Favourite brands of soda pop!

[judd]

 

I've found this tin sign listed several times on ebay, but can't come across any bottles for Popeye soda.  Does anyone have any info on this beverage, and has anyone ever seen a bottle ?  I was wondering if this was a real beverage or a made up item just for the sign, so I'd know if I'm wasting my time searching for an old bottle.

   

I did a bit of research on the Popeye soda.  Bottom line is nobody knows for sure.  A collector does have a metal Popeye bottle cap but no bottles have been discovered yet even amoung serious Popeye or soda bottle collectors.  There is a cardboard sign for the soda which may or may not be fake.  That sign has been reproduced and sold as magnets and tin signs onb ebay.  It's possible a Popeye soda was produced for a very short time.  Most likely if it was real the labels were paper and may be all gone.

antique-bottles.net has a long thread about the subject of the Popeye bottle.

[CreepysFan]

   

  Thanks Judd.  I've been to antique-bottles.com before trying to find out if this really existed, but couldn't find a definitive answer there.  The paper label theory makes sense, which makes all evidence probably long gone.  The picture on the sign kinda supports the paper label concept.  Guess this is one bottle I should give up on. 

[Hepcat]

Soda pop was typically sold in painted label bottles for the first part of the 20th century quite simply because the bottles were most often sold out of ice water coolers in places such as convenience stores and gas stations until the mid sixties. Paper labels would have had the tendency to come off and float away in the water.

[Flower]

I never saw Donald Duck soda but I wish that I had a bottle ...





http://www.angelfire.com/tn/traderz/donald.html

[Sean]

As I am a diabetic, I have been forced into the realm of diet sodas.  They are MUCH better tasting now---------and actually the better ones are my preferred sodas.  Anyone who drinks even just 2  cans per day that wants to drop 300+ calories from your daily intake the SUPER EASY way, simply switch to the better diet sodas.

You'd be crazy not to.  Remember, cutting 500 calories per day for 1 week= 1 pound weight loss (all other things being equal).  I have dropped about 30 pounds in the last 2 1/2 years by doing nothing different essentially than cutting out sugar.  And I am NOT in the age group where weight loss should be easy (mid 40s).

Anyway, Coke Zero and Pepsi Max are the best colas.  MUCH better than Diet Coke & Diet Pepsi to me.

My favorite?  Diet Sunkist Orange.  Sprite Zero is also excellent.

[CreepysFan]

   

Man, is this still around ?  I've never seen this before but I would love to try it, as long as it's a classic bubble gum flavor and not fruity.  Any info anyone ?

   

[Scatter]

Man, that WOULD be an interesting taste test!

[Hepcat]

I've come to really like Barq's root beer -it has a real bite to it. Plus, there's no nasty phosphorus in it (which sadly Coke does have).

I had a recollection of not liking Barq's Root Beer when I tried it last but that had been quite some time ago. Well I bought another bottle last week and reconfirmed that I don't like it. It think it has a very unpleasant undertaste/aftertaste.

[Moonshadow]

I had a recollection of not liking Barq's Root Beer when I tried it last but that had been quite some time ago. Well I bought another bottle last week and reconfirmed that I don't like it. It think it has a very unpleasant undertaste/aftertaste.

Hep, that's how I feel about Mug's root beer. Ah well, different body chemistries, different preferences!

[Hepcat]

Muggs tastes pretty boring to me. A & W is my favourite. I used to really like Frostie Root Beer but I haven't tasted any in decades so I'll defer making any pronouncements on Frostie for the time being.

[Flower]

I had Polar Root Beer for the first time over this past weekend and really liked it .. 

http://www.polarbev.com/PRODUCTS/PolarProducts/tabid/55/Default.aspx

[MDG]

I always see the giant bear outside of Polar HQ when I'm driving to Maine.

[CreepysFan]

   

  This is an interresting werewolf can, but candy corn flavored soda has got to be nasty.

   

[Moonshadow]

here's a related question for everyone:Do you prefer fountain soda or canned or bottled?  I find fountain soda can either be the very best, or terrible, depending on how it is mixed and carbonated. I prefer a glass bottle over a can.

[Mcdee]

A Great Lemon Pop .....GINI...and my Favorite Tahiti Treat...can't find either of these anymore 
Mcdee