....the Vess Bottling Company in the St. Louis area? Anyone know what year
it went out of business?

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Wayne Boatwright

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On Wed 23 Jan 2008 06:26:21p, Sqwertz told us...

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:13:35 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

...the Vess Bottling Company in the St. Louis area? Anyone know what
year it went out of business?

Not yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vess

-sw


Thanks, Steve. I had been given the impression that they didn't exist
anymore. Now I have to find out how/where I can order their Cream Soda,
the only cream soda I've ever tasted that I liked. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

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On Wed 23 Jan 2008 06:41:44p, Sqwertz told us...

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:34:17 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

Thanks, Steve. I had been given the impression that they didn't exist
anymore. Now I have to find out how/where I can order their Cream Soda,
the only cream soda I've ever tasted that I liked. :-)

Depending on how long ago you had one, it may be the case now
that it's made with HFCS, and the taste has probably changed.

Steve, it's been so many years ago since I tasted it that I don't think I'd
be able to tell. I know that a lot of the sensory appeal was the aroma as
well as the color. The clear and brown cream sodas never appealed to me.
strange, huh?

I can't remember what I used to drink when I was a kid - it came
in 12-oz refillable bottles. Nothing has tasted as good since.

When I was a kid, all there was was refillable bottles. :-) Cans, plastic,
and disposable glass weren't in use yet.

Try it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it. I went on a
cream soda float binge a few months ago.

When I was a kid growing up in St. Louis, mostly I just drank the soda, but
occasionally my mom would make floats with it. Delicious!


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Wayne Boatwright

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Ok, I pulled the pin. Now what? Where
are you going?
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"Wayne Boatwright" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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On Wed 23 Jan 2008 06:26:21p, Sqwertz told us...

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:13:35 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

...the Vess Bottling Company in the St. Louis area? Anyone know what
year it went out of business?

Not yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vess

-sw


Thanks, Steve. I had been given the impression that they didn't exist
anymore. Now I have to find out how/where I can order their Cream Soda,
the only cream soda I've ever tasted that I liked. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright


The Vess label is now owned by Cott, http://www.cott.com/, so I'd guess the
Vess Bottling Company *is* out of business, despite a Wikipedia article
suggesting differently.

Herbert

The Vess label is now owned by Cott, http://www.cott.com/, so I'd
guess the Vess Bottling Company *is* out of business, despite a
Wikipedia article suggesting differently.

Or they could have gone into a different line of activity...

http://www.euthanasia.cc/vess.html

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On Thu 24 Jan 2008 12:20:26a, Herbert Paulis told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
3.184...
On Wed 23 Jan 2008 06:26:21p, Sqwertz told us...

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:13:35 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

...the Vess Bottling Company in the St. Louis area? Anyone know what
year it went out of business?

Not yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vess

-sw


Thanks, Steve. I had been given the impression that they didn't exist
anymore. Now I have to find out how/where I can order their Cream
Soda, the only cream soda I've ever tasted that I liked. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright


The Vess label is now owned by Cott, http://www.cott.com/, so I'd guess
the Vess Bottling Company *is* out of business, despite a Wikipedia
article suggesting differently.

Herbert



Thanks, Hebert. Although, apparently, they still bottle under the name of
Vess in certain areas.

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Wayne Boatwright

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