Homer Soda Company

Homer Soda Company in the C-U

2010-03-22T03:21:00.000-07:00

Visit any of these locations and find us!
Sandella's
La Gourmandise Bistro
Aroma Cafe
Radio Maria
Jim Gould's
Krannert
Silvercreek
Steeple Gallery
Sun Singer
Za's

Soda Sipping Sunday: Ski

2010-03-07T08:30:00.000-08:00

Come and try the Illinois classic, Ski!

Today ONLY you can try some for FREE and find out why it's so popular!

Homer Soda at your door?

2010-02-25T06:08:00.000-08:00

Yes, that's right! Homer Soda Company is now offering "Mixed Case of the Month" subscription service that will hand deliver soda TO YOUR DOOR at home or work!

Just pick a plan:

a. 3 months for $49.99/mo

b. 6 months for $44.99/mo

c. 12 months for $39.99/mo

Then pick 24 of your favorite sodas, you can mix and match however you want! Maybe you want your favorites like 3 Ski, 7 Dang Butterscotch, and 14 Cheerwine. Or maybe you want 24 DIFFERENT flavors to "expand" your soda palate! The choice is yours! email sales@homersoda.com for more information or to place an order!

Currently it is exclusively available in Champaign/Vermillion/Piatt County, Illinois.

But look out for more locations to come!

Sunda Sipping Sunday: Ting!

2010-02-14T11:05:00.000-08:00

Come in today and try the classic, Ting!

What are your thoughts?

2010-02-09T22:25:00.000-08:00

I've been working on a decal to be displayed in the windows of the establishments that carry our soda! What do you guys think?

Homer Soda Company introduces "Soda Sipping Sunday"

2010-02-07T11:36:00.000-08:00

Every Sunday come out to Homer or Monticello and try our featured soda for FREE... Today's soda is... Capt'n Eli's Strawberry Pop!

New Year!!! New Plans!! Lots of new places to buy Homer Sodas!

2010-02-01T15:07:00.001-08:00

I've procrastinated this long enough, it's time for a blog entry! Every time I begin to write, I realize that I will have WAY more to write tomorrow and so I put it off. Well, no more!

First off, we've changed our display at the main store in Homer.
Again, because I didn't want to wait until the proverbial "tomorrow", I am using this picture even though it doesn't show all the new sodas we just received on Saturday! Now the soda has expanded all the way to bottom of the shelving unit!
We are currently displaying the soda single file and 4 deep. If you want more than 4 of any kind, just ask an associate and we can get you more from the back room!
ZuberFizz restock is in; Root Beer, Key Lime, Grape, CocoFizz, Ginger Ale, & Cola!

Homer Soda has officially expanded to Champaign & beyond!
You can now find Homer Soda's unique varieties in the following locations:
Jim Gould's Restaurant (Champaign)
Sandella's Flatbread Cafe (Urbana)
Steeple Gallery Coffee House (Monticello)
La Luna Cafe (St Joseph)
Sun Singer (Champaign)

Make sure you stop by those locations and let them know how much you LOVE the soda!
I will have a few more to add this week, so be watching for your favorite location to pop up!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-05T07:28:00.000-08:00

The Homer Soda Company is closed for a time of "Deep Cleaning & Refreshing", We will reopen on January 15th all sparkly and with all kinds of fun surprises!If you need anything during this time, please feel free to reach us at 217-369-8436!

Happy New Year!

New Soda Brand - Dr Enuf!

2009-12-31T09:55:00.001-08:00

It look neat, and it tastes great! The herbal tastes a lot like a Shirley Temple, while the regular has a citrus flavor to it. Both flavors come in diet made with Slenda - not aspartame!
Come out to Homer and check out these great new sodas!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T16:44:00.000-08:00

May your enjoy the full depth of this Christmas season and the reason for our celebration, the birth of Christ!

Merry Christmas from the Homer Soda Company; the Boyer & Vetter families

Christmas Gift Packs & Cool bottle openers!

2009-12-11T08:35:00.001-08:00

Homer Soda Company is Expanding!

2009-12-08T06:33:00.000-08:00

Would you like to see Cool Mountain, Ski, Zubberfizz, Captn' Eli, and more at your local retailer? It might soon become a reality! Homer Soda Company is embarking on a new adventure of becoming an exclusive distributer of these and many more brands!

Here is a new brand, Mary Jane Soda - Kava juice soda for relaxation. You will soon be able to buy this in the Champaign area. Please post your thoughts!

Soda, Soda, Soda!

2009-12-02T11:56:00.000-08:00

We just received a shipment of Dang Rootbeer, Butterscotch Rootbeer, & Diet Rootbeer!
Come by the store to assemble a Gift 6-Pack of sodas and get 1 soda free!

6-Pack Christmas Gifts!

2009-11-17T06:19:00.000-08:00

Where else can you come and get 185 varieties of the sodas they love? Come and pick up a Christmas 6-pack of soda in a special gift packaging!

This begins Black Friday!

Monticello Main Street Event, This Friday!

2009-11-03T06:22:00.001-08:00

The shops and galleries on Courthouse Square will be celebrating First Friday with a wonderful Wine (*and Soda tasting!) and Cheese Shopwalk. Many of Monticello's unique shops and galleries will be offering visitors free wine and cheese between 6pm and 830pm on Friday, November 6th.

Walking the historic square and enjoying each merchant will be a memorable way to experience the romance and warmth of Monticello. Follow the signs around Courthouse Square to check-in and begin your walk.

Soda of the Week: Cheerwine

2009-10-20T06:10:00.000-07:00

Most people in the southeast part of the country have heard of Cheerwine, it even makes a cameo in the Mitford series of books.

It has actually been around since 1917, it has a sweet cherry flavor and lots of carbonation, "it made sense to name a burgundy-red, bubbly, cherry concoction—Cheerwine."

Have you tried it yet?

Soda of the Week: Capt'n Eli's Blueberry Soda

2009-10-08T14:56:00.000-07:00

Sorry for such a long wait between blogs, I guess everyone needs a vacation sometime, right? Well our vacation landed us in Maine, and what does Maine do best? Blueberries! Shipyard Brewing Company has a soda division called "Capt'n Eli"

You can visit their site and read all about his undersea adventures in their comic books. It's very cute, but all cuteness aside - it's VERY good soda made is actual blueberry juice! I could only bring back 5 cases squeezed between my 4 kid's car seats, so come and get it while it's still here!

Soda of the Week: Bubble Up

2009-08-16T06:58:00.000-07:00

Bubble Up was first made the same year as our popcorn truck, 1917! It was produced by the Sweet Valley Products Company in Ohio. Subsequently, it was owned by the Bubble Up Company in Chicago. I think this is why Bubble Up is very popular in this part of the county, many people come into the store with decades of memories sipping Bubble Up after a baseball game.
It tastes very similar to 7-Up, but Bubble Up predates 7-Up by about 10 years! The tag line... "A kiss of Lemon, A kiss of Lime".

Soda of the Week: Dang Butterscotch Root Beer

2009-07-23T03:58:00.001-07:00

This has always been a popular soda in the store, but we have been out of it for most of spring. So I recently made my first visit to their bottling company in Milwaukee Wisconsin to get a restock of inventory. Imperial Flavors (the company who makes Dang), is a family owned operation. I was met at the door by their HUGE, gentle dog that just kinda saunters around the office and sleeps under the desks. They loaded me up with sodas and then they took me to their storage room and dug out some hats and t-shirts they make with the Dang logo. They also had cute signage that they made up years back. I thought you'd all enjoy it!
We are now fully stocked on Dang, and we will continue to be from here on out!

Soda of the week: Nehi Grape

2009-07-17T13:08:00.000-07:00

Nehi Grape soda is one of the most popular sodas that we carry. It's one of those things that people remember from their childhood, and to sip it in a glass bottle... ahh.. it brings back memories of yesteryear.

History of Nehi from Wikipedia:

The Chero-Cola company added Nehi Cola to its line of sodas in 1924 in order to offer more variety of soda flavors. It offered orange, grape, root beer, peach, and other flavors of soda. Nehi was instantly successful and outsold Chero-Cola entirely. The company changed its name to Nehi Corporation in 1928.

Trivia: Grape Nehi was the drink of choice for "Radar" from M*A*S*H

Sodas!

2009-07-17T11:40:00.000-07:00

This is a list of soda that we carry in the store!

If you are looking for a particular brand, make sure you give us a call first to make sure it's still in stock!

A & W Root Beer

AJ Stephen's Black Cherry

AJ Stephen's Cream

AJ Stephen's Raspberry Lime Rickey

Americana Ginger Ale

Americana Root Beer

Barons Apple-Gizer Ginseng

Barons Ginseng Ginger Ale

Barons Energy Up Mandarin Lime

Barons Raspberry Ginger Ale

Barons Sarsparilla

Baumeister Cherry

Baumeister Cream

Baumeister Root Beer

Baumeister Orange

Bawls Cherry

Bawls Root Beer

Berghoff Root Beer

Berghoff Diet Root Beer

Big Red Creamy Red

Blenheim Ginger Ale

Boylans Birch Beer

Boylans Black Cherry

Boylans Cane Cola

Boylans Cream

Boylans Creamy Red Birch

Boylans Diet Birch Beer

Boylans Diet Black Cherry

Boylans Diet Cane Cola

Boylans Diet Cream

Boylans Diet Orange Cream

Boylans Diet Root Beer

Boylans Ginger Ale

Boylans Orange

Boylans Orange Cream

Boylans Grape

Briar's Diet Black Cherry

Briar's Diet Cream

Briar's Raspberry

Briar's Root Beer

Bubble Up Citrus

Buderim Aussie Style Ginger Ale

Bulldog Root Beer

Capt'n Eli Blueberry

Capt'n Eli Ginger Beer

Capt'n Eli Lemon Lime

Capt'n Eli Orange

Capt'n Eli Parrot Punch

Capt'n Eli Root Beer

Capt'n Eli Strawberry

Cheerwine Cherry Cola

China Cherry Cola

China Cola

Cock n Bull Cola

Coke Cola

Coke Diet Cola

Cool Mountain Black Cherry

Cool Mountain Cream

Cool Mountain Diet Orange

Cool Mountain Grape

Cool Mountain Green Apple

Cool Mountain Root Beer

Cool Mountain Strawberry

Crush Grape

Crush Orange

Crush Strawberry

Dads Root Beer

Dads Cream

Dads Creamy Red

Dads Orange Cream

Dang Butterscotch Root Beer

Dang Root Beer

Dogs 'n Suds Root Beer

Dr Brown's Cel-Ray

Dr Pepper North Carolina

Dr Pepper Dublin

Druthers Black Cow

Druthers Orange Cow

Druthers Red Cow

Dry Kumquat

Dry Lavender

Dry Lemongrass

Dry Rhubarb

Ed & Pete's Ginger Beer

Ed & Pete's Lemonade

Empire Bottling Cola

Empire Bottling Cream

Empire Bottling Ginger Ale

Empire Bottling Iced Tea

Empire Bottling Lemon-Lime Rickey

Empire Bottling Pineapple

Empire Bottling Root Beer

Empire Bottling Raspberry Lime

Empire Bottling Strawberry

Filbert Blue Razzberry

Filbert Watermelon

Filbert Peach

Filbert Fruit Punch

Fitz Root Beer

Fitz Cream

Fitz Grape

Fitz Orange

Fitz Strawberry

Flathead Black Raspberry

Flathead Huckleberry

Flathead White Grape

Frostie Blue Cream

Frostie Cherry Limeade

Frostie Root Beer

Frostie Vanilla Root Beer

Frostie Grape

Goose Island Root Beer

Goose Island Orange Cream

Goya Guave

Goya Pineapple

Green River Lime

Hanks Birch Beer

Hanks Black Cherry

Hanks Vanilla

Hanks Root Beer

Hanks Orange Cream

Henry Vanilla Cream

Henry Root Beer

Henry Orange Cream

Henry Black Cherry Cream

IBC Tangerine Cream

Izze Apple

Izze Black Berry

Izze Clementine

Izze Grape Fruit

Izze Lemon

Izze Pear

Izze Pomegranate

Jack Black Blue Cream

Jack Black Orange

Jack Black Root Beer

Jack Black Cola

Jarritos Grape Fruit

Jarritos Guave

Jarritos Pineapple

Jarritos Strawberry

Jolt Cola

Jolt Cherry

Jones Diet Green Apple

Kickapoo Joy Juice Citrus

Lost Trail Cane Cola

Lost Trail Cream

Lost Trail Orange Cream

Lost Trail Root Beer

Lost Trail Sarsparilla

Lost Trail Strawberry Cream

Martinelli’s Apple

Mason’s Root Beer

Moxie Blue Cream

Moxie Cream

Natural Brew Vanilla

Natural Brew Root Beer

Natural Brew Ginger Ale

Nehi Grape

Nehi Orange

Nehi Peach

Nesbitt Honey Lemon

Nesbitt Peach

Nesbitt Strawberry

Nesbitt Orange

Nu-Grape Grape

Olde Brooklyn Birch Beer

RC Cola

Red Rock Cola

Red Rock Ginger Ale

Reed's Ginger Beer, Extra

Route 66 Black Cherry

Route 66 Cream

Route 66 Lime

Route 66 Orange

Route 66 Root Beer

Sioux City Birch Beer

Sioux City Root Beer

Sioux City Berry Berry

Sioux City Cream

Sioux City Diet Sarsparilla

Sioux City Ginger Beer

Sioux City Orange Cream

Sioux City Sarsparilla

Ski Lemon

Sopranos Chianti

Sopranos Amaretto

Sopranos Limncello

Sprecher Raven Red

Sprecher Ginger Ale

Sprecher Orange Cream

Sprecher Cola

Sprecher Root Beer

Stewarts Root Beer

Stewarts Black Cherry

Stewarts Orange Cream

Sundrop Citrus

Thomas Kemper Black Cherry

Thomas Kemper Ginger Ale

Thomas Kemper Root Beer

Thomas Kemper Cream

Thomas Kemper Orange Cream

Ting Grape Fruit

Verner Ginger Ale

Verner Diet Ginger Ale

Virgil Black Cherry

Virgil Cream

Virgil Root Beer

Welches Grape

Zuber Fizz Vanilla Cream

Zuber Fizz Key Lime

Zuber Fizz Grape

Zuber Fizz Orange Cream

Zuber Fizz Root Beer

Homer Soda Company

2009-07-17T11:37:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Homer Soda Company, the home of over 200 varieties of unique glass-bottled sodas! Look for us in our 1917 Model T popcorn truck!