Anyone else enjoy obscure soft drinks? -

[Marvin]

By any chance has anyone here tried Peru's Inca Kola?

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I've heard really good things about it. It's suppose to taste like bubblegum.

I have, I actually tried it at World of Coca Cola. If you're ever in Atlanta, check it out, you can sample every product Coca Cola produces around the world. They've got stuff like this soda named Beverly which is really bizarre, all sorts of crazy Fantas like Fanta Birch Beer and Fanta Apple, and stuff like Sprite Mint from India. Anyways, I've had Inca Kola, good stuff though a bit too sweet for my tastes.

Ask Marvin about Inca Kola, he loves that shit.

This, so much. I really fucking love Inca Kola. It's delicious. The only problem is that it's foreign, so it's a bit trickier to get ahold of than I'd like. I will say that amazon.com's certainly making things easier.

Although, it might be better that it's hard to cheaply get ahold of my favorite sugary sodas, because I'm trying to lose weight right now...

 

[Pikonic]

If your ever in eastern CT get some of our local soda. Hosmer Mountain is best soda. I like the ‘Dangerous’ Ginger Beer, the strawberry is good too, peach is pretty good but it's seasonal. And it's cheap!

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I went to that Mennonite business complex and bought banana, sarsaparilla, blood orange and pineapple-orange sodas. I drank the banana pop and the sarsaparilla, which was the first time I had either of those flavors, and they were pretty good.

 

[Mourning Dove]

Does IZZE count? It's a "soda" that actually consists of carbonated water and fruit juice, so it's healthier. You can find them in natural grocery stores. Clementine and Grapefruit are my favorite flavors so far.

 

[Picklepower]

Tab, RC, this isn't really obscure but, Goya and Jarrito sodas. I'm thinking of switching to Diet soda for a while since I'm trying to lose weigh, if only Tab was around more, that diet Dr.Pepper, and Coke Zero are Diet drinks I actually like a lot. But back to obscure stuff, Virgil's, they have a Cola, Root Beer, and I think a Cream Soda, Virgil's is made really well with real sugar.

 

[hellbound]

I don't think this is all that obscure but I love this stuff:

AFAIK Scotland is the only country in the world where Coke isn't the top selling soft drink. Irn Bru is our top seller. There was a time it was quite rare in England but I think you can get it all over the UK now. Britvic are trying to buy out Barrs I hope they don't sell it off because the recipe might get changed I like that our top selling soft drink is still owned by a small family business.

I've had it once, I thought it was okay. I should give it another go though. Apparently the Scottish version has some coloring that's illegal in the US so the version they sell in the US has a different recipe. I've had the real Scottish version, I got it at a British market, I thought it was alright.

Likewise though, apparently brominated vegetable oil is illegal in the EU and UK, but they use it all the time here in the US. It's not comforting when you find out that bromine is stuff they use as a flame retardant in carpets and yet they put that shit in sodas like Mountain Dew (which is my cheap caffeine fix of choice).

Bromine is a halogen, the only non-metallic element liquid at room temperature, and quite corrosive.

Bromination means attaching the bromine to another compound. Just like chlorination or fluorination. In the case of carbon chains (like vegetable oil) that bromine doesn't really want to leave. It's on there pretty good. In this case what it does is increase the density of the oil, so when you mix it with a lighter oil (citrus oil for flavoring) it matches water and stays suspended rather than coming out as a layer. There are case reports of health effects from drinking too much soda with BVO but that's on the order of 2-4L/day, every day, for extended periods of time.

Chemistry!

Anyway, I've had Irn Bru but it's been so long I don't really remember it. I've got a... thing... about British snack foods so I can't really drink it. I ate a bunch of British candy, crisps, and some soda once, and that night got sick and puked my guts out for three days. It was probably from something else but my mind formed the connection.

Inca-Kola tastes like cream soda plus a bit of bubblegum. It's alright. I do really like Guaraná Antarctica, a Brazilian soda. There's another Brazilian (I think) soda, watermelon flavored, and on the can it has a Little Black Sambo looking motherfucker. It was pretty tasty too but I only ever saw it at one store. You'd think there'd be a bigger market for watermelon soda with racist caricatures.

I miss Pepsi Blue.

Jones Soda is pretty damn good. I like the Fufu Berry and then whatever they call their green apple.

Virgil's is the best root beer in the world. Bar none. I have had a lot of root beer, and none even hold a candle to Virgil's.

But I don't really drink sugared sodas anymore, so that kind of limits me to the major brands except for special occasions.

 

[Picklepower]

Oh MR. Pibb I can only find that at fast food places now, like at the soda fountain thing.

 

[Dork Of Ages]

This is probably not a soft drink, but...

Spoiler

This is a very guilty pleasure of mine...

 

[c-no]

Oh MR. Pibb I can only find that at fast food places now, like at the soda fountain thing.

Mr. Pibb is a good soda. Only place I know it's served in is at a Home Town Buffet near my home. Wonder if it's sold in stores like Costco or Vons.

 

[Something Vague]

Does IZZE count? It's a "soda" that actually consists of carbonated water and fruit juice, so it's healthier. You can find them in natural grocery stores. Clementine and Grapefruit are my favorite flavors so far.

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It definitely counts! I love IZZE! So far I tried the blueberry and pomegranate.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I found out a store close to me has Mexican Coke and Mexican cold near the deli.

 

[Metal Sink]

I used to drink this weird energy drink from a Korean import shop down in Melbourne, I can't remember what the drink was though.

 

[Mourning Dove]

I found out a store close to me has Mexican Coke and Mexican cold near the deli.

All the Mexican sodas have actual sugar in them, not the high fructose corn syrup, if that matters to anyone. Supposedly they taste differently? But I don't drink enough soda to notice so...

 

[Bob's Fries]

I used to drink this weird energy drink from a Korean import shop down in Melbourne, I can't remember what the drink was though.

Bacchus?

 

[TrippinKahlua]

What exactly does Birch Beer taste like?

Would a big fan of Root Beer love it? My store sells a few obscure bottles of soft drinks.

 

[Count groudon]

Not exactly sure if it's obscure but I love cherrowine! Of all the cherry flavored sodas it's got the best cherry flavor

 

[Stratochu]

Not exactly sure if it's obscure but I love cherrowine! Of all the cherry flavored sodas it's got the best cherry flavor

You mean "Cheerwine", right? I love it.

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

I love Jarritos, especially the grapefruit and guava flavors. I had a passion fruit soda once from a Hawaiian company I think. I've always preferred fruity sodas to colas.
I've seen Inca Kola at my local Target, but haven't tried it. They also carry something called Malta Hatuey that I swear tastes like caramel and spaghetti-o's!

 

[Ja'mie]

shit is so CASH

 

[Henry Bemis]

Damn you, Brad Tries. Now I wanna find some Not See Kola.