American Fare Cola

Source: K-Mart

Price: $.50
Size: 355ml (12oz)
Rating: ✮✮✮✮✮
They Say: "Cola"

My wife Michele picked up a 6-pack of American Fare Cola on a recent visit to our neighborhood K-mart. For six cans at $1.49, she thought a taste test against our family favorite and soda Goliath, Coca-Cola was in order that day.

She did not like it at all. Period.

I can temper that brief statement by comparing her love of Coke to the dedication shown by Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots fans to their chosen team. I, however, watch the Detroit Lions on Sunday and therefore like to leave my options open.

I will take a Pepsi when there isn't a Coke around, and I will take an RC if there isn't a Pepsi. Heck, I'm even up for a Big K or a Faygo cola at a school fair or kid's party! That said, I found American Fare Cola to be right on the money as far as classic cola taste. On a sweetness level it compared very nicely to a Pepsi. On the bold and bubbly side, it had a little bit of Coke in the DNA. It definitely delivered superior drinkability over the second tier brands, where you get exactly what you paid for -- Flat, syrupy, bland-in-a-can.

We will be making American Fare Cola a Lewis family staple when next summer rolls around and the backyard BBQ season is in full swing once again.

For taking on the giants of canned soda, and holding its ground, I give American Fare Cola four stars!