Sioux City (soft drink)
Appearance
Sioux City is a line of soft drinks manufactured and marketed by White Rock Beverages. Introduced in 1987, the product is generally sold in embossed glass bottles, although it is also available in cans.[1]
Sioux City "saloon style" soft drinks are available in a variety of flavors, including:
- Sarsaparilla - which is promoted on the label as "The Granddaddy of all Root Beers"
- Root beer
- Cream soda
- Orange cream
- Prickly pear
- Birch beer
- Berry Berry - a mixture of blueberry and raspberry flavors
Cultural references
"Sioux City Sarsaparilla" is a song by Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho from the Finnish Guitar Heroes compilation album.
In the film The Big Lebowski, the character the Stranger (Sam Elliott) asks a bartender, "D'you got a good sarsaparilla?" The bartender offers, "Sioux City Sarsaparilla?" The Stranger replies, "Yeah, that's a good one."[2]