KingOfSoda.com

In 2003 I discovered Moxie after watching a segment on the Food network. This “new” soda opened my eyes to a world of different sodas that I had never heard of before. This site catalogs my ratings of each of these sodas. If you find any interesting sodas that are not on my list, I would love to try them. If you are interested in trying any of the sodas that I have here, let me know and I'll try to find one for you.

-Mike Shinn, mikeshinn@mikeshinn.com

Friday, November 30, 2012

Flathead Lake Gourmet Black Raspberry - 8

Montana's Flathead Lake Gourmet Black Raspberry is a very good black raspberry taste.  I would recommend getting this any time!


Sunday, March 11, 2012

Taylor's Tonics Cola Azteca - 8

This soda packs a kick! It is a unique and fun chocolatey, spicy cola. Well done!


Friday, December 16, 2011

Cap'n Eli's Lemon Lime - 8 Thumbs up

Cap'n Eli's Lemon Lime has a fantastic flavor. It is not too overwhelming and not too mild. Another great soda from Cap'n Eli!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Lift Lemon from Australia

Big thank you to Jimmy and Jenny Witherell for bringing me this soda from Australia!
This has a great burst of lemon from the moment that you take off the cap. Very refreshing and delicious - not too heavy.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Virgin Blonde Vanilla Cola


Virgin Blonde Vanilla Cola : 7/8/2006: This takes me back - very similar to a vanilla coke from the olde-timey soda shoppes. Delicious! Great grey bottle also.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 5
Lindsay Rating: 5     - Another ok soda. I'm generally not a big fan of vanilla colas though. And as vanilla colas go, this one had less vanilla, and more watered down coke flavor.

Virgils Rootbeer


Virgils Rootbeer : 4/27/2003: For Thanksgiving 2003, my sister bought a 4-pack of these. While I was a bit hesitant due to a disappointing first experience, but was really pleased to see that it might just have been my one bottle. This rootbeer was great! Perhaps not as strong as I would like, but no aftertaste. It's like IBC-lite. A good rootbeer to try.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 8.3 
Paul Manzanar Rating: 8     - I agree with Mike on this one. This is good rootbeer.
Oz Rating: 8     - Not my favorite root beer, its so good at first but all that licorice taste kills it. However it could be that I just hate black licorice.
Nicolas Neilson Rating: 9     - I like Virgils out of a bottle, but for the best Virgils experience, i recommend the party keg!!! (Only if you have enough root beer fans around to help you though) 

Trader Joes Vanilla Bean Cream soda


Trader Joes Vanilla Bean Cream soda : 3/31/2003: Great! 8 thumbs up! This was an excellent cream soda. A little thicker than normal, but it was a good thick. The flavor is what does it, though. Not the typical taste - a little more vanilla in it. Cream Soda, USA

Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 8.7
Andrew Rating: 9     - It's like an A&W RB mixed with top of the line Vanilla Bean ice cream. Have to be in the mood but it's damn good when you are! Actually an 8.75 ;-)
Andrew West Rating: 9     - I'm not a soda drinker at all (a few times a year I may drink one straight as a dessert), however this particular cream soda is one of the best for mixing with Stoli Vanil vodka and water for a very popular and pleasantly suprising drink.
Paul Manzanar Rating: 8     - I'm not too hot on vanilla sodas, but I agree that if you are going to drink a vanilla soda, this is a good one.

TommyKnocker Strawberry Crème


TommyKnocker Strawberry Crème : 8/9/2005: Suprisingly delicious - especially after the other Tommyknockers that were a little over the top. This tastes like drinking strawberries. Fantastic!

Thomas Kemper Orange Cream


Thomas Kemper Orange Cream : 3/26/2003: Not bad at all. This was still not as good as the Moxie Orange Cream, but it had most of the taste of the Sprecher without the filling. It was really very good. 8 thumbs up. The smell was delicious as I opened the bottle.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 8.5
Kevin Koontz Rating: 7
kasey hayes Rating: 10     - i love this pop!

Stewarts Root Beer


Stewarts Root Beer : 3/29/2003: Great! Finally a good Stewarts that I want to drink more of. 8 and a half thumbs up, I'd say. I would write more on the flavor, but it was gone before I had a chance to analyze it. Very smooth.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 7
Kevin Koontz Rating: 7

Stewarts Orange n Cream


Stewarts Orange n Cream : 4/4/2003: Wonderful - 8 thumbs up for sure. This was really good. A little thicker than Moxie orange or some of the others, though nothing is thicker than Sprecher at this point. Very good taste.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 7
Kevin Koontz Rating: 5     - Pretty sweet. Sometimes I'm in the mood for that.
Steve L. Rating: 7     - Just like a 50/50 bar. Went well with Louisiana barbeque (a little sweet to offset the spice).
john convery Rating: 9     - if you like orange and cream popsicles this soda will make your week

Sprecher Orange Dream


Sprecher Orange Dream : 3/16/2003: Great taste, great smell. This tastes like those orange creamsicles you might have had as a kid - excellent. 16oz, so you can share with a friend, though about 2/3 of the way in, you feel the sugar.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 8
Lindsay Rating: 8     - One of my favorites! It really is like a creamsicle. It does leave a very sugary coat on your teeth though and is best shared with someone because half a bottle is enough

Snake River Sarsaparilla


Snake River Sarsaparilla : 3/9/2004: A very rooty sarsaparilla - very good. Consistant taste throughout the bottle. 8 thumbs up!
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 8.5
Peter Trinh Rating: 9     - Great stuff, very strong, has several flavours, consistent throughout the bottle, and some bottles I tasted will have a slight hint of whatever wood it was used with.
Peter Trinh Rating: 9     - Great stuff, very strong, has several flavours, consistent throughout the bottle, and some bottles I tasted will have a slight hint of whatever wood it was used with.
billy Rating: 8     - Pretty good. Overall I thought it had a good taste, but by the end it was a little too sweet.
billy Rating: 8     - Pretty good. Overall I thought it had a good taste, but by the end it was a little too sweet.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Royal Kona Mocha Latte


Royal Kona Mocha Latte : 4/17/2003: 8 thumbs up - this is great! It comes in an hour-glass shaped 11.5 oz aluminum can. That's what got my to buy it in the first place. Delicious, rich taste of mocha coffee.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 7
Jimmy Rating: 7 

Point Premium Root Beer


Point Premium Root Beer : 6/9/2007: Great rootbeer, consistant and a nice taste. Could be a touch bolder but very nice and smooth. Love the picture of the cone-headed man on the label. Big thanks to Heather Ridgely for bringing this root beer from the Stevens Point Brewery in Wisconsin.

Orangina France


Orangina France : 5/4/2009: Delicious like American Orangina. It tastes slightly more orange. I prefer the American, but it is very similar and good! Thank you to Ben Farber for smuggling this back to the US!

Orangina




Orangina : 3/14/2003: I love this stuff. Originally I had it in Europe, but you can pick it up just about anywhere now (Trader Joes)
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 6.57142857142857
Kevin Koontz Rating: 3     - I gotta be honest. This stuff is totally over-rated. To me it tastes like watered down orange juice.
Lindsay Rating: 8     - I am quite a fan and don't think it is overrated at all. The bit of pulp and seemginly less sugar and carbination than other sodas makes it interesting and tasty. The bottle shape is also a plus.
Nikki Laird Rating: 7     - Yummy, and reminds me of being a kid... :)
Jose Garcia Rating: 5     - Its average its taste is not that good its like a sour Orange...
Aimee Rating: 10     - This just makes me emotional. The best darn stuff on the planet. Wish they sold it at more places.
Paul Manzanar Rating: 6     - I had not had an Orangina for years and I drank one in the airport as I was leaving Europe earlier this month. I liked the experience so much that I bought a four pack when I got back to Goleta. But, the U.S. version did not seem to taste as good. I read the label and saw HFCS is the sweetener, which may have made the difference from Europe. Ugggh, ... HFCS, the quickest way to kill a good soda.
Georgina Tosco Rating: 7     - A very decent soda--holds true to the orange flavor for a few hours, but when it came down to it, I felt like I was drinking orange juice with club soda. 

Olde Philladelphia Pineapple


Olde Philladelphia Pinapple : 5/28/2003: Excellent! This is really very good. It has a good pinapple flavor that's not too overwhealming and a nice sparkling bubble. 8 thumbs up!

Moxie Blue Cream


Moxie Blue Cream : 11/5/2005: Delicious taste of bubble gum. I really enjoyed this. It's quite sweet. If you like bubble gum and the color blue, this is the soda for you!
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 10
Rating: 10 

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Leninade


Leninade : 4/24/2004: Fantastic! It's about time that I got hammered and sickled. Leninade is delicious. It's a carbonated pink lemonade. Very refreshing lemonade taste. It also has a nice color in its green bottle. You don't see too many green bottles used these days.
  Mike Shinn Rating: 8
Average User Rating: 10
Danny Rating: 10     - I guess I'd stand in a pretty long line for a Leninade if need be... it surely is "better than expected"!! If you mix it with vodka you can make a "Commie Kaze" at parties... lots of fun and no KGB to stop you!
anna Rating: 10     - LOVE it! Not only does it taste good, it's highly romantic if you like communist ideals.