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The age old question. Coke? Pepsi? Store brand? Any other?

I'm personally a Dr Pepper guy myself.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Dr. Pepper unless energy drinks count, then NOS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

regularly drunk: go-to is rimarily Coke Zero because it's the easiest to find here and no empty calories.

special occasion: probably some variety of birch beer with ginger-ale being a close follow-up. On rare occasions, a very cold regular coke on a hot summer day (though not the US ones; last time I went back, both regular and diet had this really weird taste I don't remember being there before).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Sugar-free Canada Dry Ginger Ale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Irn Bru or dandelion & burdock.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Barq's root beer. It's a pretty rare find in my area. But it's a special treat when I find it.

Vanilla Coke is a close 2nd place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you live in the UK, Lidl sells an excellent cola called Freeway. Their Freeway Zero is better than Pepsi Max or Coke Zero, IMHO, and literally one-fifth the price.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[–] Vandals_handle 3 points 11 months ago

Ale-8 for flavored sweet drink, sparkling mineral water for unsweetened.

[–] doubletwist 3 points 11 months ago

A rarity, but Maine Root has(had?) a drink called "Pink Drink", a carbonated Prickly Pear Lemonade. I had it at the Austin City Limits festival. It was, without a doubt the most refreshing drink I've ever consumed. I usually drink mostly water (free) at the festival, but that year we spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $60-80 just on cups of Pink Drink because we couldn't get enough of it.

I really, really, REALLY wish they sold bottles of it, but as far as I can tell, it's only occasionally available and only as a fountain drink.

[–] kuneho 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] aliceblossom 3 points 11 months ago

Huge soda fan so picking just one is super hard but I'd say:

Oronamin C or Sweet Blossom's Rose soda

Oronamin C is a Japanese soft drink with a taste that is often described as "drinking (American) Smarties". It's incredibly refreshing and delicious. Sweet Blossom is I think an eastern European beverage company and they make a rose flavored soda that is to die for. It has far and away my favorite quality of carbonation (very fine, soft bubbles).

Other honorable mentions include Ocean Bomb: Sailor Mercury (i.e. pear flavor), and as a big fan of cherry colas, Bawls Guarana Cherry Cola and Fentiman's Cherry Tree Cola.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

The discontinued Hansen's Soda Lemon Mint Green Tea soda. I near bought the whole pallet when it showed up at an outlet grocery store over the course of a summer after college.

Fuck I sound old.

[–] Lifecoach5000 2 points 11 months ago

Topo chico for lyfe

[–] stankmut 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I used to love both Vanilla and Cherry Coke, but I can't stand cola flavors (any brand) ever since I got covid last year. So it's been mostly the cream soda flavor Dr. Pepper if I drink soda at home.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Perrier carbonated water

It's subtly bubble and has a very mild flavor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Manhattan Special Espresso soda.

Made in Brooklyn. Two shots of espresso in carbonated form.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Canada Dry ginger ale I guess, good chaser for the rare whiskies I don't like neat. Honorary mention for Pommac, but I have not had it probably 10+ years

[–] bighatchester 2 points 11 months ago

I prefer Pepsi over coke . But I really like jarritos pop other than the cola flavor . Also cream soda dr pepper is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Before COVID, Coca-Cola all the way. Not too sweet, and was often more consistent in cans and bottles.

Something happened after COVID, and it no longer tastes the same. I don't know if this was the effects of the illness, or a change in manufacturing.

... Right now, it's Dr. Pepper (or Cheerwine, if I can find it). Sharp bite, good flavor, doesn't really have an analog with other drinks. However, I can buy one bottle and it be perfect, and buy another bottle the next day and it be less carbonated than it needs to be, or too sweet and syrupy... And I can't ever tell why.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bawls, which is sadly getting harder and harder to find. And IBC Black Cherry

[–] Golfnbrew 2 points 11 months ago

IBC Black Cherry is awesome!

[–] Potatisen 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Snapz 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Have you heard the... Interesting, origins of fanta?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Georgia makes the best soft drinks in the world in my opinion. My personal favourite is pear flavoured Natakhtari: https://natakhtari.com/lemonade

Also fun fact: Lemonade means soft drink in a lot of places in the world, I hear that's lemon flavoured water in the US.

[–] finestnothing 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I thought you meant the state of Georgia in the US at first instead of the country Georgia, it made the rest of the comment very confusing

Can confirm, Lemonade in the US is lemon juice + water + a lot of sugar, no carbonation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Oh right, I forgot it was a state in the US, it's been like 20 years since my last geography class.

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