O-Zell Grape Moments Soda

I opened this last night:

 

A close-up of the robot Abe Lincoln (??) on the label.

Brand: O-Zell Grape Moments Soda

Origin: Silver Lake, CA.

Purchase Place: Blue Sun Soda, Spring Lake Park, MN.

Sweetener: Sugar.

Review: I wasn't expecting much, as I noted in this post from December that I haven't had good luck with O-Zell sodas.  (Here was a lack-luster Root Beer Float soda, and a worse Vanilla Creme soda.)

BUT, this was pretty good! It wasn't super syrupy, but still slightly on the overly-sweet side (which I like). My wife took a sip, and I expected her to complain "oh that's too much like cough syrup." But instead she said "oooh, that's pretty good!" So it was sweet enough for my I-like-things-sweet taste, but still normal enough for my wife's tastes. A classic grape soda without too much sweetness!

Score: 8 out of 10.

Refreshing My Soda Stash

I have ONE soda left in my stash! Well, I should say "had" one soda left. My wife had a day off mid-week a few days ago, so I snuck away for an hour to restock my "soda box" in the basement. I hit up Blue Sun Soda:

I have *not* enjoyed a few of these, but I grabbed some that I hadn't tried before.

A BIG stock of their bottled-in-store Whistler sodas!

I had Kiss Army Root Beer a few years ago, but I hadn't tried the other 2. So I bought them.

Some "fancy" 22 oz $7 bottles. Just out of frame to the right is Indian Wells which we liked.

In the "all natural" section, here's a brand I haven't cared for (2 bottles rated 3.5 and 2).

Blue Sun now has a bigger "Japanese" section, so I grabbed 2!
It didn't seem right to have Elvis and John Wayne in the background...

I left with a case of 24 sodas, but I only had 2 root beers in there. After drinking those, I think I'll have had EVERY kind of root beer at Blue Sun except for 2 of the "big bottle" brands! I saved those for another time.

Thanks for refreshing my stash Blue Sun! I hope to check out your new location sometime soon as well!

O-Zell Vanilla Dream

I tried this recently:

Brand: O-Zell Vanilla Dream.

Origin: Silver Lake, CA.

Purchase Place: Blue Sun Soda, Spring Lake Park, MN.

Sweetener: Hawaiian Cane Sugar Blend.

Review: This smelled good. But tasted like piss with a hint of vanilla. Currently, O-Zell is 0-2 in my book. I didn't come close to finishing this. Most of it got dumped. It had a very "chemically" sharpness to it that was a huge turn off. It just did not taste good at all. No thanks.

Score: 2 out of 10.

O-Zell Root Beer Float Soda

I cracked into this yesterday:

Brand: O-Zell Root Beer Float.

Origin: Silver Lake, California.

Purchase Place: Blue Sun Soda, Spring Lake Park.

Sweetener: Hawaiian Cane Sugar.

Review: This smelled like a super smooth root beer, but tasted much different. I can see (taste) what they were going for, but there's an odd off-taste and "sharpness" at the end of each sip. The root beer flavor was just OK, and the fake ice cream taste wasn't great. I get it - this would be a hard flavor to create. But this wasn't that good.

Score: 3.5 out of 10.