Pure Spring
Pure Spring Ginger Ale,
where have you gone?
Ottawa's refreshing, dry soda pop
has disappeared with out fanfare
and virtually no record.
All you can get now
is vintage a can, from 1952,
that you can buy for ninety bucks.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
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Yes I think Pure Spring had the best ginger ale-I miss it.
I agree! Pure Spring was the best Ginger Ale around. Where did it go?
1977-1980 I used to work the summers at the Pure Spring plant in Ottawa. Ginger Ale was fantastic but having become a diabetic in '75 their Diet RC riveled and I thought beat out the only other diet pop which was Tab and Fresca. Many changes in those few years though. Family size glass bottles were switching from 30 oz to 26 oz,Crush flavors were changing size and shape for their 12 oz bottles. bar mix size bottles were slowly being phased out. Hot summers and no air conditioning...thank God for endless Pure Spring supplies right at our finger tips. A good product gone before its time
Yes it was the best I moved out west and when I came back to visit I would bring some back. When did leave us? can we bring it back?
Larry
Does anybody have a complete list of flavors of Pure Spring soda pops? The one I'm trying to remember, specifically, is something like "cherry bing" or, maybe, just "bing". It tasted like Dr. Pepper...or perhaps Dr Pepper tasted like it.
It would be black bing cherry. As far as I remember it was different from Dr. Pepper since it was not a cola but it definitely had the rich cherry flavour. My favourites were Minted Grape and Grapefruit and Lime and they produced the best Ginger Ale by far. It had a sharper more gingery flavour. The ginger ale was the last pure spring product to be available in Ottawa grocery stores and I remember picking up a couple of cases at that time. I wish they would bring them back. It was a better product than what replaced it.
I don't find anything to compare and I wonder why the recipe was not sold.
There was Gini and gingerale and a list of others. The gingerale is something that could make a success but, like many things it has to compete in a Market where competition would overwhelm. As a small business it might return,.
Please bring back pure spring products. They are a lot better than Canada Dry or any other name brand buy far.
Pure Spring Ginger Ale was the best Ginger Ale barr none even still today! I loved that the flavor actually tasted like ginger and it had a peppery bite back to it without tasting of pepper! I have never tasted anything like it ever since... I have even considered making my own based on my own memory of it's taste... I was born in 1962 and moved to Canada/Ottawa (east end)at a very young age and when I got a paper route I would buy some at the local "Mac's Milk" store that had just opened in the late 60"s... Personally I only remember it being in glass bottles and was hard to find outside my little area even then... the last one I can remember having was mid 70's... I miss it still and recently I have moved to an area where there is a new pizza shop and we had a discussion about it and the young ladd that runs it said his day and many others in my age group always seem to be looking for something when it comes to ginger ale... I suspect we are collectively in Pure Spring Ginger ale withdrawals! oh well I guess we can still dream...
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