Subj : Re: Crampers
To   : DAVE DRUM
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat May 06 2023 08:57:00

>  MP> I would not make it in such a denomination.  I cannot see giving up my
>  MP> Ski or Ale-8-One for long!

> I've met Ale-8. But I hadda go look up "Ski" .... Hmmmm made by "Double
> Cola". Wonder what their cloa drink tastes like.  Bv)=

A little surprised you had not encountered Ski before in Illinois.  It is
glass-bottled in Southern Illinois somewhere, and can be found on tap in
some restaurants in St. Louis.  Here in Kentucky, it was a big thing until
Coke-Cola bought the Greensburg Bottling Company and got rid of all of the
Double Cola drinks.  They actually kept Ski, and sold it in place of Mello
Yellow, in a limited area.

The Kentucky Headhunters sang about it in their hit song, "Dumas Walker."

Ski is now distributed locally by Ale-8, so it has made somewhat of a
comeback.

As for Double Cola, there are not many nearby places to find it.  I think
the closest place is Evansville.  I take that back... I can get Illinois
glass-bottled Ski at the local Cracker Barrel gift shop, last I checked. ;)

"Double" comes from the size of the early bottles being twice as big as
other colas but for the same price.  IMHO, it is better than Coke or Pepsi,
especially the glass-bottled, real sugar version (which I think is all that
Excel makes -- Excel is the Illinois bottler).


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