Girl's got Moxie
By adamg - Wed, 08/06/2008 - 11:54am.
As a native New Yorker living in the Hub, ChezNiki has spent years trying to understand the local cultcha, from buying only Polar Seltzer to getting a job at the state Senate. But she reports she's done researching - she actually tried Moxie and enough's enough:
... It tastes like cough medicine, Malta and feet! It was first created locally as a medicine back in the 1800s, called "Moxie Nerve Food" and contains Gentian Root. I think the medical part is a deterrent. You make sure you stay well, so you wont have to drink that stuff! ...
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Moxie is a generational
Moxie is a generational thing more than a cultural thing. When I was a kid I remember seeing Moxie in upstate New York and New Hampshire, so its not just for crazy Bostonians lol.
I swear at this point Moxie is still being made because some older guys like it, AND who knows how many people buy it by mistake. We are in a retro culture era where old pop culture things are cool because they are retro, Moxie definitly has that retro appeal, at least its label does. It has the best label in soda, too bad its wasted on that swill.
I thought it was stale!
The other customer at Shaws, who tried to explain Moxie to me, was in his early sixties. So maybe us youngins just dont understand ((shrugging)). I went to undergrad in Upstate New York in the late 80s and I never saw any Moxie, but then, I wasnt looking for it either. I was looking for Dr Pepper/ Mr. Pibb to stay awake to pull an all-nighter.
Must be why my son loves it so much
He would stand there, pointing to the small bottle in the fridge, begging Moxie Moxie Please Moxie Please?
He was three years old. He's 10 now, still likes it in small shots, but drinks less now that he's discovered black coffee.
I finally got around to
I finally got around to trying Moxie. The nasty factor is highly exaggerated. The taste is OK - certainly different from other soft drinks - but the aftertaste takes some getting used to. I bought a litre bottle, and I'm still drinking it - a little at a time. After all the Moxie-rants I've read, I was expecting trouble getting it down.
Did you like beer the first time you tried it? How about red wine? Scotch? There you go.
The key is that all of those
The key is that all of those other beverages release something into your body that makes you a little less lucid so that helps move things along lol.
I still dont like red wine, I much prefer the white variety.
Did you like beer the first
Did you like beer the first time you tried it? How about red wine? Scotch? There you go.
Yes...yes...and yes. Oops.
Young, not from Boston & loves Moxie
I'm not from New England, I'm under 40, and I love Moxie, but admit that when I first tried it, I thought it was nasty. What I have found though, is that Moxie from plastic bottles tastes lousy (much like any carbonated beverage from a plastic bottle), but from a can it's quite nice...
What I Always Say Concerning Moxie
As a Moxie fan (I bet you all knew that...) I'd like to point out that the recipe is slightly different now than it once was. As with most soft drinks, the main sweetener these days is high fructose corn syrup, not sugar. For some drinks, that makes little difference. With Moxie's gentian root extract base, as strong as it is, I think it makes a huge difference.
I'm not saying that Moxie probably would have tasted one hell of a lot better to those who dislike it. But, for those of us who liked it to begin with, this made it less palatable.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Do they make kosher-for-Passover Moxie?
with real sugar?
Good Question
The good answer is "doubtful".
However, in researching this a bit, I found out something else interesting. It seems that one of the main ingredients of Moxie used to be sassafras. The FDA outlawed the use of sassafras in the 1960's (according to this Moxie information site: http://www.mariettasodamuseum.com/moxie_facts.htm) and that may explain the difference in taste even more so than the sugar/corn syrup thing.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Champale?
Im with ShadyMilkMan there. When you drink alcohol, you get all warm and tingly inside. When you drink Moxie you just want to 1.find a sink and 2.pour it out.
Coca Cola used to be a medicine too. It contained cocaine until cocaine became illegal. The current recipe has so much caffiene, I cant believe we are missing anything now.
Speaking of nasty tasting drinks, growing up, we used to sneak and drink "Champale" which was a flavored beer. They came out with "Pink" and "Golden Champale" then I didnt see it anymore. Now they have all types of flavored beer, "Zima" and "Mike's Hard Lemonade," etc... But the first had to be Champale! LOL! Did you all have Champale in Boston?