Good news for HFCS haters: Pepsi & Mt. Dew about to release a limited run with sugar!

[hideyoursheep]

The MonSatan/ADM corn lobby is very powerful in this country. Pepsi and Coke - definitely if they both did it at the same time - might be the only companies big enough to be able to give them the collective corporate finger and get away with it. Damned if I know what's stopping them. Now would probably be the best time of the year to put pressure on them though, because both companies go into sugar recipie production mode for the Passover edition anyway. Might be the best time to just convert everything back to sugar permanently.

Then the next battle would be to drop the useless plastic bottles. Call it a "green" issue, and its another moneymaker for them.

I still can't fathom how the corn lobby can influence 2 private industry giants like Pepsico and Coke to the point of changing it's own recipe into one that is less popular....unless I'm just off the mark.

The switch to HFCS was done with no fanfare or warning....it seems like it just happened one day, and that's it. Not many people are even aware of the difference.....they think it's merely a label change to celebrate the 60 years of Pepsi, and nothing else. Fuck it, man...I'm not gonna get into the HFCS debate with them-more throwback for ME!!


That garbage is in every drink there is now, including Gatorade. The so-called "energy drinks" are saturated with it. I never touch that shit. Ever.


Mmmmmm......so much better without the Orville Redenbaker / Aunt Jemima solution.

[ODShowtime]

the day after I read about the heritage DP I found some in Naples, FL. Then I saw some in Denver yesterday. It's out there!

[Mr Walker]

I picked up a Pepsi Throwback in Dunkin Donuts this morning.
I'll probably grab a Mountain Dew for the ride home.

[Ally_Kat]

NYC has it! Score.

Finished round one. Stockpile rounds two goes into effect today.

[thome]

the day after I read about the heritage DP I found some in Naples, FL. Then I saw some in Denver yesterday. It's out there!

I love that town...Naples Fl...cleanest city I have ever seen.

Nothing going on, just the way I like it.

[Nickdfresh]

I gotta grab this stuff today!

[FORD]

If you still can't find the Dr. Pepper in your local grocery store, try Target. Just picked some up there. And it was worth the wait.

[Warham]

I like the Throwback Mountain Dew better than the current version. Haven't tried the Pepsi or Dr. Pepper yet.

[chefcraig]

Here's a heads-up: The Walgreen's in my area has Pepsi products on sale. Through a coupon deal, you get five 12-packs, and four 2 liter bottles for $10. Now this isn't supposed to include throwback products, but the supply overall was limited and the clerk rang up all of them at the sale price. Remember, these sales vary by location, so check your local retailer for prices.

Here is the Walgreen's site: Welcome to Walgreens - Your Home for Prescriptions, Photos and Health Information

[ODShowtime]

I have to be honest, I don't really like the DP It's weird. Anyone else have an opinion? This is after I bought like 4 twelve packs.

[Ally_Kat]

Help! Where in NYC is this sold? No one I know has seen it anywhere here. I've been making a cold remedy using regular Pepsi.

Hit up Stop N Shop. Not all of them carry it, but a good portion do!

[chefcraig]

I have to be honest, I don't really like the DP It's weird. Anyone else have an opinion? This is after I bought like 4 twelve packs.

Yeah, I could take or leave the Pepsi, as it doesn't seem to have any zip to it. The Mountain Dew on the other hand, is outstanding. It reminds me of something that happened back in the late 1980s.

I had planned a vacation that would be a road trip from here is S. Fla to Charleston S.C. I would be visiting some friends for a few days that had relocated there, but first I'd stop in Orlando to visit my aunt and uncle and play some golf. The food at the turnpike rest stops was pretty crummy back then, and usually overpriced (this hasn't changed, 22 years later). So I packed a cooler with a few Cokes and some sandwiches, and took off.

Once at my relatives' home, I put the contents of the cooler in their refrigerator. The next morning, my uncle grabbed a Coke, took one swig and promptly spit it out. He gasped at me with a bewildered look on his face, and said there was something terribly wrong with it. Seeing this was one of the sodas I'd brought, I took a drink and announced it was normal to me. He then produced one of the sodas from the back of the fridge (he too had bought some Cokes locally anticipating my visit) and handed it to me. The difference was like night and day. His tasted sweet and refreshing, while mine was foamy and harsh tasting. I figured it must be the water used by the bottler down our way.

So I get to Charleston, and more or less the same thing happened. I bought a Mountain Dew and was blown away by how sweet it tasted. I even went to a supermarket and purchased several cases to bring back to Florida with me. And this Throwback Dew tastes much like that stuff I bought in S.C. It's a terrific find, and it's a shame it will only be available for a short time.

[ODShowtime]

So I get to Charleston, and more or less the same thing happened. I bought a Mountain Dew and was blown away by how sweet it tasted. I even went to a supermarket and purchased several cases to bring back to Florida with me. And this Throwback Dew tastes much like that stuff I bought in S.C. It's a terrific find, and it's a shame it will only be available for a short time.

In a related note, the water in FL is the worst anywhere. It's terrible. I was in Denver the other week, and the tap water was so freezing cold and refreshing, it was a treat to splash water on your face. I get why the temp was so different, but that stuff tasted great! I didn't need to buy bottled water at all, just drink the tap water. Freezing cold and delicious.

Wonderful place. Don't get me started on their beer... or the flood of Cali hippies setting up shop due to the dispenseries. I got a line on a big hashpile while I was there for only 3 days. More hookups than the 5 years I've lived in FL.

[hankster]

I bought a case of both the other day, seems like here in NC there is a vacuum were good shit doesn't seem to get through as fast as the rest of the world. Well sufficed to say I love them both, the MD and Pepsi. I am not very nostalgic, but they do take me back to the 70's and I hope that they keep it going for a while so I can stock up

[FORD]

Yeah, I could take or leave the Pepsi, as it doesn't seem to have any zip to it. The Mountain Dew on the other hand, is outstanding. It reminds me of something that happened back in the late 1980s.

I had planned a vacation that would be a road trip from here is S. Fla to Charleston S.C. I would be visiting some friends for a few days that had relocated there, but first I'd stop in Orlando to visit my aunt and uncle and play some golf. The food at the turnpike rest stops was pretty crummy back then, and usually overpriced (this hasn't changed, 22 years later). So I packed a cooler with a few Cokes and some sandwiches, and took off.

Once at my relatives' home, I put the contents of the cooler in their refrigerator. The next morning, my uncle grabbed a Coke, took one swig and promptly spit it out. He gasped at me with a bewildered look on his face, and said there was something terribly wrong with it. Seeing this was one of the sodas I'd brought, I took a drink and announced it was normal to me. He then produced one of the sodas from the back of the fridge (he too had bought some Cokes locally anticipating my visit) and handed it to me. The difference was like night and day. His tasted sweet and refreshing, while mine was foamy and harsh tasting. I figured it must be the water used by the bottler down our way.

So I get to Charleston, and more or less the same thing happened. I bought a Mountain Dew and was blown away by how sweet it tasted. I even went to a supermarket and purchased several cases to bring back to Florida with me. And this Throwback Dew tastes much like that stuff I bought in S.C. It's a terrific find, and it's a shame it will only be available for a short time.

Water makes all the difference, no matter what beverage you're making. Beer, wine, or Coca cola. The Olympia Brewery used "It's the water" as a marketing slogan for years, and they were serious about it. Came from artesian wells that naturally exist in this area. The Fish Brewing company (which makes even better beer) uses the same artesian wells.

My dad used to make his own wine, and even though he had a well at his house, so the water never had chlorine or any other man made additives in it, it just didn't measure up to the water that came from the artesian wells. So he would actually go downtown to the artesian well and fill up all these huge glass bottles - the same kind that office water coolers used before they went to plastic - because the difference in the final product was worth the trip and the manual labor involved.

Of course Mexican Coke IS made in Mexico, so I'm not sure how that gets so good with the water supposedly being so bad there