Mr. Clint's - Part Deux

We've talked about Mr. Clint's in Welsh, Louisiana before.  It is a neat Mercantile on Main Street that has neat gifts, old fashioned candies, and specialty sodas. We like to pop in there (get it?) and get a few interesting soda pops.  He gets them sent in from all over the place.  It is fun to get a weird ones we haven't tasted before and have a taste test to see which ones we like and which ones are just odd!  Here is the panel for tasteful submissions to our sampling.

First, we have "Bubble Up."  It is a Lemon Lime Soda that was first bottled in 1919.  I remember it mentioned in Merle Haggard's song, "Rainbow Stew."

There's a big brown cloud in the city
And the countryside's a sin
And the price of life is to high to give up
Got to come down again
When the world wide war is over and done
And the dream of peace comes true
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eating that rainbow stew

When they find out how to burn water
And the gasoline car is gone
When an airplane flies without any fuel
And sunlight heats our home

One of these days when the air clears up
And the sun come shining through
[Pre-Chorus]
We'll all be drinking that free bubble up
And eating that rainbow stew

Then there is Lemon Meringue Pie Soda from Boots Beverages of Bellville, Texas.  You can really smell and taste the lemon meringue pie.

Then we have Good ol' Moxie!  Distinctively different, it says.  This is the oldest continually produced soft drink in America, produced since 1884.  It is made with gentian root extract and is the state drink of Maine.

Next on the lineup is Brownie Caramel Cream Root Beer.  Delicious, rich.  You can really taste the caramel.

Here is a Wisconsin Maple Root Beer made with maple syrup.  It tastes like a pancake to me.

This is definitely the strangest one of the bunch we tried this round - A Celery Soda.  Very odd tasting, but not as bad as you might think.

Here is the champion, in my viewpoint - DANG! That's Good Italian Cherry Soda, a delicious, sweet soda I enjoyed the very best.

We've got lots more to try, but that will be on the next trip...