Twin City Beverages

 

 

Despite the caption copy about getting ready for Christmas, what would summer be without an array of carbonated fun?  During this weekend, the unofficial end of summer, let's celebrate Labor Day with a shout-out to the multi-flavored goodness of that summer staple- the all-American sugary soda. 

Yes, there are still sodas galore to this day, but the era of local bottlers and regional brands, with their own unique brand of local flavor are, sadly, few and far between these days.  A fond memory as a boy was going with Mom to Doering's Super Valu and picking out the flavors to fill a 24 count, heavy cardboard case- black cherry, root beer, orange, grape, lime, cherry, ginger ale, cola, and my favorite, cream soda.  And let's not forget that flavor unique to Wisconsin and the upper Midwest...white soda.  (Seriously...just ask for a white soda in South Carolina, for example, and count on getting some weird stares.)