Fizzy pop/cold drinks thread

[RedTwoster]

On 5/16/2025 at 5:21 PM, FLips said:

There’s some sort of dinosaur flavour Irn Bru in Heron at the minute but I only found it in multipacks so didn’t risk it incase it was rank.

Anyone here had a go of it?

I’m a bit late on this one, but I have and it’s pretty rough. The Nessie flavour tastes a bit like peaches and cream, the unicorn one is - I think - rhubarb and custard flavour. Not Barrs’ best work in either case.

[JLM]

Two things: 

I have recently decided that, of the unusual not-sure-if-I-like-this-but-I-have-just-chugged-another-can East Asian yoghurty soft drinks,  I prefer Milkis to Calpis, though Calpis remains more fun to say. 
 

More importantly, I recently watched Detroiters to complete my Tim Robinson back catalogue round up. Watching this I was introduced to one of Detroit’s signature beverages: the Boston Cooler. Vernor’s ginger ale and vanilla ice cream blended into a milkshake. Something a child, a stoner or a stoned child would make. The ice cream blending batters all the bubbles out of it, so it’s an ultra sweet and faintly gingery milkshake. Vernor’s is more of a ginger flavoured drink than a fiery ginger beer, but it has to be Vernor’s or it’s not a Boston Cooler. 
 

Ordering a single can of ginger ale from an American Sweet vendor was extravagant, but it was bloody lovely. 
 

Edited November 15, 2025 by JLM

[SuperBacon]

1 hour ago, JLM said:

Tom Robinson

I Think You Should Leave (the country as I'm a massive racist)

 

[gmoney]

🎵 2, 4, 6, 8 have a milkshake 🎵 

[FLips]

Had a Pepsi Max Gingerbread the other week and it tastes like a scented candle. Minging.

[Carbomb]

It doesn't taste bad, but it's too jarring to the senses. Neither banana nor chocolate are something I associate with water-based drinks. Just weird.

[SuperBacon]

That sounds absolutely horrific. As soon as I don't feel like shitting myself every time I cough, I'll find it.

I had the Coke Cherry Float, but as I could only find the zero sugar one, it was of course, fucking crap.

[gmoney]

31 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

It doesn't taste bad, but it's too jarring to the senses. Neither banana nor chocolate are something I associate with water-based drinks. Just weird.

Everything about this bottle is revolting. I don't know why because brown is a very common soft drink colour, but this looks like it's been brewed from sewage.

Edited March 8 by gmoney

[FLips]

Banana Chocolate was the best flavour Chupa Chup until they discontinued it. I’m tempted by the drink but can’t imagine it being nice.

[SuperBacon]

They've introduced 500ml cans of Coke.

HERE WE HERE WE HERE WE FUCKING GO (towards diabetes)

[FLips]

7 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

They've introduced 500ml cans of Coke.

HERE WE HERE WE HERE WE FUCKING GO (towards diabetes)

Is this to replace bottles? If so that’s not a bad idea.

[SuperBacon]

8 minutes ago, FLips said:

Is this to replace bottles? If so that’s not a bad idea.

Don't think so, it's just a new fizzy gimmick brother. They call it the superfan edition. SHOULD BE SUPERBACON EDITION EH? 

[RIDDUM_N_STYLE]

Priced exactly the same as the bottles, depending which shop you go (Sainsbury’s for example want £2.45 for them)

[RedTwoster]

 

Irn-Bru energy is back! 

…except, it isn’t really. In their latest attempt to break into the energy drink market, Barr seems to have changed the recipe again and it tastes closer to a standard energy drink than it does an energy drink version of Irn Bru. I liked Irn-Bru 32 a lot, I liked the original Irn-Bru Energy enough, PWR-BRU was passable and this…isn’t worth buying. It’s disappointingly generic. 

[Merzbow]

I miss the original Irn-Bru Energy, even the sugar free one was nice as it tasted like a super sour version.