Jackass Soda: Pepsi Holiday Spice
Name: Pepsi Holiday Spice
Alleged Flavor: "Pepsi-Cola with a spicy finish of ginger and cinnamon"- Pepsi press release
Actual Flavor: Pepsi with a splash of fancy, strong ginger ale
Fruit Juice Content: None
Carbonation Level: Moderate to High- fizzy on the tongue
Color: Reddish-Brown...no, Brownish-Red.
Tasting sample was from: aluminum can, poured into glass
Following in the footsteps of many a microbrew, Pespi decides to get out the pumpkin pie seasonings and make a seasonal version of its standard product. And darnit, I actually like the stuff. Have you ever had a small bottler's ginger ale- the kind that actually burns your mouth a little form the amount of ginger in it? Well, imagine that with a healthy splash of Pepsi- or maybe the other way around- and that's what we have here. A nice twist on Pepsi- very similar to how the short-lived 7-Up Gold added some spice to 7-Up. It may be a bit spicy for most tastes (like the Ginger Altoids), and I can't say this would make my everyday soda rotation, but it's a pretty palatable beverage that I wouldn't mind seeing each holiday season.
Overall Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Alleged Flavor: "Pepsi-Cola with a spicy finish of ginger and cinnamon"- Pepsi press release
Actual Flavor: Pepsi with a splash of fancy, strong ginger ale
Fruit Juice Content: None
Carbonation Level: Moderate to High- fizzy on the tongue
Color: Reddish-Brown...no, Brownish-Red.
Tasting sample was from: aluminum can, poured into glass
Following in the footsteps of many a microbrew, Pespi decides to get out the pumpkin pie seasonings and make a seasonal version of its standard product. And darnit, I actually like the stuff. Have you ever had a small bottler's ginger ale- the kind that actually burns your mouth a little form the amount of ginger in it? Well, imagine that with a healthy splash of Pepsi- or maybe the other way around- and that's what we have here. A nice twist on Pepsi- very similar to how the short-lived 7-Up Gold added some spice to 7-Up. It may be a bit spicy for most tastes (like the Ginger Altoids), and I can't say this would make my everyday soda rotation, but it's a pretty palatable beverage that I wouldn't mind seeing each holiday season.
Overall Rating: 7.5 out of 10
3 Comments:
Did you see the last comment on the 7up Gold web site? In case you don't have time to follow the link here it is: "Everyone else said it looked like pee, but I drank it all the time (7up Gold - not pee)". Funny.
Say, didn't your mother write to the 7up company about 7up Gold :)
Too funny! A group of coworkers and I were just talking about Pepsi Spice and bought a bottle to split at lunch today. The consensus was that we didn't dislike it, but we probably wouldn't buy it again. And ours tasted a little flat. Our sample was from a plastic bottle poured into a paper cup, so maybe that's part of the problem?
I gotta say, I was surprised how fizzy mine was, as Pepsi is usually lacking in the carbonation department.
I also got my sample good and cold, which made all of the difference when tasting my cut-rate Peach soda. and out of a glass. That's the only way to perform a true soda tasting.
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