Gross Gus is a series of different flavors of disgustingly named sodas produced by Indian Wells Brewing Company. Indian Wells creates craft beers in addition to sodas and is located in Inyokern, California, situated halfway between Bakersfield and Death Valley. The Indian Wells Brewing Company URL is failing a DNS lookup, but a search reveals a new URL for the company. Unfortunately, at the time of this post their website is not functioning, displaying a "maintenance" message. According to their Facebook page, they were still posting a couple of months ago, so must still be operating. While other searches state they have over 100 flavors of soda, it might appear that they sell a number of other novelty sodas rather than actually produce that many themselves. However, these Gross Gus flavors actually have the Indian Wells name on the label.
The smell is reminiscent of coconut. It tastes sort of creamy, but not like a cream soda. It's very sugary tasting. I tried to place what the taste was in my mind and was avoiding searching the label for a hint. In the end, my eyes wandered and I located the words "marsmallow soda" printed up the side. I hope that spelling is intentional, but it really does taste like marshmallow. For a novelty flavored soda they've really nailed this flavor and yet it's not a sickening flavor like so many of the novelty sodas are. This one is actually drinkable, even if very sweet to the taste.
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