Normally I like what the people at BevNET have to say about various drinks. But I disagree with them completely on their review of Holiday Spice Pepsi.

If you haven’t seen this concotion in local stores, don’t look for it. If you have, don’t buy it. It’s among the weirdest things I’ve ever had the displeasure of drinking. It does have “spice and bite” as the BevNET review says, but the spices are too mixed and it’s hard to figure out what’s in there. It might be cinnamon, but I’m not sure…I like my spices to taste like they’re supposed to. If something is flavored with nutmeg, I want to taste the nutmeg, even if only slightly.

Now, it probably doesn’t help that I’m not normally a regular Pepsi drinker. I usually drink diet sodas exclusively (I haven’t succumbed to Mountain Dew Pitch Black or LiveWire because they don’t come in diet), and when I do get plain cola it’s usually Diet Coke rather than Diet Pepsi. (I prefer Diet Coke with Lemon over Diet Pepsi Twist, but on the Diet Vanilla ones I like them both.) Anyway, I can definitely taste the fact that this is regular, and not diet, so that might be coloring my perception a bit…but I still think it’s horrid. That said, I’m still using it to take my meds with in the morning at night, and I probably will until it’s all gone or goes flat, whichever comes first. That way it’s only two swallows a day of a non-diet soda.