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Aside, but if you're drinking Diet Dr Pepper: give the Walmart clone a shot ("Diet Dr Thunder"). It has stronger caramel notes and may be a better drink overall

Aside, but if you're drinking Diet Dr Pepper: give the Walmart clone a shot ("Diet Dr Thunder"). It has stronger caramel notes and may be a better drink overall. Big claim for an "own brand" clone but in this rare case it may exceed the drink it is copying for less money. For context, I don't consider Pibb Xtra to be better than full sugar Dr Pepper.

tombert 2y ago
Second Diet Dr. Thunder. It's surprisingly pretty decent, and ridiculously cheap. I don't drink caffeine anymore, so I haven't had any for about a year, but it was something I would always order like a dozen 2-liter bottles of whenever I did Walmart Instacart (NYC doesn't have Walmarts so I can't get them in person).
- Someone1234 2y ago
  What caffeine free drink(s) are you consuming these days?
  - tombert 2y ago
    Well almost all my soda consumption nowadays is tapped from a keg that is stored in a kegerator, which has ended up making me kind of irrationally happier than it should. I make my own a lot since that's considerably cheaper and generally pretty fun: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578693 If I'm not feeling as ambitious, I go back end forth between a caffeine free diet root beer (https://www.webstaurantstore.com/boylan-bottling-co-5-gallon-bag-in-box-diet-root-beer-beverage-soda-syrup/103BIBBYDTRB.html https://www.webstaurantstore.com/boylan-bottling-co-5-gallon...) and occasionally Diet Caffeine Free Coke (https://thetastetrade.com/products/caffeine-free-diet-coke-soda-syrup-bib-2-and-half-gallon https://thetastetrade.com/products/caffeine-free-diet-coke-s...) A 5 gallon box of soda syrup makes 30 gallons of soda, so the diet root beer ends up being about $3.30/gallon, with the Diet Caffeine Free being almost exactly double that price. I've been looking to find suppliers to find cheaper rates but both Coke and Pepsi get bizarrely indignant if you're a non-business consumer asking to purchase a box of soda syrup.

tombert 2y ago

Second Diet Dr. Thunder. It's surprisingly pretty decent, and ridiculously cheap. I don't drink caffeine anymore, so I haven't had any for about a year, but it was something I would always order like a dozen 2-liter bottles of whenever I did Walmart Instacart (NYC doesn't have Walmarts so I can't get them in person).

Someone1234 2y ago
What caffeine free drink(s) are you consuming these days?
- tombert 2y ago
  Well almost all my soda consumption nowadays is tapped from a keg that is stored in a kegerator, which has ended up making me kind of irrationally happier than it should. I make my own a lot since that's considerably cheaper and generally pretty fun: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578693 If I'm not feeling as ambitious, I go back end forth between a caffeine free diet root beer (https://www.webstaurantstore.com/boylan-bottling-co-5-gallon-bag-in-box-diet-root-beer-beverage-soda-syrup/103BIBBYDTRB.html https://www.webstaurantstore.com/boylan-bottling-co-5-gallon...) and occasionally Diet Caffeine Free Coke (https://thetastetrade.com/products/caffeine-free-diet-coke-soda-syrup-bib-2-and-half-gallon https://thetastetrade.com/products/caffeine-free-diet-coke-s...) A 5 gallon box of soda syrup makes 30 gallons of soda, so the diet root beer ends up being about $3.30/gallon, with the Diet Caffeine Free being almost exactly double that price. I've been looking to find suppliers to find cheaper rates but both Coke and Pepsi get bizarrely indignant if you're a non-business consumer asking to purchase a box of soda syrup.