Anyone like "premium" soft drinks?

[RedAngie]

My parents operated a restaurant back in the 80s. They switched from Coke to Pepsi because the delivery/setup guy for the Coke bottler managed to spray syrup all over the kitchen. This was before bagged syrup in boxes. It came in metal canisters.

The strange thing was back before Pepsi had a lemon-lime soda, and what they had was Bubble Up.

Those metal canisters were a pain to connect and they weighed a ton. It was much easier when bag-in-box post mix syrup came out, especially the 2.5 gallon size.

I think Pepsi's lemon-lime soda was called Teem. It was discontinued when Slice came out. After that was Sierra Mist when Slice was discontinued.

 

[RedAngie]

On rare occasions I buy Stewart's Orange Creme or Key Lime soda. Or Boylan's. I suppose those might be considered specialty or premium.

 

[bcla]

I think Pepsi's lemon-lime soda was called Teem. It was discontinued when Slice came out. After that was Sierra Mist when Slice was discontinued.

I looked up what Teem was, and that might have been discontinued before my parents shifted their supplier. Bubble Up wasn't a Pepsi product, but I think it was just what the local bottler supplied to accounts if they wanted a lemon-lime soda. Our local Pepsi bottler also distributed this weird drink called "Belfast Sparkling Cider". My Chinese-American friends said it was standard on the table at many Chinese restaurants, even if the customer didn't really want it. You basically had to pay for it if it was opened.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I like Zevia soda

 

[Poohforyou]

I rarely drink soda and almost never regular soda as I don't like to drink calories. That said, we have a Stewart's Root Beer stand not too far from us and maybe once a summer we stop there. I always get a fountain birch beer. So good and brings back wonderful childhood memories.

We have a few breweries around here that brew root beer sometimes. It's good but much stronger than anything sold commercially.

 

[ImprovGal]

It is very rare that I drink a sugar-sweetened soda, but I do have a weakness for premium ginger beer. I absolutely love Seattle's Rachel's Ginger Beer, but fortunately I live on the east coast so it's definitely a special occasion sip for me. The Trader Joe's triple ginger brew is seasonal one I try to keep on hand for cravings, but their year-round brewed ginger beer will do in a pinch. Both are definitely sweeter than the Rachel's, though.

 

[bcla]

It is very rare that I drink a sugar-sweetened soda, but I do have a weakness for premium ginger beer. I absolutely love Seattle's Rachel's Ginger Beer, but fortunately I live on the east coast so it's definitely a special occasion sip for me. The Trader Joe's triple ginger brew is seasonal one I try to keep on hand for cravings, but their year-round brewed ginger beer will do in a pinch. Both are definitely sweeter than the Rachel's, though.

Have you tried Reed's?

 

[ChrisFL]

I love IBC Root Beer

 

[ImprovGal]

Have you tried Reed's?

I like Reed's Extra Ginger, but TJ's normally costs less.