Vanth,
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

Sunkist and Squirt are my fave mainstream sodas available in my area.

I am on a constant hunt for best craft brew root beer, ginger beer, and birch beer. I recently found a ginger beer in Phoenix that is my reigning favorite for now.

Lennnny,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Squirt is amazing. Not only does it have a humorous name, but it’s delicious ice ice cold. They also now have Squirt Zero, which not only is extra humorous as a name, but also very delicious. We use it as a mixer for cocktails.

trafalgar225,

Any recommendations for root beer or birch beer? I’m on the US East Coast. Thanks!

Vanth, (edited )
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

Mostly I just keep an eye out when visiting beer breweries to see who has sodas as non-alcoholic options. I don’t really buy soda to have at home.

Tower is an old-timey New England option, been around for like a century. I like their creme soda too.

If more South towards the Carolinas, Blenheim for ginger beer.

ElJefe,

Zevia crew represent!

Tikiporch,

I tried. It’s a no from me dawg. Coke tried a stevia version and even that failed. It can’t be done.

But I’m hopeful. I use stevia in my tea and coffee, so maybe it’s possible.

ElJefe,

It took me a while, but it really grew on me. I’m a big fan of their vanilla cola, and grape flavours. But yes, it is a bit of an acquired taste maybe.

FluffyPotato,

Georgia makes the best soft drinks in the world in my opinion. My personal favourite is pear flavoured Natakhtari: 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,

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 in the US, no carbonation

stoy,

That depends on the context.

Eating pizza, nothing can ever compete with a nice glass of Trocadero, it just feels right.

At cristmas? Coca Cola? Absolutely not! Give me Zeunerts Julmust every time!

Drinking soft drink with friends and watching a movie, give me an Indian Tonic with a lemon slice, lasts long and is very tasty.

Have some dark rum (I have plenty) and want a quick drink with a good mixer, Fanta used to be great, but they have added sweeteners in addition to sugar, so they taste like crap now, so I tend to look for som itallian orange soda, it is works well.

Eating a bruger, Coca Cola is still great!

Having a quiet evening by the computer? Just stick to mineral water.

serpineslair,

A different drink for every occasion, I like it haha.

supernicepojo,

I would drink Julmust in summer if it wasnt such a social faux pas.

gregorum,

My favorite with a slice is Mandarin Jarritos. Sometimes Lima. Stewart’s Orange Creame soda is also pretty great.

I’m also a big fan of ice-cold Sprite.

stoy,

I am expecting Sprite to get the sweetener treatment as well, but for now it makes a great drink to mix it with some local distilled raspberry liquor I have, tastes like Sprite, but with a really nice aftertaste of Raspberries

Potatisen,

Fanta, regular Fanta.

Snapz,

Have you heard the… Interesting, origins of fanta?

Rhynoplaz,

There’s so many cliches, but despite them all, Mountain Dew. Not because it makes me feel Xtreme while I’m playing Call of Duty and eating Doritos on my skateboard, it’s just a much better flavor.

Tarquinn2049, (edited )

I miss Canadian mountain dew. It was just the pop, no caffeine. Turns out caffeine doesn’t taste very good. I mean you would assume that, but it really hit home when the pop I loved all of a sudden added it. Wish they continued to offer a caffeine free version. But I know in the states the caffeine is like their whole marketing thing.

Valmond,

Water! You can even carbonate it yourself!

serpineslair,

Correct answer!

Pulptastic,

Sparkling water ftw. Do you have a CO2 tank to carbonate?

smort, (edited )
@smort@lemmy.world avatar

My wife got me a kegerator a couple years ago. It’s amazing! Like $700. Fill up the keg with tap water when you run out (my keg is like 10 gal), refill the CO2 tank every 100 gals or so. I did a math a while back and it’s like 6 cents per glass, not including upfront costs.

Or you can get an adapter to use with a standard CO2 tank with a soda stream machine. Refill those CO2 tanks at your local home brewing supply store, which again is way cheaper than the sodastream CO2

Tarquinn2049,

Sometimes… no all times, I wish I also couldn’t taste Bitter 2. Unfortunately when you carbonate water, that is literally the only flavour it has. And it has alot of it. It’s one of the most disgusting flavours to people that can taste it, and completely non-existent to everyone else.

davidgro,

That’s exactly my answer to “Which carbonated soft drink is the worst?”

fmstrat, (edited )

Beer. It’s… soft?

serpineslair,

If we were including beer, that might of been top of my list XD.

bionicjoey, (edited )

The word “soft” in “soft drink” is contrasting “hard” as in “alcoholic” (eg. “Hard cider”). Beer is decidedly not a soft drink.

DarkPhysix,

Fevertree ginger beer. Strong ginger flavor, not overly sweet like many other ginger beers I’ve tried.

ook_the_librarian,
@ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world avatar

Have you tried Buffalo Rock ginger ale? I’m pretty sure it was a civil war era tonic. They still sell it in parts of Mississippi. It hurts to drink, but mixes well with bourbon.

supernicepojo,

Second! I always like the strong bite of ginger. Im finding it harder and harder to get good ginger beer or even birch beer, they seem to have the tendency to be too sweet, like Reeds.

HowlsSophie,

Rarely drink anything sugary but Jarritos in various flavors. Cranberry Sierra Mist is also good.

ook_the_librarian,
@ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world avatar

I mostly drink water/seltzer, but I love grapefruit Jarritos.

Grayox,
@Grayox@lemmy.ml avatar

Baja blast zero by a mile

LinkOpensChest_wav,

Yes! It’s so good. I always pick up a few 12 packs when I see it because it only comes around every once in a while

Grayox,
@Grayox@lemmy.ml avatar

Its finally back for good!

LinkOpensChest_wav,

Is it really? Oh, finally!

I never see it, though. I’ll have to look around.

jballs,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

I have to drop my daughter off at dance class for 45 minutes every week. Fortunately there’s a Taco Bell nearby that led me to discover the wonder that is Baja Blast Zero. Now it gives me something to look forward to every week.

cloudless,
@cloudless@feddit.uk avatar

Calpis Soda

Assman,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

Didn’t expect to see this but yeah, the melon calpis is so good

SayJess,
@SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Sprite does it for me.

gregorum,

Sprite is pretty amazing.

Adulated_Aspersion,

Try starry. More lime flavor ftw.

KingJalopy,
@KingJalopy@lemm.ee avatar

Starry is so much better

sentient_loom,
@sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works avatar

Is this an ad? Wtf?

serpineslair,

No ad, just friendly discussion. It must be pretty hard to make it through life without naming a single brand.

stankmut, (edited )

It’s only an ad if I don’t like the discussion. Posting about a mechanical keyboard I bought and calling it great? That’s not an ad. If you do it though, that is an ad. Everyone on the internet is a shill except for me.

serpineslair,

Lmao, you had me there for a second.

stankmut,

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.

serpineslair,

Damn, I didn’t know that existed. I need to find me some cream soda Dr. Pepper. Hopefully they have it in my region.

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