Can you tell the difference between sugar flavored Dr. Pepper and high fructose corn syrup flavored Dr. Pepper? With the help of Jeff from Texas, Nikki and I set out to answer this question. He sent us a case of "Dublin Dr. Pepper' which is bottled with real sugar in Waco, TX. (It is the longest standing bottler of Dr. Pepper in the world.)
It is important to label ANYTHING that goes in the fridge around here. The Riot did not misspell "your". It was someone else...
I'm also a soda nerd. I bought us some "real" Dr. Pepper and some Wal-Mart brand Diet Dr. Thunder just for... ummm.... scientific research.
Pure, unadulterated Dublin Dr. Pepper with Sugar.
The taste test cups. Filled by Erik and labeled A and B so it would be a "blind" taste test.
Bottoms up!
We started by smelling the cups. One had a strong Dr. Pepper smell and the other did not. Care to guess which one smelled?
It was the corn syrupy one. Nikki and I ended up tasting the Dublin Dr. Pepper first and were immediately aware that it was different from what we've spent our lives drinking. It was MUCH sweeter and "harder". The regular Dr. Pepper went down very smoothly and had little after taste. The Dublin stuff was more substantial and *did* have an aftertaste. From that description you would think we would prefer the corn-syrup-enhanced DP but you would be WRONG. The sugary stuff was amazing, though we could drink very little of it because it was so sweet. Oh for the heady days of truly sugary soda...
Thanks to Jeff for making it possible! The audio will be in the podcast for next week.
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