Did this drink exist or is it psychosis?

airmax87

I remember superquinn/quinnsworth having this green fizzy drink, maybe it was own brand - can't remember the exact taste, can sort of looked like mountain dew.

For certain it was in the Lucan shop, they even had a vending machine of it as you walked into the main part of the shopping centre.

Was around in the late 90s/early 2000's, I swore it existed but I can't find anything online or remember any part of the name and I'm starting to think I've lost the lot/

EmmetSpiceland

Dunnes had their own version of 7UP called ‘Fizz Up’ wasn’t green though and was discontinued due to a colour change if left in direct sunlight for too long.

Don’t remember any of the Quinns having their own drinks like that.

airmax87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119990854#Comment_119990854

May have well been the walk into dunnes in the lucan shopping centre with the vending machine of it, bottle graphic doesn't look right but it may not be on the internet at all

yknaa

I seem to remember ‘Fizzy green stuff’ on the market. Bit earlier though. 80s I reckon

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119990892#Comment_119990892

There was a banana lemonade on the go one time, either Mulrines or McDaids. Looked like bottled plutonium.

Spacific

Yes I recall fizzy green stuff. Very vaguely. Early 80's

Sgt Hartman

Shannon Minerals had a drink called Lime Juice & Soda which was green and sold on 250ml bottles

For Forks Sake

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Mena Mitty

Was it Club Fat frog or Um bongo ?

irishcanman

I recently found a can called Fizzup I thought it was some random brand until I saw where it was made it was made for Dunnes Dublin 8

by the looks of it looks 2000s or late 1990s

Didn't Dunnes try a high quality cola once?

Montage of Feck

Nuka Cola Quantum?

tallaghtfornia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121885879#Comment_121885879

Yes they sure did it was manufactured by cott beverages in the UK from concentrate imported from the USA. Cans where manufactured in West Yorkshire and the 2 litre was bottled in Kegworth .2 ltrs where bottled here for a while by united beverages finches keeper road (old savage smyth factory) it was a similar concentrate as Sainsbury’s in the UK. At one point it outsold coke 2 to 1 but as people got more money in the late 90s and favored coke it got discontinued. They also had fizz up orange which tasted similar to Fanta and fizz up lemon and lime which was finches lemon and lime with a different lable. Bit of useless history for you 😃

below was the one that finches bottled

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058275641/did-this-drink-exist-or-is-it-psychosis

It wasn’t Canada Dry by any chance? I know the drink isn’t green, but the can was pretty unmistakable, was around the time period, can’t get it anywhere now:

JupiterKid

I loved Canada Dry as a kid.

Anyone else recall a very short-lived fizzy drink in a can called Rio? Think it was early to mid 1980s.

There was also an orange fizzy drink back in the 1970s called Mirinda, before my time. My OH remembers it well.

Strumms

Does anyone remember Tab Clear cola ? I don’t recall trying it but it was a clear cola drink… supposed to be piss…

the only green drinks….

lilt, also Fanta had a limited edition green coloured fruit drink,

Sgt Hartman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121886561#Comment_121886561

I remember this from about 30 years ago. I thought it actually tasted okay. I remember the weird tv ad for it at the time showing an old guy getting up from a wheelchair shouting “I’m young!!” after he took a sip of it.

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121886561#Comment_121886561

Only from back to the future where Marty tries to order a Tab free.

airmax87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121885859#Comment_121885859

that sounds about right, have you a picture of it by any chance ?

100% wasn't canada dry.

tayto lover

This was lovely -

irishcanman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121889629#Comment_121889629

Ya I have it I,ll upload it today later on it says Fizzup on it and it was made in the UK for dunnes it says

davehey79

was it this by any chance !! maybe 0.000001% alcohol but you thought you were bascially out on the pish drinking it as a youg fella

davehey79

was also this one ! both on sale in old quinsowrths that i recall in the late 80s to early 90s ! and available in SUPERCAN too before 500ml bottlkes were a thing

irishcanman

Here it is

irishcanman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121892415#Comment_121892415

Nah it wasn’t a club but I got this club

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121886673#Comment_121886673

It was Pepsi Free. Then he asks for a Tab. Then asks for something with no sugar and gets black coffee.

PGE1970

In the 80s there was Smak Cola.

An unfortunate name given the heroin epidemic that was prevalent in the country at the time ...

donegal_man

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119992241#Comment_119992241

Still on the market in Donegal along with Pineappleade and the legendary Football Special

recyclops

Was it BPM green energy, there was also a red

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121886561#Comment_121886561

Tab tasted almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Coke.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121886532#Comment_121886532

I'm pretty certain 'the way we lived" featured the advert for Mirinda....looked like everyone was in Woodstock....useless but of trivia 😂

mistersifter

Anyone remember being able to buy Sunkist in Ireland in the 90s?

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121899529#Comment_121899529

Was it not Horslips did that ad?

Speedsie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121899759#Comment_121899759

It was indeed!

You can still get Mirinda in the Moldova shop in Rathmines (or at least could a couple of years ago!)

https://youtu.be/XMxPZA2BTGg?feature=shared

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121899759#Comment_121899759

I meant more the concert hippy vibe than the actual performers. 😊

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121900111#Comment_121900111

And, technically, the band formed after the ad.

Country Spring Apple or Lemon & Lime?

Is Cidona still sold?

jackboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121900158#Comment_121900158

Cidona, the gateway drink to Bulmers.

advisemerite

It sounds like Quinnsworth "1Cal".

New Home

I used to love Mirinda.

xzanti

Was it Lilt by any chance? Pineapple flavour drink. Really tasty.

Photobox

Fresca..think fresh, think Fresca.

airmax87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893065#Comment_121893065

thats the one !

irishcanman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121900158#Comment_121900158

Ya cidona is still sold but literally one place sells in my area just Tesco I think it’s alr am really not a fan of apple flavoured stuff

irishcanman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121901683#Comment_121901683

Do you know any reason why it’s not being made anymore there’s like zero info about this can I could try find?

irishcanman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121900415#Comment_121900415

Lilt is a very nice Drink well last time I tried it am not sure but when they rebranded Lilt as Fanta it tasted very weird I bought a bottle it tasted like milk for me.

Badly Drunk Boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893065#Comment_121893065

I think there was a sugar-free version which was silver/white with a bit of green on the packaging.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121900158#Comment_121900158

Cidona is still around. I get it every now and then in Tesco.

irishcanman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121903840#Comment_121903840

A Sugar free version? Interesting am planning to go to the same Dumb where I found it I also found a old unopened Coca Cola there maybe I,ll find something more there.

Hotblack Desiato

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iamstop

If you never had this growing up, you had a stih childhood.

circadian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121910486#Comment_121910486

Bag of chips and a bottle of football special from Fiorentini's in Moville on a pissy wet Sunday.