tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19637433714965771262024-03-08T06:28:14.203-06:00Brent's Soda BlogI think of myself as a soda connoisseur. I like to try most any soda once. I may tell you if I liked it or not, but I'm not here to give reviews. I just like taking pictures of all the flavors I've tried. I'll include pictures of vintage products and advertising. Soda, Soft Drinks, Pop galore!BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-57316579091339152912015-05-09T12:58:00.000-05:002015-05-09T12:58:00.470-05:00Flathead Lake Gourmet Sour Cherry<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6835437452" title="Flathead Lake Gourmet Sour Cherry by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6835437452_5d85ac54ce_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Flathead Lake Gourmet Sour Cherry"></a><br />
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I found Montana's Legendary soda, bespectacled with the glasses-wearing Flathead Lake Monster at a convenience store in west Tennessee. Although the label suggests this is a premium beverage, its 99 cent in a glass bottle shows otherwise. The flavor was ok, I suppose, but the Cherry flavor wasn't all that strong, nor was it particularly sour.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-31727264238285446582015-05-08T12:57:00.000-05:002015-05-08T12:57:00.713-05:00Blue Raspberry Crush<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6898447394" title="Blue Raspberry Crush by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/6898447394_34db51e272_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Blue Raspberry Crush"></a><br />
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From personal experience, blue sodas usually aren't very good. This one was ok. My wife got most of it and she liked it. It's a crush flavor I don't see all too often.<br />
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"82" Market is located on highway 82 just south of Shelbyville, TN.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-64442589207458536042015-04-30T16:25:00.000-05:002015-05-07T12:52:35.641-05:00Mountain Dew Dark Berry<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/7525134188" title="Mountain Dew Dark Berry by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7525134188_672f420cc2_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Mountain Dew Dark Berry"></a><br />
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This limited time only soda from 2012 was in conjunction with the latest Dark Knight Batman movie. The flavor seems to be a mixture of grape and the berry flavor of Mountain Dew Revolution. This bottle was made by one of the bottlers who embosses an MD logo into the side of the bottle.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-30631075040231971012015-04-29T16:24:00.000-05:002015-04-29T16:24:00.069-05:00Faygo Candy Apple<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/9509702486" title="Faygo Candy Apple by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3748/9509702486_1fc32b0495_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Faygo Candy Apple"></a><br />
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I'm not a huge fan of candy apple flavor, but I always like soda flavors I haven't tried before, and Faygo is usually good for something I haven't tried before. Today, I overheard a coworker say this was his favorite soda, but has trouble finding it around here. For whatever reason, I see Faygo much more often in West Tennessee.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-35708928959766790212015-04-28T16:23:00.000-05:002015-04-28T16:23:00.079-05:00Fentimans Dandelion & Burdock<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/15926053331" title="Fentimans Dandelion & Burdock by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/15926053331_98daf04a8b_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Fentimans Dandelion & Burdock"></a><br />
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Dandelion & Burdock is considered a fine beverage, but people in the US aren't accustomed to the taste. (I've never wanted to drink a dandelion and had previously never heard of Burdock.) The people who don't understand it thinks this taste somewhere between licorice and cough syrup. However, there are people that swear by it and think it's the best thing ever. It comes in a really neat glass bottle, but sadly was only 9.3 ozs.<br />
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In small letters on the label, they say this is "Botanically Brewed." The brewing process causes there to be a smidgen of alcohol in the beverage. As they describe it, it's less than 0.5%, so legally they don't have to mention in on the label. (As they say, 7-up also contains a teeny tiny bit of alcohol for the same reason, but it's so small that nobody cares.) Well, there was a city up north that banned the sale of this drink to minors, even if it was less than 1 proof. That's the kind of thing that would probably make minors want to drink it even more!BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-73481871860435163822015-04-27T16:22:00.000-05:002015-04-27T16:22:00.405-05:00Soda Shaq Vanilla Cream and Strawberry Cream<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/14307765058" title="Soda Shaq Vanilla Cream and Strawberry Cream by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/14307765058_59bed6bf1e_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Soda Shaq Vanilla Cream and Strawberry Cream"></a><br />
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Boy do these have a lot of Sugar! The Strawberry Cream is similar to Big Red but a little bit sweeter. They are made by the Arizona Tea people, and there are other flavors in the product line, but not on the day I saw this at my nearby store.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-33857139628278962162015-04-26T16:21:00.000-05:002015-04-26T16:21:00.061-05:00Roy Rogers Western Style Soda<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/14782659765" title="Roy Rogers Western Style Soda by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2895/14782659765_6367579cb2_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Roy Rogers Western Style Soda"></a><br />
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Prairie Berry and Lasso Lemon Lime. The other flavors not pictured are Sasparilla and Orange Wrangler. Normally, I would have tried these flavors, but my mother-in-law is a huge Roy Rogers fan, so I let her have them, where she will probably keep them as a collectors item. These are produced by International Marketing Partners.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-73997159038983780402015-04-25T16:18:00.000-05:002015-04-25T16:18:00.108-05:00A motel advertising Mountain Dew<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/623462461" title="Greenwood Motel by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1337/623462461_201a033be1_z.jpg" width="499" height="640" alt="Greenwood Motel"></a><br />
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That's what I'm lookin' for in a hotel: Mountain Dew!<br />
Along US 52/62/68 between Ripley, OH and Aberdeen, OHBrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-16535065140499875282015-04-24T16:20:00.000-05:002015-04-24T16:20:00.166-05:00Barq's Red Cream Soda<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/7567043432" title="Barq's Red Cream Soda by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7567043432_4a1932901a_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Barq's Red Cream Soda"></a><br />
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Barq's, best known for their root beer, is brewed in Biloxi, MS. In that area, I was also able to find their red cream soda which is not sold where I live. It has a flavor somewhat like strawberry and tastes very similar to Big Red.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-16490470953104457332015-04-23T16:16:00.000-05:002015-04-23T16:16:00.337-05:00Orange Crush in Tennessee - 2012<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/7430525316" title="Orange Crush by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7269/7430525316_e3e605f315_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Orange Crush"></a><br />
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celebrating 75 years of Tennessee State ParksBrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-6556962031057983582015-04-23T16:15:00.000-05:002015-04-23T16:15:00.647-05:00Exstra-Sitro from Russia<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6021623422" title="Exstra-Sitro by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6141/6021623422_b849f9dc9d_z.jpg" width="640" height="533" alt="Exstra-Sitro"></a><br />
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It is my understanding that Exstra-Sitro is the transliteration from Cyrillic into our alphabet. I suppose the Russian Soda would be translated to Extra Citrus. This is the first Russian soda I have been able to try. It has an orange cream taste, although unfortunately not one that my American palate was able to enjoy.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-48939136601584537632015-04-22T16:14:00.000-05:002015-04-22T16:14:00.803-05:00Citrus Blast<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/5584030187" title="Citrus Blast by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5060/5584030187_46cdb44a26_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Citrus Blast"></a><br />
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Do you remember this. It came out four years ago but didn't last too long.<br />
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Pepsi's 2011 product was seen at the local grocery store today. I can't tell a difference between this and Squirt. At the same time, I can't tell a difference between this and another of their newest products, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/4588138919/">Mountain Dew White Out</a>, but without the caffeine.<br />
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As far as the label goes, I'd say labels for the generic Kroger's house brand looked more exciting. It reminds me of Shimmer, a floor wax and a dessert topping!BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-4048937150706384062015-04-21T16:12:00.000-05:002015-04-21T16:12:00.046-05:00Appalachian Brewing Co. Root Beer<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/14768027988" title="Appalachian Brewing Co. Root Beer by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/14768027988_d6e6d77c25_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Appalachian Brewing Co. Root Beer"></a><br />
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Brewed with a delightful blend of Honey.<br />
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I'm not a fan of root beer, but my sis-in-law is. This is a prized beverage of hers, but she let me photograph itBrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-43628943980075660222015-04-20T16:10:00.000-05:002015-04-20T16:10:00.172-05:00Ed Hardy Celebrity Energy Drink<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/5621001533" title="Ed Hardy Celebrity Energy Drink by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5141/5621001533_782d5ed8b8_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Ed Hardy Celebrity Energy Drink"></a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-29438132655147446702015-04-19T16:09:00.000-05:002015-04-19T16:09:00.182-05:00Ting - A Drop of Caribbean Sunshine<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/14621838673" title="Ting - A Drop of Caribbean Sunshine by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3894/14621838673_d24e664a15_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Ting - A Drop of Caribbean Sunshine"></a><br />
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Ting is a Jamaican Soda dating back to 1976. On the front is a label that points out it is made from Real Caribbean Grapefruit. "A Drop of Caribbean Sunshine" must be a motto because it was on the back of the label. I liked it and it reminded me of Squirt but a little more sour.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-28274108167998209722015-04-18T16:07:00.000-05:002015-04-18T16:07:00.167-05:00Ole Doc Bell's Wizard Elixir<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/9576708764" title="Ole Doc Bell's Wizard Elixir by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/9576708764_3f4383923d_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Ole Doc Bell's Wizard Elixir"></a><br />
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The other day I was touring a property with a historic cabin. As with most vintage cabins open to tours, there were several vintage utensils and household items on the shelves. This bottle caught my eye and I liked the natural light.<br />
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It certainly looks like the typical medicinal elixir from a hundred years ago, such as Wine of Cardui. It turns out it's a (relatively) new product made to look old, although by now this bottle was quite dusty.<br />
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I can only find very little about this product, as they don't have a website. It looks like they make a variety of flavors but are not sold in stores. Instead, they only appear to sell at fairs and festivals, particularly ones that have a throwback theme. It looks like you buy from them an empty bottle with the label affixed to it and then fill it with the soda flavor of your choice. I have had a chance in the past to try a couple of small-time soda makers that run by this business model, such as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/3830570713/in/set-72157605493740183">Bayou Billy's</a> or <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6068516045/in/set-72157605493740183">Old Texas Soda Co.</a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-30740841634055107382015-04-17T16:05:00.000-05:002015-04-17T16:05:00.648-05:00Bayou Billy's Homemade Soda<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/3830570713" title="Bayou Billy's Homemade Soda by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3500/3830570713_fc45801d94_z.jpg" width="640" height="529" alt="Bayou Billy's Homemade Soda"></a><br />
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I saw this at Smithville's Fiddler Jamboree, This mobile cart sells 10 different soda flavors. It comes in a 32oz. tin mug.<br />
flavors shown here: Root Beer, Cherry Wine (like Cheerwine), Sassafras, Cream Soda, Orange Zip, Peach, Sour Grape, Strawberry Cream, Sugar Free Root Beer, Birch Beer. Never before have I seen a brand of soda sold only in a mobile cart like this.<br />
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BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-33513600455608100522015-04-16T16:03:00.000-05:002015-04-16T16:03:00.217-05:00Mountain Dew 65th Anniversary Bottle (from 2012)<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/8261092446" title="Mountain Dew 65th Anniversary Bottle by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8261092446_8968d9f830_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Mountain Dew 65th Anniversary Bottle"></a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-34001709412661018592015-04-15T16:01:00.000-05:002015-04-15T16:01:00.346-05:00Bawls Guarana Soda<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6895817741" title="Bawls Guarana Soda by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6895817741_25cf89bed6_z.jpg" width="426" height="640" alt="Bawls Guarana Soda"></a><br />
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Bawls was one of the first energy drinks on the market, and usually their target demographic is the hardcore gamer. The most distinct feature of the blue bottle are the grip control bumps. It is also available in cans where instead of 122 bumps, will feature 59 circles with color changing ink for when the contents are cold. When I drank this, i thought it tasted like pure donut glaze. I'll let you decide for yourself if that is a good thing.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-25960861859227772792015-04-14T15:59:00.000-05:002015-04-14T15:59:00.861-05:00Billboard Juxtaposition<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6904034515" title="Billboard Juxtaposition by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6904034515_a6d1373d3e_z.jpg" width="625" height="640" alt="Billboard Juxtaposition"></a><br />
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Problems with Binge Drinking &<br />
Illegal Drug Use in Your Community?<br />
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I suppose it depends if you have a coke problem, or a Coke problem.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-62120599626626965742015-04-13T15:58:00.000-05:002015-04-13T15:58:00.108-05:00Dang! That's Good Butterscotch Root Beer<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/15502824911" title="Dang! That's Good Butterscotch Root Beer by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/15502824911_6173520d2c_z.jpg" width="428" height="640" alt="Dang! That's Good Butterscotch Root Beer"></a><br />
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Recently I had a couple of friends tell me this is among the best beverages they've ever had. Now, I'm not a fan of root beer, and I don't go out of my way for butterscotch. I did enjoy this.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-60180828351341705222015-04-12T15:56:00.000-05:002015-04-12T15:56:00.528-05:00Ski - by the makers of Double Cola<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/5030162537" title="Ski by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4125/5030162537_bbec97dd35_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="Ski"></a><br />
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Ski is a citrus soda made by the people at Double Cola. It is my understanding that Ski predates Mountain Dew and Mellow Yellow and thus it doesn't taste like a copycat of either one, having its own flavor. I found this in the Cave City, KY area, where Double Cola products seem to be popular.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-61813583449997817852015-04-11T15:54:00.000-05:002015-04-11T15:54:00.075-05:00Lime Crush<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/5053943312" title="Lime Crush by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4144/5053943312_9c25260236_z.jpg" width="511" height="640" alt="Lime Crush"></a><br />
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2010 was the year I finally realized I really enjoy Lime flavored beverages. So, when I was on vacation, I stopped at a rural gas station in East Tennessee, and the people around there must really like Lime. They had lots of Lime Crush and Like Sunkist, neither of which I'd ever seen before, plus Mtn Dew Distortion, which was my favorite of the recent Dew flavors but had been out of production for 2-3 months.<br />
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Then, I make it home and see my grocery store now has Lime Crush, so Yay!BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963743371496577126.post-69800066670917582852015-04-10T15:52:00.000-05:002015-04-10T15:52:00.201-05:00Kickapoo Joy Juice faded wall ad<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/7935983436" title="Kickapoo Joy Juice faded wall ad by Brent Moore, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/7935983436_5cc074de2c_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Kickapoo Joy Juice faded wall ad"></a><br />
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This is painted on the side of a building that used to be Jenkins Food Market in the small commercial area of Trimble, TN which is a small city in Obion County. Kickapoo Joy Juice is a citrus-flavored soft drink brand owned by The Monarch Beverage Company. Perhaps more people are familiar with the name, which was taken from the Ll'l Abner comic strip (although in the cartoon, the beverage was alcoholic, but the drink you can buy is a soda.)<br />
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The real world drink was introduced in 1965 under NuGrape, a former brand of The Monarch Beverage Company. That year, Nugrape worked out a deal with Al Capp, the owner of the Kickapoo Joy Juice rights, to produce the beverage as a carbonated soft drink. Capp, however, would have the last word on all advertising and promotion. Kickapoo Joy Juice's early advertising campaign was very similar to Mountain Dew's of the time – using characters from Li'l Abner to create and market a hillbilly feeling. Although the product is currently distributed largely in Asian markets, the can still comes decorated with a vintage Li'l Abner drawing.<br />
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