Comments on: [Drink Review] Private Selection Sparkling Lemon Soda

By: Zac Pritcher

Zac Pritcher — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:57:18 +0000

@ Searching for Soda

Well thank you for the insight! And our stores stopped carrying it as well, which is why I never reviewed any of the other flavors

By: Searching for Soda

Searching for Soda — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:31:16 +0000

I did not see mentioned in the reviews or comments that these soda’s are a generic version of Lorina Sparkling Lemonade, made in France since 1895. It is expensive, but might be compared with Lorina, against which it is intended to compete. Now that is a classy soda. American GI’s drank it when they liberated France during WWII and then in the 1960′s, it became popular as many movie stars emulated ‘the French lifestyle’.

FYI – it was less than $2 per bottle in my neck of the woods. We drank a lot of it (PS not Lorina) unitl our store stopped carrying it.

By: Gray

Gray — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:01:37 +0000

There is a market around my old home town called United Grocery Outlet. I found these for 79 cents a bottle and picked up a case. I agree with your review on the flavor – 7.0/10

By: tallboy2112

tallboy2112 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:44:19 +0000

You know now that you mention it, glass bottles are quite fancy despite the liquid they hold. It could be a bottle of rat urine, if it were in a glass bottle it would be considered “exotic”

By: vitamin

vitamin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:41:39 +0000

Pinky out!

By: Jason Munich

Jason Munich — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:20:35 +0000

I’ll probably give this a try if I ever see it anywhere. Just to say I’m schnappy.

By: Andrew Majors

Andrew Majors — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:15:38 +0000

As pretentious as I am, I bet I would LOVE this stuff. Although being poor, more than one bottle probably is not in my future.

By: Clay Cunningham

Clay Cunningham — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:32:09 +0000

I really enjoy the notion of Private Selection, which a Kroger exclusive brand, being depicted as “ritzy.” Even with the elevated price I find it hard to take this product seriously as an upper-class item.

By: Bran-flakes

Bran-flakes — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:07:46 +0000

i feel like it would be worth a try at least, it seems interesting, a refreshing lemonade-esque soda.