Tastes good to me:
- Big K Orange Soda - There are two empty cans of this stuff sitting on my desk right now. To my tongue, it's got a bit more mellowed out taste than name brand orange sodas. To someone elses platter, it may seem as a little flat. I enjoy more fruit than bite.
- Big K Root Beer - It's not as full-flavored as the more expensive stuff, but I'm still all about it. Once again, it's pretty mellow-tasting.
- Big K "Dr. K" - This Dr. Pepper clone tastes about the same as it's expensive competitor. Unlike the root beer and orange soda, it does have a good bit of carbonated bite.
- Big K "Citrus Drop" - It does taste somewhat like Mountain Dew, but I like it a bit better. I don't have a good reason, either.
- Big K Grape Soda - I love fruit flavored soda. This stuff is tasty, but has some bite to it.
Not so fond:
- Big K Cola - I generally steer away from most colas... and this one is no different. However, it's just fine to mix drinks. (Much cheaper too...)
- Big K diet sodas - I rather dislike diet soda, but Big K diet soda is a new level of bad. The taste reminds me of drinking a room temperature, watered down non-diet soda.
- Big K *diet* Koolers - Koolers are pretty much non-carbonated sugar drinks in a can. Some of the non-diet ones are kinda good. The diet versions can be downright un-drinkable. I had a diet lemonade Kooler that was positively sour. I had a friend (who swears by diet drinks) have a sip. She had to spit it out.
You may be wondering how I get all these flavors without buying a 12-pack of every variety. It's quite simple. I buy the store wrapped (gigantic) packs of assorted Big K drinks. Whenever a 12-pack busts, they save back the good cans. This seems very common as the aluminum cans they use are a good bit thinner and more fragile than name-brand sodas. You can pick up a 24-pack for about $1.99, last I checked.
If you are determined, you can switch some flavors around between the wrapped giant packs and get exactly what you want. Nobody wants diet lemondade.
