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[thespot84]

Real pop is amazing.

Ginger ale? That shit better be cloudy and spicy for me to really like it. None of that Schweppes shit.

sounds more like ginger beer than ginger ale

 

[GungHo]

I once knew a Caleb. Fuck Caleb and his sugary fizzy water.

I was gonna say... I never met a Caleb I didn't want to punch.

 

[FiggyCal]

I'll try it out

 

[ZeroCDR]

Pepsi already makes the throwback brand which is made with real sugar soooooo.. I'm good.

 

[RockTurtle]

mexican/Peurto rican sodas are all sugar cane sodas...sweeter than US sodas, but delicious!

yeah costco and home depot caught onto the real sugar soda and have been selling the mexico brand coca colas for a while.

 

[way more]

Craft soda. Made by Pepsi. 29 g of sugar. Okay.

Yeah, but it's cane sugar. You don't get sick on cane sugar.

 

[Rest]

Glass soda bottles in the US? No you dont.

I do.

 

[The Albatross]

Kaleb's Kool Kola.

I'M READY FOR KKK SODA

...

I never get why companies feel the need to replace C's with K's..

 

[Hi i'm Caleb]

Time to Cash in baby!

 

[hiroshawn]

I love how these guys are trying every trick in the book to get dummies to buy their poison.

 

[stonesak]

Where's my Pepsi Perfect?

 

[Indrid Cold1]

Time to Cash in baby!

Hey you! Your fizzy pop sucks!

 

[The Technomancer]

It's the latest sign of soda giants trying new strategies to win back customers. Americans have been cutting back on soda for years, with executives blaming the decline on concerns over the high fructose corn syrup in soda, and more recently, the artificial sweeteners in diet sodas.

Good

 

[biosnake20]

no, fuck this, give me my fucking crystal pepsi revival you idiots.

Give me my pepsi blue revival.

I wonder how long it will take for coke to make their craft cola.

 

[AuthenticM]

I'll try it.

 

[perfectchaos007]

It probably tastes like the craft cola at Starbucks. A little 12 oz cup of "fizzio" with ice is like $2.75 at starbucks, hopefully this is more reasonably priced.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

So this is going to be like fentimans?

 

[Opiate]

I like how they blame high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners for the decline in soda sales in the US, and not the fact that they sell a product which is really bad for you.

I suppose cane sugar tastes better, but it's not hugely better for me than other forms of sugar. It's still sugar, and that is the reason I've cut back on soda.

Of course, Pepsi and Coke wouldn't admit to this reason, because this reason is unsolvable. If high fructose corn syrup is the problem, that can be fixed; if the problem is that your product is inherently bad for me, well, that isn't a fixable problem.

Large corporations don't like to admit to unfixable problems.

 

[Junior Mint]

29g of sugar is still too much. Would it taste like shit at 10-20g? I mostly drink Asian soft drinks like low sugar Vitasoy and chrysanthemum tea which have like 10g of sugar and it still tastes plenty sweet to me.

It's insane every time I pick up a can of Coke and get reminded that it has THIRTY-NINE GRAMS OF SUGAR.

 

[dork]

i drink the throwback vanilla pepsi, shits delicious. But i would love a throwback caffeine free if thats possible

 

[JABEE]

I used to drink a lot of soda. Quit drinking it 2 months ago. I think more are going to continue to quit. It's terrible for you.

That's why soda companies were scrambling for their own bottled water products.

 

[Askani]

Yeah, I'll try it once. Bring it to my area and we'll talk.

Eh, why not? Not sure about the name tho... why Caleb?

"The name is a nod to the pharmacist from North Carolina credited with creating with Pepsi's formula in the 1890s, Caleb Bradham."

 

[Noble Neckbeard]

Every time I see this, I think of Lorenzo's Oil.

 

[milquetoast]

hopefully it doesn't go flat in 4 minutes like Pepsi does.

 

[bjork]

I'd try some Kaleb's Kraft Kola if it's anything like Pepsi Natural.

Dude, yes. I used to have the hardest time finding that when it was around. Pretty tasty.

 

[impetuous_silly]

I have no idea what a craft soda is.

Soda for witches.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Welp today I learned craft soda is a real thing.

 

[Orayn]

As a fan of fancy soda like Reed's Premium Ginger Ale, I might give this a shot if I ever saw it in a store.

 

[jamesinclair]

Why can't they just add less sugar?

Does everything have to be sickly sweet?

Honest Tea does very well with their slightly sweetened line

 

[Wellscha]

I want to try it.

Spoiler

It's POP.

 

[entremet]

Why can't they just add less sugar?

Does everything have to be sickly sweet?

Honest Tea does very well with their slightly sweetened line

GUS--Grown Up Soda does this. You can find in most Whole Foods.

I'm sure they did market research and found sweet sodas sell way more.

 

[Sophia]

Glass soda bottles in the US? No you dont.

Up here in Michigan, glass bottles have become somewhat common again. Many stores carry either the "Mexican" Coke, or they have Pepsi/Mountain Dew in the glass bottles. Actual cane sugar in either case. Also seen a lot of root beers lately.

I'll keep an eye out for Caleb's Kola, just because I'm intrigued. Might not find it here, tho.

 

[jamesinclair]

GUS--Grown Up Soda does this. You can find in most Whole Foods.

I'm sure they did market research and found sweet sodas sell way more.

Right, but if the problem is lower sales due to people avoiding sugar...

Then try using less sugar!

 

[thechristoph]

I like how they blame high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners for the decline in soda sales in the US, and not the fact that they sell a product which is really bad for you.

Like people give a shit about what's good for them.

 

[ElectricThunder]

I guess it has a shot.

Uphill battle against good old Blue Sky New Century Cola though...which has already handily defeated Coke. I really wish I could find some of these other assorted bottled drinks in my area...

 

[Valhelm]

Sound intriguing. I'd love to try.

 

[terrisus]

Coke to launch new product: Kaleb's Cola.

 

[Rootbeer]

haven't the soda companies already gone through this phase before of trying to create luxury sodas not so different from this?

Anyway, yeah i'm a tool and I love soda even though i drink far, far less of it these days. So if I see it, of course i'll try it.

 

[Faiz]

I love me some Boylan's

Man, it's become impossible to find here. I haven't had a Birch Beer in like 4 years...

Oh man, yes.

I haven't been able to find anyone who sells their red birch beer here, though, or even the regular birch beer. It's all cola, root beer and grape, which is fine except it's no birch beer.

My man.