Worst soda flavor you ever tasted...

[Xolodno]

...for me it was Beverly manufactured by Coca Cola in Italy...but then I grew to like it...so I went back to TAB being my worst.

[defacto7]

1. Celery Soda

[fleur-de-lisa]

28. Dear Dog!

Is that really a thing? I despise celery . . . can't imagine it as a soda flavor. GROSS!

[defacto7]

34. I wrote it wrong, it's cel-ray soda... I was corrected

down thread. It may as well be celery though. Tastes like it.

[lagomorph777]

96. It IS celery. I used to drink it sometimes

as a change of pace. But I like celery.

[GallopingGhost]

113. Cel-Ray soda

is liquid hell for the taste buds of celery loathers.

[fierywoman]

32. I love cel-ray soda, but only when I'm eating a pastrami sandwich.

[defacto7]

33. Ha... that's it... hate that stuff.

Love the pastrami though.

[COLGATE4]

80. I'm pretty sure that Cel-Ray came about because it

was Kosher when things like Coke still weren't. But I agree with you - it's not at all bad with Pastrami (or Kosher salami).

[Generic Brad]

2. It's a toss up

I have had some chocolate soda - which was putrid. And I choked down some Jones Slow Roasted Turkey and Gravy soda on a dare. Equally putrid.

[Xolodno]

25. That's pretty much Jones marketing scheme..

...lets create a putrid soda and call it Thanksgiving Dinner!

We...are intrigued. Buy it. Try it. Toss it. Without realizing it tasted just like their previous putrid soda...Halloween Candy.

[Texasgal]

3. Big Red

It's a Texas thing but it is so sweet it tastes like a big wad of bubble gum! Even as a kid I couldn't stand it!

[TexasProgresive]

7. Imagine a margarita made with red. UGH!

I've seen this offered in a restaurant we frequent.

[Texasgal]

14. I've seen this as well!

Why would anyone mess up a perfectly good margarita with THAT? Bleh!

[TexasProgresive]

22. The following is what I used to use

2 ounces tequila made from 100 percent agave, preferably reposado or blanco
1 ounce Cointreau
1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
Salt for garnish
I don't mix drinks any longer but was a bit proud of my Margaritas and Daiquiris. Never made Martinis because the smell of gin makes me nauseous after a mishap with said spirit in my youth. You would think after nearly 50 years I'd get over it.

[Texasgal]

29. The more simple the better!

Although I am not a big fan of their food * since I am Tex-Mex snob * El Rancho in Austin has the best lime squeezed margaritas in town....or anywhere for that matter!

[TexasProgresive]

42. My two best family owned Tex-Mex restaurants in Bryan have closed down.

One made the BESTEST cheese enchiladas I ever put in my mouth. I miss them dearly. Anyway we settle for Casa Ole. The food is OK but the staff is the best. I can't eat much of the food because I am diabetic but they make a grill chicken garden vegetable salad that is very good, espcially with the avocado ranch dressing which is a house specialty. Here I'm near bed time and getting hungry. Well I'm going to stay up late for me and watch Madam Secretary.

[Pope George Ringo II]

61. I had my last gin October 8, 1984.

I haven't gotten over it.

[jmowreader]

67. Oh man, I love gin

The best thing to do with it is to make a GINger ale...a shot of good gin, four ounces ginger ale, and a lemon twist. Serve over ice in a highball glass.

[unblock]

11. the thing about texas,

any soda tastes like nectar of the gods after 3 hours of playing ultimate in 95 degree heat!

[Xolodno]

21. Tried it...

...didn't hate it, but didn't like it either.

[Texasgal]

30. It was always too sweet for me..

I cannot imagine trying to drink one now. Blech!

[TexasBushwhacker]

58. It's a type of cream soda n/t

[rzemanfl]

4. "New Coke" in the early '80s. n/t

[Adrahil]

97. That stuff was awful!

Epic failure of brand management!

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

5. Dr Pepper

`

[longship]

6. AKA Prune Juice.

Are two enough; are three too many?

[unblock]

10. prune juice is actually not one of the 23 ingredients

though i'll admit that coca-cola plus prune juice is pretty close in taste.

[Xolodno]

18. Yeah...I think that Mr Pibb is made with prune juice....

...not Dr. Pepper.

Drank a whole 2 liter one day...the results were...not good. If Mr Pibb wasn't the cause, then I should have sued Round Table Pizza.

[unblock]

9. that's my favorite!

[Laffy Kat]

90. I've never met a person who like DP that I didn't like.

We Peppers have to stick together.

[unblock]

94. i'm a pepper, you're a pepper!

wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?

[tblue37]

17. I couldn't drink DP--it always gave me severe gassy cramps! nt

[lastlib]

93. Sends me to the toilet.....

...and I don't know which end it's gonna come out of, but something's gonna come out.

GAGGGG!

They don't say it, but it's carbonated prune juice.

[left-of-center2012]

19. I drank a Dr Pepper today

Liked it, but not my favorite.

[montana_hazeleyes]

57. I'm right with you! Hate it!

Yuk.

[steve2470]

75. yea no thanks nt

[Le Gaucher]

104. + 10000000000000

It tastes like some disgusting medicine I was forced to swallow as a kid

I will spare you of the smilies

[unblock]

8. toss-up between red bull and diet anything.

nutrasweet is truly vile.

[Mrs. Overall]

12. Root Beer...

I have always hated the taste of that stuff.

[Xolodno]

23. Hmmmmm....

Its definitely an "acquired taste"....like Beverly.

But after tasting IBC for the first time, it was heaven...and I stick to that now. Once I saw "Dad's" root beer in the store...something I hadn't seen in years since I was kid, with fond memories, I bought "some". Once I tried it at home...yeah, what you think was good as a kid doesn't always translate to being good as an adult.

[ProfessorGAC]

98. We Had Dad's Around Here, Too

Chicago area. But, from my childhood (absent going to one of the root beer joints like A&W) Frosty was the best of the lot. Even as a kid i could tell the difference in creaminess. Me, i've always been a root beer guy.

Well, not anymore because i haven't drank pop/soda in a couple decades.

[unblock]

56. i've tried many different root beers.

some i really like, others not so much, and a few i really don't like.

fascinating how varied the taste can be for the same basic drink.

[KatyMan]

85. The root beer scene on DS9...

[link:

?t=110


The root beer thing starts about 1:40

[rurallib]

13. Grass soda

we got it at a store with Asian foods. 1 drink for both me and my wife and out it went.

[Xolodno]

24. OK...that intrigues me...

...now I have to try it.

[rurallib]

74. this was probably 30 years ago

so it may not even exist anymore - but the Googles says it does exist.

Funny thing is it came up in a conversation with our daughter yesterday (you always make Mom try stuff first and if she doesn't die then you try it) - a family memory that will live forever.

[tblue37]

15. Cream soda. Way too sweet! nt

[pansypoo53219]

69. i hate ginger ale. but yeah. cream soda is nasty. hate pepsi too.

root beer is very variable. have a local maple syrup one.

[tblue37]

71. I like ginger ale. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

119. If it's labeled "Ginger Beer" it usually tastes better. :)

Ever try D&G Jamaican Ginger Beer ? If you thought Ginger Ale/Beer was always mild, be warned !

2nd choice: Goya Ginger Beer. Made with actual capsaicin oil. Somehow tastes 'fake' compared to D&G. Will do if D&G not available.

3rd choice (good, but not spicy): Stewart's Ginger Beer

[cannabis_flower]

102. That and Big Red

were my least favorite ones but I don't drink soda anymore.

My grandma used to automatically serve us kids Big Red until I asked her if I could have tea instead.

[procon]

16. Cactus Cooler, an orange-pineapple flavored soda that looks nuclear glowing yellow.

The color iis a warning because the stuff is so overly sweet it's undrinkable. I've only seen in in the Southern California, so the rest of the country is still safe.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

27. It infests Arizona, too

`It's on my list of "Do not.....", too.

[Sinistrous]

20. Moxie.

For some reason it is popular in parts of New England. The taste is indescribably awful.

[NRaleighLiberal]

26. those of us who grew up with and love it call it "unique"!

it's the gentian root extract that makes it taste so "distinctive!"

[delisen]

129. Is it related to gentian violet pinworm

treatment?

[LisaM]

41. Yes! Moxie.

It must be an acquired taste, but it did nothing for me the couple of times I tasted it.

[Squinch]

44. That stuff is rancid.

[CentralMass]

47. I've had it. It's "an acquired taste"

[jpak]

92. It's a man's drink

yup

[annabanana]

107. Oh wow! Haven't heard that name in years...

I grew up in Lexington Mass and I used to love it. Do they still make it?

[blaze]

131. Here ya go!

I don't remember it.

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Premium-Vintage-Original-Elixir/dp/B003VWP0VS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

[annabanana]

132. (hey, thanks!)

[yellowdogintexas]

123. Moxie, definitely. Disgusting vile stuff. Big Red, Vernor's, all forms of Root Beer & Dr Pepper

I have not drunk much soda in the last 15 years, but really the only one I ever liked was Original Coke, the colder the better.

Of course, a reminder that in New England all sodas are referred to as "tonic" which I never understood. Then on the other hand down here in the South we call everything coke....

[rurallib]

128. original coke in the small glass bottle I bet?

Met an older southern gentleman many years ago and that was all he liked.
I gave him an icey glass of Pepsi on a hot August afternoon and I thought he was going to die.

[Freddie]

126. Tastes like Dr. Pepper with added ginger

Yuck 🤢

[JHan]

31. stinkin cherry coke

[MichMan]

35. Tab

[Submariner]

36. Fresca

sux

[procon]

39. I confess, I love that stuff, and it makes some great cocktails.

Vodka, Mango Juice, Fresca... very good!
Frisky Whisky... nuff said.
Southern Comfort and Fresca, try it.

[LisaM]

43. Fresca and tequila with lime.

Pretty tasty!

[procon]

46. That'll work too! nt

[Miles Archer]

37. Moxie

I believe it was originally native to New England. My brother in law loves the stuff. When I visited him and my sister in Colorado Springs two years ago, they had it at...of all places...Ace Hardware. They had a variety of about 30 "retro" sodas. You could by single bottles or mix & match 6-packs.

The taste of moxie is hard to describe. It's of the cola-root beer family, but it's also a little bitter and medicinal, and it absolutely has a nasty aftertaste. No idea why people drink it. My brother in law "just loves it." He's not the kind of guy that articulates nuances, you know?

[LisaM]

45. Moxie is almost like carbonated bitters.

I wonder if it started out as something medicinal?

[sarge43]

73. It did. Started as a "nerve medicine" in the 1870's.

It contains extract of gentian root, widely used as herbal folk medicine. It does have some benefit, but it's like "If it tastes bad, it must be good for you".

[eppur_se_muova]

120. So did Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola.

CC was a hangover remedy, IIRC. The "coca" was for cocaine. Pepsi for dyspepsia (indigestion).

Oh, and 7-Up was originally made with lithium.

[Bayard]

38. Pepsi tastes like Windex to me

[d_r]

40. beverly and tab

you and I agre

[Leith]

48. Nobody Mentioned Squirt Yet?

A few weeks ago, an Asian lady asked me about it in the grocery store. I told her it was grapefruit flavor and I didn't like it. She said that she liked grapefruit and decided to try it. I just smiled and hoped she liked it.

Tab tastes like somebody put cheap cologne in it.

[pansypoo53219]

70. i love grapefruit & i like squirt, but in milwaukee we have 50/50. a grapefruit/lime soda.

love that too. but i made my own. even better.

[LisaM]

122. That sounds yummy!

And would probably also taste good frozen, with Tequila.

[KatyMan]

86. Squirt pairs well with....

Jim Beam

[femmocrat]

95. I was going to mention it.

Awful stuff that gave me a stomach ache and cramping. I'm surprised they still sell it.

[NBachers]

49. Utica Club

[Eugene]

50. Lemon Coke

derided as "Lemon Pledge Coke" at the time.

[OriginalGeek]

81. worse than that

they also had DIET Lemon Coke. I remember my dad coming home from the store all excited once with like 2 cases of the stuff saying "Hey look this was all on sale for a dollar a six-pack!"

then he drank one. lol


I think there' might still be a six-pack in the back of my grandpa's pantry...

[LeftInTX]

84. That stuff was nasty

[mucifer]

51. Diet chocolate fudge soda ewww

?v=1494127654&auto=format&ch=Width,DPR&q=60&

[Scoopster]

78. OMG they still make this??

If I remember right it was like an in-house brand at Pathmark or Waldbaums going back to the 80s. Most vile tasting stuff, plus is has/had aspartame in it so the awful aftertaste was there too.

[mucifer]

109. all I can say is I googled and found the photo. BlecK!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

99. Good Call

I remember that stuff from when i was a kid. Everybody was all jacked up when it was introduced. Commercials were ubiquitous.

Then i had the misfortune of actually drinking some!

Mistake.

[AllyCat]

52. Tab. Tasted more like chemicals than the other sodas

[Iggo]

66. Saccharine flavored poison.

[Baitball Blogger]

53. Not a soda.

It was something called Malta Vigor. Based on the commercials, it came across like a precursor for Mt. Dew. I went to the cafeteria at the Clubhouse to satisfy my curiosity. I remember I picked one up, bought it at the cash register, was never carded. Went to sit down at a table and took a sip. Left it on the table and made a quick exit.

[Glamrock]

54. Mickey Melon

Watermelon soda that had a picture of Mickey Rooney in a straw hat on the bottle. Awful.

[tanyev]

55. Interesting to see so many saying Tab.

My only taste of it was when I was a kid and I did not know it was a diet soda, didn’t even realize there was such a thing as diet soda. Ewwww. Thinking back on it years later, after I came to like several diet sodas, I often wondered if I would like it now. Maybe not.

[Purveyor]

59. We don't drink "soda" around these parts. We drink "pop"...

[Chipper Chat]

60. definitely TAB

I almost barfed when I first tasted it in the 70s

[Buckeye_Democrat]

62. TAB is the worst that I recall.

My friend's mother, who was dieting, offered me a taste of it when I was a kid.

I'm not a big fan of sodas anyway, but that one was easily the worst. Something about the "artificial taste" made me wonder if I swallowed something lethal, like it was made from nuclear waste.

[doc03]

64. I would have to vote for TAB. My faves are Dr. Pepper

A&W cream Soda and Faygo Red Pop

[Iggo]

65. Tab.

Good gawd, that was some horrible shit.

[jmowreader]

68. There is a Russian soda that's the most vibrant shade of green

If you ever see a display of Russian sodas, the green one will stand out. Don't get that.

The black currant Russian soda, OTOH, is really good. I wonder how it'd be with Cuban rum.

[sarge43]

72. Fresca

Grapefruit with a hint of chemical - nasty.

[DFW]

87. I think you could have called Fresca "Koch-a Cola"

Because the grapefruit was about 1% and the chemical was around 99%. At least, it tasted that way.

Very nasty, indeed.

[samnsara]

76. go to a Coke/MnM store and taste the International flavors :(

[stonecutter357]

77. Tab

Tab ingredients
TaB currently uses saccharin and aspartame as its sweetener but its best ingredient, caffeine, still remains. Ingredients: Carbonated water, caramel color, natural flavors, phosphoric acid, calcium saccharin, potassium benzoate (to protect taste), caffeine, aspartame.

[ProfessorGAC]

100. Didn't That Used To Have Cyclamate As The Sweetner?

Or am i thinking of the diet version of Royal Crown Cola. (Forgetting the trade name.)

Maybe both had the cyclamate until they found out is was quite bad for people.

[cyclonefence]

106. Diet Rite n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

111. Yep, That's It!!!

Remember we used to save all the bottles and take them back to the store for the deposit return. So, there were always bottles of Diet Rite in the house.

Thanks for the reminder!

[TuxedoKat]

79. Malta Corona

I tried it in Puerto Rico. It tastes like carbonated Molasses. One of the worst things I ever tasted. YUCK!!!

[OriginalGeek]

82. when I was a youngmid-teen my stepfather beat me for buying a Rondo*

from the camp ground vending machine. He accused me of buying it only because it looked kind of like a Coor's beer can. I just wanted a goddamned drink and Rondo tasted like Mountain Dew.

It's his fault I still hate camping.

Also, if there was a Rondo around, I'd drink it. But I drink MUCH better beer than Coors.


*the list is long of things my stepfather beat me for. Right-wing fundie tyrant even back in the 70s before right-wing tyranny was a thing.

[LeftInTX]

83. Fresca and fudge soda

I believe the fudge soda was Shasta brand.

My grocery store currently has pumpkin soda. I wonder if it is worth buying a 12 pack to test for this thread!

[Grammy23]

88. As I recall, TAB and Fresca came out about the same time. (1960s)

Many people on diets drank one or both of them to have some kind of soft drink. TAB was vile and disgusting and left a gross after taste in your mouth. The Fresca, on the other hand, seemed sparkly and refreshing. It went away for a while but is available now with a different sweetener from the old Fresca. Probably changed from saccharine to Splenda. I liked it for a while.

I liked regular Dr. Pepper as a teenager, especially with a sleeve of salted, roasted peanuts dumped in the bottle. Coke was also improved with this addition. Eventually, I switched to Diet Dr. Pepper because of the calories AND because it was one of the few diet soft drinks that tasted close to the original. Several years ago, I realized it was not good for me AND I drank far too much of it. I often drank 4 or more cans a day and bought it in a pkg. of 24 cans. So I finished up what I had and bought no more. Now, if I have had a stressful day or am feeling like a treat, I buy one 20oz. Bottle and that is it. I do that maybe 1 or 2 times a year. Don’t really miss it. I drink seltzer water now....for the sparkly, bubbly taste I used to get from Diet Dr. Pepper. No calories, no sodium, no sweetener. Just carbonated water.

[TexasBushwhacker]

89. The most common sweetener back in the 60s was cyclamate

They took it off the market when an experiment feeding rats a massive amount caused an increased risk for bladder cancer. They couldn't get a good tasting TAB or Fresca using saccharine as a replacement, but once aspartame (NutraSweet) came on the market, new formulations returned.

Oddly enough, most countries don't ban cyclamate. You can get it in Canada and the EU.

[Grammy23]

91. The main thing I remember about TAB was it just did not taste good.

And it left a nasty after taste in your mouth. Fresca tasted a little like grapefruit with bubbles. I actually liked it. In its new iterations, they make a Peach Fresca that I like. I am trying to stay away from soft drinks and rarely get any brand. If I were to fall off the wagon, it would be for Diet Dr. Pepper or Peach Fresca.

I read somewhere a long time ago that in order to have the risks for cancer from drinking the artificially sweetened soft drinks, you’d have to consume a ridiculously impossible number of the drinks. So the sweetener issue never especially bothered me. Eventually, it was all of the crap that goes in the soft drinks that convinced me they had to be bad in general. So
I gave them up. I also know some people have serious health issues with some of the artificial sweeteners and can never use them. Things like seizures are not small matters and some people seem to have that as a risk if they use artificial sweeteners.

[TexasBushwhacker]

108. I saccharin in coffee and tea

The only aspartame I ingest is from sugar free sodas which I don't drink often. I don't like that methanol is one of its byproducts. Granted it's a tiny amount.

[ProfessorGAC]

101. Thanks

I asked up thread about that. I recalled the cyclamate too. I remember my mom being a Tab drinker. I was never a cola kid. 7 Up, Rootbeer, Orange Crush, Lemon Crush, and once in a while, Mountain Dew. (Figuring around my 10ish age period in the mid 60's.)

[Freddie]

127. Yes to Diet Dr. Pepper

Tastes almost exactly like the real thing and very good. My other favorite diet soda is Diet Cherry 7-Up. Anyone who hates today's diet sodas never had Tab.
I loath Diet Coke, tastes like chemicals in sweet fuzzy water and nothing at all like Coke. My #1 pet peeve is why do restaurants/fast foods offer 27 different kinds of "real" soda and ONLY Diet Coke for us eternal calorie-watchers?? Can't they at least offer Diet Sprite too? Much as I despise the politics at Chick Fil A, they have Diet Dr. Pepper there.

[LeftInTX]

130. I had some Coke Zero today....nasty stuff....

[okwmember]

103. Beverly for me as well

However, coincidentally this weekend my daughter texted me from the Coca Cola Pavillion at EPCOT to tell me she had impressed her companions by chugging Beverly while there.

[Old Vet]

105. When I was very young, Royal Crown cola was big around here. And you could win money ......

On the twist off cap. Ive won a dollar a lot, That's pretty cool when at the time the soda itself cost 25cts. I even won ONCE 25.00 on the cap of a RC Cola back in the sixties, That was a big deal for a 14yr old in 1966.

[Awsi Dooger]

115. I've got you beat by $75

I twisted a cap off a Pepsi bottle and won $100. I believe it was '66 or '67. I was 7 or 8 years old.

My dad was on the phone with his mother at the time. Initially he didn't pay attention to me. Finally I all but shoved it in his face. I'll never forget his startled expression. Then he said on the phone, "Mom, I think he's got it."

That was on the weekend. The following Monday my mom and nana drove me to the Pepsi plant on the Palmetto Expressway here in Miami. They walked us into a building shaped like a bottle cap and handed me the $100. That building and plant are still there. Basically nothing has changed in 50 years. I think about that $100 every time I drive past.

When we got home, dad was stunned and upset that we had gone without him. He wanted to witness it. For the remainder of his life he mentioned that often...how much it hurt him that we didn't wait until he got home from work.

[NickB79]

110. Coco-Rico. Really popular in Puerto Rico

I choked down a can when I was there to make a good impression on my wife's family. Never again.

[GallopingGhost]

112. Rocket Fizz

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites.

Awful, awful, awful.

[Mendocino]

114. Brawndo

It's got electrolytes, it's what plants crave.

[Awsi Dooger]

116. HoJo Cola deserves a mention

The Howard Johnson's version from the roadside restaurants all over the country. Maybe not the worst tasting but the biggest ripoff. It could not have been more watered down. My dad always wondered how they got away with it. Eventually he wouldn't allow us to order HoJo because he said he wasn't paying for water.

Let's see, I never had more than a sip or two of the worst offenders, but Tab and Fresca come to mind. Or anything diet. Yuck.

[yellowdogintexas]

124. I am totally with you on the anything Diet nt

[Xolodno]

117. So many awful flavors...

....so little time!

[NNadir]

118. Orange soda, any brand. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

121. No opinions on Malto Goya ?

It's ... weird. A "lightly carbonated malt beverage". Strangely habit-forming, though. :/

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

125. Bacon

[GoCubsGo]

133. Cheerwine.

I guess it's supposed to be cherry-flavored. It tastes like someone dumped some really bad artificial cherry flavoring in carbonated water.

[Jamaal510]

134. Grapefruit. nt

[Fed-Up Fed]

135. Fresca

Can't stand the stuff.

[kairos12]

136. Tab.