Any one else tried "Pepsi Throwback" yet?

[roamer65]

That's the Pepsi I remember from the 1970's when they used real sugar. Damn, is it good. No gooey high fructose corn syrup aftertaste either.

[eleny]

1. Thanks for the heads up. I'll try it soon

[Hepburn]

2. Shudder....

...soda with sugar....

All of it tastes like maple syrup to me.

[sueh]

3. Not yet, but I'll be looking for some this weekend. Hope it tastes as good as I remember.

[MorningGlow]

4. Sugar?!

Woah. I hope this starts a trend and more soft drinks follow suit. I would be a happy camper if Coke and Dr. Pepper with sugar were more easily available. :)

[Texasgal]

10. Here in Austin I can buy

Mexican coke that has real sugar in it. It's so good! I have to limit myself though...:(

[roamer65]

12. ...or you can maybe get Dublin Dr Pepper.

I hear that real sugar one is good, too.

[robdogbucky]

46. Mexican Coke

has been available forever here in the Bay Area, from a wholesaler in San Jose.

It is also at Costco and Bev Mo everywhere I have been out west.

Very dangerous to keep around as it is highly addictive for me and I don't stop until they are all empty.

Just my dos centavos

robdogbucky

[Pharaoh]

5. how original and novel

soda with "real" sugar in it :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. It's good...

I've tried the Mountain Dew Throwback as well. I find it actually *less* sweet than the HFCS stuff

[roamer65]

7. I had one of those today as well.

It had the Mountain Dew taste I remember. It was not as sweet in 1970's and had a citrus "lemony" tinge due to the citric acid. I cannot stomach the garbage they call "Mtn Dew" nowadays.

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. Citrus was the overwhelming flavor I found too...

It's a shame they are only for a limited time because I like them better than the regular stuff

[stray cat]

16. Whats the new old mountain dew called - I want some!

[Sebastian Doyle]

17. It's called Mountain Dew "Throwback"

I think you'll recognize the label....

[stray cat]

24. Yes I will - Thanks! I hear its only a temporary promotion?

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. The official rollout was April 20, and the promotion period supposedly was "8 weeks".

Of course it seems like it took a few weeks to get this stuff widely distributed. I hadn't actually seen the "fridge packs" of cans in the store until today, just the single 20 oz plastic bottles (and damn few of them)

So it will probably be gone by the end of June. Though Pepsi would be insane to pass up all the money they could make off this stuff, if they extended it through the summer.

[Zomby Woof]

47. Mountain Dew in the 70's

Actually had real orange juice in it. Did they bring that back for the retro version?

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Just picked some up at the store

I've avoided the mega brand colas for years, once I realized what high fructose corn poison was doing to me. I'm really more of a Coke drinker than a Pepsi drinker, and I've bought the Mexican Coke now and then (though it costs about twice as much as the stuff from Atlanta), but I bought the Pepsi & Mt. Dew today, as a message to Pepsi that "you keep making this stuff, and people will buy it". And if Pepsi keeps this around, you can bet your ass that Coke will change back to sugar immediately. They already do it every spring to make the "Kosher" Coke anyway (which unfortunately can't be found in my one-synagogue town)

Hoping to see both Coke & Pepsi back on sugar full time by the end of this year. Money talks. Send Pepsi the message.

[roamer65]

11. The flavor reminds me of when we would order a bowling alley pizza...

in the mid 1970's and have a Pepsi or Coke with it.

[Captain Hilts]

13. I LOVE kosher coke and Cane Cola. I'm sure I'll like it. nt

[Interloper]

14. Drinking one Now

It doesn't have that wierd syrupy taste nor does it have that overly sweet splenda or aspertame taste.
over ice it is a nice moderate soda....I hate sodas that have too much sweetener.

[roamer65]

18. ...nor the annoying citric acid flavor of present Pepsi.

They mix citric acid into the present mix, which tends to kill the cola flavor IMHO.

[walldude]

15. THe Costco near me has been selling Glass Bottles of Coke with cane sugar

from Mexico for awhile now. Best Coke ever but I prefer Pepsi.. will look for the "throwback"....

Jones soda is also made from cane sugar but that stuff is way too sweet for me.

[roamer65]

20. You're gonna love it.

It's the old Pepsi I remember. Not as overly sweet as the present one and goes down very smooth. You'll recognize the old sugar aftertaste, too.

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. If you want to try a cola that's a little less sweet, look for Red Bull Cola

It's fairly new, at least in the US, so it may not be everywhere yet. Cane sugar, and naturally flavored. Less sugar than other colas. Somewhere in between Coke & Pepsi in terms of flavor. I almost thought it reminded me of the old RC Cola, but I haven't had one of those in over 25 years.

[Buns_of_Fire]

50. But you gotta try it with a Moon Pie to get the full RC Cola effect!

Ah, the good old days when I'd walk fourteen miles to the general store -- uphill both ways, naturally -- to get my lunch... *sigh*

[cherokeeprogressive]

30. We used to get the Cokes made in Mexico from lunch trucks in the Los Angeles area.

They were good, but a little sweeter than I remember and not as carbonated.

I'd give my right arm for a pristine example of an old fashioned Coke bottle from my youth. I remember filling my Radio Flyer wagon with coke bottles and dragging it to the store for a nickel a bottle. Them was the days. Except for the day I pulled my wagon off the curb (long before they modified the curbs) and it turned over. Every bottle broke right there in the gutter, at a busy intersection. I do remember though, a guy about my Dad's age who pulled over and helped me pick up the glass...

[SeattleGirl]

19. I just bought a couple of bottles of it the other day.

It's good stuff.

[POAS]

22. It is now my favorite soda.

No after taste and nicely sweet!

Recommended it to friends but so far none really taste much difference. I guess you hafta be a real carbonation freak like me to appreciate it.

[solinvictus]

23. Great stuff...

.it's on sale for $.99/20 oz bottle locally.

[Sebastian Doyle]

27. Got Albertson's in your area?

They're selling the bottles 2/$1.00. And the 12 packs of cans are 4 for the price of 3, if you wanted to stock up on this stuff. Which might not be a bad idea, since it's apparently a limited release.

[Mind_your_head]

25. Yes. Bought a 12 can pack of Pepsi Throwback a few days ago....

It's AWESOME!

I'm gonna buy another 24 cans tomorrow ~ I'm having the family over to my house for a Mother's Day BBQ (I'm a single mom and get to BBQ for everyone for "Mother's Day", go figure! ~ anyways, I thought it would be a nice "treat"/experiment. Topic for conversation, at least.

I like it. My kids like it too. (We don't drink very much soda anymore, b/c of the HFCS). Jones Soda is a favorite, but it's a "treat" b/c of its price point. We typically have homemade tea/iced tea, lemonade, and citrus 'flavored water' these days. But the Pepsi Throwback was really really good/intriguing.

[KamaAina]

28. Sen. Sam Throwback (R-He's What's The Matter With Kansas)

could not be reached for comment. :P

[CANDO]

29. Remember the "burn" effect?

When I was a kid, if you drank soda too quickly, you'd regret it because it burned your mouth and throat. I don't know why, but I've always suspected it was from using sugar. You can gulp the shit nowadays and nothing but a bloated stomach.

[Mind_your_head]

31. I don't think the "burn effect" was from the SUGAR necessarily.....

...it was probably from just "BEING A GLUTTON!" in general. Taking in much more than you need, way too fast....

*Burn*

M_Y_H

[roamer65]

33. It's definitely better from a can.

A bit more carbonated, since the plastic bottles are gas-permeable. Probably get the "burn" from gulping it too fast, but I can't do that anymore...lol.

[Mind_your_head]

36. Well, on Sunday I will 'quiz'/question my brothers about the "burn effect"

If anyone will remember/know what you're talking about ~ it would be them.

Igniting human produced methane gas was a special effects talent of theirs.....among many many others! :rofl:

They were/are 'geeky' and 'pretty smart' (but don't tell them that I said so ;-) )

[CANDO]

35. I was born in '64... so drinking this stuff was late 60's, early 70's.

I just remember getting a mouthful of soda was not a pleasant thing. It was good stuff, but not too fast!

[HughBeaumont]

32. Bought four cases of it and I'll be buying more before it gets discontinued

Like you said . . . Pepsi how it USED to taste before they put battery-acid High Fructose Corn Throwup in it, leaving your mouth and uvula all sticky afterwards.

Now if only they'd bring back Lemon Pepsi with sugar . . . and Wacky Wafers . . .

[roamer65]

34. It's made me realize I can't do HFCS sodas anymore.

I get too much reflux off from one can of the modern crap. No reflux from 2 cans of old Pepsi right now.

[scrinmaster]

37. Yup. The Mountain Dew is better, though.

Once they stop making it, and I'm sure they will, I'll go back to not drinking any soda at all.

[backscatter712]

38. Good stuff - I've been hoarding it!

Mmmm, Pepsi and Mountain Dew with real sugar...

[DainBramaged]

39. I remember what Oreo's tasted like when they used sugar and lard

and when the package was 24 ounces, then 22 recently, and now 18.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Budgies Revenge]

40. just for a little variety, I'll add my take...

To be fair, I'm usually a coke drinker, but when I heard about Pepsi Throwback I was really excited.

Overall, it was okay--more than anything, it tasted strange to me. It might be because I've never had a pepsi that didn't have corn syrup in it, so I don't have the memories of "old pepsi". I will say, the lack of syrupy aftertaste was a pleasant surprise. I guess if I drank enough of it, I could get used to it, but that's about the best I can say. I did like Mountain Dew throwback a little more--it tasted sort of like a Sprite. But then again, I would probably just get a Sprite, if that's what I wanted. I really wanted to enthusiastically love these drinks--but I guess I'm a high fructose corn syrup junkie.

[roamer65]

41. The Pepsi reminded me of the taste as a young kid from the mid 1970's

Same aftertaste from years ago, smoother than the HFCS versions. No citric acid like present Pepsi, so the cola flavor comes through.

The MD from a can is amazing. Reminds me of MD from the old green glass bottles.

We are so used to HFCS that taste buds may need an adjustment to the real stuff. Same as when someone who drinks the aspartame junk drinks a HFCS one.

[Bluenorthwest]

42. Love it...

cheaper than Mexican Coke, which had been my only hope for 'real' soda, which once in a blue moon I want. With enchiladas. Yummmmm.

[Scout]

43. thanks for the reminder, i wanted to try it and forgot! n/t

[dorkulon]

44. I tried the Mountain Dew variety. brought me back to my youth.

"Throwback" is such a stupid marketing label though.

[roamer65]

45. Should have been "flashback".

Lousy marketing, but both old Pepsi and MD are damn good.

There is NO substitute for real sugar. Real sugar brings the smoothness and moderacy back to each of these sodas.

[dorkulon]

49. I noticed it was less "druggy"

HFCS gives drinking soda more of a "getting a fix" feeling.

[Zomby Woof]

48. Try Jones Cola

Always made with real cane sugar.