Not sweet. Intense orange attempts to capture floral and fruit aspects nearly successfully. The middle flavors resembles the smell when peeling a fresh orange and almost makes you want to dodge the spray. Very long finish flirts with artificiality. Ok. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's

Very sweet. Fascinating nose. A waft smells like typical Mountain Dew while a sniff smells like gingerbread. The flavor has a similar dichotomy with a clear, and fairly decent, gingerbread cookie flavor followed with the classic Mountain Dew finish. Altogether somewhat unexpected, certainly an odd combination, and not …

Slightly sweet. Solid malt and a little bit of decent hops can't quite stay away from slightly cardboardy background. Bitterness swells in the middle, recedes toward the end, but never quite leaves the very long finish. Pass. Purchased from Cub Foods Har Mar

Very sweet. Definitely an improvement on a memorably bad similar soda. Very much like liquid Red Hots candy but with a slightly better finish and slightly less fire. Early sips can sometimes show the flavor as a thinner veneer than others, but the whole is well done. Ok. Similar to some of Real Soda's other lines, the …

Slightly sweet. More malt than hops at the start. The hops do fairly quickly assert themselves for a fairly characteristic Cascade bitterness. Bitterness fades before the medium long, fairly nice finish. Ok Purchased from Top Ten Liquors Roseville

Very sweet. This soda should be named "BUTTERSCOTCH!" instead of aluding to any kind of caramel as the only flavor profile you get from the start to the lingering, slightly unsatisfiying, finish is just that: rich butterscotch with possibly a hint of candy rum flavor. Comes across as both complicated and also …

Quite sweet. Fairly complex herbal blend that does float a fresh ginger flavor in places, but without any fire. Somewhat muddled overall with some oddly fruity tones. Medium long finish with pleasant anise. Ok. Purchased at Stinson Wine, Beer and Spirits

Slightly sweet. Tart and malty start with defined lemon essence melding with a light hop bitterness. Indeterminate fruit tones make an appearance at various points, but nothing that leaves much of an impression. Somewhat nutty malt and light lemon continues through the long finish. Ok. Purchased from Top Ten Liquors …

I should start with a disclaimer: I am NOT a coffee drinker. I try a sip or two occasionally but find it to be far too bitter. The only exception was on a vacation in Guatemala where it was served with lots of milk and an extremely light roast of very fresh beans from a farm on the other end of the valley. I was like …

Very sweet. Basil infused industrial strength cherry cough-syrup. Yuck. No really, this is really bad. Pass. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Slightly sweet. Natural ginger along with a kind of non-specific citrus burst with some fire and hints of turmeric through to the finish where the ginger tails off first. Very long, very muddled end is pretty unsatisfying. Ok. Purchased at Tim and Tom's Speedy Market.

Slightly sweet. Grapefruit start segues to juniper with very slight ginger fire kindled near the finish, building to a respectable fire. Quite bitter in the very long finish. Complicated and I think not quite my thing, as much as I normally like conifers in my soft drinks. Ok. Purchased at Tim and Tom's Speedy Market.

Medium sweet. While I am able to find the watermelon and rosemary when I look for it, the flavor is predominantly a nice light citrus variety that carries hints and echoes of the sought for melon and rosemary that surface more often near the finish than at any other time. I think if either of the other titular flavors …

Slightly sweet. Mango featured at the start. Floral orange comes in quickly, light and bright around the mango core, eventually blending nicely. Chili shows up in the finish and starts nearly undetectable but by a quarter of the way through the can becomes a firm but pleasant presence. Recommended. Purchased at Tim and …

Very sweet. A jumbled early start that eventually sees vanilla presents a solid base. Coconut builds on that base shortly after and rides through a nearly buttery middle and well into a very long, satisfying finish. While there is some body it still comes off feeling very slightly thin. Recommended Purchased from Blue …

Very sweet. The label proudly announces that this beverage "Fights Scurvy!", but unfortunately does not also warn that it fights taste buds just as well and it is not above fighting dirty. Orange, guarana, wintergreen, clove, anise, and vanilla make for exceedingly unruly shipmates from terrible start to …

Very sweet. Somewhere between a cola and a cream soda. A solid and lightly tangy cola core is enveloped by deep and rich dark sugars with echoes of both tea and tamarind. Chocolate finish. Ok Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Very sweet. Intense sugar start with strong artificial raspberry. Hints of herbal tones in the middle. Surprisingly short and clean finish. Ok. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Very sweet. About as odd as you would expect. Good dill with pretty nice cucumber that is unfortunately overly sweet. Extremely long finish is slightly bitter but inoffensive. Might actually be very good with about half the sugar. Pass. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Quite sweet. Strongly herbal sassafras start that blooms a touch in the middle with some caramel. Finishes somewhat long. Overall fairly simple but effective. Ok. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Slightly sweet. Light and easy blackberry start adds a little basil towards the middle over a nondescript base. Finish is a slowly fading version of the same. Never a wow but is not disappointing either. Just Ok. Purchased at Tim and Tom's Speedy Market.

Very sweet. Definitely different. Candy orange start gains depth from blooming allspice and cinnamon. Tannins are present but it is otherwise difficult to pin down any other cola flavors. Complicated and very long finish. Ok. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Very sweet. Starts somewhat weakly with some lime-like flavors then developing tannin as it opens and comes closer to a typical cola in the middle. The finish may be the most acceptable part. Pass. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Very sweet. Somewhat tangy and very "purple" start with some echos of natural grape juice hidden among the classic grape soda flavors. Almost finishes cleanly but has a very long, mild end. Recommended. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's.

Very sweet. Tangy cola in a fairly classic form with a little bit of tannin, some slight herbal notes, and a really nice finish. Recommended. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's.

Very sweet. Nicely tart start balances out the candy strawberry and makes it more reminiscent of the real fruit than the long honey toned finish leaves to memory. Ok. Purchased at the Saint Paul Midway Menard's.

Very sweet. Somewhere between natural and artificial grapefruit with the artificial slightly ascendant. Fairly simple with just enough fruit for depth without being over complicated. Remarkably short and clean finish. Seems probable that if you like Jarritos you'll probably like Suavecito. Ok. Purchased from Blue Sun …

Very sweet. Huge and soft spearmint from the start through the medium length finish. The ginger very faintly hovers through it all as well, but more as a ghost of an extremely mild ginger ale or even lemon-lime tone than as anything even remotely substantial. Ok. Purchased from Blue Sun Soda Shop (Spring Lake Park)

Slightly sweet. Interesting start with a strong echo of a classic grape soda flavor that morphs on the tongue into a complex blend of lightly tart floral and tea flavors. Ultimately not specifically fruity, but does have some lovely tannic structure from the tea. Remarkably short and somewhat subtle finish. Highly …