Jun
14
What could be more patriotic than drinking a classic root beer with an American flag on the bottle? Americana is a line of “vintage sodas” that is distributed by Orca Beverages out of Mukilteo, WA. The bottle tells me that this soda is handcrafted and contains pure cane sugar as the sweetener. The Americana brands …
Jun
02
When it comes to the soft drink world, the term “artificial” is commonly found on ingredient lists. There are a lot of “fruit drinks” that barely resemble the fruit listed on the label of the bottle. That is why it’s always refreshing to me when I find a carbonated drink that does contain actual, natural …
Apr
25
Last spring, I got to sample some Dog n Suds Root Beer. I have seen and heard of their drive in restaurants but it was a cheese shop in downtown Madison, Wisconsin that I first experienced what they have to offer. The next time I was on a long distance road trip, Dog n Suds …
Nov
18
Big Lots is a great store to find some unexpected deals. My mom first discovered in her Big Lots (Port Huron, MI) some Boylan and Frostop brand glass bottled soda pop for sale. The Frostop flavors were going for $.70 a bottle and the Boylan for $.75. This is cheap for these great drinks. My …
Aug
31
When it comes to the ingredients in a good soda pop, the fewer ingredients is usually better. That is what you get with Virgil’s Black Cherry Cream. It contains only the following ingredients: Purified carbonated water, unbleached cane sugar, vanilla extract, black cherry flavor, natural flavors, malic acid. Just as the other Virgil’s flavor this …
Jul
13
One of the great treats of the early summer are fresh cherries. One of the best varieties is the Michigan Black Cherry. These cherries are black in color without any red hint. If you find a cherry in a store that looks black but has some red tint to it, then you don’t have a …
Jun
15
Today for lunch I popped the top off of a Millstream Old Time Black Cherry soda. This 12 ounces brown colored glass bottle contains a soda pop sweetened with sugar and containing natural flavorings. This was a disappointment. It had the tartness of a cherry and was more complex in flavor than most soda pop. …
May
15
I am once again here to review another “Taste of the Islands” Calypso’s Black Cherry Lemonade. This beverage bottled by the King Juice Company contains real cherry juice concentrate. No fake cherry flavor that tastes like cough medicine in this product. I think is one of the best flavors in the Calypso lemonade line. The …
Mar
02
This is part of a series of posts on juices and unique drinks that I have come across. Everyone knows the Pepsis and Cokes of this world and many sites cover the wines and beers, but I am bringing to you the rest of the beverage world. Last week while at Busch’s grocery store in …
Feb
13
This is part of a series of posts on juices and unique drinks that I have come across. Everyone knows the Pepsis and Cokes of this world and many sites cover the wines and beers, but I am bringing to you the rest of the beverage world. Stewart’s has been making carbonated drinks since opening …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
