The artwork on this bottle of Nella Bella Chocolate Almond Fizz is beautiful. A grove of white trees standing starkly against a blue sky. The words “Nella Bella” glowing as the sun peers over the first “E”. Even the flavor intrigues me. Chocolate Almond Fizz sounds like a delicious candy, yet this soda only has 10 grams of sugar because it’s also sweetened with Stevia.
Read MoreI am not feeling this review today… which means I probably shouldn’t do it. The creative juices aren’t flowing, I don’t really want a soda right now, and even these sentences are just to fill up space. Yet, there’s some part of me that is hoping that once I open this bottle of O-Zell Cherry Jubilee my mood will improve and I’ll be singing its praises as my creativity is renewed.
Read MoreI like pears; I like green tea; I like honey. If all those statements are true, which they are, then I should like Sipp Summer Pear. Those three ingredients are all accounted for in this bottle to my right. The other ingredients listed are carbonated water, organic agave nectar, citric acid, and natural flavor. While I’ve never been good about this vague “Natural Flavor” ingredient, when surrounded by stars like that I care a lot less.
Read MoreThanks to the Excel Bottling Company I’m able to try another soda that’s new to my palate. While I’ve tried Lucky Club Cola I haven’t had the opportunity to try Lucky Cherry Cola. Lucky Cherry Cola is a pure cane sugar soda that has “True Fruit & Spice” listed as an ingredient. I don’t know what that means, but it sure seems impressive.
Read MoreYou know I’m a sucker for fun label art, right? Well Tommyknocker Almond Creme has tickled my fancy with their dwarfish looking miner holding a foaming mug. He looks so happy, almost Santa like in his serenity. While his face doesn’t show the markings of working underground you can tell he’s pleased with his drink choice.
Read MoreI’d never heard of O-Zell sodas until a few weeks ago. They advertise to be “All Natural” and have cartoon characters that would look more comfortable in the 1930’s on the label. Today’s offering is O-Zell Pineapple Whip, whose bottle holds a strong Hawaiian flair. Heck it’s even made with Hawaiian Cane Sugar.
Read MoreI really wish they spelled out “Mountain” on MTN Dew bottles and cans. It’s such a confusing mess. I mean you still call it Mountain Dew, but it’s just ridiculous in my mind… I don’t really have an argument and I get why they do it so I’ll hush.
Read MoreA while back I was given a bottle of Ski soda. Ski is a citrus soda not unlike Mtn Dew or Sundrop, but favors the lime flavor a bit more than those two. Cherry Ski, which is our selection today, is listed as being cherry flavored citrus soda as opposed to just cherry.
Read MoreIt’s always a little risky to pick up a drink that doesn’t display the flavor on the bottle. I’m taking a little bit of a risk today trying The Original Green River. It’s a green soda with a serene label of the sun setting/rising over a green river. The bottle also informs me that Green River has been “Caffeine free Since 1919”.
Read MoreI thought I’d had every Dublin beverage, but research shows that I never properly reviewed their black cherry offering. I couldn’t call myself a proper Texan if I hadn’t tried every Dublin soda now, could I?
Read MoreI’m not sure what butter cake is. I’m not sure how a soda can taste “gooey”. I do know soda though. That’s probably why the fine folks at Excel Bottling sent me this Gooey Butter Cake Soda to review.
Read MoreWhat is “Drive-In Style”? This bottle of Dog n Suds Root Beer is labled as being “Drive-In Style”. One could assume that meant old fashioned I guess, it’s a little confusing.
Read MoreAnd the winner for the most plain label I’ve ever seen goes to… Olde Rhode Island Molasses Root Beer. Honestly though, this label is the equivalent of an old dusty book found in the annals of a library.
Read MoreMy bottle has a brain on it and it’s called Brainalizer. That sounds like a electronic game from the 90’s… the 1990’s for those hundreds of years in the future finding this blog. Brainalizer is a carbonated herbal beverage and has this to say:
Read MoreI have what could be the fanciest looking root beer label in front of me. It’s got a black and white picture of a couple, it’s got a fancy font that is similar to the “Cheers” television program, it has the words “Legacy” and “Robusto” in the title. “Robusto”... that’s Italian for robust in case you weren’t aware.
Read MoreWhat a refined looking root beer I have in front of me today. Chowning’s Tavern Root Beer’s label goes for the colonial look with it’s parchment style coloring. There’s even a brief story about it’s origins included which I have typed below:
Read MoreThis is an odd soda in front of me, so we’re going to start with the blurb on the label right off the bat.
“Duh” means many things to many people; an airport code in Ohio, a punk rock band. To us, So Duh!, means - “Isn’t it painfully obvious this is a delicious craft soda made in small batches with quality ingredients and pure cane sugar.”
Read MoreThis root beer bottle has a beach on the label. Growing on this beach is a palm tree. Inserted into this palm tree is a tap that has apparently been used to fill two barrels with root beer. That’s how it works, right?
Read MoreOh, the dollar store. How kind of you to sell me four cans of Shasta Orange for $1. This could be acid, but I only paid 25 cents for it… so who cares?! The bright orange can tells me that Shasta Orange also has Vitamin C in it. I’d pay 25 cents for some Vitamin C in my life, who wouldn’t? People with scurvy that’s who.
Read MoreYou know what makes me excited? If you said “soda” then you took the easy way out. If you said “alternate sweeteners” then you’re in my mind right now. What the fine folks at Hosmer Mountain have done in their Root Beer is use brown sugar in the formula. That’s pretty dang exciting in my book. They also use HFCS, but just the fact that brown sugar is incorporated makes me excited to taste it.
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