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Strawberry
Our best seller. It has a crisp strawberry flavor that is great by itself but pour it over ice cream for a unique twist on an old favorite-the ‘float.’
Lemon Sour
This flavor is very tart and really quenches your thirst on a hot summer day. It also is a great mix with Vodka or Whiskey because there is just enough sweetness to take the bite out of the alcohol.
Root Beer
This has the classic root beer flavoring with just the right amount of foam. It also makes a fantastic root beer float.
Orange
The old favorite of kids and adults alike. It has a mellow orange taste guaranteed to put a smile on you face as you reminisce about days gone by.
Black Cherry
This is a great soda for the adventurous soul. It has a refreshing cherry flavoring that is just right with a bowl of popcorn. You can also try this with a little Captain Morgan Spiced Rum for a sweet refreshing cocktail.
Cream Soda
Our cream soda is one of the best on the market. It definitely will take you back to your childhood when cream soda’s were dark in color with a noticeable taste of vanilla. This one is also good with a mix of Captain Morgan.
Grape
Like the orange, the grape has that old fashioned feel of days gone by. It is particularly aromatic which make your taste buds water as the cup reaches your lips.
Creamy Orange
This is the newest flavor in our line up. It was fashioned after the Dreamsicle. It has a refreshing orange flavor with a hint of vanilla.
The business was started back in 1895 by a fellow by the name of G.G. Ristey. Some say he was a pharmacist who developed the concoction for his own soda fountain-others say he was just an entrepreneur with a great idea. It didn’t take long for it to catch on with the locals and soon the soda was in great demand.
The formula for spring Grove Pop has remained basically the same since the business was founded. Flavor concentrates are mixed with pure cane sugar and water to produce a delightfully sweet and refreshing soft drink.
In the early years the soda was bottled in returnable glass bottles. But by the 1980’s
most sodas were bottled in plastic and aluminum cans so people were not accustomed to bringing back the returnable bottles. Therefore there was an acute shortage of returnable bottles. Since returnable bottles were cost prohibitive to purchase new the owners at the time purchased the necessary equipment to bottle in non-returnable glass bottles. It is the same equipment still used today.
Currently Spring Grove Soda can be found in SE Minnesota, NE Iowa, and SW Wisconsin. The distribution is about a 100 mile radius of Spring Grove.
The History of Spring Grove Soda
Myths & Legends
Myth: If you get a Spring Grove Soda with a wrinkle in the label you will have good luck all day...
Fact: It is more fun to tell people this than to explain that we have a temperamental label machine.
Myth: Spring Grove Cream Soda has been known to cure cancer...
Fact: It probably doesn't cure cancer, however, we did have a loyal consumer who swore it made her feel better after treatment.
Myth: Spring Grove Lemon Sour cures a hangover...
Fact: Curing a hangover isn't that easy, but one loyal consumer says it does the trick for him.
Myth: The secret recipe for the soda pop is in the vault at Fort Knox...
Fact: It maybe should be, but then how would we know how to make it?
Myth: Back in the 60's Coca Cola tried to buy the recipe for Spring Grove Soda's Strawberry flavored soft drink for a million dollars and the owners wouldn't sell!
Fact: It was all a dream...time to wake up JR!
Myth: Every bottle of Spring Grove Soda is made with at least 3 pairs of Norwegian hands...
Fact: Two sets of Norwegian hands and one set of 1/2 Norwegian 1/2 German hands.
Myth: Guaranteed to reduce wrinkles...
Fact: One drink will take you back to your childhood and make you feel young again!
Why does it say "Thanks Ove" on the 6 pack?
The truck on the 6 pack baskets is a local truck belonging to the Ove Fossum Jr. family. Ove was kind enough to let us use a picture of his truck for this purpose.
Try one of our 8 great flavors.!
It’s the ‘fountain of youth’ in a bottle because it is guaranteed to take you
back to your childhood!
