And it turns out
Avery Soda in New Britain is still open and bottling at their plant. These guys are the coolest, 100% cane sugar soda, painted-label bottles and wood cases you return so they can scrub them out and reuse them. If you pick it up at their bottling plant (in the same barn the company started an in 1904!) you can mix & match your the case contents to your hearts content.
If I threw a soda-tasting party would people be interested? Or should I make all the drinks at the OMGWTFBBQ classic soda brands? Or both?
If you're wondering what kicked off this soda obsessing,
check out this amusing article.