Tribute to Fallen Sodas

lester1/2jr · April 05, 2009, 05:42:05 PM

Most of these are weird generation x experiments but I remember Mr Pibb

http://www.gunaxin.com/a-tribute-to-fallen-dead-discontinued-sodas/11115

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P1hNs94tG0

Ash · April 05, 2009, 05:57:05 PM

I used to drink this stuff all the time when I was a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWf2kCRv5_Q

lester1/2jr · April 05, 2009, 06:17:02 PM

they totally bit pac man in that ad.

RCMerchant · April 05, 2009, 06:57:51 PM

Nehi! When I was a little kid...they used to sell this stuff in the trailer park near 3 Mile Lake. There was one of those old pop machines where you put in a dime and a nickel,and you could grab the neck of the soda bottle and yank it out. It was an old machine,and my brother Mike used to grab a neck,and I would grab a neck....and with his right hand he would drop in 15 cents. We would both yank at the same time...and get two pops for the price of one!

It was good pop. They had flavors like Black Cherry, Grape, Cola,Lemon Lime,...lotsa them!

Sister Grace · April 05, 2009, 07:14:51 PM

The chocolate dr pepper was short-lived, but it was oh so good...

I also miss kick cola

meQal · April 05, 2009, 09:06:25 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on April 05, 2009, 06:57:51 PM
Nehi! When I was a little kid...they used to sell this stuff in the trailer park near 3 Mile Lake. There was one of those old pop machines where you put in a dime and a nickel,and you could grab the neck of the soda bottle and yank it out. It was an old machine,and my brother Mike used to grab a neck,and I would grab a neck....and with his right hand he would drop in 15 cents. We would both yank at the same time...and get two pops for the price of one!

It was good pop. They had flavors like Black Cherry, Grape, Cola,Lemon Lime,...lotsa them!

Actually you can still buy Nehi from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gro?url=search-alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=nehi&x=11&y=12
Also they still sell it in some stores here where I live in Tuscaloosa,AL. it's rare you see them but you do find them on rare occasions.

lester1/2jr · April 06, 2009, 10:35:30 AM

wow chocolate dr pepper. I used to drink chocalte coke, it's just coke with chocolatee syrup.

and black cows!! root beer and vanilla ice cream

The Burgomaster · April 06, 2009, 12:14:40 PM

When I was a kid, my grandfther and 2 sets of aunts and uncles lived in a 3 family home in Everett, Massachusetts. They had cases of soda (in real glass bottles with the top you needed to open with a bottle opener!) delivered to the house every week. The soda company was called "Pelco" and I remember they had quite a few different flavors - - cola, ginger ale, grape, orange, lemon lime, root beer, etc. One of the quirky things about Pelco was it seemed that at least one bottle in every case had a chip or crack in the glass. In those days, no one really cared or worried about it. Today, the company would get sued hundreds of times . . .

Ed, Ego and Superego · April 06, 2009, 01:12:41 PM

My name is Ed, and I liked OK Cola.

-Ed

Doc Daneeka · April 06, 2009, 03:39:49 PM

I've always wanted to try "New Coke", since I enjoy sooooo many things sooooo many other people don't. X)

lester1/2jr · April 06, 2009, 04:19:50 PM

not to divert into the political arena, but soda today is not what is used to be because it's made with corn syrup instead of sugar. If you go to mexico or really any other country you can get real coke and I'm told it's superior.

meQal · April 06, 2009, 04:37:00 PM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on April 06, 2009, 04:19:50 PM
not to divert into the political arena, but soda today is not what is used to be because it's made with corn syrup instead of sugar. If you go to mexico or really any other country you can get real coke and I'm told it's superior.

I can't say how they are now but about 20 years ago when I was in Mexico, all the sfot drinks tasted rather flat. It seemed they had little to no carbonation at all.

lester1/2jr · April 06, 2009, 05:27:41 PM

meQal- were they American soft drinks? I mean lke if you buy coke or pepsi in another country it's made with sugar not high fructose corn syrup

The Burgomaster · April 06, 2009, 07:17:16 PM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on April 06, 2009, 04:19:50 PM
not to divert into the political arena, but soda today is not what is used to be because it's made with corn syrup instead of sugar. If you go to mexico or really any other country you can get real coke and I'm told it's superior.

I've had Coke in other countries and one thing that definitely makes it better is you can frequently get it in real glass bottles (unlike the U.S. where the vast majority of the Coke you find is in plastic bottles or cans).

meQal · April 06, 2009, 09:24:13 PM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on April 06, 2009, 05:27:41 PM
meQal- were they American soft drinks? I mean lke if you buy coke or pepsi in another country it's made with sugar not high fructose corn syrup

If you mean American brand names, yes most were. If you mean bottled in the US and imported into Mexico, then the answer is no. They were bottled in Mexico. I was in Cancun but was going into a lot of places where locals went. Even went to the grocery store/market a few times. The only thing that made the colas I got down there bearable was a slcie of lime and a shot of rum in it.