Other nostalgia interests besides tiki and exotica - Beyond Tiki

J johntiki Member MD Joined: Mar 31, 2002 Posts: 1528	J johntiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 8, 2005 4:50 PM While it's still fresh in my mind I thought I'd add another... I don't know if anyone else would be into it or would even understand my interest but I really dig small/localized/old-school soda companies that still produce their products in glass bottles. My Dad does a considerable amount of driving for his job and he routinely comes home with a six-pack of something I've never heard of before or something I have heard of but have never tasted. Recently he picked me up some Moxie, an odd tasting root beer-ish tasting drink from New England, that was actually the first mass-marketed soft drink! I've also received some "small batch" bottles of Birch Beer from a small company in Pennsylvania but the best score was when my parents gave me a case of Dublin Dr. Pepper for my birthday a couple years ago. Dublin Dr. Pepper is the original formula Dr. Pepper which uses pure cane sugar as a base and not corn syrup or whatever crap they use nowadays and comes in the coolest 8 oz. bottle! They were so damn good I drank the whole case in less than a week and was nearly at the verge of tears when I polished off the last one! Check 'em out! http://www.drpep.com/ I'm actually kind of envious of those TCers in Texas... I know if I lived there I'd be making Dr. Pepper runs every weekend... and probably drink myself into a sugar coma! :)

While it's still fresh in my mind I thought I'd add another... I don't know if anyone else would be into it or would even understand my interest but I really dig small/localized/old-school soda companies that still produce their products in glass bottles. My Dad does a considerable amount of driving for his job and he routinely comes home with a six-pack of something I've never heard of before or something I have heard of but have never tasted. Recently he picked me up some Moxie, an odd tasting root beer-ish tasting drink from New England, that was actually the first mass-marketed soft drink! I've also received some "small batch" bottles of Birch Beer from a small company in Pennsylvania but the best score was when my parents gave me a case of Dublin Dr. Pepper for my birthday a couple years ago. Dublin Dr. Pepper is the original formula Dr. Pepper which uses pure cane sugar as a base and not corn syrup or whatever crap they use nowadays and comes in the coolest 8 oz. bottle! They were so damn good I drank the whole case in less than a week and was nearly at the verge of tears when I polished off the last one!

Check 'em out!
http://www.drpep.com/

I'm actually kind of envious of those TCers in Texas... I know if I lived there I'd be making Dr. Pepper runs every weekend... and probably drink myself into a sugar coma! :)

Post #178147 by johntiki on Mon, Aug 8, 2005 4:50 PM