Fallen Beverages of the Past

[SixFive]

I know the local RC man very well, and he has all the work he wants. RC does well around here, and it is my personal favorite. Shasta is the cola we have at work, comes in the smaller, 6 oz cans. It is an acquired taste.

I really like Mountain Lightning, the Walmart knock off of Mountain Dew. I also really like Vess Cola.

We also had a place back in the late 70s early 80s that sold a whole lot of different flavored soft drinks, but I can't remember the name of the store or brand.

Peach Nehi is great, but I never can find that anymore

 

[MadJack]

back in my high school days (early 70's) there was a malt liquor called "Hoppen Gator". anybody remember that one and is it still available somewhere? it was a fruity drink with about the same alcohol content as colt45.

i'd love to find that around somewhere and try it again. i remember it tasting great!

 

[fletcher]

wow you guys drank the upscale juice jack,we would hit the md20/20 grape alch.content about as much as jet fuel,and left a bad taste in mouth after bringing it back up

 

[MadJack]

we would hit the md20/20

ahhh, the maddog 20/20. 20% alcohol. buy it by the pint i think it used to cost about a buck.

consumed a lot of that chit in my day. yuck!

 

[Hoops]

LOL..Mad Dog...it doesn't get much worse than the Kiwi/Strawberry flavor.

 

[MadJack]

maybe you LA guys can help me with this one. in LA about 10 years ago i found a 'carbonated' orange or pineapple-grapefruit drink that was great. never have seen it anywhere since. do they still have it out there and what is it called? maybe i can order it and have it shipped here? :shrug:

 

[dawgball]

RC is huge in KY. I saw TAB in the grocery store the other day (Atlanta) and thought to myself about how long it had been since I saw it. Funny you bring this subject up.

I really like the Mountain Lightning for two reasons. 1. It tastes real good. 2. My roommates won't drink it.:nono:

Everyone thinks New Coke was a flop. Well, let me tell you how genius it was for Coke to do that. Studies show that when Coca-Cola Classic came back, they earned more Pepsi converters than in the last 25 years. I really think the whole New Coke thing was a marketing effort to create a buzz. Which in did in huge numbers. That crap was on the news every night for a year. Pure genius!

 

[DNOMYAR_5791]

I think you can still find Nehi drinks in Nebraska as Nehi peach was a fan fave growing up over there.

Does anyone remember C& C Cola? I can't remember what it tastes like but know it came in a red can.

I tell you another nasty drink I have had was called Big Red. I dont' know if that stuff is supposed to taste like Bubblegum but it tastes much like that hubba bubba stuff Marine described.

Has anyone ever tried those Pepsi's and Cokes with the Lemon? Cant' see that tasting too good.

I have also seen Lifesavers Orange flavored drink in the cooler before.

Bubble Up? I think it tasted kinda like Mtn Dew?

I will probably be burned at the stake for this but I absolutely love Squirt, especially on a hot day after mowing the lawn.

 

[wondo]

nobody for moxie????

I always grab myself a case from my grandparents when i see them in worcester, mass!

 

[AR182]

I remember when I was a kid that Ballantine beer was the sponsor of the Yankees.Everytime a Yankee hit a homerun it was a" Ballantine Blast".The Mets sponsor was Schaeffer(spelling?)Beer.
Does anyone know if these beers are still sold?

 

[yak merchant]

Are you kidding me you can still buy Schaefers, Schlitz, Falstaff, Strohs and PBR here in Texas. I like most of them but the hangovers are ridiculous. Go to the Pabst Brewing Website.

 

[AR182]

I am not a beer drinker so I don't know if those brands are still sold.I like the "hard stuff"(LOL!).

 

[MAJOR MARTY]

BIG DADDY SHOWING HIS AGE

BIG DADDY SHOWING HIS AGE

SORRY BIG DADDYBUT, YOU'RE A YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER! I FONDLY REMEMBER FALSTAFF BEER SPONSORING CBS "GAME OF THE WEEK" ON SATURDAYS. THE ANNOUNCERS WERE DIZZY DEAN, PEE WEE REESE, AND BUDDY BLATTNER, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER: "FALSTAFF BEER, THE CHOICEST PRODUCT OF THE BREWER'S ART" !!!!

 

[yyz]

 

[Billy]

Y.......ROTFLMAO......Yes that is an OLD OLD ad....but I used to
have to use a CHURCH KEY to open it.........believe it or not....
in NE Okla back in the late 60's.....PBR, Falstaff, Schlitz were
the BOMB.......and you had to have the key.....can's themselves
weighed a pound............THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Neemer]

DraNk lots of Schaeffer during a few visits to Swane University. Like their bumper stickers say, "if ya hadn't heard of Swane b/c ya can't afford it"... BIG RED still the nastiest of all colas ever produced. I still continue to drink this stuff today, and it remains my fav. of all time-- NU-GRAPE!

 

[yyz]

I think most beer cans needed a church key up until the mid 70's

They were all steel, too. I believe that Hamms was the first can we ever saw that was aluminum.

The change that revolutionized the beer can came in March 1963 when the Pittsburgh Brewing Company introduced its flagship Iron City Beer in self-opening cans. You put your finger into the ring and yanked and bingo, the can was open! Schlitz took what it called the "Pop Top" national, and by 1965, some 75% of all cans produced had an easy-open device. Pull tabs were around for a little over 10 years, when they began to be replaced by the stay tab.

 

[selkirk]

Mountain Dew Code Red I hear has done very well, have not tried it, do not drink much pop.

Pepsi is coming out with a pepsi but will be coloured blue, do not know the marketing name, doing this because of the success of Mountain dew.

Looking forward to the Vanilla Coke, but will probably not be as good as Snow White. Snow White was a pop made by a local bottler, vanilla soda. It was sold in bottles and ussually when someone had one they wanted more. They stopped problems overall, believe they were bought out and the brand was dropped Jones white soda is the closest I have seen to it, and I like it but it is too sweet.

thanks
selkirk

 

[wareagle]

What about Fanta....sounds like Shasta.....

Anyone heard of Continental Cola---------cheap version of coke....


I fuking hate root beer:nooo:

As for beer love the Strohs comment!

What about Pabst Blue Ribbon or Coldcock Malt liquor.


You gotta love the Old English 800 or Eight Ball....

THE WORLD'S WORST BEER IS CALLED "OLD STYLE" take my word!!!

 

[goofy]

mello yello.

loved those commercials.