Thread: quality soda pop

Does anybody who grew up in northern NJ remember Hoffman's sodas from Newark? Those were my favorite growing up... nothing out there today that I've tried even comes close.

we called them cokes.........

i have only drank soda on rare occasions in a bit over a year.... *(only when the restaurant had bad tasting water)...... that stuff is really bad for your insides....

Debbie Downer!

In MN, we have a number of "microbrew" pops. We call it pop here, "soda" will get you responses of Minnesota un-nice.
Killebrew root beer comes to mind. I'm not sure if it's still made but it's named after the killer so you know it's good.

I live in MN and call it soda.

Most people do call it pop though.
Pop is such an ugly sounding word.


My favorite was Coke Blak, but you can't get it here anymore.
I make my own by brewing french roast coffee as dark as I can get it, and mixing 50/50 with Coke.

Originally Posted by HNSB

I live in MN and call it soda.

Most people do call it pop though.
Pop is such an ugly sounding word.


My favorite was Coke Blak, but you can't get it here anymore.
I make my own by brewing french roast coffee as dark as I can get it, and mixing 50/50 with Coke.

I suppose it's not the end of the world...unless you also use the term "bubbler" in MN public. Them's fightin words!

In my part of the South, it's soda or just a Coke. But I remember old-timers growing up calling them "dopes." And yeah, Blenheim's ginger ale is made in South Carolina, so I'll grab one sometimes. Just have another drink ready to cool your mouth if you get the hot version!

In my neck of the woods it is pop....unless my girl is around (she hates the term soda, so I use it non stop around her)

*edit*
forgot this part. Flathead lake monster. they make some great flavors.

Back in the Late 80's I spent some time in Newport Rhode Island sailing. I was lucky enough to get a bed with a friend of a friends family while down there. We were sitting around the breakfast table one morning and I was telling the story how the night before I had gone to a Pop Machine and when I put in my money in gave me 4 times the money back plus 3 pops. For a young 19 year old on the road on his own for the first time this was similar to winning at the slot machine. As I looked around the table there were 4 dead blank faces all staring back at me like I had swintched to speaking Punjab or something. They had no idea what a pop machine was or what i was even hinting at.

Most Canadians call it POP. Best we really get up here in any volume is Jones. My Daughter Loves it and we bought her a case with some of her photos on the bottles. Made her Birthday that year

This is my poison of choice.
I fill my trunk with it on my trips north

Originally Posted by silks

Does anybody who grew up in northern NJ remember Hoffman's sodas from Newark? Those were my favorite growing up... nothing out there today that I've tried even comes close.

Also don't forget Cott and the Mission Brand from years past. Cott made the best chocolate soda in the world.