Polar Classic Sodas

At some point during todays 508 podcast I mentioned a line of Polar Classics ‘premium sodas’ I’ve been buying at Russo’s in Watertown. Does anyone know where I can pick these up in Worcester? The sodas are delicious, made with cane sugar instead of HFCS and the screened bottles are nice to look at. But I’ve never seen them around here, although I admit I haven’t looked very hard.



(pics ripped from this site)

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Post by: Brendan | October 3, 2008 | Filed Under food 

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17 Responses to “Polar Classic Sodas”

  1. J.D. on October 3rd, 2008 11:32 am

    Cool!

  2. pop on October 3rd, 2008 12:16 pm

    honey farms

  3. Brendan on October 3rd, 2008 12:20 pm

    Thanks pop, haven’t been inside a Honey Farms since I stopped smoking. I also don’t see mention of them on the polar site, which seems odd. It’s a real solid product.
    http://www.polarbev.com/

  4. Colin on October 3rd, 2008 12:31 pm

    I picked up a bottle on Rte. 12 in the middle of nowhere CT at a no-name packy.

    Good stuff, esp. the cream soda!

    And no HFC, just good ole fashioned sugar!

  5. Tracy on October 3rd, 2008 12:32 pm

    I agree that we need to encourage Polar on this one. Fewer railcars of HFCS on the tracks down along 146 would be a good thing.
    (I always think, “imagine if there were a fire…” Burnt sugar!

  6. Pie and Coffee » 508 #55: Round robin on October 3rd, 2008 3:00 pm

    [...] Mike is shopping only at local businesses for the next week. Brendan mentions Polar Classic Sodas. [...]

  7. Eric on October 3rd, 2008 7:26 pm

    Russos kicks ass!!

  8. John on October 5th, 2008 8:38 pm

    It’s not in Worcester, but I make a trip to Market Basket in Bellingham whenever I come back to the area to get all of my local New England treats (Peggy Lawton Cookies, Devil Dogs, Coffee Syrup, etc.). I definitely picked up a few 6-packs of polar classics a couple trips ago.

  9. The fifth day of Shopping Locally : Real Worcester - Worcester News and Blogs on October 7th, 2008 8:43 pm

    [...] We didn’t order any food with local ingredients, but my friend ordered a Polar Cola, made (last time I checked) right here in Worcester. (See Buck Paxton’s thread on Polar premium sodas.) [...]

  10. Taco Joe on October 10th, 2008 9:07 am

    Big Y in Holden.

  11. Taco Joe on October 10th, 2008 9:57 am

    If Polar is by chance reading this blog, bring back sarsparilla in the bottled classic line. I’ll forgive the whole family for your annoying Mount Wachusett commericals.

  12. Mike on October 18th, 2008 8:46 pm

    They have it at Big Y on May Street, not with the other Polar stuff but with the fancy drinks.

  13. Brendan on October 19th, 2008 8:48 am

    Sweet!
    Thanks for the follow up.

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  15. Pepsi challenges Pepsi via legal challenge | radioball dot net on January 5th, 2009 12:33 pm

    [...] bottler in the US, also uses cane sugar and the product does have a noticeably different flavor. Polar also has a nice line of cane sugar sweetened sodas. Personally, I prefer fizzy lifting drinks sweetened with cane sugar, your millage [...]

  16. Pepsi challenges Pepsi via legal challenge : Real Worcester - Worcester News and Blogs on January 5th, 2009 1:45 pm

    [...] bottler in the US, also uses cane sugar and the product does have a noticeably different flavor. Polar also has a nice line of cane sugar sweetened sodas. Personally, I prefer fizzy lifting drinks sweetened with cane sugar, your millage [...]

  17. Marci on January 5th, 2009 5:11 pm

    We buy polar classics at Hannaford (a green supermarket) in Rutland, Vermont. I hope these will catch on, so that i no longer have to make my own soda with selzer water, flavouring, and sugar.

    Hannaford has a gigantic growing natural food section which contains a wide assortment of food items made with sugar or no sweetener, such as peanut butter, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, etc.

    HFCS is nasty stuff. I now believe that the urban rumor (debunked by many studies and the AMA) about sugar-caused hyperactivity was started by the corn industry in order to get their evil product into our food supply.

    Glad to see so many people hopping on the ‘no HFCS’ bandwagon.



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