FAVORITE SODA?

Mountain Dew, but I don’t drink it anymore. I quit cold turkey over a year ago.

RC Cola

I don't even know at this point. I haven't had a proper soda in years.

Is there a cane sugar version of Cactus Cooler?

We call it "pop" here in Canada.

--Michael D. Clarke

When I get in to a hobby, I occasionally go overboard. I quite like San Pellegrino carbonated mineral water, which got expensive, so I made my own, connecting two 2.6 gal. beer kegs and a 2.5 (?) gal. CO2 tank, I carbonated the water mixed with the mineral recipe from: https://khymos.org/2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/ . Had to take out either two shelves or the crispers from the bottom of the fridge. Sorry crispers.

Then I started accumulating sugar-free syrups and experimenting. I ended up creating liquid crack: glass of Pele., splash of Torani watermelon, a dash of Monin grapefruit concentrate for the sweet pink flavor, and a packet of dehydrated True Grapefruit powder for the bitter finish. Tried all kinds of variations, but nothing compared to this. Alas, after a year or so my dentist mentioned something was damaging my tooth enamel. Apparently too much carbonation, citrus and ice crunching are all individually not great for your enamel, and since I had spent so much money and time creating the perfect drink, this was about all I drank.

I also enjoy a (very) occasional Caribbean unfermented malted soft drink called Malta. There are several brands, but my favorite is Hatuey. It's got the thickness and head of a Guinness, but no alcohol and is very molasses-forward. My Puerto Rican friend who introduced it to me said his grandmother would whisk an egg yolk in to it for a special treat. Kind of made it a molasses milk shake.

Soda is bad...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/soda-company-recalls-multiple-drinks-sold-in-restaurants-across-us-that-contain-dye-linked-to-cancer-fda/ar-BB1nHb07

No wonder more and more young people are getting early onset cancer.

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/articles/why-are-younger-people-getting-cancer

Caffeine free Diet Coke - when I'm home. Harder to find the caffeine free version when I'm out, but the trade off is it's fountain Coke - which IMO, tastes so much better.

Back in the 1970's when I was a young kid/teenager, it was all about Coca-Cola......

But that was back when they made it with real sugar, not high fructose corn syrup (which is pure poison IMO)

Nowadays, it's water, juice or milk.

Alcohol- either Beer or Red Wine.