The United States of Soft Drinks

Kenley Byrd

I had to do a double take when looking at Mississippi. To me the obvious choice would be Barq's Rootbeer as Barq's was created and sold for years by the Barq's family of Biloxi before Coca Cola bought them out

rose wines

I really agree with your post because you have a share a true and fact thing. I think a U.S. is a country of a soft drinks because many brands soft drinks are available in U.S. market. People's are enjoying every brands for drink it. I also like drink always Pepsi because it's evergreen soft drink which available at any where and good for health.

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furioso ateo

You should get crap for misspelling "Okalhoma" but honestly, who gives a shit about that state.

Shipwater

how does Georgia not get Coca-Cola?

newtex

I'll add with the Indiana and Michigan comments. I'm a Hoosier, born and bred, even though I now live in Houston. Indiana should be Big Red all the way. And Michigan, where I lived for 18 years, should be Vernor's. Faygo is around in Michigan but you can find it lots of places. Vernor's is the essence of Michigan. 80% of their sales are in Michigan.

Amanda

Delaware Punch is originally from San Antonio, TX, and the main ingredient is a grape from Ohio. If you were going to name an official Louisiana soft drink, you missed the big one with Barq's Root Beer, which is a New Orleans native.

Kes7n

Kentucky, not Indiana, is the birthplace of Ale8!

Biteme

Texas should be Big Red

Abc

georgia doesnt have coke as their cola. Dumbest chart in the world

Really? Out of the millions and millions of charts that will be produced today, you have discovered this one to be the worst of them all? Congrats!

Oliviasdad

I have to say I thought it was kinda off.

I would have put Sun Drop on Wisconsin, remember it well from living there.

And I found Indiana's odd... I lived in Illinois for a decade, and I'd never heard of Green River or "Big Red" until I moved to Indiana. And I've lived here for 9 years and have no idea what "Ale-8-One" is.

Also, although Faygo isn't "bad" for Michigan, I'd have went with Vernor's.

Jubi

Grew up in Pennsylvania (Philly to be exact) and never heard of A-Treat. I think the state soda should be Frank's Black Cherry Wishniak. Sold in every local cheesesteak shop.

Jamklev

Uh, I'm from Minnesota and have never heard of Sun Drop, neither has anyone I know.

How can a drink represent a state when no one there knows of its existence? Also, i noticed the URL ends in "The_United_States_Of_Soft_Drin.php" forget a letter there?

Nicholas L. Hall

Man, you people are brutal! I can understand the comments about thesoda choices (I'm a Hoosier, and associate w/ A&W and Green River, notwhatever Katharine put for IN), but the URL?!

Diane499

You definitely got the Alabama one right.

I was born in Alabama and now live in New Jersey. Whenever I visit my family in 'Bama, I make sure I come home with several cases of Grapico. I think I'll go get one now... :-)

guest

Ale 8 one is a Kentucky drink. Made and love here in the bluegrass. Why would it be put as Ind. soft drink?

Colonel

Whoever put this together doesn't know their geography. Big Red is made in Indianapolis, IN. Ale-8-one is made in Lexington, KY.

anuran

Hawaiian Punch? That's about as Hawaiian as Champagne. Hawaiian Punch comes from the Dr. Pepper company and has nothing to do with the Aloha State.

If you want a real Hawaiian soft drink try POG.

Randi Blairre

I'm from New Hampshire. Lived there all my life. And so I ask. What's a Stewart's...?

Beatfarmer66

An overpriced soft drink that not that many people buy. I see it at Whole Foods here in Atlanta. The root beer is alright, but avoid the fruit flavors like orange or grape. It's sold in 4 packs of glass bottles here. If you can only sell 4 of them at a time, you're probably not that good.

Angie

The fuck is Boylan?

Annie Waight

Hey I'm from Minneapolis (born and raised) and I have never even heard of SunDrop! It's not in stores here in the Twin Cities. Is this list for reals?!

Beatfarmer66

My wife's from the Fargo/Moorhead area and can't get enough of SunDrop. They just started carrying it here in Atlanta about a year ago, and she lit up like a Christmas tree when she saw it. Technically, it is a border town, but they do, or at least did sell it in Minnesota.

Gaspar Ramsey

The National Beer of Texas is Dos Equiis, my friend. Stay thirsty.

Maine <3

Maine is fun. You should go!! Best seafood and whoopie pies around :)

Gary R Wise

Texas has a tartan? o_O

mollusk

I would have thought Utah's bevvie would be Sprite or 7-Up - caffeine's a no no with the LDS, ya know...

H_e_x

Thank you Nevada for trashing up the list.

redonthehead1

EOW should know by now NOT to try having fun with a blog post....rage and apoplexy will reign, regardless of intent. It will only devolve from there into name calling and brutal attacks. These commentors take their food and beverage WAY too seriously to have fun. Just sayn'.

SirRon

Maybe it is the myopic research or the lethargic creativity at EOW. It is sometimes hard to differentiate Top 5 fatigue from actual vicarious trauma. While I cannot dismiss the possibility that grandiosity abounds when one reads blogs on food and drink, I think you should just, like, shut up. You and your cynical comments and your fancy words and stuff.

jkjkjk. I kid KS.

John (Another One)

Hmm. I grew up in Connecticut & never heard of Foxon Park. And it's not like there's enough of Connecticut for it to be from some remote part of the state far from where I lived.

Johnthec

Its a North Haven thing, and very good. The birch beer is out of this world. Try Pepe's Pizza on Worcester St in New Haven, its the only sift drink on the menu.

Pekon Pi

Never heard of Ale-8-One in Indiana, must be a Southern IN thing, which is more like Kentucky, a good mix with Bourbon, much like Blenheim in SC.

Stuft17

why on earth is Ale-8 not in Kentucky?

Vaps7ed

The author didn't double check before sending to print, and switched Big Red (which originated in Indiana) and Ale-8,

Yup, that's exactly what I was thinking. I live in Indiana and although you can get both here, Big Red is found at all the soda fountains. Ale8 is only found at WalMart.

Hollywood Montrose

If you drink a soft drink everyday you are a complete child.

Megan

Hell yeah! Green River! Still can only find it in Illinois and one diner in Des Moines, IA. Way too sweet on its own, but I love it mixed with vanilla ice cream as a shake.

As for national beer, the beer of Kansas City now is undoubtedly Boulevard. Iowa would be harder, but I'm partial to Olde Main beers. Chicago (and by extension, Illinois) would be Goose Island. I think of Leinenkugel when I think Wiscinsin, but Miller is the big player up there.

Nicholas L. Hall

Holy crap. This just made my day. Hadn't read the list closely enough, before. I grew up in South Bend, Indiana. My neighbors ran a little 5 & 10 store that had a soda fountain, and we used to go over for Green River's, both as a jerked soda and as a float, after school. I ask after it in every soda shop I find, and nobody knows what I'm talking about. I will be ordering some post haste.

Megan

Glad I'm not the only one. My dad introduced us (my brother, cousins and me) to it when we were kids. My mother thinks it's syrup, but she drinks Tab, which calls her taste in soda into question. Or that she grew up in Utah (which she didn't, she's from Chicago.)

GP Burdell

Yeah, I definitely think Coke belongs to Georgia. . .I mean, we have an entire museum dedicated to it.

Nicholas L. Hall

I was kind of wondering what method you used to assign each state its soda. It doesn't appear to be consistent. Care to clarify?

Katharine Shilcutt

GEORGIA WILL TAKE ITS RC COLA AND LIKE IT!

No, seriously. This is a fun little infographic. It's not scientific in any way. But the rationale behind most of the soft drink choices is explained in each drink's hyperlink above.

Again, though: This was just for fun. :)