Rank ’em!
#4: Cream Soda! This one reminds me of our family visits to my grandmother’s house. Whenever we went, we had a choice of two beverages: cream soda or gingerale. Not sure why I leaned towards cream soda because, in retrospect, it’s one of the least remarkable of sweeted sodas. I guess the name itself carried a lot of weight back in the day. I had the misfortune of being served a lukewarm glass one time and that pretty much solidified its place int he lower tankings.
#3: This is tough, but I guess I’d go with Fresca. Growing up, it was one of those drinks that had an adult aura about it – bittersweet and an acquired taste, much like how I imagined the flavor of alcohol. I ended up liking it over time but, a few years ago, I sampled some and found it suprisingly sweet and lacking in that underlying bitterness I used to remember as a kid. Has the recipe changed or was it my childish palate?
#2: Grape Soda. Loved this one growing up and, to be honest, wouldn’t turn down a glass as an adult. Our fridge was always well stocked with the Crush compendium as my aged grandmother who moved to Canada had immediately acquired a taste for Orange Crush and The Donny & Marie Show soon after her arrival from Italy. Feel the (slight carbonated) burn!
#1: Spruce Beer. Most non-Canadians probably haven’t heard of this beverage but it pretty much tastes like liquid pine in a bottle. Sweet liquid pine mind you. This soda was an outlier, not often available, so I would gravitate to its unique flavor, exclusivity, and the fact that many of my friends hated the stuff.
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