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oneEIGHTkevin · Posts: 465

It's pretty good. So is Advance Wars.

GrimSweeper · Posts: 530

Cherry flavour and Vanilla flavour. AT THE SAME TIME?

It's like they're trying to top other pop drinks with their 'Classic', 'Cherry' or 'Vanilla' (and whatever other stuff is out on the market; hardly drink the stuff anyways) modifications. Next trend will be three flavours all interlaced with the actual taste of the original...then four. Ultimately getting to the same thing that was inflicted on Street Fighter.

They'll disguise the fact by saying it's a 'fruity twist' combination.

Waffen · Posts: 1638

repost

Duke of New York · Posts: 65

oneEIGHTkevin wrote:

It's pretty good. So is Advance Wars.

You are several months late, and it tastes better in a can.

dark steve · Posts: 3002

See I always thought Dr. Pepper was supposed to be cherry flavored to begin with.

Waffen · Posts: 1638

its pepper flavored, hence the name.

oneEIGHTkevin · Posts: 465

I think most pop tastes better from a can but this is all they had. I'm done with my bottle now. Kinda got a stomach ache but that's the usual with Dr. Pepper. It doesn't seem to be too frothy like the Vanilla Coke. The flavor isn't too intense but still retains character.

Persona-sama · Posts: 1145

I saw this at a Mexican liquor store a few weeks ago. Except it wasn't just Cherry Vanilla but DIET Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. The thought of it made me un-thirsty.

So how many stars would you give it, 1-8KEVIN?

oneEIGHTkevin · Posts: 465

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I enjoy most any pop but lately I'm liking brands with a little more bite. I enjoy Jones soda, and those bottled by 7-up because their fizz bubbles feel smaller and sting more.

Pepsi stuff is a little weak on the fizz side and a little strong on the syrup side. Supposedly American pop tastes like shit because we use cheap corn syrup and most foreigners use other more expensive sugars. Can anyone verify this?

Also my favorite pop would have to be Ruby Red Squirt. Since most restaraunts don't offer that I usually default with Coke.

Victor · Posts: 125

Various Douchebags wrote:

It tastes better in a can.

You are so wrong that it hurts my head to think about how wrong you are.

Also, apparently the Diet variation of the flavor at hand is where most of the Complex Pop Voodoo went. Supposedly it's quite the hit among those that restrict themselves to the liquid ass that is diet soda.

Also, look to our friends down south; Mexico is home to some high quality mainstream soda. I will start your adventure with direction, and that direction is Topo Chico. Start with Tamarind.

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

Persona-sama wrote:

I saw this at a Mexican liquor store a few weeks ago. Except it wasn't just Cherry Vanilla but DIET Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. The thought of it made me un-thirsty.

So how many stars would you give it, 1-8KEVIN?

Oh man. Diet Cherry Vanillla Dr Pepper is fucking awesome. You know those Diet Dr Pepper commercials that says Diet Dr Pepper tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper? Well, they're fucking lying, even though it's still better than Diet Coke. But Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper really does taste good, it doesn't taste like diet soda at all. The artificial cherry and vanilla flavor hides the taste of the artificial sweetener, and it has none of that aftertaste diet sodas have. It's the only stuff I ever drink anymore. I'll be sad when they take it off the market like I know they eventually will. On a scale of 1 to awesome it's pretty great.

As for Mexican soda, there's this really good stuff called Delaware Punch. It's like Hawaiian Punch, but Delaware instead. And it's grape flavored. But it's not really soda because like hawaiian punch it's not carbonated, but it's still damn good.

108 · Posts: 2600

me and doug jones FFDogged the hell out of cherry vanilla DP in FFDog VI, back in may.

that's final fantasy viii, you see.

anyway, DP is cherry-vanilla flavored from the outset. so i hereby order you to from now on call cherry-vanilla dr. pepper "dr.-pepper-flavored dr. pepper."

Victor · Posts: 125

BalbanesBeoulve wrote:

Delaware Punch.

That's a hilariously wonderful name, now isn't it.

Also, the fat guy with the glove points out a valid point.....it really doesn't taste that different. Neither did Code Red. What's the Deal here, Pepper. If you were, say, a longwinded twat, you could like, totally go on about how that proves steadfast confidence in the superiority of their product in the face of their faceless brand-centric peers. But we're not going to do that, because that's not what we are. Most of us.

108 · Posts: 2600

huh?

your post is tainted by something beyond beverage.

Victor · Posts: 125

108 wrote:

beyond beverage.

I'd watch that, if it was a television show hosted by Alton Brown.

oneEIGHTkevin · Posts: 465

108 wrote:

huh?

your post is tainted by something beyond beverage.

It really is. That was crazy.

DonMarco · Posts: 565

I demand mods rename this thread to something less erotic.

I was severly let down, and nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows but Jesus

EndlessChris · Posts: 431

Waffen wrote:

its pepper flavored, hence the name.

Actually the guy who invented it named it after the father of some chick he banged.

Something like that - check Snopes

icycalm · Posts: 442

I demand the mods ban Marco his posts don't make no sense no more.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

I stopped drinking soda cold turkey over five years ago. No real reason I guess, I just did, but I'm glad. I was such a hardcore soda drinker growing up; at my worst I was a 2 liter a day guy. Once I stopped, I felt better and instantly dropped 10 pounds. And I dare not touch it again, less falling back into the trap and not be able to get out again.

But its been hard since I love soda, especially when Fanta Orange came out in the states (it was my fave soda growing up in Korea). But now I've begun to notice that soda companies are running out of gimmicks and are just adding favor onto of favor onto of favor. Its almost as bad as candy with their orange chocolate kit kats and snickers mixed with milky way mixed with 3 musketeers on a cookies on a peanut butter cup.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

I tried one Cherry-Vanilla 'Pepper the last time I was in Cali. It was pretty damned nice, really. Dr Pepper already has cherry in it, to my knowledge, but having extra cherry and some vanilla is pretty nice in itself.

I also tried going to Sonic Burger and ordering two Dr Peppers with add-in flavors of vanilla on one and cherry on the next. The vanilla was unimpressive and left a headache, while the cherry was actually pretty great. Not good enough to make me eat at Sonic Burger again, though.

DeusJester keeps wanting me to drink something alcoholic; we're considering setting me up with Dr Pepper spiked with everclear. I like this because I'll be able to tell people that I drank everclear on my first try. Fucking hardcore, etc.

-Psiga

FocusRambo · Posts: 829

Pepsi Blue, anyone? I know I miss it dearly.

When it comes to soda, though, just give me some Ginger Ale (Ale81, you lucky Kentuckian bastards. Great stuff, there) or some cream soda. I get too burned out on cola and the citrus flavored sodas.

Vault is just like Surge, which is nice to know.

Legal Step · Posts: 1030

It looks like it tastes like medicine.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

Does anybody remeber OK soda?

st1nky187 · Posts: 181

FortNinety wrote:

Does anybody remeber OK soda?

If I don't does that mean it's all true?

Additionally, while I'm here, Marco is right.

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

Jones Soda kicks ass. They're Bubblegum and Green Apple sodas are my favorite sodas ever. it can be hard to find though. The only places that i've seen selling it are Target and Zumies, a skater clothes store at the mall.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

Jones? It's all over the place in the OC. I've seen it in health food stores around here in Vegastan.

-Psiga

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

BalbanesBeoulve wrote:

Jones Soda kicks ass. They're Bubblegum and Green Apple sodas are my favorite sodas ever. it can be hard to find though. The only places that i've seen selling it are Target and Zumies, a skater clothes store at the mall.

Their Thanksgiving Day sodas are beyond disgusting. Though I do hear their mash potatoes soda tastes like mash potatoes.

StorminNorman · Posts: 70

They took Dr. Pepper off the market here in Australia.

I cry myself to sleep, sometimes, when I think about that.

butters4life · Posts: 255

apparently it wasn't profitable anymore :(

I miss it... damn Schweppes to hell.

We really lack a soda culture in Australia.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

Schweppes produced DP in AU? That's wild. In America it's produced by both Pepsi and Coca Cola. To think that they also had a deal with Schweppes is really interesting to me.

-Psiga

oneEIGHTkevin · Posts: 465

Psiga wrote:

Schweppes produced DP in AU? That's wild. In America it's produced by both Pepsi and Coca Cola. To think that they also had a deal with Schweppes is really interesting to me.

-Psiga

I bet detectives figure out locations of people based on discarded beverage bottles. The soda world is sick.

butters4life · Posts: 255

As far as i know Schweppes were the company that distributed it here, atleast when i still worked at a supermarket it was all on the same order together.

Brock · Posts: 421

Yeah, Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper isn't bad. I've been trying to cut sodas out of my diet completely (helped me lose about ten pounds as well), but for the occasional splurge, it's actually good.

I overheard my high school principal mention to the kids loitering outside of his office that there's an elusive, different flavor of Dr. Pepper only available in Dublin, Texas, where the original plant is located. He claimed it tasted better, anyway.

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

IC ROADTRIP!

veen · Posts: 131

I could really go for some crystal pepsi right now... I can almost remember what it tasted like, in the seventh grade.

I used to drink mountain dew like a fiend, but I've given up soda. now I just drink tea all the time.

Crazy Bacon Lips · Posts: 783

What you young lads need is to wrap your lips around a cool, refreshing Moxie.

aderack · Posts: 5018

I'd not mind a bottle. If just to terrify some people I know here.

From what I remember, Crystal Pepsi tasted like cinnamon, sort of.

Psiga · Posts: 3990

Teh Brock wrote:

I overheard my high school principal mention to the kids loitering outside of his office that there's an elusive, different flavor of Dr. Pepper only available in Dublin, Texas, where the original plant is located. He claimed it tasted better, anyway.

You can buy the stuff online. It's the original recipe of Dr Pepper, made with antifreeze and cane sugar. Great stuff, though not as biting and fizzy. I despise high-fructose corn syrup, so I'd drink it exclusively if I could.

Actually, I heard that Mexican Dr Pepper has all modern ingredients except for the HFC. There's a trade problem with getting HFC across the borders, so Mexican sodas use cane sugar. So I've heard.

-Psiga

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

I've never seen Dr. Pepper whenever I go to Mexico. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist though. It's not uncommon for a soda to be available in a certain state and not be just across the state border.

Victor · Posts: 125

Psiga wrote:

Mexican sodas use cane sugar

This is the key, yes.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

Psiga wrote:

Actually, I heard that Mexican Dr Pepper has all modern ingredients except for the HFC. There's a trade problem with getting HFC across the borders, so Mexican sodas use cane sugar. So I've heard.

I don't think it's a trade problem so much as it is that cane sugar is just cheaper and more common in Mexicon whereas HFC is cheaper here.

As much as I dislike the marketing of the Fuze line of beverages, they do get props for being entirely HFC free.