Got a Cran-Cherry Dr Pepper at Sonic. Good mix and worth a try if you're interested.

Barrelhead Root Beer (1971-circa 1993): A brand of root beer launched by Canada Dry, and marketed as a "draft-style" root beer. It was noted for a more intense, strong root beer flavor compared to the competition. It was tested in Buffalo, NY where it sold well, leading to widespread distribution

I feel so stressed during the holiday's. They are enjoyable, but I'm so happy when they are done. I think being a people pleaser just has me on high alert all the time.

I got my first "see you next year" from a coworker today. 2026 isn't looking good.

I'm the "drinks guy" for our company parties, to no one's surprise. Here's today's mix. Over the years Wild Cherry Pepsi, Manzanita Sol, and Dr Pepper have become required.

Well, this was good. I need to try more of their flavors.

I wrote a (non soda related) poem!

Do you like Formula 1? Do you like energy drinks? Do you like watching someone try and force references to a subject they don't really know, Formula 1 for example, into the review of an energy drink? Well do I have the review for you. youtu.be/wsG7-lwsZhI

I have no control over what I have to watch at work. Some days chicken, some days feathers. Well today it's The Sound of Music so I'm eating well.

Been a while since I've been in one, but World Market has stepped up their soda game.

Love it!

Saw someone at work I hadn't seen in a long while and I reflexively said "Where ya been? I haven't seen you in a month of Sundees (Sundays for my non Southern folk)" So, apparently I'm THAT old.

Been a minute, but I'm still here. Big Jerk Soda - Cherry Pensa Cola was on the menu yesterday. youtu.be/JzOMgyhoNuo

I just gave each of my kids their monthly magazine and the excitement on their faces is like an ad. What magazine subscriptions did you have growing up? Zillions (Consumer Reports for Kids) was my favorite, but I also had Highlights and Boys Life (which I read mostly for the jokes)

I'm going to start posting old print reviews here of interesting sodas. First up: Mountain Dew Johnson City Gold. thesodajerk.net/soda-reviews...

Now people can "hype' my YouTube videos (from the last seven days). Like, subscribe, and HYPE me. Sure. Man I'm a terrible sales person 😄

Buyer: Could you caulk the siding, there are gaps Me: Yes, but the siding company says the paint won't match because it's 16 years old. Me again: You sure you want this? It's going to be noticeable. Buyer: Sure thing Me: Done Buyer: WTF, this looks awful. Fix it. Me: Naw

Sure YouTube, what do you think will help me grow my soda audience? Oh, a video game review of Shredder's Revenge. Thanks! That's super helpful.

@grubb.wtf @tolkoto.com @janochoa.bsky.social Beef Fizz Review for those curious youtu.be/2SEuT5EORRg

I'll probably regret posting this at 2pm instead of night time, but I'm home with a sick kid so ya do what you can. This is what Vanilla Coke should always taste like in my opinion, there I saved you a click.... please click anyway though. youtu.be/eWsL8TnxJA8

Do any of you listen to podcasts with just one host? If so, what are they called and how long do they tend to run?

Has anyone in the history of Earth ever used up a styptic pencil?

@tolkoto.com BBE (Big Brisket Energy) with this one

A soda company was having a contest to name their mascot and I won!! Spencer Spirit! Now I get a glass blown version of him. No Spirit makes non alcoholic versions of Whiskey and Cola, Rum and Cola, and Gin and Tonic. The Whiskey and Cola (Cowboy Cola) is especially great

I feel like I phoned this review in, watch and find out! youtu.be/NKZExX7WzDM

Story where a person dies for a short amount of time, but then gets revived. They immediately start to have a separate set of memories and experiences because they were reincarnated too early and now possess two bodies. Aaaaaand go!

The older I get the more I enjoy fake banana candy.

If you see a soda that you think is cool, or want to tell me about, send it my way. So often do people not send me stuff because they think I've already had it. I genuinely enjoy seeing weird/new sodas in the wild if I've had them or not. If I have I'll post the review in case you are interested.

Today my goal is to watch Watership Down. What I know about it is only from reputation alone. See y'all on the other side.

So the narrator in "Centerfold" by The J. Geils Band is looking at pornography in public? He's looking through a "girly magazine" lamenting, and at the end says "oh well, I guess I gotta buy it" What a site it must have been to watch that struggle publicly.

Whiskey and Cola without the alcohol OR the sugar. They did a really good job on this very specific task. youtu.be/KADS7fE1og4

Won't list out the songs today, just know that Apple Music decided to go from "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus to "Then Leave" by Beatking. The 2nd song, for those uninitiated like I was, involves a lyric where the narrator procures Whataburger for his friend who expertly performs a sexual act.

I used to listen to more music, but have trended towards podcasts in the last ten years. Today I was in a bit of a funk driving into work and decided to let Apple Music just pay what I thought I would like. Here's five of the songs in order and what it did to my day. 1/6

Do I... Do I need to collect all the variations of the Hot Wheels Carbonator? Carbonator | Hot Wheels Wiki | Fandom share.google/h4ASeSEuD1Nb...

Was anyone else part of the Moola Moola Club? It was basically a bank account for kids back in the late 80's early 90's. Apparently it still exists in some places.

I've never had a Gin and Tonic, but I have now had a non alcoholic Grandma Tonic and that was pretty good youtu.be/jfDqwogBwkk

For work today I did a partial watch of Bram Stokers Dracula. WTF is that movie? I thought I knew all these years but I was more and more confused each time I watched another chunk.

This is a kind individual you'd be helping. Please donate if you are able and share if you are not... or ideally both, but whatever you are comfortable with.

I try to respond to every comment on my YouTube page. I have a pretty well behaved bunch in general. When someone just types "I love you" though, I have no response. Could be innocent, could not, I just have no words for that statement in that situation.

May you all have this level of peace today.

Office Halloween party.

They put the Lime in the Diet Coke, so drink them both up! youtu.be/0fW5X1FycDU

This book came out when I was in elementary school. I saw it on the shelf and after I returned my book and came back it was gone. It was checked out the remainder of the year and I never got to read it until now... to my kid. 100% worth the wait. What a fun, weird, book.

Indiglo was so fucking cool when it debuted. We sat in a dark room with the kid who got the first watch who had it for way too long.

I'm at a pumpkin patch and someone has a tattoo of prayer hands + rosary on one leg and a playboy bunny on the other. Hell yeah.

@poptire.itch.io So I'm playing Earthbound every so often, and my kids enjoy watching. The fact that enemies run from you after you level up to a certain point is very rewarding. Currently I have a mushroom on my head and I'm annoyed, but I'm sure I'll figure out how to remove it.

Might as well watch a Shasta Grape soda review this morning. The intro now has 100% more cat. Same amount of Highland Cattle as before though, 0% youtu.be/clQKNbDUz78

@ozalievaroux.bsky.social This card will always be the most important in your deck! Just ask it!

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