strredwolf | The Fake Dr Pepper Roundup Project

As many of you may know now, Coca Cola is going to stop making Vanilla Coke, Diet Vanilla Coke, and Diet Coke with Lime. Some addicts of this particular flavor of Coke are now up in arms, and some are stockpiling it...

Which makes me wonder. You see, I tasted Vanilla Coke. For me, you get a hint of vanilla that's a bit overpowered by the soda itself. It's not quite right of how a vanilla cola should be.

So what do I reguard as the standard bearer? Dr Pepper.

Yes, I firmly belive that once folks addicted to Vanilla Coke taste Dr Pepper, they'll find themselves trapped and loving it. It's like tea and coffee. American to Cheddar (the former I don't belive to be an actual cheese). Live action Scooby Doo to the origonal cartoons. You get my drift.

Of course, your shop may not have Dr Pepper. It may have the origoinal cane sugar Dr Pepper made in Dublin, Texas. It may have a knockoff. So, I'm going to take a page from James "Kibo" Perry and update his nearly 8-year-old Fake Dr Pepper Roundup. I need to gather some supplies from local stores:

Commercial grade Dr Pepper (what you can by now most anywhere)
Mr. Pibb, now known as Pibb Xtra, by Coca Cola. They say it now has "a cinnamon flavor with a hint of cherry".
Dr. Skipper/Select Skipper/Dr. Select, Safeway's in-house brand. Since there's one local to me, I might as well try it.
Dr. Thunder/Southern Lightning, WalMart's in-store brand.

I also hear that there is a pure origional formula Dr Pepper made in Dublin, TX. It's $10 for a case of 24 cans, shipped. I will have to look to see if I can find it locally. I also don't know if Superfresh has in-store knockoffs (America's Choice brand), and Giant seems to have a "Dr. Bob" knockoff that's clear. But, time to get everything together!