Crush Lime

This is the second appearance of a Crush brand soda on this blog. You can see more about the history of Crush on my earlier entry here. 

I'm excited to try this bottle because not many lime flavored sodas are on the market. For some reason the bright green color is giving me a psychological impression that it will be thirst quenching, but we all know that's the role. It has a fair level of carbonation and a quaff similar to Green River. The flavor settles nicely on the tongue and comes close to that lime found in Green River, if only a tad shallower which really hits once it touches the back of my tongue. I find many fruit inspired sodas overly sugary but this is nice. I could drink this while hiking through a city or with a burger.

Green River

Green River was created in 1919 by Schoenhofen Brewery in Chicago, IL. Schoenhofen had been around since the late 1800's but made Green River to continue sales during prohibition. Green River was a very popular soft drink during the prohibition years and is said to have trailed only Coca-Cola in market share at the soda fountains. But Green River began to fade after prohibition when Schoenhofen returned to making beer. The Schoenhofen Brewery closed in 1950, but Green River was still produced by other companies. Today Green River is produced by the Clover Club Bottling Co. back in its home city of Chicago.

My first taste of Green River was actually from an old fashioned soda fountain in Greenup, IL. It isn't exactly lime-flavored. It smells like lime Jello and has a unique flavor all it's own. I liken it to the very essence of the color green, or even pure leprechaun urine. I recommend trying some, if your lucky enough try to get it at a soda fountain for the old-time experience.