A soda so nice they named it twice? From Port Angeles, Washington, Ed Bedford, with the help of some investors, launched Northwest Soda Works in 1984; thus the secondary name of "Bedford's Sodas." Initially he bottled a "premium" creme soda, called Creme Beer. His investors later sold off the majority stake of the company to Unique Beverages in across Puget Sound in Everett. After several years Ed bought the control of the brand back from Unique. It was around this time Ed changed to the use of cane sugar and partnered with Orca Beverage, mentioned several times over the years on this blog, to create additional flavors.
Opening this bottle I get a sharp sense of ginger from it. It was strong like ginger beer at first then mellowed and now smells like a pretty normal ginger ale. There's a fair amount of carbonation, not too little and not too much. The drink is refreshing and crisp. I think it has just a small touch more ginger bite than many main stream ginger ale brands, but not like many ginger beers. A nice overall soda.
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