The Soda in Texas is Different
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I always thought Big Red was just a gum.
Then today, I saw it on a truck in Austin, Texas as a soda.
The can says it’s been around since 1937, and yet, I have never seen it in my life.
So Texas girls, help me out:
What is “red soda,” what does it taste like, and where do you buy it… besides on the hoods of trucks at a concert?
March 21st, 2009 at 12:32 am
I moved here not too long ago, and I was intrigued by it too. It’s kind of like a red cream soda, but there’s also supposed to be kind of an orangey flavor to it. You can also get it in blue, but it’s much harder to find.
March 21st, 2009 at 2:31 am
Big Red can usually be found in gas stations, grocery stores, and the occasional restaurant. I have grown up with it so it doesn’t even phase me now. I don’t like the taste because to me it tastes like medicine.
On another note…I have been looking for you at SXSW!!
March 21st, 2009 at 10:26 am
That’s the best tasting soda! It’s kind of an undescribable flavor, sort of like cream soda with some strawberry. It goes best with a bean and cheese taco.
March 21st, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I think they have it in the mid-west and south. I can remember my neighbor’s dad (who was a truck driver) bringing him loads of it from Illinois, maybe? They would stock up whenever they could. Kind of like me and Yuengling lager. If you see that down there, have some! I mean, what were we talking about, soda?
March 21st, 2009 at 2:02 pm
OMG… i had no idea they never had it up north!
its like one of the best sodas ever… for me its kinda hard to describe it but you’ll love it! and it tase really good if your eating it with Flamin Hots
March 21st, 2009 at 2:17 pm
you have been deprived!!! its delicious. any circle k/gas station/grocery store, which will probably be an H.E.B. has them. pick up one. they are delish.
March 22nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
big red is alright. we texas girls love dr. pepper. its the best! yeah!
March 22nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Speaking of different sodas & the south. The best is: SUN DROP, which can only be found in Tennessee as far as I know. It’s the best drink ever.
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
What about Cheerwine? I love that stuff.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
it tastes like bubblegum to me.
sigh. sometimes I find it in Oregon and those are the happy times in my life.
March 24th, 2009 at 12:03 am
do NOT even mention Big Red to San Antonio folks. It’s the equivalent to the need of 8 ounces of water per day- only red and carbonated. You should have done the mad decent parties. There were peeps who looks straight out of Nylon jumping on the walls.
March 24th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Big Red tastes like Bubble Gum and is supposed to be had with BBQ. infact that’s really the only thing (other then beer) that one should drink with BBQ.
Fanta Red is prob the only other thing out there that tastes like it.
any other time us Southern/Texas girls drink Dr. Pepper…
March 29th, 2009 at 11:15 am
lol it’s like the red barqs root beer
April 3rd, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Oh man, I remember when I first had it in Ohio, right when I had White Castle for the first time, too. It tastes just like blue cream soda, and I found it in the grocery store the other day and I died of happiness – I live in California!
April 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
YOU CAN FIND BIG RED SODA DRINK ON EBAY!!! ALWAYS BUY FROM TEXAS ITS THE FRESHEST..
September 9th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Well I just bought my 1st bottle at Walmart. I live in Northern California’s Napa, so it definitely is a soda that gets around. People are all saying different things about its taste, such as an orange cream soda, or something with strawberries, but i feel it has a much different taste. I feel it tastes of a bubble gum flavored medicine you get from the doctors. Although i like the medicine, I think it will take my taste buds some time to adjust to the flavor of the soda, as my first glass of it almost resulted in me throwing up. It is quite the unique flavor of soda, and I wont give up on actually growing to like it.
March 18th, 2010 at 9:39 am
bring it bak to lawrence
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