Salmon-flavored soda, anyone?
Jones Soda adds a Pacific Northwest twist to its Thanksgiving flavors, and
it smells fishy.
November 15, 2005: 7:45 AM EST
SEATTLE (Reuters) - For beverage connoisseurs tired of turkey-and-gravy or
green-beans-and-casserole-flavored sodas, there's a new choice being offered
this year by specialty U.S. soda manufacturer Jones Soda Co.: salmon.
Jones Soda, the Seattle company that scored a hit during the last two
holiday seasons with its turkey-and-gravy-flavored sodas, said it is
offering the orange-hued fish-flavored drink this year in a nod to the
Pacific Northwest's salmon catch.
"When you smell it, it's got that smoked salmon aroma," said Peter van
Stolk, chief executive of Jones Soda.
The artificially flavored salmon soda will be offered as part of a $13
"regional holiday pack" that also includes other unusual sodas such as
turkey & gravy, corn on the cob, broccoli casserole and pecan pie.
While those bottles will be offered locally, Jones Soda is also selling its
similarly-priced "holiday pack" of turkey and gravy, wild herb stuffing,
brussels sprouts, cranberry and pumpkin pie sodas across the country.
Thanksgiving, a U.S. holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday of November,
typically features a dinner with turkey, gravy and other condiments.
Van Stolk, who built his Seattle-based soda company by selling traditional
sodas as well as exotic flavors such as green apple, bubble gum and crushed
melon, said that "the most important thing (about Jones Soda) is that we can
laugh at ourselves."
Asked whether he liked his new salmon soda, van Stolk said: "I cannot finish
a bottle, I just can't."