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Review: Bud Light Seltzer Hard Soda

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:49:31 +0000

Bud Light Seltzer Hard Soda will be released early January 2022. I was able to get my hands on a 12 pack a little early. Hard Soda seems like something our parents drank when they were younger, but the truth is the Hard Soda product category only goes back to 2012 when Tim Kovac created […]

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Review: Not Your Fathers Mountain Ale

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 02:39:59 +0000

Not Your Fathers Mountain Ale as the name would suggest is a hard soda version of Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew is a slang term for moonshine and the original formula was developed as a mixer in the 1940’s. After several changes in ownership and recipes, the Tip Corporation of Marion Virginia created the current formula […]

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Review: Fitz’s Hard Key Lime

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 15 May 2017 01:01:05 +0000

Fitz’s Hard Key Lime is the second hard soda collaboration between Fitz’s and The O’Fallon Brewery. The first was Fitz’s Hard Root Beer. Fitz’s Root Beer first appeared in St. Louis at a local drive in restaurant in 1947. After disappearing for several years the brand was revived and is made according to the original […]

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Review: Coney Island Hard Lemon Lime Twist

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:52:32 +0000

Coney Island Hard Lemon Lime Twist is one of four hard soda flavors this division of Boston Beer Company currently produces. The other flavors include a Hard Root Beer, Cherry Cream Ale, and Orange Cream Ale. At one time they also made a hard Ginger Ale. I was sorry to see Ginger Ale is no longer featured on the Coney Island website. It […]

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Review: Best Damn Cream Soda

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:06:42 +0000

Best Damn Cream Soda was just released. Cream Soda is the third hard soda flavor this division of Anheuser Busch has crafted. The other flavors include Root Beer, and Cherry Cola. The Best Damn line also includes Best Damn Apple Ale, and the soon to be launched Best Damn Sweet Tea. While cream soda may be thought of […]

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Review: Henrys Hard Grape Soda

Jeff Ellingson — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 02:20:28 +0000

Henrys Hard Grape Soda was just released. It is one of four hard soda flavors produced by the Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company, a division of Miller-Coors. Henrys is named for Henry Weinhard, a German who immigrated to the US in 1856. In 1862 Henry purchase the Liberty Brewery in Portland Oregon. In 1864 he also acquired […]

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Review: Wild Sit Russ Alcoholic Citrus Soda

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:41:14 +0000

Wild Sit Russ Alcoholic Citrus Soda was recently released along with the previously reviewed Wild Alcoholic Rock & Rye Soda by the Wild Ginger Brewing Company. They join a lineup that already includes Wild Ginger Alcoholic Ginger Beer and Wild Root Alcoholic Root Beer. Wild Sit Russ is brewed as a premium malt beverage with […]

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Review: Wild Docta Alcoholic Rock & Rye

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 01:47:14 +0000

Wild Docta Alcoholic Rock & Rye Soda was released June 2016 along with Wild Citrus. Both are hard soda’s brewed by WG Brewing Company in Nashville Tennessee. They join a hard soda lineup that includes Wild Ginger Alcoholic Beer and Wild Root Alcoholic Root Beer. Faygo is the only brand I know of that makes a Rock […]

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Review: Coney Island Hard Cherry Cream Ale

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:58:46 +0000

Coney Island Hard Cherry Cream Ale was just released. This is my 7th hard cherry soda review. Four of the seven have been hard cherry cola’s. Cherry Cream Ale is made with ale, natural flavors and caramel color by the Coney Island Brewing Company, an independently operated brewery owned by the Boston Beer Company. The […]

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Review: McAles Hard Ginger Ale

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:10:49 +0000

McAles Hard Ginger Ale is one of four hard soda flavors produced by McAles Brewing Company in Los Angeles California. It is contract brewed in Lacrosse Wisconsin at the old G. Heileman Brewery that operated from 1858 to 1996 and was most famous for producing Old Style Beer. Their other hard soda flavors include Root Beer, Orange […]

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