656527 Fri Oct 02 08:02:42 -0700 2009 38 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 5074398 Curious, does anyone outside of Texas drink Big Red soda? Anyone outside of Texas even heard of it? Fri Oct 02 08:02:42 -0700 2009 260733 slewfoot 1 5074526 We sure as hell drink it in Arizona! Ain't nothing better than a Big Red float! Fri Oct 02 09:04:03 -0700 2009 5074398 140140 mrbigshotno.1 1 5074577 I am in Virginia and have never heard of it. Fri Oct 02 09:22:34 -0700 2009 5074398 11990 Janet from Richmond 1 5074599 Chicago checking in. Pretty sure we have it - it's a cream soda, right? Fri Oct 02 09:29:41 -0700 2009 5074398 111530 gordeaux 1 5074605 Seattle here. Never heard of it until now. Fri Oct 02 09:32:37 -0700 2009 5074398 56183 soypower 1 5074626 MA here. I don't know what it is. Fri Oct 02 09:41:23 -0700 2009 5074398 92744 invinotheresverde 1 5074802 Big Red. Living in Texas I am familiar, however it is one of those absurd childhood things. It was inventred and still marketed out of Waco, Texas (Janet Reno's favorite place to burn out cults from their homes). Waco is also home of Dr. Pepper. Seems Waco enjoys their soft drinks. Oddly enough, Big Red is the 6th largest selling soft drink company in the US. It is distributed in almost every state. The flavor is similar to a quasi cream soda/ bubble gum. I have never been a huge fan, but somehow I mysteriously desire one now. Fri Oct 02 10:51:35 -0700 2009 5074398 277493 DallasDude 1 5074805 I used to bring it back, pre 2001, when I travelled. Taste like bubble gum flavor soda. Fri Oct 02 10:52:39 -0700 2009 5074398 147961 treb 2 5077096 When my DH made a trip to Texas, he brought me back a few bottles of Big Red, both the red and blue colors. I loved it! To me, it tastes like a cotton candy/bubble gum soda, and it's such a unique flavor. I crave it every now and again, and i'm happy I can find it at pretty much any 7-11 here in Las Vegas. A Big Red Slurpee would be fab! Sat Oct 03 17:01:34 -0700 2009 5074805 23858 Honeychan 3 5077133 Umm... why isn't the blue "flavor" called Big Blue? Or is it? Inquiring minds.... adam Sat Oct 03 17:28:36 -0700 2009 5077096 154787 adamshoe 4 5077144 Now that's a question for the ages! Maybe someone knows the answer, it sure isn't me, sad to say. Now i'm going to wonder about this at 3am! Sat Oct 03 17:37:25 -0700 2009 5077133 23858 Honeychan 1 5077082 I pity the soul who must live without Big Red. We even have Big Red Slurpees at 7-11 here. Sat Oct 03 16:50:58 -0700 2009 5074398 260733 slewfoot 1 5077130 Oakland, CA., here. Never heard of it except for the chewing gum by Wrigley's. Sounds intriguing as I like most things (and most people) from Texas. adam Sat Oct 03 17:26:59 -0700 2009 5074398 154787 adamshoe 1 5077972 The blue flavor is indeed called Big Blue. They also make Big Peach, Big Punch, Big Honey Lemonade, and Big Red Vanilla Float, though most of those are marketed very limitedly. (Big Red Vanilla Float is fantastic!) Sun Oct 04 08:26:42 -0700 2009 5074398 260733 slewfoot 1 5079726 Way back when I was a little girl (late 60's) we lived in Indiana and drank Big Red. When we moved to Houston in 1970 I thought I had lost that drink forever. For awhile we didn't see it around, but lo and behold we found it. I had no idea, until years later, that it was a Texas thing. See, I should have know because I am a Texan by birth, stuck living up north. No wonder I loved that drink. Yeah, now I want one, too! Mon Oct 05 07:43:05 -0700 2009 5074398 80937 danhole 1 5080435 I have not seen it here in California for decades. Mon Oct 05 12:15:57 -0700 2009 5074398 13725 Brandon Nelson 1 5080520 Can't say I've ever seen it in NYC. We have Big Red chewing gum, though... cinnamon flavor. Mon Oct 05 12:41:15 -0700 2009 5074398 149592 iluvcookies 2 5096491 UPDATE! I just saw Big Red on the menu at Hill Country BBQ in NYC. DH and I will be going there soon so I will have to try it. Love it when I learn about new foods here on CH--thanks you guys (or should I say thanks y'all... though I never do) Mon Oct 12 05:41:57 -0700 2009 5080520 149592 iluvcookies 1 5080563 I used to visit texas a lot (San Antonio) and I finally tasted Big Red. It was/is AWFUL IMO Mon Oct 05 12:51:43 -0700 2009 5074398 109905 laliz 2 5080812 I think the reason stuff like Big Red and Dr. Pepper comes from Waco is because the city is a hotbed of Baptist temperance -- without alcohol, their vice of choice is sugar. I had never tasted Big Red until I came to Texas, and my first gulp was actually in Louisiana, on my first road trip to New Orleans. I still remember the sugar buzz........ and yes, for those of you who've never had it, it tastes just like liquid bubble gum. Mon Oct 05 14:20:52 -0700 2009 5080563 102895 Cheflambo 3 5081170 Liquid STRAWBERRY bubble gum. Mon Oct 05 17:04:47 -0700 2009 5080812 260733 slewfoot 4 5087992 I don't really pick up the strawberry flavor, but I agree with cheflambo that it tastes like liquid bubble gum. I made a float with Big Red last night, and gosh it was good! Until this thread I never would have thought to try that. Thu Oct 08 07:29:56 -0700 2009 5081170 80937 danhole 1 5086756 It's made with HFCS, but recently it has been produced using pure cane sugar (ala Dublin Dr. Pepper) It's available on tap at Cabo Bob's in Austin, TX, and I would imagine Dublin, TX at the bottling plant. Wed Oct 07 16:07:43 -0700 2009 5074398 129171 LakeLBJ 1 5086762 Cornell University's official drink. Wed Oct 07 16:09:43 -0700 2009 5074398 93538 Passadumkeg 2 5086940 What is terribly ironic about about HFCS is that sugar is less expensive and more readily available. However, we can not turn to any product now without seeing the dreaded and most deadly HFCS. Wed Oct 07 17:20:44 -0700 2009 5086762 277493 DallasDude 1 5087885 It's pretty easily found in Milwaukee, mostly at the Mexican restaurants and groceries. It goes with barbacoa like beer goes with brats. Thu Oct 08 06:48:54 -0700 2009 5074398 10258 Fydeaux 1 5087902 Never seen it in Jersey. Thu Oct 08 06:55:26 -0700 2009 5074398 202497 MattInNJ 1 5088282 I remember it from my childhood here in Virginia (that would be the ‘70’s). Haven’t seen it around here since, let’s say, 1980. Thu Oct 08 09:02:19 -0700 2009 5074398 233294 cuccubear 1 5090482 Remember my aunt in Louisiana making BIG RED ICE CREAM - 2 ingredients: Big Red pop and Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk. It was MAGICAL! Fri Oct 09 05:38:03 -0700 2009 5074398 1114787 dhill2 2 5091285 Do you mean she mixed the two and then froze it? Fri Oct 09 10:34:52 -0700 2009 5090482 233294 cuccubear 1 5098115 It is popular in southwest indiana (usually sold with RC cola). Mon Oct 12 16:36:27 -0700 2009 5074398 1081286 poofty 2 5128729 Immensely popular in almost all of Southern Indiana from my experience. I'm just right across the river from Louisville, KY and you won't find a store without it. I've been lucky, I've never lived without it, used to live in San Antonio when I was younger and then moved up to a small southern Indiana town bout an hour north of Louisville. Oddly enough though, I couldn't find the stuff in Southern Kentucky OR West Virginia. None of my friends from NY have ever heard of it and a friend of mine out in California can only find it at one gas station in their area. Sat Oct 24 21:21:36 -0700 2009 5098115 1118968 Trasken 1 5128749 I used to live in New Mexico and remember it fondly.... Sat Oct 24 21:33:20 -0700 2009 5074398 1108638 Cherylptw 1 5129277 NYC native, now NJ resident here -- never heard of it. Sun Oct 25 09:10:36 -0700 2009 5074398 95137 mcsheridan 1 5129917 Update...spotted it today in IGA here in town, 89 cents a bottle. Oh, and I'm in the Shen. Valley, VA. Sun Oct 25 15:31:50 -0700 2009 5074398 233294 cuccubear 1 5132368 Our mother used to make an ice cream that had Big Red in it which was great. You could also use Orange Crush soda but we preferred the Big Red. Mon Oct 26 13:01:31 -0700 2009 5074398 14445 swamp 1 5132632 I don't know if you can get this anywhere, but here in Houston we even have Big Red Gum! Mon Oct 26 14:41:18 -0700 2009 5074398 80937 danhole 2 5132996 Isn't Big Red gum cinnamon flavored? Mon Oct 26 16:58:27 -0700 2009 5132632 11259 Becca Porter 1 5134315 I was stationed at Fort hood during the mid-sixties and drank copious amounts of it then. Many years later I was on a business trip to Lima, Peru. The most popular soft drink in Peru is "Inca Cola" and it tastes Just like "Big Red". Unfortunately, its pale yellow color looked exactly like a urine specimen! Tue Oct 27 08:36:33 -0700 2009 5074398 22442 FarFar