Comments on: Drink Up! The Stories Behind 11 Regional Soft Drinks

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:43:24 +0000

As a kid, I used to love Jolly Good soda in Wisconsin. They used to put jokes on the inside bottom of the can.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:54:19 +0000

I’ve only tried Big Red from that list. It’s so hard to find all those brands in New York.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:23:18 +0000

Wink used to be widely available here in Toronto, ON under the C’Plus banner (granted, this was the late ’90s-early 2000s). Another local favourite is The Pop Shoppe. Lime Ricky is the best flavour.

By: Robert Byrd

Robert Byrd — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:23:40 +0000

Here in Southern Ontario, up here in the Great White North, I used to enjoy Wink (but none of my friends did), Vernors (let it go flat and drink it if you are feeling unwell), and of course Hires Root Beer, my favorite of the three.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:42:35 +0000

There was a soda made in Athens, Ga. called Budwine. (it wasn’t Cheerwine) No longer made anymore……sigh.

By: tref

tref — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:08:25 +0000

Ignatious J. Reilly’s favorite New Orleans brand soda pop, Dr. Nut

By: inverse

inverse — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:02:07 +0000

This list needs Cactus Cooler. Southwest Represent!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:36:02 +0000

Frank’s Soda from Philly has been completely out of business for some time now, and I don’t believe you can get anything under that label anymore. But Canada Dry makes a Black Cherry Wishniak (as does Stewart’s, I believe) that aren’t as sweet as the original Frank’s soda, but pretty darn close.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:26:36 +0000

Last month, I took my family to Knoebel’s Grove amusement park in north central PA – and found they had Moxie for sale in the park store. My son tried Moxie on a dare a few years back in Vermont, and liked it, so I picked up a bottle. The cashier looked at me and asked, “Have you ever had Moxie before?” I replied that it wasn’t for me. She said, “Oh. Okay – I was just going to warn you…”

By: mollyschmolly

mollyschmolly — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:10:46 +0000

*After reading this list the first time, I made my mom seek some out on her last trip to NC…it was worth it! I’ve seen it here in Ohio only at City BBQ (they stock regional sodas).

*I absolutely HATE celery, so Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray sounds horrid.

*Big Red tastes like medicine. There I said it.

*I grabbed a Blenheim’s at a small local grocery store and did NOT care for it…it’s too “hot” to be enjoyable.
Give me a Vernor’s any day of the week!

*If you eat a strawberry Starburst and drink Diet Coke at the same time, you’d swear you just drank a Faygo Redpop!