Post #536150 by The Gnomon on Mon, Jun 14, 2010 9:14 AM

I hadn't realized that there was Throwback Dr. Pepper. When I was growing up, Dr. Pepper was my favorite. For a long time we could only get it when we went on road trips to visit relatives in Texas. Then later we started getting it in stores in Connecticut. Then it fell into the same abyss that Coke started and real Dr. Pepper was no more. It went from greatness to the low end of mediocrity overnight.

I've tried Pepsi Throwback and did not notice any appreciable difference between it and regular Pepsi. Of course, growing up preferring Coke to Pepsi, I couldn't tell if it in any way captured some of its original essence, but it didn't seem like it to me. That worries me about Throwback Dr. Pepper. I seriously doubt that it would bear much resemblance to the 10-2-and-4 I used to drink on my back porch in the late 50s and early 60s. But I definitely look forward to trying it and finding out.