Tarax Creaming Soda

AU101 · 20-09-2011, 07:07 PM

Hey guys, remember this old drop? Great drink, haven't had it for years, saw it at coles southland for 50c for 2litres last w/e, grabbed it. Went back there yesterday, no more. Does anyone know where I can get the brown cans for road trips? Melbourne

Thanks

DashXR6T · 20-09-2011, 07:20 PM

I got some from Coles the other week also, love it. I saw the 2L bottles at IGA a few months back, they might have the cans aswell?

my67xr · 20-09-2011, 07:38 PM

kind of related,
i was in Coles the other day and found Aeroplane Jelly in Creamy Soda flavour.
it was very nice, i didnt think they'd be able to get the taste right, but it is good..not too sweet either,
might have to go get some more, mmm

wrongwaynorris · 20-09-2011, 07:41 PM

While were on the subject anyone remember Frist , I loved this stuff in the late 60's and early 70's . Also remember opening the " TIN " can with the old can punch . Look who also drank it !!

http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...=WhoIsthis.jpg

XR6_661 · 22-09-2011, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by my67xr

kind of related,
i was in Coles the other day and found Aeroplane Jelly in Creamy Soda flavour.
it was very nice, i didnt think they'd be able to get the taste right, but it is good..not too sweet either,
might have to go get some more, mmm

Had some of that the other day.

Two thumbs up.

Fev · 22-09-2011, 12:16 PM

Sounds tasty! I might pick some up this afternoon for a quick midnight munchie hehe

**DJR-351** · 22-09-2011, 01:36 PM

Phone these guys....Tarax Drinks

More info

Thornie · 22-09-2011, 02:56 PM

god i remember getting on the turps with the boys when we were teens and going for a 3am hike to the local BP servo and getting a $2 hotdog and tarax deal haha.

anto · 22-09-2011, 04:27 PM

I love this drink...never see it anywhere in sAdelaide tho...

dags41v · 24-09-2011, 08:54 AM

WOW, blast from the past, used to love that stuff. I think my parents used to get it in their weekly delivery of soft drink.

**DJM83** · 24-09-2011, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dags41v

WOW, blast from the past, used to love that stuff. I think my parents used to get it in their weekly delivery of soft drink.

Oh i remember the home delivered soft drinks they were awesome, we got them when i was living in Albury years ago.
Also was a fan of the 'Black label' Tarax lemonade.

Adamz Ghia · 24-09-2011, 08:11 PM

I buy creamy soda and black label lemonade all the time in 2lt bottles, shop just up the road sells them for a dollar fifty...

FreddyDUZ747 · 24-09-2011, 08:20 PM

It tastes different compared to 20 years ago when I was a kid,still the best soda though.

Spanrz · 24-09-2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FreddyDUZ747

It tastes different compared to 20 years ago when I was a kid,still the best soda though.

Haven't had it for ages, but yes, best drink around then.

TheSneakiness · 26-09-2011, 09:57 AM

Miss the good Black Label Tarax lemonade.

Might have to get some sent up if I can't find it here.

Riksta · 26-09-2011, 07:56 PM

I haven't had a Tarax for ages.

I want 7-11 to get their butts into gear and open up shop in SA. When I was in Melbourne in August I got seriously addicted to their frozen creaming soda... nothing like that over here, just the normal frozen coke and fanta garbage :(

Alby1 · 26-09-2011, 08:04 PM

I love the old Tarax creaming soda, really keen to get some more in to me

AU101 · 17-10-2011, 06:44 PM

Rang Schweppes today, apparently they don't make them in cans anymore, and only make creaming soda and black label lemonade 2L bottles now, no other flavours,

Bloody KIRKS soda shhiitt everywhere and its got nothing on Tarax!!!!

fgpsi · 23-12-2012, 08:38 PM

Is this stuff still available anywhere in Melbourne? I haven't had it since like 2003-2004 :(

**MercurySilver** · 24-12-2012, 02:25 PM

used to have it in a machine at an old work place
havent seen it for years

was the best creaming soda

we have to get the 'traditional schwepps creaming soda' one now
and that is better than that bloody pink one someone makes that at a guess would taste the same as floor cleaner
its bad

The Yeti · 25-12-2012, 09:44 PM

This stuff rocks

My mother inlaw had it in the fridge for Xmas,

**Silver Ghia** · 25-12-2012, 10:05 PM

I thought it was Tarax Creamy Soda, not Creaming Soda. I remember it made things very sticky after being spilt.

jabtronic · 26-12-2012, 03:20 AM

IGA Ashmore in QLD sell the 2L bottles, usually on special pretty cheap. Creamy Soda, Lemonade, Pineapple and 1 other flavour I think.

2011G6E · 26-12-2012, 09:06 AM

Having been employed in the soft drink industry for twenty years in my past employment life (Bundaberg Ginger Beer...shameless plug...

) I can tell you that Creaming Soda is one of the more difficult drinks to make. Well, not make, but more like formulate.

For a start, there is the odd fact that there must be ten different styles of what different makers call "creaming soda"...I mean, sarsparilla is sarsparilla...cola is cola (with small variations)...orange is orange...but creaming soda runs the gamut from smooth yellow soft drink to some that is a red colour and tastes harsher.

You have to get the colour right (because that tells people what to expect from the flavour...I prefer golden yellow creaming soda), the drink has to have the right creamy and smooth mouth feel, with the right carbonation for a sparkle on the tongue, combined with the right amount of sweetness...not too much to overpower the creaminess. It also has to have a good finish that leaves a pleasant after taste that has you giving the satisfied "Ahh" after you drink a nice cold one.

It's not easy and a lot more complicated than people might think...

**hawkgirl** · 26-12-2012, 09:09 PM

The drink machine at windsor mitre 10 has tarax cans mmm

i like club nectar, but its tough driving 6 hours to get some... and it doesnt taste the same as the original Orbells one, but its close. Most people have never heard of it

duaned · 27-12-2012, 09:55 PM

Anyone remember Loys (I think it was) soft drinks? I remember at 14 years old I had a job on the truck picking up the empties and delivering soft drinks. Cocktail was my favourite! They had a nice creaming soda as well, one of the most popular choices.

Vincenzo · 28-12-2012, 12:04 PM

Is the "KIRKS" red creaming soda anything like what you are talking about. I buy it occassionally at Woolworths on special.

Cheers Vincenzo

**MercurySilver** · 28-12-2012, 12:23 PM

def remember the Loys truck coming around the streets

and nope the red stuff tastes like chemicals compared to Tarax

gtxb67 · 28-12-2012, 12:29 PM

i could be totally wrong, but i thought it was called creamy soda in the 70's
from memory there was tarax and marchents - the marchents was horrible, so i think the tarax was the good stuff
around the late 70's there was the drink called red creaming soda which of course was a raspberry "type" taste. it was however an acquired taste, it was a little bitter compared to normal raspberries. it was however similar to creamy soda in the fact it didn't need much shaking to explode upon opening

now i drink the schweppes "brown creaming soda" which is similar to the great tasting tarax style
p&n which is now tru blu still makes the red creaming soda, but of course the red and brown are nothing like each other and really cannot be compared

while many may disagree, to me the brown is a vanilla type taste where as the red is a bitter raspberry. the brown one is smooth, the red one is not

gtxb67 · 28-12-2012, 12:41 PM

http://www.canmuseum.com/Detail.aspx?CanID=8867

yep, it was called creamy soda
doesn't mean much, but in the 70's the creamy soda and the red creaming soda had different names and like now were no doubt not marketed against each other
it is only recently to my understanding, it has been changed to brown creaming soda. in the 70's there was no confusion between the two