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From: "Doug Elrod" <dre1@cornell.edu>
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Subject: Re: Dublin Dr Pepper in UK
Date: 19 Jun 2006 15:09:07 -0700
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matthew.slight@incite-ict.com wrote:
> I live in London, UK and have recently learned about Dublin Dr Pepper.
> Being a massive Dr Pepper fan I am eagar to sample some classic glass
> bottles of this rare variety made with cane sugar. Does anybody know of
> any UK importers of Dulbin Dr Pepper (the standard Dr Pepper is common
> now in the UK and has been for as long as I can remember), but I have
> never (a) had an icy cold glass bottle (to my knowledge we only get
> 330ml cans and 500ml plastic bottles) and (b) never tasted the Dublin
> variety of this classic beverage.
>
> Failing this I will have to persude one of my American pals to ship me
> some by way of air parcel.
>
>
> Matt - Mild Dr Pepper Fan.
Isn't the British variety made with sucrose? (If not cane sugar, then
maybe
beet sugar.) I'm not sure that Dublin TX would be that much better.
Recently,
my mail order shipments haven't compared well to what you can get at
the fountain at Old Doc's Soda Shop in Dublin (alas).
-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
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