Your Favorite Sodas
Nov 4, 2018, 1:15 pm
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My daily driver is Diet Coke, typically the normal kind but occasionally Diet Coke with Lime.
As a nostalgia thing if I'm getting pizza I'll sometimes get Stewart's Root Beer or Welch's Grape Soda because that's what I liked when I was a kid and my dad was in charge of watching us when my mom was out of town. He didn't want to cook so we'd get pizza and sodas of choice and those were my favorites.
As a nostalgia thing if I'm getting pizza I'll sometimes get Stewart's Root Beer or Welch's Grape Soda because that's what I liked when I was a kid and my dad was in charge of watching us when my mom was out of town. He didn't want to cook so we'd get pizza and sodas of choice and those were my favorites.
Nov 7, 2018, 8:25 pm
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Definitely 2017, maybe 2016. Actually, I didn't go to Sweden this past summer, but I doubt it's migrated back to Coca-Cola Light.
Nov 12, 2018, 12:51 pm
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While in Croatia this summer, and needing a break from alcohol, I enjoyed several Schweppes Bitter Lemons while staring at the Adriatic. It's a wonderful summer drink. I don't believe it's sold in the US (other than at extremely high prices on Amazon), and the two substitutes I've tried are just not the same.
Nov 12, 2018, 3:20 pm
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Thanks. I haven't found it here in Chicago. I've also tried two other brands. One was terrible and the other was decent. But neither was as good for some reason.
Nov 14, 2018, 2:49 am
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And it's good to see that there are some other fans of 7-UP. I think Sprite and Sierra Mist are too sweet for a clear soda. 7-UP isn't as sweet and has a more crisp taste in my opinion. It's also one of the few major sodas not owned by Coca-Cola or Pepsi.
Nov 14, 2018, 4:24 am
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Definitely a Christmas tradition at the LapHouse.
I start picking up discounted Appletiser on offer from September onwards so we have a small stock of the stuff over the holidays. We like having some Orangina in the house too at the end of the year.
My daughter is a massive fan of Ramune, but that must be just as much for the botttle with the marble in the top as the drink. It’s a major international soda you can get nearly everyhere nowadays, both Sainsbury’s and Morrisons stock it in the U.K.
Calpis/Calpico is another of her favourites and also a mega soda (and still drink and concentrate) brand that, like all the others I’ve mentioned, has nothing to do with Coca-Cola or Pepsi.
I start picking up discounted Appletiser on offer from September onwards so we have a small stock of the stuff over the holidays. We like having some Orangina in the house too at the end of the year.
My daughter is a massive fan of Ramune, but that must be just as much for the botttle with the marble in the top as the drink. It’s a major international soda you can get nearly everyhere nowadays, both Sainsbury’s and Morrisons stock it in the U.K.
Calpis/Calpico is another of her favourites and also a mega soda (and still drink and concentrate) brand that, like all the others I’ve mentioned, has nothing to do with Coca-Cola or Pepsi.
Nov 14, 2018, 7:09 pm
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1) Pellegrino/Perrier plain or with a slice of fresh lemon or lime
2) Schwepps bitter lemon as a mixer with gin.
3) Blood orange Pellegrino
4) Dark & Stormy (Goslings with ginger beer)
2) Schwepps bitter lemon as a mixer with gin.
3) Blood orange Pellegrino
4) Dark & Stormy (Goslings with ginger beer)
Nov 15, 2018, 12:50 am
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Dr. Brown's Black Cherry is one of my favorites, and I like some of the fruit flavored varieties put out by Fanta like Green Apple, Strawberry, Fruit Punch, and Peach.
I tend to ask for Grenadine in my colas if visiting a restaurant with a bar in it.
I tend to ask for Grenadine in my colas if visiting a restaurant with a bar in it.
Nov 15, 2018, 11:24 am
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-tonic water
-tarragon-flavored soda from (the country of) Georgia called tarkhun (...tarragon)
-rc cola (which amusingly is common in Uzbekistan)
the caveat is that I drink soda about twice a year, though will try a few sips of something when in a new country
-tarragon-flavored soda from (the country of) Georgia called tarkhun (...tarragon)
-rc cola (which amusingly is common in Uzbekistan)
the caveat is that I drink soda about twice a year, though will try a few sips of something when in a new country
Nov 17, 2018, 9:49 am
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Kroger Diet Tonic Water
A&W Diet Creme Soda
Diet Dr Pepper
Diet Squirt (grapefruit soda)
Coke Zero (though I much preferred it before the name and recipe change)
Reed's Extra Ginger Brew ginger beer - the only soda I want to see used to make a Dark & Stormy or Mules of any spiritual nature
A&W Diet Creme Soda
Diet Dr Pepper
Diet Squirt (grapefruit soda)
Coke Zero (though I much preferred it before the name and recipe change)
Reed's Extra Ginger Brew ginger beer - the only soda I want to see used to make a Dark & Stormy or Mules of any spiritual nature