just a quick little note about a special kind of beverage lauren, alex and i recently encountered. guess what - it's not beer! fooled ya. it's good old fashioned soda pop! which is a genre of drink we rarely tango with. sure, an ice cold diet coke from a gas station in ohio in the middle of a summer road trip is one thing. there too is a time and a place for a big splash of ginger ale to mellow out some whiskey. but when it comes to non-beer bubbles, the sisters kovach almost religiously drink seltzer (add some juice, it's called "so-jay") and not much else. i kind of like to think about seltzer like regular soda with all its make up scrubbed off.
so then why, the other week, did we order 2 bottles of soda pop alongside our slices of succulent vegan pizza at blackbird? well, we're suckers for great packaging and wacky flavors, and that about explains it:
DRY soda, a relatively new small company based in seattle, cranks out beautiful, clear, sparkling beverages in lovely bottles, infused with unconventional and creative flavors. each bottle contains only 45-70 calories, and between 11-19 grams of cane sugar. this is just a fraction of what is in "regular" soda. so despite our normal FU attitude towards pop, i ordered the cucumber, and lauren got lavender, though our other choices included blood orange, rhubarb, vanilla bean, and more. although still a bit sweet for my taste, the flavors harnessed in these sodas were amazing! the cuke was dry and smooth, and the lavender was floral and light, but not in a soapy or overtly fragrance-y ways.
DRY really gives a shit about its shit. even the briefest perusal of their website will prove as much. each soda flavor has its own page describing the flavor profile, food pairing ideas, and cocktail recipes. while i'm still a major proponent of making your own simple syrup or liquor infusions, all the DRY flavors would be out-of-control good in a boozy drink. might not buy this stuff by the case, but for a treat once in awhile, i'll totally go for it.
bonus- a few photos of blackbird's sexy za, best vegan pie in the city:
mushroom & potato
alright, stop drooling! if you haven't been to blackbird yet, the time is now. i think they even deliver...
love,
emily
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5 comments:
Love Dry Soda! My favorite is the Vanilla Bean. It tastes like a way less sweet cream soda.
ooh, I like the sound of that. might be good for an ice cream float...?
I heard about this soda on Food Network. It sounds pretty good. I really want to try it now.
I tried the rhubarb soda recently because I pretty much had to. Rhubarb soda? What a concept! I didn't love the flavor on its own, but with gin it was great. It's a fun alternative to gin and tonic.
yeah i feel like for non-sweets/soda lovers, these fizzy bevs shine the brightest as mixers. gin + rhubarb soda (+ maybe some muddled strawberries?!) sounds like the perfect spring cocktail!
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