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02/04/2007: New Article? Yes! About old soda!

There was a time, many, many years ago, when I wrote these things called “articles.” I was feeling nostalgic, so I decided, what the hey? Let’s use, a lot of commas, and see if it still feels, okay, to write articles.

Today’s feature chooses “eleven” as its arbitrary token number and examines “eleven” different soft drinks that are no longer with us, running the gamut from Surge to Strawberry Burst Pepsi and beyond. It’s my way of getting a return on the many thousands spent to amass a ridiculous collection of old, sealed soda cans.

I hope you find the article to your liking, because I gave up watching Wolf Creek to write it, and I really wanted to see that “head on a stick” part.

Good article. Josta was where it was really at back then. If I could bring back any soda it would be that one.

I’ve tried not to post if I don’t have anything to post, lately? How’m I doing?

I have two stories:
1. In eleventh grade chemistry one of our labs was to figure out what the hell made the bubble guys in Orbitz float around like that. The teacher kept his bottles of Orbitz safer than he kept the various acids in the room because he liked doing the lab so much and it’s nigh impossible to find.

2. The local grocery store had a free Surge dispenser for, like, five years. It was awesome.

I remember reading that Vault uses almost the same formula as Surge, only Vault has more caffeine than Surge did. The very first time I tried it I thought it was just like Surge.

Let’s see I liked Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue. Does that make me a Pepsi fanboy?

It warms my heart that, at least for a while, Heatmiser and Snowmiser had their own Pepsi variants. They could have used them to plug ‘em. That would have owned!!

Forgive my second post. Just as I placed a post on the last thread, I went back to the blog and found that a new thread had been published while I was preparing my comment on the last one. Oh, well. The weather is great where I live right now, very warm and sunny, so the soda theme seems very appropriate. I remember Crystal Pepsi(stank!), Pepsi Blue (liked), and Surge(kinda so-so). In case nobody reads my post on the last entry, why don’t we think of Valentine’s Day-themed episodes of 80’s/early 90’s tv shows? If he wants to, and if he hasn’t done so before, Matt could then write a review for one.

Heh, I read Tropical Chill Pepsi as Tropical Chili Pepsi at first. That would be one hellauva failure……

I guess I was in 9th grade when Surge first came out, and while it was wildly popular at first, soon rumors started spreading that the yellow dye they used was actually a spermicide and that drinking it would drastically lower your sperm count (I’ve heard these same rumors attatched to Mountain Dew, but never on the level that they were with Surge, at least locally).

Naturally, this rumor eventually evolved into “Surge causes shrinkage of your genitals”.

I absolutely hated Surge. and while I’m at it, I also hated Kick and Jolt and all those other fucking nerdy hacker drinks.

I swear Pepsi Clear tasted like soap. I remember being so excited to buy it and so disappointed to drink it.
I also remember watching Top Gun on VHS with the Pepsi commercial before the infomous Paramount intro. It was about this pilot that had a malfunction with his “Refreshment System” which would shoot a pepsi out between his legs. So instead of admitting defeat he inverted his plane and poured the drink via gravity into a coffee cup. Ah….the choice of a new generation. Good stuff.

Orbitz just plain stunk, and the gel balls didn’t help. It was like they couldn’t decide if they were a soda or a flavored water.

Pepsi Blue- This was actually pretty good, if you’re a fan of plain fruit sodas (strawberry, grape, orange. Also, does anyone know you can’t find diet fruit sodas like every other flavor?) in general. Heck, MD Livewire still exists, no reason why this can’t be brought back under a new name.

Surge- MD on steroids. This was good, but you were hyper after drinking it. Maybe parental backlash was the reason it doesn’t exist anymore. BTW, does Vault still exist? I tried it when it first came out. It wasn’t bad but I haven’t seen it for a long time.

Justin- Code Red still exists, at least around here it does. I haven’t heard anything about it being discontinued.

The Tropical Chill Pepsi brings back a very good childhood memory for me.
Sleeping in the backyard with the kiddie pool converted into the most awesome bed ever.
While the Strawberry Burst brings back a horrible one. Not traumatic, but not fun. Sitting in our old blazing hot Jeep herokee while my dad changed the tire in the parking lot of the world’s most ghetto ass shopping center.

Man, I wish I had saved some of the 11,000 Pepsi Cool Cans I bought back in the day. I’d be rich now!

Hah! I still have a bottle of Orbitz on my bookshelf. The floaters look like they’re starting to lose some cohesion, and the liquid is a bit more yellowy than it used to be, but otherwise it’s still in pretty good shape.

Surge and Jolt are the reason I’m alive today. They’re also the reason I’m going to have a massive heart attack at the age of thirty-two, but that’s all in the future. Oh, and Vault is still around so far as I know. I snag a bottle whenever I find myself at a gas station which lacks Jones Green Apple.

I tried Pepsi Fire when I was in Malaysia. It was so-so. When I travel abroad I always hit up a store to check out the soda and candy selection.

The rapper for the PEPSI COOL CANS was Young MC. I remember it well because there was a cash give away if you found the lucky cool can.
YOUNG MC to “Bust-a-move”: “Cool cans are coming so don’t be afraid and if you get lucky then you might get paid” Oooohhh yeahhh.

SURGE: Everywhere I went, SURGE was being given away. After school, the SURGE van. After the SMASHING PUMPKINS CONCERT, SURGE was there. After the old Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL game, SURGE was there and it was free! I even filmed a SURGE commercial for my high school T.V. production class.
Finally, I saw (but sadly did not buy) COKE II in college in Statesboro, GA (???)

Matt, Satan is still wondering if you’ll be his Valentine’s. He won’t relent until you give him an answer.

Man, Surge. I still can’t believe I ever put that into me, but it was middle school and I was willing to try any stupid “cool” thing that came down the pipe. (I had it for breakfast. The rest of that day was awesome.)

I make no such claims for Orbitz, as I was just suckered in by the awesome look of the thing. And does Coke Blak fall into this category yet? Because I don’t know anyone who’s ever bought the damn thing, and it’s certainly a dumb enough concept.

As soon as it gets approved, my original post will show. It will show you the glory that is American Surplus and Supply and the X-E classic The Fight for Pepsi Blue.

I should know better, two links automatically puts a post into the approval bin. Oh well.

I loved Surge. Maybe it was because it was so like Mountain Dew. (Which is still my favorite.) Yet it was different. Ah. I remember drinking it on vacation one year and playing a lot of air hockey with my cousin. I think I won every game. Good times.

Also Orbitz. I’m pretty sure we bought those at Target. Everything else I either never had or found terrible.

Forgive the double post but this is a topic I can relate to.
I’d like to also give another nod to the “Blue Raspberry taking over the world in 1991″. For those of you who weren’t around or don’t remember, truer words were never typed.

Secondly, is there a way to preserve unopened cans? I know my STAR WARS CANS *sigh* all burst open. Can it be done or do they have to be drained? Matt? Anyone?

i’m surprised the “holiday” pepsi isn’t on here. i think it was about 2 christmas’ ago? it had cinnamon and some other “holiday” spices in it as well.

i def. remember when pepsi blue came out….tasted and looked like windex to me!

Growing up in a town where there was NOTHING to do, a new soda was a huge event. We all loved Orbitz, and hated both Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue. Never had Surge where I live- bummer!

Went to a flea market today with only ten bucks…so, by the time I got to the table with the Star Wars and Thundercats toys, I couldn’t buy any! And they had an old school Lando…I might have to go back next week and buy him or Panthro.

Oh wow, a new article!!!! I was reading it while trying to watch the Super Bowl at the same time. Anyway, I got through the article but not all the photos were downloaded the first time so I had to click it on again to see all those cool cans! Well, it’s halftime and while I wait for Prince to have a wardrobe malfunction of some sort, I might as well put my two cents in.

Anyway, Matt, great article! I totally remember Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue. Surge sounds familiar, but I don’t recall if I ever drank it. Actually, Surge is not Coke’s first attempt to copy Pepsi’s Mountain Dew. Before that, they had Mello Yello which I swear was exactly like Mountain Dew. Anyway, I think some places up in Minnesota still carry Mello Yello, but I never noticed. Oh yeah, and does anyone remember Slice? That’s was Pepsi’s attempt to copy Sprite, but that’s what Sierra Mist does now. Actually, I do recall that 7UP and Sprite had different tastes but now they taste very similar. Anyway, back to the Blog entry.

All I can say on the sodas I mentioned was that I really did like all three of them. I thought Crystal Pepsi tasted just fine both in its original formula and when they added the citrus. I also liked Pepsi Blue very much. Okay, please excuse me but I was a dumb kid growing up. There was this soda that I used to drink that looked just hideous. The old bubble gum Hubba Bubba had a soda out called Hubba Bubba Cola. The liquid of all colors was PINK!!!! Now that I look back, I couldn’t imagine anyone looking at it let alone drink it but I drunk it…and I LIKED it!

Anyway, what ever happened to Jolt Cola? I know they have Jolt Gum but I haven’t seen the soda in a long time. I tried the Jolt treatment one time when I was cramming for finals in school. It never worked and I always ended up falling asleep anyway. Actually, when I drink Mountain Dew and/or Vault nowadays it still never keeps me up for any length of time. I always manage to fall asleep and all it does for me is make me piss a lot. I guess caffeine has a reverse effect on me or something.

Anyway, I better wrap this up because I can’t think of much else to say. I’m a bit pissed that AFN does not air any of the Super Bowl commercials and instead I have to sit through boring commercials about the military. Oh well, at least I get to see the cool commercials online. Hopefully downloading them with my connection won’t be too long. Anyway, once again, great article Matt! Hope you write another again very soon!

Oh, one other mention since someone mentioned Valentine’s Day. I guess it’s about time to unwrap and watch the old classic “Be My Valentine Charlie Brown” special on DVD. I myself don’t have any reason to celebrate Valentine’s Day (single, depressed, and living in Iraq, why would I need a miserable holiday like that), but I will always welcome an old Charlie Brown special into my viewing eyes any day! I need that space to fill between the Christmas and Easter specials so I figure Valentine’s Day will do just fine. Why couldn’t they do a St. Patrick’s Charlie Brown special? Anyway, I gotta go….

This article is exactly why X-Entertainment is my all-time favorite website. Thanks, Matt.

An actual article? Be still my heart–thanks, Matt! This is MUCH better than watching the Super Bowl.

I never tried Pepsi Blue because I have a rule against drinking liquid that looks like window cleaner. Unless its a Jones Soda. :9

Never knew Slice was gone…Mandarin Orange Slice was teh tasty! :9 Now my fave orange soda is Livewire.

I tried Coke Blak, it wasn’t bad. Tasted like a Coke that someone spilled a mocha into. Unfortunately my local gas station never got another shipment of it.

BJ - if you have too much caffiene, it does have the opposite effect. It can also make you pretty sick, too, if you keep trying to counter it with MORE caffiene. I did that with popping NoDoz and Dew once an hour when I was in military tech school. Wound up on my back for 2 days.

(wonders who else got mark!’s Ray Smuckles remark :D How’d you like the GOF?)

Ahh, yes, fond memories of Crystal Pepsi. I drank it fairly often, and I’ve always been more of a Coke person. Also liked that “Limited Edition” Holiday Spice Pepsi from a few Christmas seasons ago. My mom lived on the coffee-flavored Kona Pepsi in the mid-90s. HATED Pepsi Blue (I still think it looked and tasted like windshield wiper fluid). Slice wasn’t really much different than Sprite (or Sierra Mist, for that matter).

As for discontinued Coke, I only have very vague memories of New Coke and Coke II. Vanilla Coke was my favorite soda for many years; it still pops up in a few select places, usually in a soda fountain. I never tried Surge but do remember the can. I see Vault all over the place; the grocery store where I work sells it. I do remember seeing Jolt, but as with Surge, never tried it.

I’ve been waiting on pins and needles. Matt, did you get my Email or not? There’s been no reply yet.

Manimal, from what Steve Sansweet in the Star Wars Insider says, cans have to be drained eventually. He suggested putting a nail in the bottom, so then you don’t have to ruin the top by opening it. Hope that helps.
Wasn’t there a pink Dr. Pepper in 2003? Fusion, or something like that.

A couple of years ago, I was able to procure a full can of Coke II via eBay for under $10. I then did a taste test. The fact that I didn’t boot was satsifaction enough.

wow I know for a fact that I have actually drank surge, crystal pepsi, orbitz, and blue. I’m wondering if pepsi fire tasted like pepsi holiday spice. Orbitz was some of the grossest stuff I’ve ever tasted I remember for some reason having to pretty much chew those stupid ball things. However for some weird reason I miss pepsi blue because it was not so long ago that it was within my grasp.

Last year I had a drink that was like Orbitz with gigantism or elephantitus or a hydrocele -whatever medical condition that causes huge balls you wanna insert! I was thristy as hell and went to this Thai food place for a lemonade, and I saw this sign that said “add bubbles for $1!” Which I assumed meant carbonization. Instead, I got this drink with a 3/4 of an inch thick straw and black balls the size of Peanut M&Ms at the bottom! I sucked one up and it gummy bear-esque in consistancy and coconut flovored. WEIRD!!! It took me nearly an hour to drink the damn thing because of all the chewing! Highly suggested unless your highly thirsty!

I had a thought, “what if the powers of the internets could be appleid to 1-800-I-FEEL-OK?”

Here’s my answer:[URL=http://www.voicenet.com/~ntareski/ok/sounds.html]OK[/URL]
OK Soda sound bites, but they’re in Real Media, so I won’t touch them.

A) This tastes like rat poison.
B) How the holy hell did Pepsi manage to screw up the flavor of a BLUE LIQUID?

Dude, Matt, I have 2 unopened bottles of Vanilla Coke down my basement, why didn’t you mention this at all?!

And PLEASE tell me that the Pepsi Blue bottle was the same one from the Skeletor Pokemon Battle article!

Also, I spent the Super Bowl at the frat house, and good times were had. Sucks that Da Bears lost, but everyone snarked over the ads and halftime show (no more than 5 people said that Prince should be working at 7-11, and one said he should be scrubbing his toilet), and halfway through, it didn’t matter about the Colts winning, only to make sure that someone won money. (and it happened)

I’m watching Puppy Bowl III on Animal Planet right now, and god damn, it’s so hyopnotic!

Great seeing an article again! I’d like to see more. I remember all of them. I also remember enjoying Crystal Pepsi. I tried Surge once, made me choke. I was an avid Mountain Dew fan. You should mention Pepsi Kona if you do a follow up.

Another drink I’d like a mention of is something from Pepsi called Storm. I stopped drinking Mountain Dew when this came out, and when it dissappeared, I pretty much gave up soda. It tasted like a Slice or Sprite type drink, just it had extra caffiene. And predating the Red Bull & Vodka fad, I often enjoyed a mixture of Storm and Seagram’s 7 or Canadian Mist brands of blended whisky.

If you do a Part II to this article, I’d love to see you talk about the soda “Kick!” which was released around 1995. I Loved that Soda

Oh, and good call on “Josta”! Now that was a Great Soda. That was also released around 1995

I was in my room at the time and heard Best of You, and I ran out thinking it was the Foos–pissed that no one had even mentioned them playing Half Time–and found none other than the purple one.

What I heard of it wasn’t that bad. Or did he do Times Like These? Damn, I can’t remember.

Okay this is off topic..and if anyone has brought this up already i apologize in advance but…
I was at target today and i picked up a pack of CHOCOLATE flavored bubble yum…i havent tried it yet but it sounded so horrible that i just had to buy it. It seemed like something only other X-E readers would appreciate.

I spent a few years in Bosnia and Kosovo and on base there was all the Pepsi products one could drink for free. It was a little bit oh heaven in alot of hell.
They also gave us all the Lays chips we could eat as well. But they were strange flavors like Paprika and Frumage. Such a great thing but rendered useless. It was like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. Is she dead yet?

Is it odd that sometimes I love the headers as much as the articles themselves?
I tried that pink Orbitz way back when because I got suckered in by the cool factor, but I was just too grossed out to drink any after the first ball-filled sip. Maybe a straw would have helped. I believe I ended up keeping it on a shelf for awhile, along with the homemade “lava lamp” that consisted of an old school glass Gatorade bottle filled with colored water and vegetable oil. Please tell me I’m not the only one who made one of those.

Orbitz was really disgusting, but it was popular for like two weeks. You wanted everyone to SEE you with it, but it was essentially too disgusting to actually drink. It was a strange situation and there were no winners.

That said, I like Clearly Canadian. It always made me feel important when I was a kid and I would drink it from those giant glass bottles.

I never knew that they discontinued the Surge drink. Our local gas stations and grocery stores still sell it. Very Strange.

Hopefully someone can back me up on this, because if the drink really was discontinued in the 90’s then I need to notify someone.

Seriously I am not even joking, does anyone live near me? I live in Dickson, Tennessee. It’s about 50 miles west of Nashville. I just got some the other day, I’ve always loved surge and Jolt and Vault and Amped and whatever other crazy ass thing there is.

I guess I only ever tried “Crystal by Pepsi” because the ones we bought always tasted citrusy and decidedly un-Pepsi like. I didn’t think Pepsi Blue tasted that bad, but in my book it always lost out to Dr. Pepper’s Red Fusion. Anyone remember that drink? And someone mentioned Vanilla Coke earlier…please don’t tell me that Vanilla Coke is dead! I love that stuff.

Hopefully someone can back me up on this, because if the drink really was discontinued in the 90’s then I need to notify someone.

It was discontinued around 2001 or 2002, I think. It had been slowly vanishing from store shelves and vending machines before that, but I think that’s when they officially stopped production. So the stores around you are selling soda at least 5 years old if they still have Surge.

Hopefully someone can back me up on this, because if the drink really was discontinued in the 90’s then I need to notify someone.

I don’t know if they’ve completely stopped production, but they did announce a couple of years ago that they were going to start phasing the drink out in the U.S. because after initially strong sales it slumped.

OK everybody, one of the worst old-school sodas ever from the 80’s was 7-Up Gold. This hideous witches brew looked like stale brandy and tasted like ginger ale and turpintine mixed! 7-Up Gold tasted about as bad a milking a Mexican rat for your cereal milk.

It’s not technically soda, but how about Seagram’s Golden Wine Cooler with Bruce Willis playing the guitar on the porch back in 1985? “It’s wet and it dry……My, my, my my!”

Don’t forget Quench, which tasted like a bad rip off of Squirt and Mellow Yellow. It even stole the can design. It was the poor man’s Mountain Dew

And someone mentioned Vanilla Coke earlierâ€¦please don’t tell me that Vanilla Coke is dead! I love that stuff.

Sadly, the Pure Vanilla stuff is. The pepsi version is incredibly hard to find yet I haven’t heard that it got discontinued, and it’s getting harder and harder to get either Lime version.

I fucking hated Coke Blak and I’m very shocked that it’s still on sale. I love Vault, it’s what’s keeping me alive right now. Good thing both my college & CVS have an enormous supply of it

I remember my brother came home once and said that he had tried Orbitz. “It’s like drinking your own chunks,” he said.

Whoever mentioned the “pink” Dr Pepper: Yes, it was called Fusion, but it was Red. It looked like Big Red, but it was Dr Pepper. Never tried it myself, so who knows what it taste like.

If anyone ever comes through Waco, you should go to the Dr Pepper museum…It’s pretty cool, and you can pick up Dublin Dr Peppers, which are bottled in Dublin, TX–the only bottling plant that still uses pure cane sugar instead of a substitute.

And please tell me I’m not the only person who has drunk “Big Peach?” It’s made by Big Red, but it’s pink and tastes like Peaches…

I’m surprised no one on here has mentioned TAB at all!!!! Probably because it was too disgusting to want to remember being a Sugar Free Diet Soda and all. However, as a little kid growing up in the 80s, I remember drinking TAB on a number of occasions. It’s funny because when I think about TAB, I think about a comment made by Writer/Producer Bob Gale on the Audio Commentary for the first Back to the Future movie on DVD. In the scene where Marty goes into the old Cafe in 1955 and he orders a TAB, Bob Gale explained that TAB was a diet drink popular in the mid-70s that by 1985 was pretty much in extinction. Every time I hear that comment, I have to shake my head and say, “No Bob, TAB was still very popular in the mid-80s because I drank TAB on a number of occasions during that period!” Also, I recall that the other comment was about Pepsi Free. Who can forget Pepsi Free. I remember when Pepsi came out with a Caffeine Free Pepsi. I take it it was just a new name and label for the Pepsi Free, but that sure didn’t last long now did it?

Anyway, does anyone remember a soda named Like Cola? I don’t recall if I ever tasted it but if I did I can bet it probably tasted a bit like RC Cola or New Coke for that matter. I also recall a diet soda called Diet Rite. I take it this was basically another Diet Pepsi because the two often confused me.

Okay, now a question I have to ask that yes, it’s related to soda. Does anyone know what company owns Dr. Pepper? I keep thinking it’s either Coca-Cola or RC Cola. I’ve seen them available both in Coca-Cola Vending Machines and RC Vending Machines. However, Coca-Cola has their own version called Mr. Pibb (or actually it’s Pibb Xtra now), so I was assuming it was RC Cola, which would explain the many number of RC Cola Vending Machines I’ve seen in Texas. However, I think it’s probably independent of all the sodas because I believe it’s owned by the Dr. Pepper company. I think I just answered my own question.

Anyway, I thought I had another soda to mention but I guess I either forgot it, or only had this stuff to tell. So, I am going to end this blog by asking if anyone remembers any of the old slogans they used to use for soft drinks. I can remember quite a few Pepsi slogans. Everything from “The Choice of a New Generation” to “Gotta Have It” to “Everything else is a Pepsi” and “Pepsi Generation” and “Pepsi: Generation NeXt.” There’s one I remember for Diet Coke: “Just For the Taste of It: Diet Coke!” Coca-Cola had “Coke Is It” and when they brought back the original formula from the disastrous New Coke test. “Coca-Cola Classic: You Can’t Beat the Real Thing!” Finally, there’s my favorite: “Always Coca-Cola!” I bet I can think of a few more but these are the ones that come to my mind the most. Of course, what better way to end it than with the old Ray Charles slogan for Diet Pepsi, which is how I’m going to end this blog: “You Got The Right One Baby, UH-HUH!”

By the way, does anyone remember the Saturday Night Live spoof on Crystal Pepsi: Crystal Gravy?

I miss Pepsi Blue! I was so in love with the stuff that I was distinguished from the other Drew in my workplace based on my constant intake… what a horror it is no more. Good thing I’ve shirked the soda addiction, my body thanks me.

And for the record, clearly canadian is still alive and kicking strangely flavored sodas around… although I haven’t seen anything of theirs in years.

I havn’t memorized every entry on this blog, but has nobody mentioned Jolt! Cola yet? Twice the sugar, twice the caffiene. It was great. However, the MTV Half Hour Comedy Hour with Greg Proops taught me a drink that put Jolt to shame. It is called “Diet Crack” or AKA “Bastard Cousin”. You mix Strawberry Quik, Coke (the soda), and Pixie Stix together. I had a diabolically insane sugar rush for ten minutes followed by me being keel-over puking sick the next hour.

MAN!!! that brings back some memories. 1-800-IFEELOK was probably my most dialed number as a kid. I miss that bottom of the barrel mix of coca-cola brand sodas. everytime you bought a bottle it would be a different color. I remember trying to decipher which soda we were tasting. ahhh good times. I miss being a kid and having a complete disregard to the health of my teeth. though, I don’t think I tried most of the sodas on that list. I do remember, Coke 2 or new Coke, something like that, where coke pulled ALL the originals off the shelves in stores because they KNEW that this new product was going to kick ass. Welp… pepsi can thank coke for making one of the most unreal marketing decisions ever for their success. I don’t think they’d really have much now if it wasn’t for cokes stupidity.

Just gotta say, woaahh.
This guy writes with the most incredible wit! In all honesty; I never thought I’d be interested in an article about SODA, of all things. Kudos Matt, you’ve proved me very wrong.

This is amazing. I love the depth this article went into, although I must admit I am a little bit worried for Matt’s health.

Personally, my only experience/obsession with a now departed soda is much more recent. I haven’t seen one since 2004, but boy do I miss dnL. You may have saw it for the .5 seconds that 7up thought it was a good idea. Oh man, that stuff was fruitylicious!

If you’re in the market for funky Pepsi, you’ve got to track down a Pepsi Kona. You also might want to look up Mr. Green. That stuff was not necessarily good, but for some reason I became addicted to it and went through withdrawal when they took it off the market.

Hey, what gives? JOSTA? It’s the flagship guarana marketing push! WHEREEEEE is the JOSTA review? I periodically dream about opening a bottle of this gift to mankind and wake up with a heartache as if someone had just shot my father and mother in front of me. Since Pepsi refuses to divulge the recipe for the magic elixir I defer to living vicariously through people that still have some and these wet dreams of life once lived.

Glad to see that this one is well received. For those asking, remember, I just picked eleven from my collection and made due. Judging by the response, I will most definitely be adding a Part II with many of the “WHY ISN’T THIS HERE?!” sodas mentioned in the comments. :) Yay, soda fun!

Man…lol, what a great article! It brought back a lot. I remember Orbitz — you could buy ‘em by the case at Big Lots, haha — I loved it, but it was…weird, y’know? The little jello-ish globs are what I remember the most; I always swore they tasted different.
And Pepsi Blue! OMG…I dunno about you, but that was my fave on the list (aside from Surge, of course). I, like, hunted that stuff down forever…I still miss it.
But yeah, Mr. Green, dnL, Jolt!…don’t forget those next round. All in all, though, brilliantly written article, totally made my day. Thanks!

Oh man. I remember Orbitz. I remember tasting the Lemon Raspberry flavour and absolutely loving. I had somehow found out that they were discontinuing it and immediately ran down to my local 7-11. They had cases of the stuff and were selling for less than half price (which was still a lot of money). Apparently I was the only kid around who genuinely liked the stuff.

I amassed as much money as I could and bought as many bottles as I could afford. I think the cashier thought I was nuts.

I was amazed seeing all that old soda that you don’t see around. Great article! I do wish Surge was still around. I didnt like the taste, but I sure liked the energy burst.

Kudos to those who mentioned the horrific abortion of sodas known as “7-Up Gold”. I swear this was like someone poured all the stuff from a spice rack into a mixture of club soda and sugar. I cringe at the thought of what it tasted like (although I’d kill for a can just see if it’s still that horrible).

yeah…so i havent read all the comments on here… but when i first drank Vault….i was like…this tastes like Surge…. I was in high school when Surge came out…maybe middle school…. whatever…i loved that stuff…. and i even read the ingredents….i remember seeing orange juice in it….. so when i drank vault…i was like…. holy crap…this is surge….. yay!…yeah they might have changed the name…but it was back….. and now…..id still drink it….if i didnt give up soda for the year….oh well…it still leaves a warm place in my heart…knowing that a soda of the past is back….with a different name…. sort of like when Prince came back after being the symbol…

This article just set off some sort of bizarre series of flashbacks involving Pepsi Blue. We used to do the big family vacation to-do every year, which involved driving down I-95 from PA to FL. Anyway, we stopped off in North Carolina for gas and my brother and I go special Duke Blue Devils Soda, canned by the local Pepsi distributor. Yes, the soda was blue. And yes, years later I would relive that hot August day, sitting in the old gray minivan which reeked of Newports and Trues, my arm propping the window open and drinking soda with Duke’s Blue Devil staring at me when I would try Pepsi Blue some five or six years later. And all I can think was, I must be growing up because I remember this stuff being much cooler when I was in the 6th grade.

Which lead to a flashback of helping my sister package up boxes and boxes of the Blue stuff to ship to a friend in the UK, because she’d tried it while on holiday here and got hooked. Which I will never understand. But then again, those people also eat blood pudding. Anyway, it actually made it through customs. Ahh, the Pre-9/11 days …

Coke Blak is okay but I heard that it’s being discontinued, so I’ll be cleaning out the nearby grocery stores all week.

LOVED this article. I know a lot of stuff about old soda, but the Wild Bunch Pepsi was completely new to me!

Crystal Pepsi was perfectly summarized of all the Internet stuff I’ve read on it: it WAS like the second coming of Christ. Just watch the commercial on YouTube. Van Halen song, jibberish about the world…like clear cola was going to revolutionize the world. It was like the billboards in They Live that the aliens used to accustom to America.

Coke II I tried years and years ago, like when I was 4 or 5. Didn’t taste BAD from my memory actually.

I still feel like I live in a world where Surge is still made, probably because I remember that stuff from when I first tried it at a friend’s birthday party in 1998, after it went wide and readily available in NJ (it was like a cross between Mountain Dew and Sprite, but not orgasmic).

Pepsi Blue looked like Windex and tasted like a cross between seltzer and low-carb cola. No berry flavor noticed.

P.S. for Mary Mary and others: I remember Crystal Gravy on SNL. I laughed my ass off at it. “Now you can see through your food!” This was back when they went through their second golden age with Sandler, Spade, Carvey, Farley, Hartman, Nealon, et al.

Awesome review. I still remember trying New Coke and almost spitting it out because it was so sweet. You should look into a long gone drink called New York Seltzer. Awesome drink. As a kid you could drink it and belch for 4 days!!!

First of all, why does this article have to come just days after I swore I needed to cut down on the pop? (Michigander representin’)Now I’m craving at least 5 pops … grr.

My high school had Coca-Cola in promoting Surge and pretty much throwing it at us one day … my friend and I were co-editors of a zine at that time, and wrote an article about the school pushing a drug (caffeine) in exchange for cash.

Why does high-caffeine have to look like acid and taste like bad citrus fruit inbreeding? Red Bull, Amp, etc. all have that factor.

I fondly remember drinking/chewing Orbitz, even ptooing the gel balls into a glass of water to see if they’d float. They don’t. Also, seeing how many you could line up on your lip. Good times.

I never minded Crystal Pepsi, because I imagined it would taste like Pepsi and I wasn’t disappointed. Yeah, if you were thinking Sprite when you took a sip, that was a big slap in the face. This may have been psychological, but something I liked about Crystal Pepsi was that it seemed “cleaner”. My mouth didn’t feel as gunked up and syrupy when I was done. Then again, that was 15 years ago, so my review may be less-than-accurate.

I second Matt’s thoughts on Pepsi Blue. It was so beautiful that I wanted to love it with all my heart. I went to the circus once and got one of those giant snow cones in a souvenir cup (”suicide” of course). At the bottom was a pool of all the syrups. I made the mistake of drinking it and I think I was nauseous for the next 24 hours. The flavor was almost identical to that of Pepsi Blue.

Hello - fun article. I would love to see something on OK soda. I actually have a few cans left. I have a bunch of OK collectibles as well, OK stickers and such. I think it was a clever campaign that COKE came up with, plus I liked the taste even thought it was like a mixture of Orange soda and a bunch of colas.

Oribitz! I drank a couple of those in their heyday. They weren’t bad - the globs were a little weird to get used to. It really wasn’t that much different than the bubble teas that are popular today (except the tapioca globs are much yummier than the Orbitz globs).

You should get your hands on a drink called “Sundrop” it can only be found in southern states like Tennessee and parts of Alabama. It’s made by the Dr.Pepper company and has been around for years. It tastes a lot like Mountain Due only ten times better.

1) They used to have cases of that gunk.
2) A bottle of it works as a lava lamp until the pustules overheat and explode, turning the liquid into a vile glop that has to be smelled to be believed.

They forgot all about Pepsi Kona! That stuff is like drinking that cold coffee with too much sugar in it the next day.

OT: If anyone has been to Disney World in the past three years you know what I am talking about. Matt did a series on a trip to Disney so you can reference this too. You know that chick that is on the “all to do in Disney” Channel in the hotels? She shows you all the activities and she flirts with the gelato guy? Yeah, I saw her last night on a Selsom Blue commercial. I was beating myself up because she has that familiar face. It’s nice to see her working. She’s too cute not to.

Dude, Pepis Blue was AWESOME. I loved that stuff. I used to drink a couple bottles of that a day when it was out. It was definetly better in the plastic bottles than the cans though. I think the cans gave it a bit of a weird taste. That stuff was like blue, liquid crack.

Does anyone remember a contest that Coke did in the late 80s (possibly early 90s) where some cans actually had rolled up money in them when you opened them?

Yeah Ramune soda is amazing, and is made even better via Ramune candy. It’s like tiny ballerinas dancing on your tongue.

I remember such contest. Others where cans had rolled up shirts in them, which of course had a huge oversight in the fact that when you buy a coke out of a machine you want something to drink and not a shirt.

OMG! At least OK soda got a mention…. They had great commercials and a great gimmick… Too bad the drink itself was horrible.
I bought my firstand last bottle, had a few swigs, by the time I crossed the store parking lot I really though I was going to wretch. I remember it having a orangy/cola taste. It made my stomach hurt.

Coke Blak is the worst soda ever. I don’t like coffee to begin with so that was a huge strike to begin with.

I once went to a restaurant that would mix various syrups into your soda. I tried a strawberry coke and it was good. They also had a chocolate coke but I didn’t touch that one.

Do they still make Cheerwine? We had that stuff up in PA for like 3 weeks one summer and I loved it. I also miss my Frank’s. Though Canada Dry bought most of their recipes, it’s not the same without “Is that a Frank’s? THANKS!” on the side of the can.

Surge-Flavor similar to Rondo, I miss both. Vault is good, and it comes in diet.

Jolt-Had a good all-round cola flavor. Every time I drank some I went to sleep. Otherwise, I caffeinate pretty well.

Coke II: Electric Cokealoo-What was so new about tasting like a generic cola? I heard a rumor that Sam Walton bought the formula for use as the Sam’s Choice cola flavor.

I’ll always be a Surge fan because I won two Motorola FRS radios from a thier contest.

Tab is still for sale in some places. I too wish Jolt cola would have made the list. It was right there with Surge. Also I wonder what ever happened to Shasta soda’s. They used to be for sale on the west coast. But I haven’t seen a Shasta cola for a long, long time. Also there was a cola from KY called Ale81. It was awesome and was actually distributed from same facility that made Rolling Rock out of latraub, ky.. However that plant is now closed even though the bottles of Rolling Rock say that they are made there, I don’t think they are now that Anheiser Busch has bought them out. I hope you post a follow up or do a second part and mention some more of the cola’s that went the way of the Dino’s.

this article needs a part 2. Josta, pitch black, holiday spice pepsi and maybe pepsi Jazz

That was a really fun article. Thanks! Of course you know you’re looking for trouble by bringing up New Coke/Classic Coke but not the sugar cane/corn syrup part of the controversy.

The Pepsi ‘Wild Bunch’ came out when I was in 5th grade… I guess Tulsa was picked as a test market, for reasons that escape me. I always assumed it was national.

The Strawberry and Razzwhatever were kinda gross. But I couldn’t get enough of the Tropical thing. Tasted kinda pineapply-coconutty.

OK soda recipe
2 parts cola soft drink
1 part orange soft drink
tastes just like OK

We don’t have Rice Coke in Japan! :p But we do have some odd ass flavors of stuff like Coke Citra and they have Pepsi Twist hanging around as it appears to be pretty popluar over here. I can get you some awesome pictures of what is in our vending machines/grocery stores around here if you are curious. Too bad the bottles are heavy as hell or I’d offer to send you some too.

Honestly, I loved Pepsi Blue. Wish it were still around. Also wish I could still find Pepsi Twist and Pepsi Vanilla. Didn’t like the lime one too much though.

Never really drank many of the Coke variations, ’cause I don’t like Coke that much.

I think I was around 5th grade when Surge appeared. Loved that stuff. I have one great memory of a friend’s birthday party where we’d be in the middle of something, and then someone would yell SURGE!! and we’d all race over to where the cans were sitting, like in the commercials. I was super happy when Vault came out, because it’s so much like Surge was.

And BJ, I believe Dr. Pepper/7up is now a separate company from Pepsi or Coke. Although I’ve found that 7up is usually in stores as a Pepsi product and that Dr. Pepper varies.

For what it’s worth, I’ve encountered mint (ice?) pepsi in China… people mix it with red wine, and apparently enjoy the combination.

Long story short: Coke Blak = bad
Pepsi Blue = worse
Pepsi Holiday Spice = the Devil’s brew

I agree this needs a part two.
Mello Yello Cherry
Mello Yello Melon
Both good. I liked the melon. Do they still sell cherry?
There were two pepsi golds.
And many others. I love the wikipedia.
Anyone remember the cool spot? He had an ok game.
I also love this site.

There were a couple of comments on Dr Pepper’s Red Fusion, but does anyone know if it’s still sold anywhere? I hated it at first, but I got totally hooked on it. Just before they quit selling it around here.

I remember the Coke cans that had money in them. I think I remember hearing somewhere that Coke had to stop the promotion because people were going into stores and would just start opening cans.

Matt, I feel for you man. Your bladder has to be shot after drinking all these expired sodas and koolaids. Not to mention the Jones soda tasting sessions. You could probably drink melted steel and crap out an office building couldn’t you?

And I thought I was the only one who did this. I still have some orbitz in my basement, along with the Loganberry flavor of Canada Clear which was discontinued first. But you of course take the prize, well done.

Have you ever come across Quattro? Sort of a Squirt-like 4-fruit flavored (hence the name) soda that I remember from growing up in London in the early 80s. Don’t never if it ever made it over to the states, but it was tasty.

ok, not bad … but this isn’t really ‘back in the day’ stuff. Late 80’s? See if you can find a can of my fav, Tiger Red, anyplace. Cherry cream soda produced in the midwest in the mid-60’s. Fantastic stuff and had this great circus tiger on the can. There were lots of those produced before the cola wars of the 80’s made the cold war look tame and left about as many contestants standing. Regionally you could find 8-10 different varieties of root beer and cream soda, and just about as many colas … RC, Zip, Gator-Cola, you name it. If you really want a fab collection, go for some of those if you can still find ‘em. Cheers!

By the way, does anyone remember the Saturday Night Live spoof on Crystal Pepsi: Crystal Gravy?

Hell yes, we’ve mentioned it here several times, and ranks as probably one of the most nauseating SNL sketches ever, right behind Swill, the Bird Family, and my personal fav, Massive Headwound Harry.

I’d like to say I freakign LOVED Pepsi Blue and I am so damned pissed that it got discontinued along with Vanilla Coke (which it was created to compete agaisnt)! It’s the Surge and OK Soda of my time! I tried Holiday Spice only once cold and remembered liking it. And is Strawberry & Cream being phased out? I loved that one too!

I hated Coke Blak, and I gave the other 3 bottles of the 4 pack to my co-workers.

And it seems we got the Fark crowd here too. I’ll say that HOLY CRAP I loved Orange Slice and I’m saying right now that LI gas stations are plentiful of Fanta Orange.

As others have said, 7-Up Gold was both great and disgusting. What made it great was Captain Morgan Spiced Rum. To this day there is nothing that mixes better with the good Captain. The next best thing is Ale 8-1 from KY, which is still available as far as I know. At least I have still seen it down there on the shelf.

As for Jolt, it’s alive and well. It’s sold in much larger cans that resemble batteries these days, and comes in the “classic” cola as well as several other flavors, including a “diet energy drink.” They sponsored an event I helped throw back in January.

Oh man, Mello Yello Melon, or “Melon Yellow” as I called it was my God during my family’s road trip to the east coast. I’ll never forget that stuff. Also, I once enjoyed a bevorage by the name of “Sprite Ice” when I was on a trip in Canada. Back in the day I was pretty sure that it would shortly be dead in the sugar-water, so I made sure to chug as many 2-liters of it’s watered down listerine taste while I had the chance.

Jolt is still plentiful in my area (Maryland). I am surprised to see so many of us mentioning it with extinct sodas.

I believe Dr. Pepper/7up is now a separate company from Pepsi or Coke. Although I’ve found that 7up is usually in stores as a Pepsi product and that Dr. Pepper varies.

Dr. Pepper doesn’t (usually, anyway) do their own distribution, so they usually outsource it to Coke or Pepsi. Depending on what company the the local Dr. Pepper bottler has outsourced to
handle the distribution, it shows up alongsider coke or pepsi products in restraunts, etc.

Man, I was in, I think, fifth grade when Orbitz came out. There were three of us in the class that were just complete Orbitz fanboys, we could not get enough of that crap. Literally every other person I knew thought it was disgusting, but god we loved that stuff.

Come to think of it, we may have liked it partially because seeing us drink it caused our teacher to gag uncontrollably. He actually forbade us from drinking it right after lunch. God that was awesome.

I lived in Asia about a year ago and Pepsi Ice was about all I’d drink, along with all the strange bubble teas they have there.. There was also a “Icy mint white grape” Coke product as well called Qoo which was ridiciously good. excellent stuff.. now Pepsi Fire on the other hand, downright disgusting, but I suppose I could see it garnering some sales in areas where spicy food is the norm.

and responding to one of the previous posts.. Cheerwine is always available in the Carolinas, it definatly tastes more like a sugar water than a soda.

And now it’s time for another installment of Crap You Don’t Care About Theatre!

So after building a new computer, waiting for NWN2 to arrive in the mail, spending three days trying to download the patch, spending a further day downloading all the drivers to fix my horrible framerate, and taking a leisurely, thorough run through the first chapter, I have discovered that the voice I chose for my bard sounds exactly like Andy Dick.

This cannot stand. You can’t save the world from Shadow with someone who sounds like Andy friggin’ Dick. So now I need to roll a new character and restart. Foiled again.

This has been another exciting episode of Crap You Don’t Care About Theatre! Be sure to tune in next week, when I run out of clean socks and spill orange juice all over the cabinet!

The best of all time was Pomac - looked like beer - tasted good too - died without a whimper

People who mentioned that they like bubble tea: You are insane. I went to Tealuxe for the first time a few weeks ago, my friends convinced me to get bubble tea…such a waste of really, really good tea.

They tasted okay, but it was like chewing on a mouthful of snot. That’s not something I can deal with.

Pepsi Blue Was Awesome….I see a lot of claims on here that states it tastes like window cleaner, or anti-freeze. why not take a swig and truly find out ;p. Honestly don’t compare it to a deadly liquid you’ve never tried.

In fact I love Pepsi Blue so much that I have spent the last few years of my life to recreate the flavor. It’s a shame though that my tastebuds don’t recall it exactly…I think I’ve gotten close…but theres no way to be certain.

Great list, had discussions about sodas of the past many a times. Josta was the only drink really deserving to be on the list. I totally bought into its hype machine when I was in middle school, I even made sure to buy some the day it debut. I remember drinking it and thinking “Man, this tastes like Coke just mixed all the vats of soda at the end of the day and labled it Josta”. I loved it though, and am surprised they haven’t tried to revive it (since it had Guarana and Ginseng and all kinds of other stuff found in energy drinks nowadays).

Here’s some additions that are pretty old, but still pretty famous in the Great Lakes region. Faygo (I’m sure most of you have at least heard of it) came out with two sodas in the 70’s, one called Chateau Faygo which was champagne flavored and one called Faygo Brau which was beer flavored. Never had either but around 2000, the local news station in Detroit ranked them as the second “Biggest Detroit Flop” of the century behind the People Mover (groan…) and right above the Edsel. Keep in mind, this was before the Lions drafted Joey Harrington.

Very nice article. I remember a lot of the commercials that went along w/ the drinks, and most really weren’t a surprise that they were canned (sorry). Be prepared to add “Pepsi Jazz” to that list. Oh, and do you have any idea if Mountain Dew’s Midnight is going to be back in production in the future?

I have to agree with Mark, Dave, et al. If you do a part deux, don’t forget about Josta! That crap had me hooked, and then they pulled the plug. I think all the nonsense on the bottle about the super-duper power of guarana berries made me a perfect market for energy drinks when they came out years later.

RAS THANK YOU!
Although I had always thought there might be root beer in the mix…

In response to the Cheerwine comments, if you ever have the chance to buy it in old school glass bottles, do it. It doesn’t even taste like the same soda. There’s a place in S. Carolina that just sells bottles of hard to find soda. I wish I could tell you where, but my parents would stop there sometimes when they’d trek between Atlanta and Virginia. Your basic Cheerwine is readily available here in VA, and if you go to Food Lion, you can often find Cheerwine novelties (like ice cream and popsicles.)

I used to get Orbits from the 24 Hour Convenience Store on Richmond Ave. The one sorta part of Greenwich Plaza- across from the Golden Dove Diner. They also sold Jolt in those years where it was nearly impossible to find.

what about OK soda. it tasted like a comb of all the other sodas. it was pretty pretty pretty good.

My only standout memory of Pepsi Blue was that I had a really upset stomach after drinking a bottle of the stuff. Every time.

You forgot about OK soda, the soda that was OK to drink. If I remember correctly it was a mix of iced tea and orange soda from the Coca-Cola comapny

Oh and by the way, the tiny dots still continue to float in my bottle of Orbitz, almost 8 years further and counting

What about Pepsi kona?? That was the best. It tasted just like Pepsi, but had a coffee after taste. I think that may be the reason I am so large, and drink about 96 to 120 ounces of coffee a day now.

Great article. I could have sworn Crystal Pepsi tasted like real Pepsi, but all of my friends told me I was crazy. They swore to me that it was a Sprite clone. Then I tried it again, maybe a year later, and finally agreed with them.

…now I’m thinking I just had the unfortunate luck of drinking Crystal BY Pepsi. I was right all along! I can’t wait to rub it in my friends faces!

Also, when I was seven or eight, my aunt pulled some strings and got me a can of Bubble Yum Soda. After the first sip, it was my new favorite soda. I think I had wised up by the second or third sip, though. I don’t think I ever finished the can. Now I just wish I hadn’t opened it, and just saved it so I could sell it on eBay now.

what about OK cola? and it had the 1 800-I-feel-ok hotline. that was a good time in my life.

You missed the pride and joy of my ancient soda collection. In the summer of 1996, long before the forward thinkers at Coke had envisioned this truly wondrous combination (read Coke Blak), my cousin from Virginia sent to my dormitory in southern California a 12-pack of Pepsi Kona. This black-canned, coffe flavored monstrosity was actually the subject of many college bets, unltimately leading to the conclusion that not even rum-soaked frat boys could get a whole can down and keep it there. This coffee meets cola concoction was indeed so foul that a local dorm band wrote a song about it called “Black Death.” Here is a link to some stuff about it -

I still have 2 unopened cans. I highly recommend obtaining a few for your collection, but would sooner advise you to drink the piss of a rabid hungarian prostitue with leprosy.

Didn’t look through all the comments above so someone may have mentioned this but be on the lookout for “Pepsi AM” if you haven’t run across it. Came out in a few small markets and one was in Iowa in the Cedar Rapids area (I think).

It was supposed to be a cola you could drink in the morning (less carbonation) and had coffee strength caffeine. One guy drank a entire six pack while playing cards and then sat up all night huddled in a chair….

Better stock up on Coca-Cola Blak. Because in 7years your gonna be writing about how no one asked for Coffee flavored Coke, but for some reason they thought we wanted it anyway.
Also, Black Cherry Coca-Cola. Not that great.

Diet 7UP Gold was the worst ever-imagine Old Spice crossed with a Diet 7Up…Like Soda was also foul, and I never tried “Nutz” Soda but Stephen Colbert was obsessed with it… (came in pistachio, peanut, hazelnut, you get the idea…)

You have a pretty cool site here. I really enjoy your witty writing style and love learning about this off beat hobby/topic. It’s not often that a person can take a step back from pop-culture and say ‘look at all this weird shit that goes on.’ Great job! Do another article!!

Majorly off topic but, out of pure boredness and full nerdiness I have created a street! Click my name to build a house and add it to my street!

Yeah, discontinued pops/sodas… Bring back Vanilla Coke, I only have one more case left. Otherwise I’m gonna have to move to Atlanta and visit the Coke Musuem to get free samples all the time.

Otherwise, the only pop/soda I have tried mentioned in the artical is Clear Pepsi. I thought the gimmick was cool, but I was like 8 at the time so I thought everything was cool.

My eyes have only recently just beheld.. the ECTO COOLER BIBLE!! HOLY SHIT! My quest of epic porportions for the delicious orange/tangerine flavor is over. When I saw the receipt towards the bottom of the page I let loose an extremely triumphant laugh. Teh power of teh interwebnet never fails to impress me with the sheer amount of obscure information. Your research and the research of others is appreciated. Now… I must go to the grocery store.. so I can have the power of ECTO COOLER flowing through my veins once again!

I live on your street now, IHAQ. Honestly, I feel inadequate living next to you and your fully colored and populated house.

Early eighties in Sweden we had a soda called FANTA BLACK ORANGE, It lasted for two years or so,then disappeard. The rumour said that it was 50% Fanta and 50% CocaCola and it was great to mix with your moonshine. A so called “grogg”.

I have vague memories of “7-up ice cola” and how they kindly offered to mix cola and 7-up when I tried ordering it in a bar …

Hey, what about Slurm? That stuff was great. Although I heard a rumor that it was made using the excrement of a giant space slug. But that has to be bogus, right?

Ah yes, it IS February…perhaps Matt is off enjoying a few of his martinis or licqour mixed with strange sodas to celebrate…
Happy BDay- Thanks for all you do.

I found Pepsi Fire & Ice in the Philippines last summer. Didn’t try the Fire, but the Ice was ok..

what about the second version of pepsi blue that came out like 3 summers ago?
It was suppose to be “outrageously sour” or something along those lines. It tasted rather odd. More sugar and more of a sour taste, i would say, than reg pepsi blue, but overall i didnt like it.

I’m glad someone remembered two sodas I liked. Melon Yellow and dnL. And all these strange sodas are a strangely interesting read. Like most of the articles, they remind me of being a kid.
And red mountain dew doesn’t taste good. The red makes it like white chocolate reese’s, too plain and the stuff blends too well with each other.
I’d rather drink the old black or some orange. That’s not bad. And I have cheerwine. Drank some a day ago. I am in SC.

One Pepsi product not included here is Pepsi Light. Pepsi light came in a blue can, was flavored with lemon and was sold in the late 70’s. It is still one of my favorites.

I have fond memories of the Raging Razzberry Pepsi. My grandparents bought a ton of that stuff in when I was a kid. That stuff was great! I still have a raging razzberry hat around here somewhere.

I used to live in a big test market back in High School and they’d load the machines with whatever crap they were peddling. I remember “Hey, wanta pop? Oh crap, all they’ve got left is Josta. Forget it.”

That and an interesting rumor is that Pepsi defied an understood drink makers agreement not to make blue liquids to consume. For decades it was agreed not to make blue drinks cause Kids might drink antifreeze or windex by mistake.

Nice article. Looking forward to second part with Pepsi Jazz (all 3 flavors). Also be on the lookout for yet another new Pepsi flavor this summer.

How about Pepsi-Free in the red can? No caffiene which is horrible for kids, but it actually was the only caffiene free soda that didn’t taste fundamentally different than the original. I saw a few people mention Diet-Rite, and let me explain how awful that hemlock in a can was. My friend’s mother hated her son drinking excessive amounts of soda, so to get him to quit drinking too much soda, see intentionally left cans of Diet-Rite in the fridge to discourage him and his friends. Let’s just saw that I never snuck a soda out of that house ever.

Not soda, but this is the latest “Concerned Citizen” cocktail rage that is sweeping the conservative suburbs by storm. It is called an “Awesome”, which is the nickname for OSM. The Awesome is made by mixing Orange juice with Sparkling Martenelli’s. When this paganistic, souless world of misfits and heathens threatens your safe and protected lifestyle, tip back Orange juice with Sparkeling Martenelli’s (OSM, drink called “Awesome) to retain your sense of security while living life on the wild side (by your standards).

K- I am jealous of the size of your flowers. Perhaps I need some gardening tips!

Kingklash,awesome place, but I think I’ll avoid walking down the street, I don’t want to get eaten by your plants!

Maybe we can have some more neighbours? My name is still the link to build a house.

I’m thinking that Pepsi One is gonna join that list. I swear, it’s a nightmare trying to find this stuff, and I’ve looked all over. Damnit. And I think it’s better than Diet Pepsi, cuz it doesn’t have that aftertaste thing as much. Any other One lovers here?

And people already mentioned it. I lived on that shit back in the day. All Coffee Cola and some such nonsense. It as awesome.

I remember expecting Pepsi Blue to taste more… blue. Blueberry. Blue rasberry. Just more fruity flavored.

Anyway, I got a story. I went to France a few years ago and went to the store to buy soda. Of course, all the labels were somewhat French and I couldn’t find any ‘plain’ Pepsi. But they had this soda called Pepsi MAX.I was just relieved they had a soda I could recognize, so I bought them. I remember them tasting a lot like Coke, which surprised me. But I just assumed then that French Pepsi wa