NEW RELEASE
CRYSTAL PEPSI – 2016 limited edition 20 oz bottles
“The soft drink is reformulated with caffeine and high fructose corn syrup, and will be sold for eight weeks.” – Wikipedia
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Bloody plane!! Is this stuff like Coca Cola’s Tab Clear? Looks like it’s quite evil, but that stuff rocked.
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Tab clear? Never heard of that one!
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Really? I just assumed it’d been everywhere … It was a clear cola back in the early 90s. Short lived, but it rocked, the ads (at least in the UK) were memorable and so too the cans.
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Wow I had no idea. This stuff was huge here with the Van Halen endorsement. Did anyone famous advertise clear Tab?
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Not that I’m aware of, Mike.
The ad was ace, though:
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EWEN????
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Ewen????
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I don’t know what I watched but it had Ewen McGregor standing in the Large Hadron Collider.
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Definitely not the Tab advert!
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I think the Ewen thing was better actually!
Trainspotting 2 is coming!
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Never thought I’d see the day! Haven’t watched Trainspotting in about 15 years, but I’m kinda excited!
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Me too! Holy fuck, I can’t believe it. And if there’s one guy I never wanted to see again, it’s Francis Begbie. That guy is trouble!!!
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It’ll be interesting, that’s for sure!
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Trainspotting 2? Cool beans. Is it based off of Skagboys (the novel)?
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No — a 2002 Irving Welch novel called Porno. I guess Renton and the boys get into that industry next!
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Awesome, they’ll go chronologically moreso, then. I have all the Welsh novels here (I think). GREAT stuff. I’ll be seeing this one, for sure.
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I only have Trainspotting. Brilliant of course. Took a long while to get used to reading the slang.
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Oh, I don’t actually know! What’s Skagboys?
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It was one of the Irving Welsh sequel novels I believe.
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Who knew!? Well, you guys obviously!
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I’ve never read it. I’ve only read Trainspotting.
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Same here. Read that when I was at school, actually. Before I dropped fiction all together. Hence why I’m out of touch with the sequel!
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I might have to pick up a Pepsi/cream soda baby later today!
When can we expect a crystal clear gravy review?
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I think SNL took care of the gravy so I don’t have to!
I’d love if you tasted one and let me know if you agree with my analysis.
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I’ve said elsewhere: A Clinton is running for the White House, people are playing Pokemon, G’n’R is touring, and so is Temple Of The Dog… and now Crystal Pepsi… have we been zapped back to the 90s?
Good on you for drinking that. I avoid pop if at all possible, so better you than me! :)
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I have taken one for the team! There are lots of limited edition pop flavors in stores this summer, but this is probably the most hyped yet most limited edition.
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No wonder people have been talking about it. I had no idea it was making a comeback. I am an unabashed Diet Pepsi drinker. I remember clear pepsi but I’m not sure I ever tried it – we weren’t allowed soft drinks as kids.
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…I remember Crystal Pepsi…and it not being very good. I was a heavy soft drink drinker in my teens and early 20s (2-3 a day habit in the summer, particularly). Today, I don’t drink much cola at all (might have 5 a year) so this one will likely escape my grasp. I am boring club soda fan myself.
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I am pretty sure that drinking very little cola is a smart move.
2-3 a day easy for me in those days too!
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Our house would go thru a 24 of diet coke in a week easy in those days.
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