Cheerwine

Re:Cheerwine (CCinNJ)

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:47:25 GMT

Cheerwine is sold at the oodles of Brother Jimmy's BBQ locations throughout NYC.

Re:Cheerwine (MellowRoast)

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:01:58 GMT

I didn't care for it initially, but when it formed slushy ice crystals in my ultra-cold fridge, I thought it tasted absolutely sensational. That's how I drink it now and love it!

Re:Cheerwine (Wabbit)

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:41:57 GMT

I am lucky to live in a cheerwine friendly area. BR , It is hard to describe the taste , but that is how I describe it. The cookout restaurant chain yup its a chain now and getting bigger has a cheerwine float. and there really good. and Scorereader Yum Yum's its still great!

Re:Cheerwine (semperfimom)

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:10:53 GMT

We just discovered Cheerwine this last May in Tennessee. We're planning a trip to North Carolina in November and going to bring back a few cases with us home to Michigan!

Re:Cheerwine (Tony Bad)

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:16:42 GMT

Cheerwine and dark rum (I like Myers's) is a good combo!

Re:Cheerwine (tcrouzer)

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:48:54 GMT

Now I'm craving a Cheerwine float!

Re:Cheerwine (HaydenFennell)

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:12:44 GMT

Yeah, I really don't mind HFCS all that much, but I understand the aversion. There's just a sort of dryness or lightness that comes with natural sugar that you don't get with corn syrup. I feel like HFCS tends to leave things a little bit too heavy, especially when used in unnecessarily large quantities.

Re:Cheerwine (ann peeples)

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:43:42 GMT

Good to know! We only like cane sugar in soda.

Re:Cheerwine (HaydenFennell)

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:09:06 GMT

I live in South Carolina, so Cheerwine is a pretty common thing around here. I'm a fan of the stuff, myself, but you have to be careful about which "containment method" you choose. Cheerwine actually uses a slightly different formula tailored to each bottling/canning method, with glass bottles using natural cane sugar instead of HFCS. The glass bottles are the only way to go, in my opinion. The cane sugar really lends a light, crisp flavor to the drink, especially when it's super cold.

Re:Cheerwine (BR)

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:20:45 GMT

I had it once in Carolina. It reminded me of Cherry Dr Pepper.

Re:Cheerwine (leethebard)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:39:34 GMT

We went to Cracker Barrel while traveling Saturday, and thanks to hipsterr006's tip above, looked for Cheerwine...and they had TWO 4 packs in the 12 oz bottles..the classic made with sugar...so after 66 years,I got to taste my first Chyeerwine. It was great...like some have said, like black cheery...tasty and refreshing. Thanks to all who helped make this possible, Our Cracker Barrel is in New Jersey, so if we had it, I'm sure most others do too. Give it a look...Sold them for $1.09 a bottle...not cheap,but worth it so as not to be a Cheerwine virgin anymore!!!

Re:Cheerwine (mr chips)

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:31:11 GMT

You can get it at Pine state Biscuits here in Portland, a place reviewed favorably in the 500 things book.

Re:Cheerwine (Glenn1234)

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:25:59 GMT

It's in a few grocery stores in northern VA. In addition to 12-oz cans and 2-liter plastic bottles, the Wegman's store also has it in the old fashioned glass "coke bottle"-type bottles. Those are the only way to go! It makes it twice as good (to me). Available in those old fashioned 12-oz glass bottles in both regular and diet. $18.99 for a case of 24 of the glass bottles at Wegmans in Sterling, VA.

Glenn

Re:Cheerwine (HOP)

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:08:24 GMT

We live in Missouri and the only place to get it is at Cracker Barrel( thank goodness !). I have some relatives who live in North Carolina and they're the ones who turned us on to Cheerwine. My niece and I just love it !

The bottles of Cheerwine are sweetened with real cane sugar and this tastes the best. If you buy the cans online they are sweetened with corn syrup like most soda today.

Re:Cheerwine (phatphil)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:53:30 GMT

its made its way to publix here in west palm beach area and also in diet version

Re:Cheerwine (Rusty246)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:45:00 GMT

We JUST started selling it in stores here in Gainesville, FL, used to only see it at the indian run convienence stores. Just had my first one and not to down it but I don't see what's so great about it, tastes like Publix brand black cherry to me, just not as sweet.

Re:Cheerwine (Root-Beer Man)

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:53:53 GMT

deepfryerdan

I don't know if anyone around here has heard of this stuff but it's now being sold in middle-Tennessee. For the longest time you couldn't find it outside of North Carolina but Pepsi has picked up the bottling of it and are distributing it a bit farther than it's normal home.

Sucks for me though, I just moved back to Indianapolis and it's not sold here :(

Dan, you can get Cheerwine in Fishers, at their Do It Yourself Store, just off Allisonville Rd. For some reason they started carrying it recently, (along with other premium sodas). Worth the trip if you want to stock up! I've also heard that Cracker Barrel and Yats have had it on occasion. You could also take a roadtrip to Jungle Jim's in Cincy, if you're desperate, (we've done it about every 3 months for years).

Re:Cheerwine (mar52)

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:54:30 GMT

OMG! Was it Cracker Barrel?

Re:Cheerwine (chewingthefat)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:10:14 GMT

I sell it here in Emmitsburg Md., I get it from Surefire Distributors, also in Md.
Folks from the south nearly have fits when they see it!

Re:Cheerwine (mar52)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:11:23 GMT

I've been to Galco's in Highland Park. Very interesting assortment of sodas, but I felt like the place was dirty. It might not have been, but it felt that way.

I found Cheerwine in Texas. I forget where.

Re:Cheerwine (Scorereader)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:50:37 GMT

Cheerwine has made it's way to Northern, VA suburbs of DC, but not in MD - which is too bad, because I shop at the new Wegmans and Costco in MD (Woodmere).

The diet cheerwine tastes almost exactly like the regular. Just a little lighter on the tongue. Makes me happy, because, now, I control my carbs and with that, sugar.

I "discovered" Cheerwine at Yum Yum Better Ice Cream on Spring Garden St, in Greensboro, near UNCG. 2 all-the-way hots and a cheerwine (not diet) was my first experience. A scoop of ice cream for dessert. yup, it was Yum Yum!

Re:Cheerwine (hipster006)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:54:17 GMT

i have seen this for sale recently in the cracker barrel chain

Re:Cheerwine (tcrouzer)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:56:54 GMT

Cheerwine pairs nicely with pineapple juice to make a fruity punch and with a jar of maraschino cherries and a good homemade vanilla ice cream recipe makes a wonderfully different ice cream. With a couple of pounds of good Lexington barbecue and some slaw in the cooler, a case of Cheerwine makes a nice gift for my friends from college when I go to visit them up North.

Re:Cheerwine (Pea)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:48:43 GMT

There's a place in L.A. that sells all kinds of old timey sodas. It's called Galco's soda pop stop. I think they're on the web. This is where I found that Cheerwine comes in diet too!

Re:Cheerwine (ann peeples)

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:11:36 GMT

Always had to pick up a supply while in North Carolina. Glad its coming north, so to speak...

Re:Cheerwine (leethebard)

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:40:03 GMT

Not sold in the New York Metropolitan area...wish it was!!

Cheerwine (deepfryerdan)

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:55:20 GMT

I don't know if anyone around here has heard of this stuff but it's now being sold in middle-Tennessee. For the longest time you couldn't find it outside of North Carolina but Pepsi has picked up the bottling of it and are distributing it a bit farther than it's normal home.

Sucks for me though, I just moved back to Indianapolis and it's not sold here :(