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Title: Polmack soda, 1960s Post by: on September 09, 2004, 09:08:06 pm My stepfather is trying to find Polmack, or Polmac, soda, not sur ehow it is spelled, can you help me out? He said he remembers it form 1967.
Title: Polmack soda, 1960s Post by: Creighton on September 09, 2004, 10:47:28 pm Hello Jim,
Welcome to the board! This is what I found with a quick Google search. Interesting forum/site but didn't have time for a complete read. URL is at the top. Creighton http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=407&whichpage=10 Ah, Pommac! It's the most requested soda at our soda shop in Dallas, but unfortunately has not been available in the U.S. since the late 1960's. Here's the story, according to customers and a former Dallas Dr Pepper employee: Pommac is a Swedish soda, still produced in Sweden & Finland. Dallas Dr Pepper in a joint venture with Pommac Sweden produced the soda for basically regional distribution (we didn't know it had made it to California!) from 1963-1969. It was light amber in color, in a clear glass bottle, and the logo included a bunch of white grapes and a wine glass. It was very popular with teens and younger, who liked to pretend they were drinking "beer" or sometimes "wine". Though supposedly non-alcoholic, several of our customers have told us it "fermented a bit" when left in the sun. According to the former Dr Pepper employee, so many parents complained about the above to Dr Pepper that in 1969 they discontinued production and destroyed all inventory. The employee managed to save a few bottles, and several years ago gave us one which we have displayed in our shop. As Pommac is still being produced in Sweden/Finland, we have tried with no luck to find an importer in the U.S. As to importing it ourselves, the quantity that would be required and the price would be prohibitive. So...for the time being at least, if you want a Pommac you'll just have to go to "the continent". But if you're in Dallas we hope you'll stop by our shop -- we carry most of the sodas mentioned in this thread, all in glass bottles. Our web site: http://www.ifsandsbutts.com An article on Pommac in an industry magazine: http://flavours.danisco.com/web....st.html |