Food of the Seventies, Chelsea Soda
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It was the apple flavored soda that actually had about 2% alcohol in it. They had to pull it off the market because kids would buy it. We did because it tasted good. I was too young to care about the alcohol.
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I remember this soda.Was in a Green and white can,I think. It was made by Anheuser-Busch Co.( I called A/B 314-577-2000),they had limited info.Made in 1978-79. I don't think it had more than .05 % alcohol. I agree it tasted appleish. A kid would have to drank about 20 cans to feel anything. I am sure after 4-5 cans, you were finding the nearest tree to ***. By then, 19 yo. in(1978) could buy beer. in Il. I liked the soda, was different...
P.S. Cool Website, Thanks.....
Remember this soda well. It tasted good and I remember it having approximately .05% alcohol. I was 18 or 19 at the time and didn't care about the minute quantity of alcohol. At that time we could buy beer legally in MA. We were all pretty upset when they pulled it from the market. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I remember chelsea too. I loved it. It had a distintive flavor that you can closely replicate my mixing Budweiser and Coke. I know that sounds strange but it actually tastes just like chelsea. Mike
I used to buy this soda after helping my dad paint in the summer. I was really sad when they stopped selling it. Chelsea was really good!.
I remember buying this stuff when I was about 8 at the local Dairy Mart in Springfield MA. Me and my friends would drink 2 or 3 and act like we were wasted, heh. I think it came in a green bottle shaped like Lowenbrau, with a foil top, perhaps this was the pre-curser to the modern day wine cooler? The taste was definitely unique (and pretty good from what I remember). Long live the memory of Chelsea Soda!
I think me and Krystof ran in similar circles. I remember buying at DM near Dwight Rd. in Springfield,MA. It was definately good stuff. Now, can I sue the producers for my fondness of alcohol now? LOL
Loved Chelsea Soda! I remember when they pulled it hearing that they dug a big hole and buried it all... and friend and I were planning to find the hole and get it ALL!!! Yep... we use to buy it by the 12 pack and sit out back of the liquor store and drink it... we were about 12 years old then. :)
Don't really have a story....but I just got my hands on some of this stuff!! My dad had it in his basement....now its on display behind my bar!! :)
Why was there any alcohol in it at all and why did they sell it to kids? I don't know, but I bought it, drank it, and liked it. I was about 12. I remember taking it to school for lunch in the thermos of my Muppet Show lunch box. I let some "popular" kid taste it. He acted like it was a big deal. Years later during high school I think that kid had become a "head." I hope that sip of Chelsea didn't do him in! Just kidding.
I have a few bottles of Chelsea soda. Anyone know how much it's worth
Im so glad people remeber thi soda. No one I have ever talked to remembers it and I kinda thought I had imagined it-I really rememer my dad would give my one during football games -they matched the bottles of beer he had-I thought I was soooo cool....there isn't any chance that they may make this again, is there?
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