Soda Review: Lucky 66 Orange
Our next soda is Lucky 66 Orange, made by a Wilmington, Illinois company that distributes nostalgically bottled sodas for sale in diners and gift shops all along historic Route 66 (hmm, I shoulda looked for these in Williams last week). The odd thing with fruit-flavored sodas is that they don’t necessarily have to taste like the fruit they represent. Orange Crush is a good example — it’s flavorful and ultra-sweet, with just a hint of orange. Lucky 66′s orange, by comparison, was a bit pallid. Although nice and lightly carbonated, it lacked the citrusy “kick” it desperately needed. Despite the disappointment, the soda does sport a lovely label:
