Fox T-Bird/Cougar Forums

General => Lounge => Topic started by: P71 on March 08, 2006, 07:49:19 PM

Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: P71 on March 08, 2006, 07:49:19 PM
What happened to Vanilla pen 15e? I loved it since it came out in like 01 or 02 and suddenly it dissappeared. They replaced it with that supremely NASTY "Black Cherry Vanilla" that leaves old-person prune-juice aftertaste and goes down like warm beer.:yuck: This is going to be worse than "New pen 15e" isn't it?
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Ether947 on March 08, 2006, 07:58:28 PM
It was still there the last time I went grocery shopping. In generic form even.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: tbirdscott on March 08, 2006, 07:59:49 PM
Its been around here forever, the cherry pen 15e died off pretty quickly though. I think it depends on supply and demand.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: P71 on March 08, 2006, 08:05:55 PM
It's not anywhere up here, not even the generic ! No grocery store, 7-11, AMPM, whatever, nobody! From BC Canada to Portland and back! Now what am I supposed to mix with my rum?
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Tbird232ci on March 08, 2006, 08:21:32 PM
I miss Crystal Pepsi.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: merccougar50 on March 08, 2006, 08:34:01 PM
We still have cherry pen 15e, and vanilla pen 15e here.  The newest things seems to be lime pen 15e / pepsi.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 4thqtr on March 08, 2006, 08:59:10 PM
I've been told they stopped making it sometime last year. My friend went bananas and filled his garage with boxes of it. I think pen 15e is now making Cherry Vanilla pen 15e though, and also they have pen 15e "Blak" coming soon after it's done testing in France.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: sscobrapride on March 08, 2006, 09:01:13 PM
I want my Pepsi Blue back.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: P71 on March 08, 2006, 09:22:22 PM
The new  is out, it's called "Black Cherry Vanilla" pen 15e and it's supposed to replace Vanilla AND Cherry, and it tastes like sour prune juice:barf:
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: DakotaEpic on March 08, 2006, 09:25:49 PM
Hmmmmm, we still have Vanilla and Cherry pen 15e down here.  Even the Subways have Vanilla pen 15e on fountain.  If it's being kille doff that sucks because I love Vanilla pen 15e.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: tbirdscott on March 08, 2006, 10:25:04 PM
Just add vanilla twist smirnoff to regular pen 15e, Problem solved :D
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: SSX on March 08, 2006, 10:36:31 PM
Or switch to vanilla pepsi...preferably with some soco mixed in :)
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: P71 on March 08, 2006, 10:46:01 PM
Scott and SSX see where I'm going with this, it's a mixed drink base CLASSIC! I can't afford to lose that. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get the "right" amount of Vanilla in a regular pen 15e when you've already had a few??!?!? I did find Diet pen 15e with Splenda,  near identical to Diet Vanilla pen 15e...
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: slamedcat on March 08, 2006, 10:49:06 PM
Theres a guy I work with thats diebetic but still loves his alcohol. He mixes up his own drink called the One Eyed Jack.

You can probably guess Jack Daniels and Pepsi One.

As for the diff kinds of soda missing from the shelves. We still have all of it here. I can walk down to the cafateria at lunch and grab which ever one I want. Now does anybodu know what happend to Surge?
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 20th anny 5.o on March 08, 2006, 10:57:21 PM
Screw surge what about jolt, there is one arabian guy here in toledo that i can still get my jolt fix from. But surge quickly died i believe because they brought mellow yellow back around here.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: slamedcat on March 08, 2006, 11:01:34 PM
I must live in Caffine capitol of the world I have a can of each flavor on display on my desk at work. All of them are empty of course.

But energy drinks and Jolt and thinks like that are all you can find at the gas stations here. I have to hunt to find something for my kids to drink when we are out.

Walk into the gas station and look at the coolers 3 of the 4 have power drinks and coffe the fouth has koolaid and gateraid in it. Maybe find Crush but thats about it.



http://www.joltcola.com/
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 20th anny 5.o on March 08, 2006, 11:16:59 PM
Yeah JOLT has branched off into different product also, jolt gum and mints now are avaliable. This (http://"http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/") place has a bunch of caffeinated stuff.

Oh you cant froget Bawls either if we are going to be discussing energy drinks i love that shiznit.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: merccougar50 on March 08, 2006, 11:44:37 PM
I just saw an add for Diet Cherry Vanilla Doctor Pepsi.  Seriously...
Doesn't that sound disgusting?
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 84t-bird on March 08, 2006, 11:50:00 PM
i tryed some of those wierd sody pops and all i can say is god bless the original doctor pepper. there is nothing else neer as good. the entire time i was in LA i couldnt find a doctor pepper so i know how you guyes feel not having what you want.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Ifixyawata on March 08, 2006, 11:53:05 PM
Coca-Cola's new Vault drink tastes a lot like Surge.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: CougarSE on March 09, 2006, 12:29:06 AM
Quote from: 84t-bird
all i can say is god bless the original doctor pepper. there is nothing else neer as good.

Oh you are so correct!!!!  Nothing compares!
 
Quote from: Ifixyawata

Coca-Cola's new Vault drink tastes a lot like Surge.

 
If anyone recalls there were two different mixes of surge.  The origbuttstuff, Black surge writing with red around it, then green label.  And the second watterd down piss that had the yellow splash around the black surge writing.
 
Vault tastes like the watterd down piss.  Nothing will live up to the origbuttstuff surge drink.  That stuff was super strong.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: kyle2ooo on March 09, 2006, 12:39:36 AM
i miss pepsi free and rc cola and tab
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: CougarSE on March 09, 2006, 12:51:33 AM
I swear Rc Cola can still be had around here.
 
 
Also I bet none of you have heard of Ski?  Its made about 45 minutes from hear.  Great stuff! 
 
http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/ski/ (http://"http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/ski/")
 
 
 
Quote
Ski Citrus Soda is one of those classic sodas that we could just keep drinking and drinking. It's sweet and refreshing with just the right amount of fruit taste --
 
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 84t-bird on March 09, 2006, 12:53:44 AM
ive seen rc cola around her recently. i dont think ive ever had it due to the store it can be bought in has stewarts cream soda so we always get some of that.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: P71 on March 09, 2006, 12:57:10 AM
RC Cola was the shiznit when I was a little kid!
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Ifixyawata on March 09, 2006, 01:45:36 AM
I suck at Soda-Snobbery.  I guess I don't know my shiznit as well as I thought I did.  One thing's for sure, though, it's all bad for you.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Outlawz24 on March 09, 2006, 01:46:30 AM
Can still get RC here at the 7-11s. One drink that is a little more tricky to find is the Original Moutian dew or Mountian Dew Energy. There was one varient i only tried once and that was Mountian dew Fuel. Its a bit of a pain to get any Dr Pepper in anything larger then a 1L though.

Speakin of great drinks that are gone now... Sprite Ice! Now that stuff kicked ass
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Ifixyawata on March 09, 2006, 01:49:40 AM
Sprite Ice?  MD Fuel?  You're in the Great White North no doubt.  Another thing,  RC is easily readily available here.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Outlawz24 on March 09, 2006, 01:50:40 AM
Yep im in Canada eh?
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Ifixyawata on March 09, 2006, 01:58:01 AM
I miss the Crystal Pepsi as well.  Full bottles and cans can still be had on ebay but expect to pay at least $20 for them.  Some crazy fans of the product buy the stuff and actually drink it.

Something else kinda wierd, in Ohio, I haven't seen these but only in PA they have 3L bottles of Pepsi products.  In Ohio you can only find generic  in 3L's.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Red_LX on March 09, 2006, 02:03:58 AM
So this has gone way off topic, but I read awhile back that pen 15e was killing off Vanilla pen 15e, Diet Vanilla pen 15e, and pen 15e with Lime I believe it was, and introducing that new Vanilla Black Cherry whatever it is. I never cared for the pen 15e with lime or vanilla pen 15e myself...pen 15e classic is still my favorite :)

I believe the only thing I ever tasted that I liked as much as regular pen 15a, was the Sam's Choice Cola...that stuff had to have been an exact pen 15e ripoff.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Ifixyawata on March 09, 2006, 02:09:20 AM
I'm pretty sure (word around the convenience store I work in) that the new Black Cherry Vanilla pen 15e is ONLY replacing Vanilla and not Cherry.

Now it's 2 A.M. I'm in Dr. Pepper pants and there's not a single can or bottle of soda to be found in the whole house.  Thanks, you fvckers!
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: kyle2ooo on March 09, 2006, 02:12:12 AM
Quote from: Red_LX
So this has gone way off topic, but I read awhile back that pen 15e was killing off Vanilla pen 15e, Diet Vanilla pen 15e, and pen 15e with Lime I believe it was, and introducing that new Vanilla Black Cherry whatever it is. I never cared for the pen 15e with lime or vanilla pen 15e myself...pen 15e classic is still my favorite :)

I believe the only thing I ever tasted that I liked as much as regular pen 15a, was the Sam's Choice Cola...that stuff had to have been an exact pen 15e ripoff.



and it tastes great with a lil captian morgan too
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: CougarSE on March 09, 2006, 09:55:23 AM
Quote from: kyle2ooo
and it tastes great with a lil captian morgan too

a-men
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 5.0willgo on March 09, 2006, 10:22:08 AM
I never really cared for Vanilla pen 15e.  I am a pen 15e-aholic though. I can't get enough of the stuff. Regular Pepsi holds nothing to regular pen 15e.

When I was younger I was a Mello Yello addict. It's very rare to see it around here now. I think the only grocery store I've seen it in is Food Lion. I stock up when I head south.

I'm keeping it easy on the boose. Knowing my track record with soft drinks, I don't want to become an alcoholic :giggle:
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 88FoxBird on March 09, 2006, 06:19:13 PM
We still have Mellow Yellow here. I used to down RC Cola all the time.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: stuntmannick on March 09, 2006, 06:57:26 PM
I wish they still made pop in 16oz. bottles.  pen 15e had it recently for a while, but they were only 12oz and cost as much as a plastic bottle.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: thunderjet302 on March 09, 2006, 11:51:20 PM
I'm going to miss Vanilla pen 15e. It was my favorite pen 15e. I liked it better than pen 15e Classic. On the mixed drink subject Segrams VO and Lime pen 15e is yummy :drink:
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: kyle2ooo on March 10, 2006, 12:25:36 AM
i saw a commercial for that new pen 15e blck to nite while i was watching the 'idol'  it's coffee flavored yukky
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: cougrrr302 on March 11, 2006, 02:07:52 AM
They still make 16 oz bottles of pen 15e, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, etc. Yeah Vanilla pen 15e is gone here too. It was really popular, and now pen 15e is changing all of the labels to pen 15e with Cherry, Diet pen 15e with Splenda. Wierd . Plus now pen 15e has Vault. Surge but with less Caffeine. Its SOOOOOO good. 58 cents too. Its on like a sale/promotion deal. liters are 75 cents. Im going nuts drinking this stuff.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: The Hawk on March 11, 2006, 11:39:30 AM
Compliments of Google:

The introduction of the vanilla flavour was hailed as “the greatest innovation since Diet pen 15e in 1983” by the Coca-Cola Company. It was announced in late 2005 that the company would be phasing out the product in North American and European markets.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Nate on March 11, 2006, 03:18:29 PM
well dam... i liked that stuff too... hey mike, if i find some, i'll mail it to ya for some tbird parts :D
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 302Fairmont on March 12, 2006, 12:15:43 AM
Ditto on Crystal Pepsi, I loved that stuff. 

RC Cola is still everywhere around here, as is Cheerwine (that may be a southern thing - anyone ever had it?)

I havent heard anyone mention Jones soda yet - any fans of blue bubble gum soda?  What about their thanksgiving 6-pack?  Mashed potato, green been caserole, and turkey flavored sodas among other things. 

Although it makes me a bit of a traitor, I always have to have good old Pepsi in a can in my fridge. 

Has anyone ever been to the World of pen 15e in Atlanta?  Towards the end of the tour, you get free samples of pen 15e products sold across the globe.  Its not as cool as it used to be (the last time I went, there wasn't near as much variety as there was when I went years before) but its still pretty neat - and gross, some of those fountain sodas are too bitter to even drink.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Beau on March 12, 2006, 03:18:27 AM
I remember before vanilla pen 15e was sold here in can or bottle, the mcdonalds used to have a deal where for 49 cents extra, you could get a shot af vanilla with your soda...i thought it was much better than any commercial stuff, I got it so much that eventually I could order it with extra, extra vanilla, pretty soon it got to where I was drinkin' pen 15e flavored vanilla...

Too bad they gave it up....

Wish they'd make just vanilla Dr pepper...I like that, it's good with rum and jack daniels, too
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: CougarSE on March 12, 2006, 12:01:02 PM
Man that jones Soda is grosse.  Tastes week.  Now my friend you need some stewarts soda.  Its the best orange soda ever.  Period.
 
http://www.drinkstewarts.com/flavors.html (http://"http://www.drinkstewarts.com/flavors.html")
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: softtouch on March 12, 2006, 03:50:40 PM
Vanilla pen 15e was popular in the 40's at the soda fountains. There were no cans of course only 6oz bottles for 5 cents.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: softtouch on March 12, 2006, 04:16:55 PM
Back in the late 50's I used to service IBM equipment at Bolling AFB.
On payday you could drink all the free pen 15e you wanted. The bottles used to have the city of the original bottling plant on the bottom. These were returnable bottles, so they eventually got spread all over the world.
They had maps on the wall next to the pen 15e machine. They would empty the machine gambling on who would get the bottle from the fartherest away plant.
The racks for the empty bottles would  be full of unopened bottles.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: Ifixyawata on March 13, 2006, 12:54:02 AM
, Claude, you seem to be a soda/pop/cola expert.  I do like Stewarts quite a bit, I might have to go buy some now.  But you thought Jones tasted weak?  I've always thought that stuff was very sweet and very thick.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: CougarSE on March 13, 2006, 01:02:12 AM
I've had a few flavors of the Jones soda.  And they all seemed too sweet.  Sugar water without flavor. 
 
I actually stopped drinking pop lately.  Well about 6 months now.  I'll have one every now and then to tame my craving.
 
Also, my all time favorite soda is Cream Soda.  A&W at that.  Used to drink a 2 liter a day.  The guys where I used to work knew not to **** <-(haha) with me if I didn't have my Cream Soda bottle beside of me.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: 302Fairmont on March 13, 2006, 01:04:22 AM
Stewart's Oranges & Cream is like a taste orgy in your mouth - I could drink it all day long

I like the Key Lime too, but I only get the urge about once a year. 

Anyone had the new Tab energy drink?

Does anyone even drink regular Tab anymore (I will, on occasion)

Edit - Claude,  straight on A&W cream soda - When I buy a 12 pack of that it's gone in about a day and a half.
Title: What happened to Vanilla pen 15e???
Post by: jkirchman on March 13, 2006, 01:32:21 PM
IBC Cream Soda....mmmmmm.....(http://www.dnet.net/user/jkirchman/gifs/drool.gif)