The Soft Drinks Thread

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Ah ok but it's actually quiet common for german breweries producing softdrinks besides the beer. Paulaner Spezi exists since the 1970s.
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Mind you it wasn't any kind of criticism. It was more along the lines of "I know them for beer but apparently beer isn't the only thing they produce."
 
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Don't know how some folks stand the flavor of Cherry Pepsi, I don't like it and never have.
 
I’ve been trying a few things:

Mountain Dew Baja Midnight. Only at Taco Bell. It’s pomegranate over a citrus base. It’s designed to go with anything on the Taco Bell menu.
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Mountain Dew Sweet Lightning. Only at KFC. Sweet peach and honey flavored.
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Mountain Dew Trolli. Based on the candy, it replaces the VooDEW mystery flavors of the past few Halloweens. Cherry and Lemon flavor. It’s only available as a Zero Sugar soda. Despite this, each can has ten calories.
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Populuxe
I’ve been trying a few things:

Mountain Dew Baja Midnight. Only at Taco Bell. It’s pomegranate over a citrus base. It’s designed to go with anything on the Taco Bell menu.
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Mountain Dew Sweet Lightning. Only at KFC. Sweet peach and honey flavored.
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Mountain Dew Trolli. Based on the candy, it replaces the VooDEW mystery flavors of the past few Halloweens. Cherry and Lemon flavor. It’s only available as a Zero Calorie soda. Despite this, each can has ten calories.
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Nice flavors, I bet those are big sellers to the company.
 
Populuxe
I’ve been trying a few things:

Mountain Dew Baja Midnight. Only at Taco Bell. It’s pomegranate over a citrus base. It’s designed to go with anything on the Taco Bell menu.
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Mountain Dew Sweet Lightning. Only at KFC. Sweet peach and honey flavored.
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Mountain Dew Trolli. Based on the candy, it replaces the VooDEW mystery flavors of the past few Halloweens. Cherry and Lemon flavor. It’s only available as a Zero Sugar soda. Despite this, each can has ten calories.
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Have you tried anymore Mountain Dew flavors?
 
I haven't looked on their website yet, but I saw in your last post where you said you tried the Mountain Dew Baja Midnight, Mountain Dew Sweet Lightning, and the Mountain Dew Trolli. There might be some more added flavors coming next year though for you to try and enjoy.
 
Honestly, when I look at carbonated soft drinks all I see are legal drugs. That’s not to say I don’t dabble occasionally.

Seems to me like it’s fine to gulp down mass amounts of sugar freely while nicotine products are regulated to adults, understandably. But I’d wager that mass sugar intake is as deadly as smoking or vaping albeit without the same regulation.

I’ve always been a fan of pop, so this isn’t an attempt to preach about health and what not, but there’s a lot of hypocrisy and bodily damage done by the soft drinks industry, as much as I would expect it to be on par with the alcohol industry for standards and regulation.

I’m an alcoholic and an infrequent pop drinker so I have no dog in this fight. I would prefer that the dangers of pop consumption on a regular would be acknowledged for what it is; a harmful dietary option when consumed regularly.
 
Is it me, or do zero sugar versions of certain drinks mostly taste horrible?

I tried a zero sugar version of this Hong Kong bottled drink that I liked quite a lot (Vita Lemon Tea) and it was unbearable compared to the original.

And I make no secret of my strong dislike of Coke Zero.
 
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One for the Aussies:

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Probably the most addicting soft drink I've ever had. I've cut down on soft drinks though (mainly the sugary ones), and only have the occassional Pepsi Max/Monster Zero Ultra now.
 
GBalao888
Is it me, or do zero sugar versions of certain drinks mostly taste horrible?

I tried a zero sugar version of this Hong Kong bottled drink that I liked quite a lot (Vita Lemon Tea) and it was unbearable compared to the original.

And I make no secret of my strong dislike of Coke Zero.
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Zero sugar pops are nasty tasting. There’s no substitute for real sugar. But most drinks these days contain sugar replacements and sweetners that are no better for one’s health.

sugar free pop is like alcohol free beer. What’s the point?
 
For sodas, my favorite is usually Root Beer and I don't typically care about the brand. Though I will say my favorite mainstream brand of Root Beer is Bargs, Mug is in 2nd place. I also really love Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb as sodas. I'm not really too hyped on regular Coca Cola and Pepsi like some people are. I enjoy them of course, but most of the time I drink them if there's no other soda options.

While I'm talking about cola, I will say that I really enjoy Cherry Coke & Wild Cherry Pepsi along with Vanilla Coke. The flavors added to colas make them more compelling to me. With that said, I have tried a Chocolate Coke once when I was a kid and didn't quite like that. I think for chocolate flavoring, I think I'll only mix it with coffee and milk for now on.

One soda I was really late into trying was Mountain Dew, I didn't have my first glass of Mtn. Dew until a few years ago. I think I didn't try it as a kid because I always thought it looked like slime and thus would taste yucky. It's not too bad though, I really enjoy the Code Red flavor now and I liked Baja Blast.

Lemon Line soda brands like 7up and Sprite are things I don't have often unless I'm sick. Usually when I'm sick though, I'm just drinking water, juice, or tea. Now for Cream Soda, I think that tastes amazing, but I don't have it as often as other drinks on the count I keep forgetting it exists. I guess when there's so many kinds of "pop" out there, you lose track sometimes.

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My favorite soft drink to have that isn't soda is Sweetened Iced Tea, plain or lemon flavored. I don't like raspberry flavored though.
 

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