[Red Badger]

It’s an acquired taste.

I’ve loved it ever since I was a kid.

Before I drank Dr. Pepper, I’d drink ‘Double Cola’, a regional brand in The South.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Cola_Company

They used to put small aluminum disks under the cork in some of the bottle caps that had a value from 5 cents to a dollar as an incentive to buy their product........................

[Dr. Sivana]

Before I drank Dr. Pepper, I’d drink ‘Double Cola’, a regional brand in The South.

I had heard of Double Cola, and tried it when living in Columbus, Georgia. Nothing special. Nor was Cheerwine.

I did stand on the spot where RC Cola was invented in Columbus. Oddly, it is not a big player there. Some maintain the original Coca-Cola X9 formula was first created in Columbus, Georgia.

Pepsi tried to promote itself as a southern drink in Gerogia (first created in North Carolina). It didn't work.

So, Dr. Pepper in Texas, Hires in Philadelphia, Moxie in Maine, Coca-Cola in Georgia, Pepsi-Cola in North Carolina, RC Cola in Georgia.The big winners are all from the south.