I didn’t know Moxie came in a bottle.
I looked it up & found out it’s an old brand of soda that’s still available in the NE. Sounds more like something that would be available at your local pub.
I had planned for the ship in a bottle to be a one-off gag, but managed to get three strips out of it this week.
It will probably never return after this week. (I didn’t even save the Photoimpact object.) Of course, I said the same thing about the Tiny Little U-boat.
oh BLECCCHHH!
that’s a good description of the taste, Pab.
i live in the NE and it’s regulary available at grocery stores (not in glass bottles, mind you). i swear people only drink it for nostalgia.
Moxie is made with gentian violet, and if you know what that tastes like, you know what Moxie tastes like. I never developed a taste for it, but didn’t hate it, either. My favorite was Razcal (“nobody famous drinks it”), a raspberry and lime concoction that’s, sadly, available no more.
Used to vacation in Maine. We bought Moxie once and just couldn’t drink it. I think it is the equivalent of a residency test. Pab nailed the description!
Actually, Moxie is made from the root extract of Gentiana lutea a yellow European species m long used in herbal medicine. Moxie originally came out as a digestive, and is, I believe, older than Coca Cola or Pepsi.
Angostura bitters also use the same root extract. I find the flavor to be warm, aromatic in nature. It does indeed calm my stomach.
I am a retired flavor chemist and grew up in New England.
For the curious, I spent the day going through old audio cassettes I had in storage. I tweeted – http://twitter.com/sungenis – a slew of old radio stuff including some airchecks from my morning show stints at WVLT (in 1999) and WSBU (1988-1991, while at college). Some of you might enjoy listening to my previous career.
I’ve always lived in Philadelphia or vicinity and have always considered that to be part of the NE U.S., but I’ve never even SEEN Moxie and knew of it only through old comic references, like back in the days of MAD comic books (not the magazine).
But none of the descriptions here of the taste are likely to scare me off since I’m still enjoying the bags of horehound candy I was given by two different friends last Xmas. If you can learn to like horehound, how bad can Moxie be? (On the other hand, I can’t stand beer.)
GJ_Jehosaphat about 14 years ago
I didn’t know Moxie came in a bottle. I looked it up & found out it’s an old brand of soda that’s still available in the NE. Sounds more like something that would be available at your local pub.
Colt9033 about 14 years ago
Well, it properly won’t be much of a fight since their all bottled up.
zero about 14 years ago
what does Moxie taste like?
Pab Sungenis creator about 14 years ago
jukeofurl: If you consider that Coca-Cola is the cola equivalent of black coffee and Pepsi is the equivalent of coffee with cream and sugar….
Moxie is the stuff left at the bottom of the pot after you’ve left it on the warmer for four hours.
Plods with ...™ about 14 years ago
Or old time cough syrup with extra sugar and bubbles
It hasn’t come in glass bottles in years
Pab Sungenis creator about 14 years ago
I had planned for the ship in a bottle to be a one-off gag, but managed to get three strips out of it this week.
It will probably never return after this week. (I didn’t even save the Photoimpact object.) Of course, I said the same thing about the Tiny Little U-boat.
eric stott about 14 years ago
MOXIE! MOXIE! MOXIE!!!!
maeverin about 14 years ago
oh BLECCCHHH! that’s a good description of the taste, Pab. i live in the NE and it’s regulary available at grocery stores (not in glass bottles, mind you). i swear people only drink it for nostalgia.
myyahoonowork about 14 years ago
I tasted moxie once. Never made that mistake again.
POPPA1956 about 14 years ago
So, all y’all are saying there a reason or two that Moxie soda has not become an international taste sensation.
namenamename about 14 years ago
Moxie always reminded me of Castoria.
farren about 14 years ago
Moxie is made with gentian violet, and if you know what that tastes like, you know what Moxie tastes like. I never developed a taste for it, but didn’t hate it, either. My favorite was Razcal (“nobody famous drinks it”), a raspberry and lime concoction that’s, sadly, available no more.
Plods with ...™ about 14 years ago
maeverin said, about 3 hours ago
i live in the NE and it’s regulary available at grocery stores (not in glass bottles, mind you). i swear people only drink it for nostalgia.
I had a friend of the family that HAD to have the stuff shipped to him quarterly. Now I can’t say for sure if that was what did him in, but……
jswinton1 Premium Member about 14 years ago
Used to vacation in Maine. We bought Moxie once and just couldn’t drink it. I think it is the equivalent of a residency test. Pab nailed the description!
RockHouse about 14 years ago
Actually, Moxie is made from the root extract of Gentiana lutea a yellow European species m long used in herbal medicine. Moxie originally came out as a digestive, and is, I believe, older than Coca Cola or Pepsi.
Angostura bitters also use the same root extract. I find the flavor to be warm, aromatic in nature. It does indeed calm my stomach.
I am a retired flavor chemist and grew up in New England.
Coyoty Premium Member about 14 years ago
Have some Moxie. It’ll make you noxie. It tastes like epoxy. It might be toxie.
Pab Sungenis creator about 14 years ago
Anyone ever been to “Club Cool” at Epcot in Walt Disney World?
Any of you ever try “Beverly?”
spiritoflionelhutzlives about 14 years ago
….I learned a lot about Moxie today I didn’t want to know…
Pab Sungenis creator about 14 years ago
For the curious, I spent the day going through old audio cassettes I had in storage. I tweeted – http://twitter.com/sungenis – a slew of old radio stuff including some airchecks from my morning show stints at WVLT (in 1999) and WSBU (1988-1991, while at college). Some of you might enjoy listening to my previous career.
pschearer Premium Member about 14 years ago
I’ve always lived in Philadelphia or vicinity and have always considered that to be part of the NE U.S., but I’ve never even SEEN Moxie and knew of it only through old comic references, like back in the days of MAD comic books (not the magazine).
But none of the descriptions here of the taste are likely to scare me off since I’m still enjoying the bags of horehound candy I was given by two different friends last Xmas. If you can learn to like horehound, how bad can Moxie be? (On the other hand, I can’t stand beer.)