Drinks that Have Disappeared: What were your favorites, or ones you hated?

[JCMach1]

Crystal Pepsi (loved it)



Zima (Hated it)-actually I still think they make this tripe

[Parche]

1. QUENCH

:woohoo: :woohoo: :hi:

[flvegan]

2. Jolt Cola

Man I loved that stuff.

Maybe they still make it, but I can't find it anywhere.

[Generic Brad]

31. I buy it at Holiday gas stations in Minnesota

It no longer is packaged in a 12 oz can either. Now it comes in a 24 ounce thermos container. There is a plastic seal at the top. It opens with this incredible Pfffft sound as the pressure is released with a twist of the cap and then cold vapor smokes up out of it.

And it's not just cola anymore (although the cola is my personal favorite). It also comes in three or four other fruit flavors. It is damned tasty stuff and truly does give you a jolt.

[Shakespeare]

3. Big Red! Still availble, just not here in CA.

[GOPisEvil]

30. Heh - want a care package?

I'd hate to see a bottle break, though.

I get the craving for Big Red about about once a hear. I just satisfied 2008's craving at Rudy's BBQa bit ago. :)

[Lethe]

43. yeah you hardly ever see big red anymore

there are some distributors in Texas that still carry it, but you hardly ever see it anymore.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Funny, in boarding school, we used crystal pepsi bottles to

camouflage our Zima! :rofl:

[Rambis]

5. Smithwicks

I am convinced it has craic in it:)

[XemaSab]

21. You can still get that

It's good too :9

[KamaAina]

6. Dixie Beer -- but soft! What light through yonder bottle breaks?

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2007-02-20/feat.php

Things were looking bad for Keith Hurtt, an attorney and New Orleans native whose favorite beer is Dixie. After Hurricane Katrina knocked the fabled old New Orleans brewery out of action, Hurtt methodically drank through the lingering inventory of Dixie longneck bottles at all his favorite bars that had reopened, ceremoniously downing the last Dixie at Molly's on Toulouse Street, Vaughan's Lounge in Bywater and Tujague's Restaurant near the French Market....

Dixie beer is back, resurrected from an uncertain future after Katrina just in time for the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the brand. There was no press conference about it, no product re-launch or public event to mark the milestone. Rather, word spread quickly via phone calls and e-mails among fans of the last beer to be commercially bottled in New Orleans. Across town, bartenders and waiters surprised their regulars by coolly producing bottles of the beer that had been missing in action and missed by local beer drinkers since Hurricane Katrina struck 16 months earlier....

If gripping a Dixie longneck at a crawfish boil or po-boy shop presses sentimental buttons for local beer drinkers, the brand's New Orleans identity is also very much in the minds of the Brunos as they try to devise a plan to return to their devastated Tulane Avenue brewery. Before the storm, the Brunos were preparing for a major overhaul and modernization of the Dixie facility....

Dixie's fabled cypress brewing tanks, a unique anachronism in the age of streamlined modern brewing equipment, survived the rampage of Katrina and remain part of future plans for the brewery, Bruno says.

Note: Bud's fabled (?) "beechwood aging" is achieved by throwing beechwood chips into metal tanks. :puke: Not at all like the cypress tanks that sit at 2401 Tulane Ave. waiting for their place in the sun.

:beer: :beer: :beer:

[BarenakedLady]

7. Pepsi Jazz

Black Cherry/French Vanilla.

I can't find it anywhere anymore.

:(

[Ikonoklast]

13. For a good reason.

:puke:

[gemdem]

29. It's still here in Ohio

Want I should send you some?

[1gobluedem]

8. Pepsi Light

It had a tinge of lemon in it. I can't find an image because there is a new Pepsi Light now and that's what's popping up but I remember the jingle:

The time is right
For Pepsi Light
Lemony
Pepsi Light.
They put a little lemony taste in
And took out half the calories.

It was around in the 1970s.

[qb]

9. TAB with saccharine

I grew up drinking my mom's TAB. The nutrasweet version sucks.

[Left Is Write]

45. They put Nutrasweet in Tab?

Bummer.

[Burma Jones]

10. Delaware Punch

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Aviation, Negroni, Hemingway Daiquiri - most classic cocktails, really.

Hard to find a restaurant or bar any more that has a bartender that actually knows how to fucking make any of them.

They're all busy now learning how to make bullshit drinks with "sex" and "fuck" and "slammer" and "shooter" and "-tini" in the name, none of which have any balance, elegance, or right to exist.

[rockymountaindem]

14. I ordered a stinger one time

I got a red fruit drink with an umbrella in it. WTF?

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. WTF? Not even close.

:eyes:

But, that's what happens when you let Republicans run education for generations and create a society that worships mediocrity and ignorance and only knows about the past an empty, false nostalgic lie.

[rockymountaindem]

19. The upshot was it was *loaded* with whatever booze they put in there

I suspect it was rum. Hard to tell though... it was probably about 30% grenadine.

[Left Is Write]

46. Try finding someone who knows that Martinis don't include apple, melon, pear...

cherry, cranberry or any other crap like that.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. I also miss the days of sodas and fruit juices made with actual sugar, not HFCS

OR made without any fucking extra sugar in them at all.

Do you know how difficult it is to find fruit juices that don't have CS, HFCS, or other added sugars? Just about impossible.

And parents are shoving this shit down their kids throat at an abominable and unforgivable rate.

[madeline_con]

32. Jones Soda is made with sugar cane....

it's outrageously wonderful.

Also, you can upload photos on the site and they use them on their packaging.

[Left Is Write]

47. If you have a Cost Plus World Market nearby, check them out for pop made with real cane sugar.

[drmeow]

68. Try Juice Squeezers

http://www.crystalgeyser.com/juice_squeeze/cgw_js.html

They changed the formula at one point and added some form of sugar. I guess the backlash was pretty bad cause they switched it back. I'd written them a nasty letter and got coupons for a ton of free 4 packs when they went back to the original formula. They've discontinued some of my favorites (they had a strawberry lemonade that was out of this world and the key lime was pretty damn good but they don't make either anymore).

[Fox Mulder]

15. Mountain Dew Game Fuel.

It was out last fall for the launch of Halo 3, but unfortunately, it was only for a limited time. x(

I loved that stuff.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

17. Hires Root Beer

A restaurant in my neighborhood has an old Hires Root Beer sign as part of their decor, and the first time I went in, I asked if they served it.

The waitress said that they didn't and remarked that a lot of people in my age group asked that question.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. A few places around here sell it...

Some, but not all, of the local Weis markets...

It's still not as good as the old-fashioned sugar-sweetened Hires.

[drmeow]

69. Hey, that name rings a bell

I remember Hires Root Beer ... you're right, it was pretty good!

[RiffRandell]

18. SURGE!

I don't like soda, but I loved Surge in the nineties----WTF happened to it is beyond me. It was a great hangover cure, and tasted good as well.

[NightWatcher]

20. funny story, one year we put a can of it in the base of a live christmans tree

the thing stayed bright green for weeks and not one needle fell off

[Cabcere]

36. Oh man, I remember Surge.

:D I was in middle school when it came out, and it was, of course, hugely popular among kids of my age. ;) I tried it once and found it a bit too sweet for my taste, but it was OK. And it definitely gave you energy! I remember on a field trip to an amusement park my eighth grade year, it was a standing rule (though not really enforced) that students were not allowed to buy Surge because the teachers didn't want to deal with herding a bunch of hyper kids around. :rofl: Good times, man...good times.

[XemaSab]

22. New York Seltzer

That was ALL the rage in Oakland circa 1984. :)

[KitchenWitch]

66. It was really popular in Minneapolis back then too!

:9

[femmocrat]

23. Grape Nehi --- Loved it ....

when I was a kid... doubt if I could stand it now.


Coke ... always hated it, still do. blech

[applegrove]

24. Long Island Iced Tea. Disappeared because I no longer drink.

[BrotherBuzz]

25. Delaware Punch

I was a sucker for this sugar bomb drink.

[bicentennial_baby]

28. According to Wiki, it is banned in several states b/c

of the food coloring in it. But, it is available in some states:

"The brand is currently owned by The Coca-Cola Company. It is difficult to find, but is still sold in some grocery stores in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, and some restaurants in Houston. Delaware Punch concentrate can be purchased from several online soft drink retailers. The bottled form is sold in Guatemala and Mexico, but is currently banned in much of the United States due to a coloring agent, allura red, used. Delaware Punch was commonly sold at the New Orleans drug store chain K&B, before it was bought by Rite Aid in 1997.

Delaware Punch is named for the Delaware grape from which its flavor is derived. The grape is native to Delaware County, Ohio, and the drink therefore has no affiliation with the state of Delaware."

[BrotherBuzz]

50. Maybe I was strung out on red dye number two

It did, indeed, have a strong dye that turned the tongue red.

[DarkTirade]

26. 2nded on the crystal pepsi. I don't know why they stopped doing it.

It was kinda cool. :)

[mitchum]

27. Heroin Crush

[WCIL]

33. Wink

A kind of grapefruit soda. We could get it around Christmas-time until about 1987, and then it disappeared.

[GenDem]

39. Wink -- the sassy one

....from Canada Dry.

I think that was the jingle, if I'm recalling correctly.

[Cabcere]

34. Coke Blak!

:9 I think I was one of the only people in the universe who liked that stuff, but it was definitely one of my favorite drinks. I found a stray bottle of it (probably one of the last remaining ones, lol) in the refrigerated section at a convenience store on the way home for Christmas, and was ecstatic. Man, I loved Coke Blak...



Edited because that first picture I was going to use was friggin' huge.

[Kool Kitty]

48. Oh, I loved that.

Guess it was just you and me, huh? I also loved Pepsi Holiday Spice. I bought it two Christmases ago and loved it. Before the holidays were over, I had stockpiled quite a few bottles. After we drank them all, I missed it, it was only around for the holidays, so I waited the rest of the year in anticipation of Pepsi Holiday Spice to come. I looked for it the next Thanksgiving, and NO STORE SOLD IT. I guess I was the only one that loved it. Damn.

[fishwax]

49. I liked that stuff as well, but

I thought it was a bit overpriced--at least around here ...

[Cabcere]

55. Oh, definitely.

My mom balked the first time I brought a 4-pack home and told her what it had cost...but since it was my money (as she reminded me in that tone mothers have - the way she said it, it was equivalent to "your funeral"), she was OK with it eventually. :) But, yeah, it was overpriced.

[orleans]

70. i never heard of that. what was the flavor? n/t

[Cabcere]

72. "Coke Effervescence with Coffee Essence"

is how it was described on their website: http://www.coca-colablak.com/us/index.jsp

:hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

35. Tincture of laudanum

man, I used to like that.

[Lethe]

41. are you from Victorian England or something?

:D

[AnneD]

59. Tincture of Laudanum, aka....

mother's little helper.

[Spirochete]

37. OK Soda.

Circa 1995

[Lethe]

38. Snapple Lightning Tea

it was tea with a blend of yerba mate, ginsing and other herbs. It felt better than a caffeine rush and no come down effects. I drank about 2 a day in college for a long time.

[Missy Vixen]

42. Simba and old skool Fresca

Both delicious, both gone for a long, long time now.

Julie

[Left Is Write]

44. Rondo.

[trotsky]

51. Oh, wow.

Rondo. Last I saw it was wrapped in tinfoil for my lunch on a school field trip. Good stuff.

[Left Is Write]

65. Thank goodness I'm not the only one who remembers wrapping cans of pop in foil for field trips!

I mentioned that concept to a colleague recently and was met with a blank look.

[ashling]

52. clean water

Pure, Clear, unadulterated, nontoxic, chemical free, H 2 0

:shrug:

[NMDemDist2]

53. Golden Cadillac

Ingredients 1/3 Cream
1/3 Creme de cacao blanche
1/3 Galliano

Preparation Shake all ingredients and serve.


Contributors It was invented during 50s at the American Roger's Bar of New York.

Cadillac celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1952 with a series of "golden anniversary" editions.

you just don't see Galliano like you used to.

[skygazer]

54. How about Billy Beer?

[StrongBad]

57. We elected the wrong Carter

n/t

[Jade Fox]

56. For awhile there was low carb Coke available....

with less sugar in it, and I liked it! Can't remember what it was called, but it seems to have disappeared.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

58. Canfield's 50/50

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

64. found a pic

i guess they still make it somewhere.

[nuxvomica]

60. I can't remember the name but it was a wonderful line of sodas

They were widely available during the 1990s but I haven't seen them in years. They were marketed as all-natural, had fruit flavors and weren't so cloyingly sweet as other sodas. My favorite was kiwi.

[ellisonz]

61. Hansen?

[nuxvomica]

62. I don't think so. It had "Golden" or "Sun" in the name.

I'm usually good at remembering brand names but this one escapes me.

[nuxvomica]

63. I just remembered, "Sundance Sparklers"

They were in tall glass bottles with some sediment on the bottom. They weren't as fizzy or as sweet as other sodas but they had a strong, refreshing flavor, like a good beer.

[JCMach1]

67. Anyone remember Brownie chocolate drink?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

71. yes, THEY STILL MAKE ZIMA!

I was thinking of Zima when I saw the thread title. My friend reminded me the other day of those commercials they had in the mid 90s. We googled, they are STILL around. When I was a kid, I had no idea it was malt liquor! I thought it was sparkling water. :P

[morningglory]

73. Nu-Grape in a freezing cold scratched-up bottle from one of those drink

coolers with the slots where you had to slide the bottle along the slot to get it to the end. Also NeHi Orange.