Talk:Green River (soft drink)

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July 5,2 2023

The article mentioned Green River was only sold in Seattle in the 1990s and implied until 2011. I grew up in the West Chicago suburbs, we had Green River available at least from 2001 onward. Only a handful of places sold it, but it was viewed with pride by community members that it was available.

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Dated January 21, 2013: This soda is just syrupy, green, artificial shit that despite being marketed as lime doesn't really taste like any distinguishable fruit. I can't drink enough of it.

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We live in the Chicago suburbs. We are a special ed. classroom and are drinking this soft drink to complement our lesson on the dying of the Chicago River. It is good to know that this drink was created during the prohibition era, which we will be studying soon. Slainte!

It's sad that the Chicago River is dying :(

Oh, I guess you meant *dyeing* ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.250.21.24 (talk) 17:08, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

5-1-13 " soda fountain syrup, trailing only Coca Cola in popularity" is repeated. It's in both the 1st and 2nd paragaphs. Much of this is marketing pap and poorly written ("amazing visual appeal including its bright green color"). It may smell and sell nostalgia, but that does not belong here. (I drank it as a kid and tasted one recently). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.211.129.11 (talk) 00:12, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Origins in Chicago vs. Wyoming[edit]

Most of the (promotional) histories I found of Green River say that it began being bottled in Chicago due to Prohibition but don't explicitly claim it was invented there. Those dates don't match. I suspect Green River was actually invented by the Sweetwater Brewery of Green River, Wyoming (note the location!) which also bottled it but the drink wasn't popularized until later by Edelweiss of Chicago. The sources don't quite say that though so I just mentioned both breweries in the History section. RevelationDirect (talk) 21:52, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sinatra[edit]

I thought the Sinatra anecdote perfectly suitable for mentioning but I guess it wasn't really popular culture.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:32, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]