Favourite brands of soda pop!

[CreepysFan]

   

Hep, that was a great tribute to probably all our childhoods.  Great story.  Never saw any Faygo's in the stores when I grew up, so I grew up mostly on Orange Crush and Pepsi.  In my teens I used to grab Mr. Pibb every so often, but have never found it again in my adulthood.  The Icee machine was almost as much a part of summer as soda was.

[twilitezoner]

I actually prefer bottles (glass not plastic) to cans. Even to this day at Family reunions and parties my Uncle's will get root beer in a keg. You have not had root bear until you had it out of a keg.

[Hepcat]

Never saw any Faygo's in the stores when I grew up, so I grew up mostly on Orange Crush and Pepsi.

It's a regional brand centered around Detroit. To my knowledge it wasn't exported to southwestern Ontario until the seventies and then only on a haphazard basis. It's currently being dumped in cans and family size plastic bottles in the Toronto market at very attractive prices indeed.

In my teens I used to grab Mr. Pibb every so often, but have never found it again in my adulthood.

Interesting! I was wondering whether Mr. Pibb was still around. Mr. Pibb was a brand launched by the Coca-Cola company to target Dr. Pepper drinkers. To my knowledge it was never sold in Canada.

Even to this day at Family reunions and parties my Uncle's will get root beer in a keg. You have not had root bear until you had it out of a keg.

They must have to order the kegs through the distributor because I can't see kegs being sold in retail stores. What kind of root beer?

[twilitezoner]

Well that's what they had in PA was distributors. Not sure what the brand was I'll have to check into that..

[Tor]

I prefer V8 juice or mixed fruit juice, though I'll enjoy a ginger ale and a birch beer a few times a year.   



Tor

[CreepysFan]

   

  Orange Crush IS my version of fruit juice.

[Hepcat]

Yes! You and I appear to be on the same page.

[Sean]

Diet Sierra Mist Cranberry

[Scatter]

Well, Faygo definitely made it to Connecticut in the 70s, because I drank gallons of the stuff. And I can still find it down here in the Nether Regions at Dollar Tree stores. As for Mr Pibb, we still have that here as well, so it's alive and kickin'!

Man Hep, what would you give to have that incredible soda machine in your living room?? I love that thing!

[Hepcat]

I've always wanted a pop vending machine for the kitchen myself. And they are available from companies such as this one:

Pop Vending Machines

Three problems though:

1. Space. They're as big as refrigerators.

2. Shipping costs. They're bulky and really heavy. You're best to try to find one locally.

3. It's tough to find the bottles with which to stock them. Refillables are basically a thing of the past so that you would have to stock your machine with he premium sodas sold in long-neck bottles e.g. Jones and Dad's Root Beer.

[CreepysFan]

   

Man, I would give my brother's right arm to have one of those vintage soda machines.  Those are beyond awesome and cool.

[Zombiology]

You have not had root bear until you had it out of a keg.

Totally agree.  Years ago we went to a local bar to get an empty keg (this was in high school) and then drove over to the local A&W.  Walked up to the window and said filler up.  Got back to a friend's basement, let it age 24 hours, slapped on Zappa's Freakout and couldn't believe the taste a wooden keg could add.

[Hepcat]

   

Man, I would give my brother's right arm to have one of those vintage soda machines.  Those are beyond awesome and cool.

The ones I like the best are the squaretops from the early sixties where you would select the bottle you wanted and pull it out sideways.

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

One of the old, original A&W restaurants still exists here in Louisville, KY. It's way out in the middle of nowhere on Dixie Hwy, and it's the only one I know of where they still make their own rootbeer on the premises and store it in a wooden barrel that you can get directly from a tap.

[CreepysFan]

   

That's EXACTLY the model I would choose.