Favorite Discontinued Sodas

Re:Favorite Discontinued Sodas (Candacerae)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:43:58 GMT

Favorite? Had to be either Choc-ola or 3V Cola. Used to get both, plus Nehi grape, growing up in downstate Illinois, 1960's. LOVED Choc-ola. Non carbonated and great taste. 3V was a lot like Coke, not Pepsi. Tart and really good cold, straight from the bottle. Yum.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (Candacerae)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:40:41 GMT

Wow. I forgot about Upper 10. I think my parents used that as a mixer, too (1960's)

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (David_NYC)

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:15:13 GMT

WITS:
Were you referring to the sodas sold at Stewarts Shops:
http://www.stewartsshops.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=191

or the sodas from the off shoot of the Stewart Drive-In restaurant chain:
http://www.drinkstewarts.com/
?

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (wheels in the sky)

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:22:13 GMT

How about Stewerds soda from upstate N.Y. great soda in clear glass bottles. Orange and Rootbeer were Awsome

Re:Favorite Discontinued Sodas (harriet1954)

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:35:59 GMT

I replied a few years ago, but only posted an internet picture of it, which has since turned into a red "X". Anyway - Frank's Black Cherry Wishniak. Anyone from the Philadelphia area who liked it understands! Any Frank's soda was good.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (Heartbreaksoup)

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:05:09 GMT

I had that Cheerwine milkshake and it was really good, very much how I remembered them with Budwine:

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (Heartbreaksoup)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:36:18 GMT

You can still find Upper 10 in Columbus, GA. Two years ago, I went to a Chinese restaurant kind of in the sticks that had an RC fountain with those two sodas.

Like Ort. and others, I surely do miss Budwine. The Dairy Queen on Oak Street in Athens used to serve up Budwine milkshakes. I'm going to try and replicate the taste by taking a can of Cheerwine over to the DQ near me today and confusing the poor girl behind the counter with my very odd request!

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (Kaatje Koets)

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:48:11 GMT

gwynnen

I wish I could even find a picture of a Purple Passion can.

Just found a picture of a purple passion can over here: http://www.inthe70s.com/f...assionsoftdrink0.shtml

Enjoy (even though it's only visual)!

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (High Springs Gator)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:58:50 GMT

Funktron

Well, Squirt is still around---but the fact is, back in the late 60's and early 70's, the taste was different. Back then, maybe it was cane sugar instead of corn syrup or maybe it was some other ingredient difference---but Squirt from that era was king of the pops for me---perfectly carbonated with a light grapefruit flavor and just the right sweetness/sour calibration. I think 7-Up of that era was better too. Nehi made some great flavors and RC Cola was good stuff.

I preferred Squirt when you could get it in a glass bottle.

Re:Favorite Discontinued Sodas (That'sMyDawg)

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:56:39 GMT

Riku The Surfer

Anybody have that one soda that you always loved and then one day while searching for it...it's gone.

Mine...is the great blast of citrusy goodness SURGE. God I loved that stuff. Granted Coke made Vault which is alright I guess...but it's way too Sprite-y for my memory of "FEED THE RUSH".

So anyone else have a favorite soda that's now in the graveyard?

I know this is an old thread but had to leave my .02 when I came to it.

My favorite drink in the world 15 or 20 years ago was Crystal Pepsi. I loved it from the first sip, it also looked like water, "clear". Besides the "clear" look it had a sweeter taste and a little different recipe than normal Pepsi. I bought this soda by the case full at the time and thought it would last 4ever. Pepsi screwed up by changing the recipe and making a newer Pepsi shortly after the Crystal Pepsi came out but the new clear was a citis clear drink and it tasted horrible although it was still clear looking. Soon after there was no more Crystal Pepsi at all. I would guess (not sure) Crystal Pepsi was only around for a few years at most and this was about 15 or 20 years ago. Anyway, I miss that Crystal Pepsi and wish they would bring back the original Crystal Pepsi. I still have an un opened bottle of it to this day in hopes it would become valuable. It never has as of yet and I saw quite a few on ebay (as of 5 or so years ago anyway) Year after year I was tempted to open and taste it, I have had it for 15 years or so but I have a feeling it would smell and taste horrible after so long even though it is air tight.

Regular Pepsi is my favorite soft drink but Pepsi Clear was the best! Old commercial Crystal Pepsi Commercial

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (RKB)

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:47:54 GMT

Growing up outside Cincinnati in the 50's/60's, Barq's Root Beer, grape, red creme soda, and orange all came in extra-large glass bottles - seemed like they were at least 12oz if not larger. They still make the RB and creme soda but it's a far cry from the original, probably that corn syrup thing, although the bottle had something to do with it too...

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (mayor al)

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:26:27 GMT

My Dad used to mix Upper 10 with his Bourbon for his evening "Highball" before dinner. I guess today's version would be "7 and 7". When I would sneak some of his Upper 10 (glass quart bottles) I found it to be a bit more tart and fizzy than 7-Up.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (WVCitySlicker)

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:47:48 GMT

My favorite was Upper-10 distributed by RC, haven't seen it since the early 80's.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (rdriver60)

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:42:46 GMT

I loved BudWine and was hoping that it was still in production . Now I'm sad...

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (madison66)

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:42:14 GMT

Almond Smash is available in 2 ltr. bottles at the Mars grocery store in Lutherville, MD. I have also recently found Almond Smash at Baltimore area Walgreens stores.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (harriet1954)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:52:45 GMT

Only the flavor in the middle, and it was always out of the bottle. It tasted better.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (ynotryme)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:38:31 GMT

"Ramblin Root Beer" a Coke product that was replaced when they bought Barg's.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (David_NYC)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:13:29 GMT

Jones chocolate fudge soda is discontinued. At least Jones keeps a list of discontinued flavors on their web site:
http://www.jonessoda.com/files/products-retired.php

Note the comments on the left hand side of the web page from former customers of the discontinued flavors.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (Jeep2000)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:47:27 GMT

I've been looking for Jones chocolate soda for a couple of years now in central Illinois.
I swear Canfield's used to make a chocolate soda, too, but all they have around here is the diet chocolate version.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (senor boogie woogie)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:48:18 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo_%28soft_drink%29

One of my favorite drinks as a kid was Rondo, a lemon flavored soft drink. According to the Wiki article, it was made in the late 70s and early 80s, but does not explain why it went away, or what soft drink company made the stuff.

Senor

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (drpep)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:05:59 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by tiki
Also--just saw Grapette in Walmart the other day---wasn't in the classic small bottles--but in a can--figured it was probably only Grapette in Name Only--but next time i see it i will give it a try.

One of the Food Channel shows had a feature on Grapette. It is only sold at Wal-mart and the syrup for the drink is still made by Grapette. Supposedly it is the authentic formula. Wal-mart also sells Orangette.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (rmcielwain)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:28:04 GMT

Ours here didn't even have it on the shelves to begin with, but that's typical of Buffalo Rock, the
Pepsi distributor for this area: because of previous agreements, they bottled 7-UP & Sunkist instead
of Sierra Mist (although they finally made the switch last year) & Slice.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (lb1xxxx)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:13:06 GMT

YES!! I remember that. They had Grape and some kind of Cherry or something. Not for nothing, but it was HORRIBLE. It was branded as Pepsi-One Slice. YUCK!!

I bought it once. When I went back to Wal-Mart they didn't even have in on the shelves anymore. Guess I wasn't the only one that thought it was nasty

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (rmcielwain)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:20:42 GMT

7-UP Gold: still have an unopened 10-oz bottle (right here next to the laptop as I type this) that
I picked up in 1988 at a Kroger in Sidney, Ohio, on my way home to Florida.

And as for Slice, about a year ago, Wal-Mart was featuring diet versions in their fliers (although
not at all their locations) - the closest I might be able to find it would be in Tallahassee &
points east....

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (tiki)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:26:32 GMT

About Clicqout Club--- i grew up in Millis Ma where it was made---great sodas---and not just for mixers-they had a full line of flavors that were all made with cane sugar and natural flavors and TWP ginger ales--Pale Dry--the classic High ball mixer--and James Bonds mixer of choice by the way---and Golden Ginger Ale---fuller---more ginger beer like and wonderful. I worked in the plant as a kid---used to unload rail cars full of returned glass bottles. BTW--they were the first bottlers to put soda in cans!for a bit of history of the company---check this out http://www.clicquotclubcafe.com/History.htm

Also--just saw Grapette in Walmart the other day---wasn't in the classic small bottles--but in a can--figured it was probably only Grapette in Name Only--but next time i see it i will give it a try.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (retfrogof4)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:15:28 GMT

back in the 60's in the baltimore area there was a cola named DIXI that came both in bottles(short, stubby ones) and cans. haven't seen it in years.
it even had a radio slogan "shout out for DIXI- Dixi cola"

is it still around anywhere? same with Suburban Club Beverages.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (marky)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:10:36 GMT

MY FATHER TOOK ME TO KATZS DELI ON DELANCEY ST. HOT PASTRAMI ON RYE DR, BROWNS DIET CELRAY IT DOESNT GET BETTER

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (lb1xxxx)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:02:55 GMT

I miss Mello Yellow (another Mountain Dew ripoff), Crystal Pepsi, Hoffman Sodas, Vigor Sodas, all the Nehis, Pepsi-Light.

Also, does anyone else remember Apple Slice? Grape Slice? 7-Up Gold?

To add to another poster's comment about Diet Mountain Dew Code Red not being available in NY: It's not available in NJ either. It IS, however, available in Florida. I was shocked when I saw it last year. They have that there and the Tropicana Sugar Free Fruit Punch. Only the Orangeade and Lemonade are available in NJ. ;(

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (uncledaveyo)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:22:52 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by jockey52

Anyone remember Ki-Ora ? it was nominally a New Zealand product, fruity/creamy flavours as I recall - whether bottled in NZ or merely licensed to Canada I don't know, but it was distributed in Central Canada somtime in the late 60's/early 70's.

"I've come to sell ki-ora, tastes like ice cream soda, without the ala-moda, or the ice cream soda jerk..."

I truly thought I was the only person to remember this.

RE: Favorite Discontinued Sodas (leethebard)

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:33:59 GMT

I agree...about coke with cane sugar from poster twinwillow...
All these sodas would be great if today makers used real cane sugar against the horrible "corn syrup" BAN CORN SYRUP!!!!!!