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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:02 PM
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New Englanders: how would you describe the taste of Moxie?
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My sister-in-law once said it tastes like "old dead people."
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:03 PM
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1. Ambrosia
Moxie Makes Mainers Mighty

:thumbsup:
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:04 PM
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2. Complex. Cola, with an undertone of earthy bitterness that kicks in after you swallow. Divine.
Gentian root extracty.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:07 PM
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6. Root Beer with an undertone of decomposing rat
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:05 PM
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3. Kerosene with saccharine.
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:57 AM
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32. You nailed it
I wasn't sure how to describe it but you got it exactly IMO.

My Dad loved it and my sister too...thankfully I did not inherit whatever defective gene that affected their taste buds. ;)
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:06 PM
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4. Foul. Nasty. Vile.
Your sister-in-law was right.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:07 PM
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5. How would she know what 'old dead people' taste like?
:shrug:

I'll drink one once in a blue moon.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:07 PM
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8. She's probably from Maine
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:07 PM
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7. unsweetened coke with aspirin.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:43 PM
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9. you're all haters!
quit picking on my Moxie!

:cry:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:02 PM
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10. Wanna form a Moxie posse?
Edited on Thu May-22-08 05:06 PM by Gormy Cuss
I'm with ya. We can fortify our troops with Whoopie Pies before doing battle.




on edit to answer the OP's question, the wiki article has a good description. If you added Angostura bitters to root beer, that's close. Moxie is an old fashioned, barely sweetened root beer, only in this case the root is gentian instead of sassafras.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:06 PM
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17. I had moxie ice cream for the first time this year.
Yummie.

I'll join the posse!

;)
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 09:00 PM
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24. Me jealous.
My father introduced me to Moxie when I was not much older than little Green... I had an odd palate for a toddler and I loved it.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:03 PM
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11. The stuff they make you drink before a colonoscopy. nt
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:20 PM
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12. Pig shit dissolved in turpentine
It's just another way to package hazardous chemical waste for human consumption.
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mulsh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:27 PM
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13. the Jägermeister of soft drinks
I'm a Oaktown homeboy, never been to New England, where ever that is, but we can get Moxie out here. I like it but its obviously an acquired taste...at best.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:32 PM
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14. Ever have a Mad Mailman?
Edited on Thu May-22-08 05:33 PM by KamaAina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie#History

Moxie has also grown in popularity in recent years in regions of southern Maine and Connecticut due to its mixability with certain spirits. Notable Moxie mixed drinks include the "Welfare Mom", which consists of equal parts Diet Moxie and Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy; the "County Girl", a drink made up of one part bourbon whiskey and two parts Moxie on the rocks, with an optional lime garnish; the "Mad Mailman", a mixture of Moxie and Jägermeister; and "The Vijay", which consists of one part Moxie and one part blended American Whiskey. Many people, even those who do not like the soda on its own, find it refreshing when mixed with whiskey.

edit: bolding
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:04 PM
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21. Jägermeister. God's way of telling the world that Germans have no taste buds.
Edited on Thu May-22-08 08:05 PM by gbrooks
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 06:49 PM
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15. I would say dirty socks
soaked in armpit juice. I DO live about 10 miles away from Lisbon Falls, the home of the Moxie Festival.
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 06:58 PM
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16. Moxie is something you HAVE, not something you drink.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:09 PM
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18. Yeah, you get it from the drink!
:D

I love the fact the word Moxie comes from the soda.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:13 PM
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19. Like whiskey vomit minus the chunks.
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:42 PM
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20. Ass.
I'll never understand how anyone can drink it.
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1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:15 PM
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22. its as if crap ate some crap and then took a crap in a can...
to paraphrase my favorite tv show.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:38 PM
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23. Carbonated root-beer flavored cough syrup.
I tried it again a couple of years ago--one sip made me run around in little circles, giggling at the horror.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 09:02 PM
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25. They should call it "Toxie".
That shit is foul.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:08 AM
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26. yep. my answer was Toxic, actually. So is Cott, what is it with regional soft
drinks in New England, anyway?

'course I don't like Vernor's either.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:11 AM
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27. Vile.
Also a lot like what I suspect that carbonated sugar-free pancake syrup would.
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asteroid2003QQ47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 01:46 AM
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28. Ruined by Satan!
Sixty years ago it was nectar of the gods,now it's
overly sweet. I never drink it anymore.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:35 AM
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29. doctor pepper w/ a huge dose of cough syrup
:puke:
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:09 AM
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30. Original Recipe Moxie was much better - more old dead people taste and they used real cane sugar
:thumbsup:
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asteroid2003QQ47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 02:30 PM
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36. It took Moxie to bring us together.
:pals:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:15 AM
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31. Medicinal, essentially. (Because of the gentian.) I like the stuff.
Redstone
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 10:01 AM
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33. Hey, you
Was wondering if you'd show up on this thread, and thinking I hadn't seen you around in a while... not that I've been around much, myself. How're things? :hug:
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 10:01 AM
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34. tastes like a herd of camels ran through my mouth and took a shit.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 12:30 PM
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35. Like bourbon and coke with a hint of herbal tonic syrup. I hate Moxie but Moxie ice cream is
Edited on Fri May-23-08 12:31 PM by GreenPartyVoter
actually pretty good.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 02:32 PM
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37. n-a-s-t-y
:puke:
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 02:33 PM
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38. Tried one sip.
Spit it right back out, poured the rest down the drain. I really don't know why a human being would voluntarily drink that swill let alone actually LIKE it.
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