Ski (soda)

Ski
Comparison of the ten ounce bottle (left) and the twelve ounce bottle (right)
Type	Flavored soft drink
Manufacturer	Double Cola
Country of origin	United States
Introduced	1956
Related products	Sun Drop, Squirt, Vault, Mountain Dew, Mello Yello, Surge

Ski is a citrus soda made from orange and lemon juices manufactured by the Double Cola Company.

History

The Double Cola Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee originally got the formulated Ski from Byron Clarson in 1956 who owned a Double Cola-related bottling company in Richland Center, Wisconsin.^[1] and trademarked the soda in 1958.

In 1999, the Ski can and logo was redesigned with the phrase "Taste the Wake."^[2]

In 2009, the Ski can and logo were redesigned, an online vote was posted on the official Ski website to vote on a selected logo. Along with the redesigned cans, Cherry Ski was re-branded as "Ski InfraRED".

In 2009 the selected can design hits markets with the phrase "Real Lemon, Real Orange, Real Good!"

Distribution

Ski is bottled in several bottling facilities across the United States. Ski is distributed in Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

In popular culture

Ski is mentioned in the song "Dumas Walker" by The Kentucky Headhunters.^[3]
A sign promoting Ski can be seen on the door of the Whistlestop Cafe in the movie Fried Green Tomatoes.
Ski is a sponsor of the MB Motorsports, the sole surviving original NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team.^[4]

References

↑ My Ski Soda: FAQs
↑ Double Cola
↑ "Dumas Walker". CountryGoldUSA.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
↑ "Sponsors". MBRacing.net. Retrieved 18 August 2015. Excel Bottling Company produces flavored soda using cane sugar, returnable bottles, and vintage bottling equipment. The county's favorite soft drink, Ski, was added in 1961 and accounts for the majority of soda produced. We are one of a few remaining "mom & pop" bottlers left in the nation and the only returnable bottling line left in Illinois. Aside from bottling soda, the plant produces syrup for use on fountain equipment.

External links

Official website
Ski on Twitter
Ski on Facebook
Double Cola
Excel Bottling Company - Breese, IL
Ski For Your Pleasure - Joe Henken Ski collector's fan site

Citrus soft drinks

Citrus drink lines	Amrat A-Treat Big Ben's Blue Sky Boga Brisa Club Cresta Crush Fanta Faygo Foxon Park Fresca Hank's Jarritos Jones Soda Kas Lift Lilt Mirinda Nehi Nesbitt's Pschitt Ramune San Pellegrino Schin Schweppes Shasta Slice Suso Tango Vess

Citrus drinks	50/50 Citra dnL Heee Haw Irn-Bru Kick Kickapoo Joy Juice La Casera Mello Yello Mountain Breeze Mountain Dew MDX Mountain Holler Mountain Lightning Orangina Rondo Ski Sun Drop Surge Urge Vault Limca Duke's Lemonade Generic citrus sodas

Lemon-lime drinks	7 Up Banta Bitter lemon Bubble Up Chilsung Cider Dr. Enuf Fruktsoda Green River Kelluke Lemonette Citra Mist Twst Quwat Jabal Slice Solo Sprite Storm Teem Upper 10

Orange soft drinks	Aranciata Bluna Dad's Orange Cream Soda Fitz's Gold Spot Green Spot Jaffa Kinnie Krest Laranjada Oasis Orange Crush Orangette Pakola Royal Tru Sisi Slice Solo Sprecher Brewery Sun Crest Sunkist Zingo

Grapefruit drinks	Citrus Blast Fresca Jarritos Pelmosoda Squirt Ting Wink

Tangerine drinks	Jarritos Tanora

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