Where good taste prevails
Beverages from around the World are put to the test!
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| 12 Pack Worthy | ||
| Score Yourself a 6 Pack |
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| Stay Single |
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| It’s Crap |
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| 2 Words…Brown Water |
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AJ Stephan Black Cherry |
Pure carb water, cane sugar, natural and artifical flavors, red #40, blue #1, sodium benzoate.
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SWEET almost too sweet. Black cherry flavor competes against the cane sugar. Nothing special here but it is tasty.
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| AJ Stephan Wild Strawberry | |||||
| Barons Black Cherry Soda | |||||
| Boylan Black Cherry | Excellent flavor, drink this and be very happy!
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Even though my buds are tainted from the flu bug…..i must say that this flavor is seeping through and providing me with a portion of enjoyment.
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| Boylan Grape | CARBONATED WATER, CANE SUGAR, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITIRC ACID, RED 40, BLUE 1, SODIUM BENZOATE (A PRESERVATIVE),. | Grapeity good! Most eeexcellent, Smithers, pour me another mug of soda. High points for capturing that childhood grape kool aid taste.
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Ahhh, this reminds me of when I would pick grapes right off the vine and eat them. The fizzle is crisp and the aftertaste is that of authentic grapeliness.
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| Boylan Orange | |||||
| Briars Raspberry Fizz | |||||
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| Crush Orange | |||||
| Crush Strawberry | First whiff and sip screamed STRAWBERRIES! An immediate sip produced sugar water and no flavor. If you wait a few minutes and sip, it screams berry flavor again. Try to drink it fast and it hides the flavor. |
some swiggs tasted like strawberry while others did not. This confuses me. The fact that no ingredients were listed on the bottle. That scares me. So far I am confused and scared. Nonetheless, this drink just says average.
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| Dads Classic Creamy Orange | |||||
| Dads Classic Creamy Red | It is sweet, has a great scent and you can burp for a full 5 seconds after a brisk chug. There really isn't any flavor to it. If it tasted the way it smelled I would make myself sick on a six pack of this soda. As it stands, one mug was enough.
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It's hot outside, in fact it about 110 degrees. Almost anything that is wet and and half way cold should taste good. Except this. I have this pastey feeling in my mouth after taking a swig. The sugar is making my brain sore. I can't even get a fruit flavor out of this.
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| Grapette | |||||
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Hanks Berry Soda |
CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE(PRESERVATIVE), RED #40, AND BLUE #1 |
A very smooth balance between carbonation and berry flavor. The berry flavor is not identifiable. Which berry is it? Only Hank knows. Although I found it a bit on the candy-ish side, it is not overbearing. Great for fruity gut busters! A five on the belch-o-rama.
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Berry? What kind of berry? No matter. Hanks is always good stuff. Taste better if served pretty cold.
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Hanks Black Cherry Soda |
FILTERED CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE(PRESERVATIVE), CARAMEL COLOR, RED #40, AND BLUE #1 |
Another smooth soda from Philly brewing company. The flavor is good. It is NOT your bulk store Black Cherry soda. This one has an easy affect on the taste buds. If you could get a fresh picked black cherry taste in a bottle, it would have Hank's written on the outside.
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Almost intoxicating. I think that this is thick enough to pour on my pancakes. Get yourself a plate full of this stuff and drink it.
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Hanks Fruit Punch |
Can you say sweet? This has some fruit tang to it also. It is a different fruit punch taste that reminds me of the Rum Jungle, catamaran ride I was on… maybe it needs rum?
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Holy zip bang batman. This made my face pucker. An extreme contrast from hanks orange. I wonder what fruit was making all that zip…it sure the hey wasn’t the orange.
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Hanks Orange Cream Soda |
CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE(PRESERVATIVE), FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN, YELLOW #6, RED #40, BROMINATED SOYBEAN OIL AND BHA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR) | No Pic | Have I mentioned how smooth this stuff is? Very tasty indeed. Even the small disc of ice that floated up from the bottom of my frosty mug was pure popsicle enjoyment.
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Not as good as many of the other Hank products that I have consumed. When I think of orange cream, I think of those ice cream bars that are so awesome. This was close but not quite on.
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Hanks Orange Soda |
CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, SODIUM BENZOATE(PRESERVATIVE), ACACIA, ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN, YELLOW #6, RED #40, BROMINATED SOYBEAN OIL AND BHA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR) | First sip makes the jaw muscles ache as the great orange flavors whisks across your tongue. A six pack of this is not going to last long! Good stuff Maynard!
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A little short on the fizz factor. The word orange drink comes to mind. I believe an orange soda would have a little more umph to it.
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| Henry Weinhards Orange Cream | |||||
| IBC Black Cherry | |||||
| Joe Worlds Kay Koola | Cherry Formula 44 anyone? First whiff of the stuff anyway. The label says “Refreshingly Different” and if that is what you are looking for, that is what you will get. I musta been looking for something else.
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The label says "Surprisingly refreshing". I say "unsurprisingly just another bottle of liquid cotton candy flavored sugar water with red dye #5" The label also informs us that it is not a significant source of fiber. I did not need to be told this. I'm guessing that it's not a significant source of good taste either.
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| Love Potion 69 | CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, HERBAL BLEND consisting of Siberian ginsing, jasmine, buchu, dill weed, ginko bilboa, clove, echineacea, damiana, kola nut, dongquai, (angelica) , brazilian guarana, gotu kola, aftican capsicum, chamomile, red#40, SODIUM BENZOATE (A PRESERVATIVE),. | The aroma was enticing, the after taste was gut wrenching. Now, I have had the purple LP69 and it was good, this pink stuff was plain nasty. There are enough ingredients in this soda to kick start a 3 day dead llama. I finished my mug, even though Jeff was grimacing and reaching for file 13. |
OK so Loren walks up to me with this big ol frosty mug of “what the hey is this pink colored crap”? If this is a love potion, then I would not want to taste their hate potion. In a nutshell…pink colored carbonated pickle juice! |
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| Moxie Cherry Cola | Flat, bland and a total lack of fizzy fuzzy. It still tastes like it came from a cough syrup formula. Is it supposed to warm my throat like one?
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| Mystic Seaport Lemon Cream | |||||
| Nehi Orange | Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, citric and phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate (preservative), gum acacia, ester gum, natural and artificial flavors, yellow 6, red 40 and yellow 5 | Not your supermarket orange soda, nothing spectacular either. Great scent and belch factor! The flavor was a bit candy like and I felt it could use more of an orange boost.
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Is this diet orange drink? I don’t remember reading that. If children’s chewable aspirin came in a diet liquid form, I’m thinking that it would taste like this stuff.
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| Old Brooklyn Orange Soda | |||||
Pirates Keg Key Lime |
Carbonated water, sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, sodium benzoate, natural and artificial flavor, gum Arabic, glycerol ester of wood rosin, brominated vegetable oil, color | At a loss for words here… what the hell is wood rosin, glycerol of aunt ester doing in a soda? Anyway, it tastes fairly odd, and that about sums it up.
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Well it is just as the label says. And to be frank with you I really don’t care too much for the taste of lime nor keys for that matter. I give it one originality mug and one sympathy mug
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| Pirates Keg Orange Cream | |||||
Root 66 Black Cherry |
Carbonated water, pure cane sugar, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, red 40 and blue 1 | It is the kind of black cherry that makes your jaw muscles sing with joy as they begin to hurt. Dang good flavor, dang good scent, dang good drinking.
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Purple sugar bubbles with a hint of tasteless burp water. A poorly flavored soda with a catchy name. Let’s add another “6” and call it devil water. |
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| Sprecher Orange Dream | Holy Overpowering Orange Batman! The only thing more orange potent than this is one of those Ka-Pow cleaners on TV!
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Strongggggggggg…I’ll take a Sprecher Orange with a vodka chaser. Instructions should read…1 bottle makes 3 gallons.
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| Sprecher Ravin Red | |||||
| Stewarts Black Cherry | Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavor, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preservative), caramel color, red 100 and blue 1 | Dark burgundy color, good initial taste. It goes flat fast in the taste and carbonation area. Not quite a mid-range soda but it looks very colorful in a mug!
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Stewarts seems to have that good ‘Good ‘Ol drug store soda flavor that doesn’t exist anymore because corporate America has pushed all the mom and pop pharmacies out of business. And I like the fizz factor too.
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| Stewarts Grape Soda | Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavor, tartaric acid, sodium benzoate (preservative), citric acid, red 40, gum acacia, blue 1 | Wow, as it was poured into the mug, the foam was BLUE! Speaking of blue, have you ever had that carnival cotton candy that was blue? That is what best describes the taste of this grape soda.
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The taste though a tad tart on the tongue, tends to tingle a tantalizing taste tremendously true. To tell you that it tasted terrible would be telling a tall tale.
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| Stewarts Key Lime | |||||
| Stewarts Peach Soda | Zip-zang-zowie! Not at all what I expected it to be. Great flavor, good carbonation, out of the ordinary taste. Chug one, belch in your office and people will wonder where the airfreshner is at.
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Sharp taste that makes you pucker at first. The after taste is acceptable and even somewhat enjoyable. I would drink it when I’m tired of drinking the same ol’ shizzle fizzle.
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| Thomas Kemper Orange Creme | Brings out the orange burplies hicely. Good flavor, more on the sweet side.
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A little too “sugary” tasting for this sea otter. It has something in it that bumps up the belch factor but nothing to make the flavor flashy. |
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