Supercans

Miguel_Sanchez

How the hell did I ever manage to drink a whole half litre of orange in one go?

Somehow I did.

God be with the days of Supercans.

fade2black

Those shiney bits of metal sure were popular. This is the 3rd or 4th thread about supercans since the retro forum started.

6th

Ah I loved these things .. it was no problem to drink one down in one go!

The contour bottles have alot to answers for, I blame them for the lose of vessel of goodness.

BLITZ_Molloy

Yeah. I've always preferred cans to bottles. Plastic makes the drink taste funny (as opposed to a nice metallic tang), plus it keep them much cooler on hot days.

Even the name Super Can is cool.

Remember they came out around the time they tried to launch Sunkist in this country? Always preferred Club Orange. Although it is still better than the ghastliness that is Fanta. Does anybody actually like Fanta orange?

tc20

By Jebus, id forgotten all about Supercans til i saw this thread. I can only remember Club Orange in Supercans, were there others?

Blitz - you're spot on, Fanta is gick. I did like Finches Orange, think it would just edge out Club, tho Finches seems to have disappeared of the shelves too...

zuutroy

BLITZ_Molloy wrote:

Remember they came out around the time they tried to launch Sunkist in this country?

"Drink it in the suuuuuuuun, Sunkist is the one" Oh yeah

il gatto

Sunkist was nice. I suppose we don't need Super Cans anymore, because the bottles are 500ml anyway.
And what happened to Canada Dry? That was lovely. Anyone know if you can still get it in Ireland?

Skittlebrau

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

How the hell did I ever manage to drink a whole half litre of orange in one go?

Somehow I did.

500 ml? That's nothing. The bottles over here in Oz are 600ml.

It is much nicer out of a can though.

BLITZ_Molloy

il gatto wrote:

Sunkist was nice. I suppose we don't need Super Cans anymore, because the bottles are 500ml anyway.
And what happened to Canada Dry? That was lovely. Anyone know if you can still get it in Ireland?

You can still get it on Irish airplanes. I used to rob cans of it from catering all the time when I worked as a dispatcher.

Stark

I think I've seen it in Tesco in Finglas.

hiscan

a supercan of coke and a roll from the shell garage those were the days.

ixoy

I was in Budapest last year (well 2005) and saw a supercan of coke. I squealed with excitement, bought it, and knocked it back. FAR FAR more satisfying than a 500ml bottle.

justfortherecor

Anyone have any pics of these. I cant seem to recall them.

When I was in Japan this year though, I did have the pleasure of buying a 1litre can of Asahi Beer from a vending machine. Ah, the novelty of it!

BobTheBeat

I do remember supercan's of Pepsi. Magic!

S5

I loved Canda Dry.

Does anybody remember Jolt (it was a cola with extra caffeine or something to that effect).

SF1

S5 wrote:

Does anybody remember Jolt (it was a cola with extra caffeine or something to that effect).

They still sell that in the newsagents on the bottom of grafton st. & the one at tara st. station.