jmacomber68w Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 So I have had several thoughts on soda (Pop if you will) recently. First off, I'm in the store and I notice some sort of Grateful Dead themed soda, so I pick it up and my mind has been blown, all the Pepsi brand logos have been changed. I 100% see a grateful dead theme going on! which isn't a bad thing. Then a few days later I see the greatest soda in the world, Moxie, is appearing in major grocery stores (at least in Rhode Island). Up until now I can only get it in small time shops, now I am seeing it at the Wal-Mart of Stop &Shops of the world. Are there any other Moxie drinkers here in ViaChicagoland? Just curious of how far it has reached now that it is appearing in major retail stores. Anyways here are the logos I speak of http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew...new_bottles.php Let the soda discussion begin! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I've been a Moxie fan as long as I can remember. My dad is a champion of it, so I learned to acquire the taste early on. Yum. I see it in chain supermarkets around Boston pretty regularly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 All Fresca, all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Never had Moxie. I really like Cherry Coke zero and diet coke with lime. I can also drink a diet pepsi every now and again. Ginger Ale is good with whiskey as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 My favorites are by Knutzen Spritzers and Blue Sky sodas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 General Soda was a great man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 just straight mineral or soda water for me > General Soda was a great man. is he related to General Failure? (you know, that guy that keeps reading my hard drive) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I'm not seeing a huge resemblance to the GD's Steal Your face logo besides the colors, but.... Blue Sky is fantastic, particularly the grape. Pretty much only drink Coke Zero for soda these days. And not often. Better than the Diet and tastes like a regular Coke but is less syrupy/sugary and has less crap in it, I guess. I used to be a Fresca cat but even it's too sweet for me now. I mostly do a lot of bubble water these days (La Croix) because I wear Crocs on my leisure time. ed. Beware of Pepsi drinkers. Seriously. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 All Fresca, all the time.I used to drink that stuff by the gallon. I got a bit tired of it after a while and have only had it sporadically over the past decade or so. I've cut way back on my consumption lately, but my main poisons haven't changed much: Diet Rite (especially the tangerine and white grape flavors)Diet Cherry 7UpDiet Sprite/Diet 7Up/Sierra Mist Free (if it's lemon/lime and diet, count me in)Canada Dry Diet Cranberry Ginger Ale (when I can find it) I'm avoiding caffeine and excessive sugar, so... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I will have to take a picture of it tomorrow to prove it, but there's a soda machine at my new office (several of them, actually) that not only has the choice of cans OR bottles, but COKE or PEPSI! in the SAME MACHINE! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I used to drink that stuff by the gallon. I got a bit tired of it after a while and have only had it sporadically over the past decade or so. I've cut way back on my consumption lately, but my main poisons haven't changed much: Diet Rite (especially the tangerine and white grape flavors)Diet Cherry 7UpDiet Sprite/Diet 7Up/Sierra Mist Free (if it's lemon/lime and diet, count me in)Canada Dry Diet Cranberry Ginger Ale (when I can find it)I'm avoiding caffeine and excessive sugar, so...We looked all over for the diet version of that last month. Couldn't find it, and even the regular version was pretty scarce. It was a holiday favorite for us. Did you find it this year? The Sierra Mist cranberry is not nearly as good. Didn't try the pomegranate 7-up. Apparently pomegranate is the new cranberry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 We looked all over for the diet version of that last month. Couldn't find it, and even the regular version was pretty scarce. It was a holiday favorite for us. Did you find it this year? The Sierra Mist cranberry is not nearly as good. Didn't try the pomegranate 7-up. Apparently pomegranate is the new cranberry.Come to think of it, I'm not sure I found any of the diet Canada Dry this year. I saw a bit of the regular, but not much. I have a couple of 2-liter bottles of the diet pomegranate 7Up in reserve. It's pretty good, but not my favorite. And yes, the Sierra Mist cranberry is "meh" at best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 DIET COKE only and all the time! Unless, there's only Pepsi products available (like at my job)...*sigh*...then I just suck it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I thought the new Pepsi logo was very Obama-inspired. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stickman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 That's what I thought too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Whatever the new Pepsi logo is supposed to do, it ain't doin' it for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 If I want a "real" tasting coke, I get coke zero, otherwise diet coke. Average less than 1 per day. During the summer, I'll go through a couple of 12-packs of Mountain Dew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I used to love me some Orange Crush. I hardly drink any soda these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Orange Fanta. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 This is my carbonated beverage of choice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 DIET COKE only and all the time! Unless, there's only Pepsi products available (like at my job)...*sigh*...then I just suck it up. Yep. Although Lammy has my curiosity up about that Coke Zero which I Have never tried. Tomorrow I'm going to put on my Crocs for the first time and drink a big old bottle of coke Zero. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew...new_bottles.phpI have no opinion about the bottles, but have to admit that the discussion below made me cringe endlessly. Does anybody (other than the people who design them) care that much about product labels? Yikes. Most soda drinkers already have a set preference one way or another to Coke products or Pepsi products. I would think that these people will continue to buy whatever they customarily buy anyway and will likely not even notice that labels have changed. But at least a handful of marketing junkies will think this is really fascinating for about a week or so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have no opinion about the bottles, but have to admit that the discussion below made me cringe endlessly. Does anybody (other than the people who design them) care that much about product labels? Yikes.I think it's an area of interest for designers.http://www.underconsideration.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Two months ago I quit drinking Coke........as well as any thing with refined sugars in it. Heavens to Betsy, I feel about a trillion times better. I'm fairly certain refined sugars were making me insane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 There is no soda better than a Stewart's Rootbeer served in a frosty mug out of a tap! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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