Episode 109 - Wisconsin soda sampling

On Friday, Black Bear Bottling will close permanently. The Oak
Creek-based soft drink company has been in business for 90 years,
and its closure will put more than 70 people out of a job. Black
Bear's demise will also leave Wisconsin without the beloved Black
Bear Soda brand, as well as a few other beverages the plant was
contracted to manufacture.


While the loss of Black Bear is unfortunate, both metro Milwaukee
and Wisconsin as a whole still boast a number of delicious soft
drinks. In honor of Black Bear, Milwaukee Record's Tyler Maas and
Josh Hoppert took a sugar-fueled tour of the state's vast soft
drink collection by tasting a bunch of area sodas. Between sips
and increasingly-hyper evaluations, they discuss the role soda
played in their upbringing, why people call it "pop," and whether
they think that rumor about Yellow 5 is true.


This episode is brought to you by Surly, a Minnesota-based
brewery and the official beer of On The Record. Music comes
courtesy of Piles ("Blue Glue") and Ravi/Lola ("Teach Her").