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(sigh) I can't turn my back on these two for a minute before they're up to something. Hey! Put that back! That's MY Moxie™!
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Craft? CRAFT?! Moxie is older than Coca-cola. It OUTSOLD Coke through the 20's.
The glass bottles are better 'cause cane sugar rather than that corn syrup crap they put in the cans. The ones in this photo are bottled under contract between Moxie and Shipyard Brewery in Portland, ME.
Two other bottlers produce it in glass: Orca Beverages outside Seattle and Catawissa Bottling in PA.
Yes, this lifetime member of the New England Moxie Congress can get a little uppity about Maine's official soft drink. (chuckle)
As for the plush squirrels, they've been up to unusual antics for the past decade. It just occurred to me last summer to start documenting what they're up to. Wife and I pull stunts with them all the time for the other to find. One evening she came out of her work office to find them trying to hotwire her vehicle. :)
The glass bottles are better 'cause cane sugar rather than that corn syrup crap they put in the cans. The ones in this photo are bottled under contract between Moxie and Shipyard Brewery in Portland, ME.
Two other bottlers produce it in glass: Orca Beverages outside Seattle and Catawissa Bottling in PA.
Yes, this lifetime member of the New England Moxie Congress can get a little uppity about Maine's official soft drink. (chuckle)
As for the plush squirrels, they've been up to unusual antics for the past decade. It just occurred to me last summer to start documenting what they're up to. Wife and I pull stunts with them all the time for the other to find. One evening she came out of her work office to find them trying to hotwire her vehicle. :)
See my reply to Rif_Foxworthy in regards to Orca Beverages. That could be what you've come across as they bottle other old-time names/"craft" sodas.
I've seen Mexican Coke and Pepsi up here in Maine, but I'm not into Cola. To me, it doesn't stand-up to Moxie. Then again, Moxie has Maine roots. Dr. Augustine Thompson, the inventor of Moxie, was born and raised in Union, Maine (about 30 miles east of Augusta). He served in the Civil War and survived being shot three times in the same battle (fortunate for us Moxie Fans). After the war, like many Mainahs since, he moved out of state to seek his fortune, setting up an apothecary in Massachusetts. Seeing all the "snake oils" on the market at that time, he wanted in on the $$$ without producing something that was bad for you or full of alcohol. What he created is Moxie.
Prior to the 1906 Food & Drug Act, Moxie made some wild claims. I have an 1896 ad from the back of a youth reader magazine in which Moxie claims it cures "Incipient Paralysis" (impotence). Wild claim to be the Viagra of the 1890's. Wilder still when you realize it was making this claim on the back of a magazine targeted at youth.
The word Moxie is an Anglicization of the Abnaki word, Moskus. It has two different meanings. Chosen One and Black Water.
I've seen Mexican Coke and Pepsi up here in Maine, but I'm not into Cola. To me, it doesn't stand-up to Moxie. Then again, Moxie has Maine roots. Dr. Augustine Thompson, the inventor of Moxie, was born and raised in Union, Maine (about 30 miles east of Augusta). He served in the Civil War and survived being shot three times in the same battle (fortunate for us Moxie Fans). After the war, like many Mainahs since, he moved out of state to seek his fortune, setting up an apothecary in Massachusetts. Seeing all the "snake oils" on the market at that time, he wanted in on the $$$ without producing something that was bad for you or full of alcohol. What he created is Moxie.
Prior to the 1906 Food & Drug Act, Moxie made some wild claims. I have an 1896 ad from the back of a youth reader magazine in which Moxie claims it cures "Incipient Paralysis" (impotence). Wild claim to be the Viagra of the 1890's. Wilder still when you realize it was making this claim on the back of a magazine targeted at youth.
The word Moxie is an Anglicization of the Abnaki word, Moskus. It has two different meanings. Chosen One and Black Water.
Technically, it is a root beer. Gentian root to be exact. It's a bit bitter as it hits the back of the tongue/throat. Some say you can taste a bit of cloves too. There is no way to describe what it tastes like. It needs to be experienced and then you can judge for yourself.
Funniest description I heard from a newbie drinker: "Gawd, that tastes like carbonated BenGay™!"
Then, several years later, when I was the live in caretaker for my ailing maternal grandmother, who used BenGay™ for her arthritis, much to my shock, it smelled just like Moxie. :)
The Moxie Company is based in New Hampshire these days. It is bottled there in plastic and cans. They contract with Shipyard Brewing in Portland, ME to produce the glass bottles as shown in the photo made with real sugar. It is also bottled by Catawissa Bottling in PA and Orca Beverages outside Seattle. Orca bottles other old-time names like Frosty Rootbeer and ships them to specialty shops around the country. I hear you can find Moxie in the store side of Cracker Barrel restaurants.
Funniest description I heard from a newbie drinker: "Gawd, that tastes like carbonated BenGay™!"
Then, several years later, when I was the live in caretaker for my ailing maternal grandmother, who used BenGay™ for her arthritis, much to my shock, it smelled just like Moxie. :)
The Moxie Company is based in New Hampshire these days. It is bottled there in plastic and cans. They contract with Shipyard Brewing in Portland, ME to produce the glass bottles as shown in the photo made with real sugar. It is also bottled by Catawissa Bottling in PA and Orca Beverages outside Seattle. Orca bottles other old-time names like Frosty Rootbeer and ships them to specialty shops around the country. I hear you can find Moxie in the store side of Cracker Barrel restaurants.
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