPbh6Ru7VVM#ws)