soda...

I've never had a Rocket Fizz soda before, but it smells decent. Good carbonation, though it smells more like artificial grape than it does plum.

The taste is very sweet. A little sour, but very sugary. Plums are a surprisingly diverse fruit, so I can't really say it's not plum flavored, because it isn't not plum flavored. In the ingredients list we have citric acids listed higher than the artificial flavor, and that's pretty clear to taste. No natural flavors here, but plenty of citric acid to soak your tongue in.

Opening this bottle, it does smell of mint. It is also toxic green, that's not just the camera flash making it look that way. I bought this soda specifically because it said 'Portuguese Blend' on it. Googling that phrase eventually brought me back to other reviews of soda and Real Soda's website, so. I suppose the only thing left is to drink it.

Typically, when I try a new soda, I like to give it a clean taste. Drink a glass of water beforehand, and try to decide the flavor on its own and see if I like it.

Peeps Flavored Pepsi did not get a clean taste. It didn't deserve it.

Opening the bottle releases a noxious artificial marshmallow-vanilla scent that makes me frightened to try and actually drink this thing. It smells like grandma soap.

Peeps, for those of you wondering my opinion, don't taste like anything. They are dense and unlovable confections, even when warmed. They're not really marshmallows, and they're not really sweet, and I would typically prefer a mouthful of sand.

This peeps flavored soda similarly doesn't taste like anything. It's pepsi and vanill-ish marshhell and only once I stop drinking it do I actually taste anything. The front of my tongue is incapable of tasting anything about this drink and against my better judgement I was trying to taste this soda. There's just nothing.

Faintly I can taste whatever vanill-ish syrup went into the peeps portion of the soda, but it's continually and repeatedly drowned out by whatever is happening near my throat. It's like drinking perfume. I don't like it. The flavor is bad.

Blonde Root Beer. As much as I drink it, any root beer could be blonde for all I know.

This bottle of Oak Creek root beer didn't foam even a bit when I cracked it open. The smell was nice, vanilla and familiar root beer. I tasted it and was surprised at the sharp bite of, well, root. As I continue to tip the bottle about it does foam a bit, but not to any terrific degree.

Were I to use any kind of rating system, I'd have knocked points for that. Lucky for Oak Creek, my reviews are starless and come down to taste.

Caramel coloring is listed as an ingredient, and given how light this root beer is I wouldn't be surprised if that's the only thing giving it color.

Generally, I dislike cream soda. It's usually too sweet and cloying and sticks in one's throat like a heady syrup, and the thing never does taste like vanilla despite being the entire point of the drink.

Ritchie Valens Soy Capitan Cola, made by a brand called Rocket Fizz. Between the bright smile of Ritchie Valens and the thin layer of dust on the bottle, I knew I had to have this soda. Unfortunately, it's not as old as I wanted it to be and is copyrighted 2016.

Surprisingly, the soda still cracks open with a nice carbonated hiss. A medium bright cola with large notes of cherry, it sits nicely on the teeth.

According to the bottle, this cola has no preservatives and was instead flash pasteurized for safety. Made with cane sugar as well, the lack of stickiness well appreciated. I want to sit on the porch with this soda and listen to the radio through my screen door.