Popcast 23 - Topo Chico Twist of Lime

Ah, nothing more refreshing than a crisp citrus type beverage for the hot days that are upon us.  So today we take a drink of Topo Chico Twist of Lime!  Not only would we appreciate some refreshment right now, we appreciate their minimal amount of ingredients...hmm, wait a second...there's no sweetener here.  Uh oh...well, find out how that worked out on today's exciting Popcast!  Today in news, Jones stock skyrockets thanks to Walmart, Motley Fool says be wary of Jones' stock, Walmart's soda is selling like crazy, a fast soda machine has a following on Facebook, and some recipes that involve soda.  Hope you enjoy it more than a soda without any sweetener.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames/).

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Popcast 22 - OKF Sparkling Fresh Grape

We accidentally run into some more stevia this week, but is that a bad thing?  Listen to find out, and also find out how long it takes us to realize that the flavor isn't grape raisin, but just grape, and raisin is French for grape.  Whoops!  Anyhoo, in the news the Jones D&D flavors are back, Reed's expands yet again, Coke introduces football (aka soccer) shaped bottles, and Hansen's creates cola.  Hope you enjoy it more than drinking Coke out of a dirty football.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames/).

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Popcast 21 - The Great Stevia Special

We take Stevia head on, first with "Dr. Zevia," a Dr. you-know-what type of drink.  Secondly, as a bonus, we finally review the diet soda that we feel as the best chance of actually being good:  Diet Virgil's Root Beer.  Listen to our exciting results today!  In the news, it turns out diet soda is actually good for preventing kidney stones, soda doesn't play a factor in colon cancer, Dry Soda is lauded for it's design, and a Soda Jerks store opens...sorta.  Hope you enjoy it more than another soda that tastes like baby carrots.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames/).  

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Popcast 20 - Gamer Cherry

For our show's 20 year anniversary we combine two of our past times, or rather review a beverage that combines two of our past times, Gamer Cherry.  In a recent vote fans say it's their favorite flavor of the Gamer line...will we agree?  I guarantee we'll agree on one thing:  there is news, and this week we have reasons why you should buy Coke stock, an update on the soda bottle boat, a university newspaper attempts to name the best store brand soda, and drink makers are looking for a "next gen" sweetener.  We have a suggestion, and I bet you can guess it.  Hope you enjoy it more than a soda sweetened with...next gen sweetener.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames/).

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Popcast 19 - Dewmocracy 2010

Hey, 19!  Oh, yuck, did I just reference Steely Dan?  Excuse me...  Sorry, now that I'm done being sick we can move on to today's order of business:  politics.  Well, soda politics.  It's time for Mountain Dew's annual Dewmocracy campaign where you can decide which flavor out of three becomes a new flavor of Mountain Dew.  This year we have three candidates.  Will any of them be a winner or will we choose "none of the above" ?  Find out by listening, and then do what we tell you to!  We do have news this week as well, with such exciting stories as Hansen doing poorly, Dr. Pepper doing well, Hall of Fame beverages doing well, and Jones doing well as well by getting their products in a grocery chain.  Yeah, slow news week.  Still, we hope you enjoy it more than a soda that tastes like Steely Dan sounds.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames/).

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Popcast 18 - Dad's Root Beer

C'mon, with a name like Dad's Root Beer, it has to be a good old fashioned top of the line root beer right?  Well, as I usually say, tune in to find out if we love it, or hate it...or argue about it to the death.  Don't worry, not that you were, but we still have plenty of news:  Reed's expands yet even more, the nominees for this year's Dewmocracy are out, a soda fountain may grow in Brooklyn, root beer milk hits Kansas, and...root beer milk hits Oregon too?  Hope you enjoy it more than a soda that tastes like Pepto Bismol.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames/).

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Popcast 17 - Reed's Cherry Ginger Brew

Our personal lives calm down and we continue our content-loaded week with another Popcast!  Today we have another good one from Reed's, Cherry Ginger Brew.  Will it follow in the footsteps of apple and raspberry, or will it steer off into Yucksville.  Yeah, I said it.  In news, Jones stock is back over a dollar, their new CEO has some good ideas, Brooklyn gets a homemade ginger ale, and New Coke turns 25, which we celebrate by looking at a top ten list of bad drinks that Time has put together.  Hope you enjoy it more than a soda that has a deceiving color.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames/).

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Popcast 16 - Maine Root Root Beer

We clean up our act (ha!) with the cleanest (ha!...oh) soda we may have ever had.  But is that enough for us to be "fair" to this fair trade drink?  Find out by listening!  This week in news Coke tries to catch up with Pepsi, drinking soda kills sperm, Mary Jane now has a tea, and a little background on our friends at Oogave.  Not enough?  Well we end with a GIGANTIC SURPRISE.  Actually we eat soda flavored jelly beans.  And then talk about them.  While eating them.  Hope you enjoy it more than a soda that tastes like jelly beans.  See how I reversed that?  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames).

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Popcast 15 - Organics Blood Orange

We hit the big 1-5 and celebrate with a tasty drink from the Organics line from Walgreens.  But wait...is it tasty?  Find out by listening.  This is the agreement we have, you listen, we tell.  Along with the exciting review we have some exciting news, or rather some news, such as Jones getting a new CEO, Jones ending their 2009 badly, Coca-Cola getting pretty bottles in France, a story on that big soda pop store in LA, and another coffee soda "pops" up.  Hope you enjoy it better than a cucumber or celery soda!  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames).

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Popcast 14 - NuGrape

Back to back episodes with smudgy labels, comin' at ya!  This week's comes from NuGrape, a soda which claims to be grape flavored.  Is it?  Find out!  Also listen to us read some news, like how US soda sales fell at a slower rate, Coke's president doesn't think the soda tax will stop obesity, sugar is beating out HFCS, infants drinking soda in the 50s, a new flavor from GuS, and a non-soda soda review from San Francisco.  Hope you enjoy it more than a soda that tastes like a melted Otter Pop.  Thanks to Polarity Failure for the music (http://www.myspace.com/bassbyjames).

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