I recall this drink, was in fact looking for info on it when found this site. Will keep looking for more info - like to know if still made at this time.

I was also looking to see if this is still around. I used to drink this when I was younger (coincidentally around 12yrs of age).

Loved this I would still drink it now.

I was also a fan of this drink wish I could find it now so my 11 year old could try another one of the simple finer things in life.

I can't believe other people are looking for this drink aswell. I woke up just now with the memory or drinking Sarasoda at the age of 12 in Toronto Ontario. I would love to find this drink again. :(( o2world@msn.com

here is a little memory. wish i could istill find this. http://www.rickfischer.com/assets%20folder/images%20large/sarasoda-1.jpg

I remember going to Becker's and getting a couple Sarasodas during my lunch breaks at my summer warehouse job in Markham. It was definitely 1987.

Wow, Becker's =),...What a blast from the past..Living in Montreal now...no Becker's here...Just Depanneur's =))

The store beside my house use to sell these, But I haven't seen them in a long while, If you are lucky you can recreate the taste by mixing beer with lemonade and sprite (or was that ginger ale...) in about a 40-40-10 mix :)

Yes I know... 40+40+10=90... I was tired... make that 45-45-10... and make sure you use the pulp free yellow type of lemonade, not the pink stuff...

I have used beer and ginger ale to get close to the taste of Sarasoda. There is a beer that has a hint of citrus that has come out recently that may taste even better in this mix combo. Would still love to find Sarasoda again.

my sister and i used to drink this in the 80's and still dream of it.If you have found a recipe that will bring that memory back i will be forever grateful! Loved that stuff!!

I came to Canada in 1973 - found and drank Sarasoda - LUVED IT! Will certainly try Brenda's formula - thanks Brenda

Becker's!!! Haaa...oh man. I LOVED Sarasoda

I used to LOVE LOVE this drink! I to was around 10-13yrs when I used to drink it. PLEASE let me know if you find anything like it! lol carlong76@hotmail.com

Was just thinking about this stuff and this is the only website that comes up when you google it. I like most everyone else, used to drink this stuff as a young teen in the eighties. Anyone know who made it? Is it still out there somewhere?

I loved Sarasoda. I first had it in highschool either 1988 or up. I just thought of it the other day & wondered if it's still around. It brings back so many memories.

This stuff was SOooooo good! Now I feel like, if only I'd drank more and kept on drinking it would still be available. As it was, I drank it strictly during physics class in Gr. XI ('86/'87).

I loved this drink as well. I only had it at our family cottage in Canada. I think we bought it at Zellars? I think it was in the late 80's. I sometimes come across the taste and wish it was still around. I drink alcohol at all and would love to find a non-alcoholic version.

I used to buy Sarasoda in S.S.M oddly enough at 12 or 13 as well wasn't on the market very long but to this very day i can still remember the taste. Please somebody for the love of God bring back Sarasoda.

This was the best drink ever! 1985 or around that time is when I first discovered it. Drank it every summer since then, well until it was no longer available. If you find it let me know kanderson_67@hotmail.com. There is a place in California that sells Renaissance pop or soda called galco's and it is on the internet...sodapopstop

Ok, had a Fentimans "Shandy" this morning and all I could say out loud was "Sarasoda!; that's a Sarasoda..., ever had a Sarasoda!"

Wow!!! I punched this in to see if they still made it too! Yes I was drinking this when I was12 as well, 1986! So, does anyone know where it is?!Ok now its a mission...Yes bring back this drink!

A green bottle, correct? I was drinking it in Mississauga and the store owner caught onto us that we would buy 5 at a time... Trying to "catch a buzz"

Oh. man! I was also 12 years or so, hitting the local Becker's in Etobicoke everyday to buy a couple of Sarasodas. I recall buying them in cans. Definitely a summer thing to do!

SO many times I have thought of Sarasoda...I LOVED this stuff as well and have been looking for it since. Who made it??? We need to bring it back! I would invest!

I remember loving this stuff! We used to walk down to the local convenience store (The Honest Crook in Pickering Village) at lunch time in elementary school and drink a few to try and get a buzz. Must have been around 1986 or so. It was good stuff!

I was 7 or 8 drinking sarasoda, small town in manitoba. Mrs. Kenndy the store owner eventually read the label and would not sell it to us anymore. I miss that stuff.

I remember drinking Sarasoda behind our school before class. Gosh how I miss that tangy drink full of bubbles that when straigh up my nose. Does anyone remember Drinking Durango Wildberry Coolers?

Me and a friend was just talking about Sarasoda. I Googled it and found I wasn't the only one reminiscing about that drink we thought was a wine cooler. The closest thing to Sarasoda I've found today is Casal Domingo Cooler. with 0.5% Alc. Very similar to Sarasoda. I bought one and tried it. It sure brought back memories. LOL

I believe that John Labatt purchased the company and shut it down as the drink was selling too well and cutting into their beer sales. (I did a web search and found that they own the Sarasoda trademark.) Recently I tried Poppers Ice Light malt beverage (4% alcohol) and found it to be very close. Enjoy!

We had a party for the end of grade 5 in 1986 at West Acres and I brought a 4 pack I bought from Mr. Tan at Applewood Variety. I was half snapped before anybody even caught wind of what I was doing. Love that sweet juvie booze. What happened to it cause daddy needs his fix

I was also just thinking about sara soda, i was eleven which would have been 1991 when i drank it when i visited my dad in Hamilton would love to get my hands on it now. Please let me know if you find it. obe1usetheforce@hotmail.com

I used to buy this stuff from Beckers in Unionville. I think I first found it in 1987 when I was 7 and I remember it disappeared in 1991 or maybe 1992. My dad also used to buy it for me and my brother on the ride up to the cottage each weekend. Here is a commercial for sarasoda : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul8Tz3k9-wQ

I USED TO DRINK THIS IN TORONTO IN THE MID '80'S. I THOUGHT IT TASTED SORTA LIKE A PINK GRAPEFRUIT FLAVOR...VERY REFRESHING, LIKE FRESCA IN THE OLD DAYS (MADE WITH SUGAR NOT ASPARTAME )...REMEMBER THAT ONE ?

HERE'S A COMMERCIAL WITH A FAMOUS ACTOR... http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IL&hl=en&v=ul8Tz3k9-wQ

Yes it was very similar to grapefruit style fresca zing with a little beer and then something very unique to it self was also in there taht made it very unusually different, and the carbonation was very very high also as I recal too, and it was like nothing else I remember,it was so good. Mt GF parents at the time used to buy it in 87-88, strong memeories of this drink in those summers as I was always drinking it with her in her back yard being 16 at the time, it was the cans too, as I recal they were silver colored.

Yes it was very similar to grapefruit style fresca with a very sharp zing and a little beer and then something very unique to it self was also in there that made it very unusually different and good. The carbonation was very very high also as I recal too, and it was like nothing else I remember,it was so good. My GF parents at the time used to buy it in 87-88 when they lived in the burbs in Oshawa, strong memeories of this drink in those summers as I was always drinking it with her in her back yard being 16 at the time, it was the cans too, as I recal they were silver colored.

NEVER SAW IT IN CANS...JUST THE 6 PAK BOTTLES.

This was a great drink. It came in bottles and cans where I lived in Toronto. Too bad this drink is gone. The cans were white and the bottles green. I actually had a six pack saved in my room when they took it off the market but my mom put them in the garage and during the winter the cans expolded. :(

my friend and i thought we were so cool drinking these when we were kids we were around 8 or 9 years old rofl good times :))

I was just looking to see if they had this anywhere but unfortunately nothing. I did find out that labatt was producing it. Maybe like the fashion of the 80's this will come back too :)

This stuff was disgustingly awful.

Im sure it had a pink flamingo on label??

We had this in Alberta too! Middle 80's. They sold it at convenience stores and even our movie theatres! My sister and I loved this stuff and so would love to drink it again!

Summer camp - a six pack and a tent Oh....what memories Bring back the Sarasoda

I love that so many people relate sarasoda to childhood memories like I do. My mum would send me to buy sarasoda and cameo cigarettes (when minors could buy tobacco and people thought it was safe to send their 5 yr old to the store). I would think I was sooooo cool havin sips of my mums because it had alcohol. Little did I know what a miniscule amount. NEED SOME SARASODA IN MY LIFE AGAIN(might add vodka now tho?!?)

Wow! I think it's great to have found so many people also looking for this elusive drink.I remember the green bottles, and thinking my mom was the coolest for letting me and my best friend drink them. I haven't found anything like it in more than 20 years! Beer shandy doesn't come close.

Use to buy this drink at a asian grocery store in medowvale t.c back in the day. Why is this drink no longer avail...besides the alchohol ? this was the best drink ever !! does anyone have a good recipe ? please share :)

Wow, this is hilarious!! Like everyone else here I discovered this page while feeling nostalgic and searching for the drink I used to get buzzed on as a youth. I remember drinking it in 1986 when I was 12 years old. Someone even mentioned Applewood Variety in Mississauga - I bought it there too! Here is a fact I haven't seen mentioned here yet - yes, it was 0.9% alcohol when it came out but it was later reduced to 0.5% - they obviously figured out that underagers were getting buzzed off it :) I still remember when that happened - drinking three of them no longer did the trick. Long live Sarasoda, long live the 80s!!

oh man, want some right now. I use to drink this as a teen. My brother use to get them at knob hills.

Is everyone on here Canadian? Or more specifically Ontarian? I'm from Hamilton (er Waterdown) and drank this around the same age too! 13 or so!

Grew up in manitoba n loved the stuff too.

I can't believe the number of people looking for Sarasoda -- I thought I was the only one. LOL! I remember drinking it when I was about 13yrs old. I used to buy it from the local COOP Feed Store just outside the little town of Williamsburg, Ontario where I grew up. I also remember purchasing it in Picton, Ontario while sailing training on the St. Lawrence River / Lake Ontario. Unfortunately, everyone began refusing to sell it to minors once they realized it contained alcohol. (However, at only 0.5%, I don't know what all the fuss was about.) Delicious stuff. Would love to find it again.

I loved Sarasoda! I used to buy it by the case of 24 bottles at the grocercy store. It was the best thing to quench your thirst after working in the sun all day. We should start a pettion to bring it back. You would think some someone, somewhere has the recipe.

I drank Sarasoda in Sarnia in the 1980s too and recently did a search on it. same story as the rest of you- 12 years old @ Beckers lol. Hoping I could find somewhere that still sells it as I remember the taste- quite nice!

Same deal, bought it in brechin, on at lunch when in public school. Want it back.

I was in a group home at the time and I used to get in trouble for buying it from the corner store and drinking it. It was the late 80's I'd drink this with an Ice'N'Creamy which also can't be found anywhere now.

I found a photo of Sarasoda but the option to post the pic dones'nt work.

I miss Sara to :(. Guess this can serve as a memorial page for the drink that will all love.

I don't post on blogs but this deserves a comment. Freaky as it seems I was 11-12 years old when this was around. I remember buying at the Beckers and Oasis markets in Stayner Ontario. My friends and I used to buy truckloads of this. 20 plus years layer I remembered this sweet taste of heaven. With all the weird and crap drinks around today I think it is more then socially acceptable to bring this baby back from the dead. Viva la Sarasoda! Time to petition Labatts!

My mom was a distributor of Sarasoda!! We had an unlimited supply!! We even had the blow up Flamingos!! My sis and I drank Sarasoda all the time! So yummy! We were probably 8 and 10! Would love to find it again! My girls are now 8 & 10!

Big fan of Sarasoda. Used to buy them out of the fridge at Quickie in Herogate Mall in Ottawa.

Hey Jake, You down with the Sens? I love the Ottawa Senators! My friend Denise did the nasty with their third line defenseman two years ago. She's very good looking and hangs at a lot of nice bars. I got with her sometimes. I get looks too. And you're right, Loni Cox, girl. Sarasoda was a sweet taste of heaven. But then Denise said that about the Ottawa player! LOL

I got into truble for bringing this drink to school and showing that it had alkhole in it. I also got it a beckers in Carleton Place, Ontario

Wow like everyone else I took have been dreaming about this stuff for years. I stocked shelves at a local small store called "Mryrles" it was in a small town called Tilley, Alberta and I remeber Myrtle and Tom( the owners) use to let me drink this all the time until they thought I was drinking too much as I was only 12 :).. Could never remeber the name though... I thought I remeber seeing a label with a flamingo?... Is that right?... Sure miss it!

WOW! this is so cool... so many people with the same memories of this drink. I remember getting it at 7-11 in Milton Ontario with my friend in the summer of 86 .I was 12 years old and we thought it was AWESOME... I always felt uncomfortable buying it cause it had alcohol in it and i thought they might not sell it to me. It would be such a nostalgic blast to have a taste of one today! wish they still made it... and from all the responses on this thread... it seems like they should! Theres definitely a market for it. cheers all.

Back in '86 when I was 21 I was a grocery clerk for a store called Supertops (now Fortinos).I first saw sarasoda when I was stocking it on the shelf. I bought one and tried it. WOW!!! I was hooked. I bought my first case of 24 from the boss. At cost bboss. At cost.

In Grade 8 I remember our Vice Principal coming on the PA system and banning it at school.

I loved this stuff and would definitely drink it if it is still available. Does anyone know if you can still buy this stuff?

Just finished a can of Lowenbrau Rader with lemonade and I was trying to rack my brain what it reminded me of. Sure enough...Sarasota! 1987 Cornwall Ontario.

who owns the right to make It? and, if so! is it available for purchase???? just to have my own private stock of the lovely beverage

that is Sarasoda MMMMMMMmmmm

Sarasoda... Best drink ever.. Was it only selling around toronto? Too bad it is not available anymore... For those who loves it, try Jolly shandy in hk and Malaysia... Made by carlsburg, I am sure they copy it from sarasoda.. The closest one u can find around the globe..

I was in midland mid 80's about 11 or 12 and bought these at the IGA. Best drink ever. Would buy 10 6- packs with my class mates hoping to catch a buzz. Labatt, please bring this back!

What about Durango? Anyone remember that??

We used to buy Sarasoda from Everyday Variety in Scarborough. It was the ultimate summer drink. When we'd finish our bottles, we scoured the neighbourhood for enough discarded, empty pop bottles to return to the store so we could buy more Sarasoda. Back in the days when you could return pop bottles and be refunded for the deposit...

If you want to try an adult version try Mikes hard melonade(original) and copes light. Almost taste identical

Age 12, 1986 in Guelph Ontario at 7 Eleven across the street from the apartment building I lived in. The perfect accompaniment to playing the two arcade games that would rotate monthly. I guess I'm not the only one feeling nostalgic, this thread is what, eight years old?

Fantastic post, Jason! You're a great writer and made us feel we were there in Guelph, Ontario. This drink was fine. And you are not the only one feeing nostalgic. Kids don't have the fun of arcades anymore.

I was feeling nostalgic too and came across this page. I grew up in Hamilton Ont I drank this in grade 5 or 6 (around 1986) trying to get a buzz before school in the morning Lol. Wish they still sold this would love to try it again to see if it is as good as I remember

We had it here in Winnipeg too. I was really hoping to be able to find it somewhere still being produced. Anyone heard if it's possible??

Devon Alberta at the Mac’s when I was 12-13. Me and my buddies would guzzle 2 or 3 these beauties and get a nice little buzz! The buzz was great, but they tasted so good on a hot day I would have drank them anyway!

East end Toronto, @12 yrs old tried my first Sarasoda and Loved it , Nothing else has came close

I stopped by the beer store and accidentally bought Grolsch non alcoholic Radler. It was a bit sweet for my current taste but it reminded me of Sarasoda. My 12 year old son loves it and drank it. If you’re looking for Sarasota try this

Was this a wine cooler?

Yes, Cee, it was a wine cooler. And as I said before, that was a great post Jason from July 4th, 2017! When you were 12 years old in 1986 in Ontario, those must have been great times. Wish I could see a Sens game with you. I would love to see where you did that

Loved the drink as well...Just came from the beer store with a flavoured extra light beer 1.2 percent called Shandy Carib....really good …It has been decades since my last Sarasoda...but I think it tastes the same.

I remember this drink very well and I know that i loved it. Not sure it it's made anymore, but if I is I sure would like to get my hands on some.

According to an article in Maclean's way back in 1986, the Labatt product caused alot of controversy since it did contain alcohol and it was sold in a beer bottle at local convenience stores. Adults didn't like the idea of such a product being sold to kids right next to pop and juice. It's unfortunate that they still don't make Sarasoda. I loved that stuff. Just consider ourselves fortunate that we were around at a time when we could enjoy this great tasting beverage! Cheers!!

Hi y'all. I'm originally from MALTON Ontario, PEARSON AIRPORT area.. Around 1986-1987 (when we were 11/12/13) Me and my BMX buddies also would buy SARASODA MALT DRINK from MAC's MILK Convience Stores at lunch with a slice of pizza from NINO DIVERSA's BAKERY or a sub from MR. SUB then go back to school lol. NEVER drunk but it tasted AMAZING. Citrus flavors of LEMON, LIME,maybe Orange/Grapefruit, Berry..like a SANGRIA. Ive been craving it for decades. In 1997 I found TORNADO, as I recal a 7% LEMONADE MALT LIQUICOR in a beer bottle that was a DEADRINGER for SARASODA. I MEAN BANG ON!! Not sure who produced it but it was bought at THE BEER STORE. It too was discontinued. There were allot of those NEAR COPIES over the decades since, most recently I found GROWER's APPLE CIDER. It's very close but not as close as TORNADO was, but still very close. It seems everyone that's posted is about the same age and from the same general areas (GTA). We should really think about reaching out to meet up, and get a petition goin to "BRING BACK THE FLAMINGO"™©® I'm up for it and so leaving my contact. If you're legit and REALLY INTERESTED in doin this, or at least making new friends, drop me a line. SILVERWINGS33@mail.com

I miss my favourite drink and no I wasn't a kid when I drank it, I was an adult. It was banned because the kids were drinking it. I think they should have sold it exclusively in the beer store. Not in the convenience stores. I want it back!

Lived in a small town in B.C. near the Alberta border.Can't remember where I bought Sarasoda but liked it a lot. I hung on to a half pack of bottles(empty!) in their original cardboard case for a long time after it wasn't being made anymore. I still have the original(never used) beach towel that you could send for from the company! I was really into flamingos back in the day so this drink fit right in with my collection. Oddly enough,I am back collecting flamingo stuff again.

Hi folks. Back in 86 my Dad owned a Jug City in Brampton, Ontario. I remember the day an elegant sales rep introduced Sarasoda. Lots of fun considering I was 16 and thought they went well with my store snax.

Funny story... I was 18 in '87. My younger friend and I were cruising downtown Lindsay, Ontario when we stopped for a snack. He got a Sarasoda and chips and told me how awesome it was. I saw the 0.9% alcohol and figured that I better not, since I was driving (I got a Perrier water). It was 20 minutes later when the police pulled me over. We were like "Oh, sh*t" and tried to figure out what I did wrong. The officer had seen the silhouette of the "beer bottle shaped" Sarasoda and told my friend to "empty the beer onto the ground". He replied "It's not beer, it's Sarasoda". The cop said "It's what? Hand the bottle over here, please". We explained that we bought it at Becker which (every Canadian knows) does not have a liquor license. The cop thought it was funny, too. By the time he let us go, we were all chuckling. :-) I did finally try Sarasoda after that, but never while driving. ;-)

Yup. I was just thinking about this long ago favourite of mine and found this site. Me and my buddies between the age of 10-12 would pick these up at crosstown variety in midtown Toronto. We would drink these curb side and people would think we were drinking beer hence the shape of the bottle and the foam. Wish I could find these Shandy bevies again.

Same as everyone else - going down memory lane and came across this. Bought it at age 12 from Becker’s in Woodstock, Ont!

Was just reminiscing about drinking this beverage and playing Leisure Suit Larry at my friend’s house. We thought we were the baddest asses ever.

Moosehead lager tastes very close to this.

I remember sneaking one of these into my grade 8 classroom at lunch. I thought I was awesome. Found a YouTube commercial for Sarasota: https://youtu.be/ul8Tz3k9-wQ

I remember drinking a ton of these one night in junior high and I did wind up getting a little tipsy. In fact, my uncle was staying with us at the time and I was so out of it I took him to bed with me at the tender age of 12...

http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/viewTrademark.html?id=552218&lang=eng

GREW UP IN MALTON IN THE 80'S AND SARASODA WAS THE FRINK OF CHOICE! GOT IT AT BECKER'S OR MACS. WE GREW UP IN THE BEST TIMES FOR SURE!!

They should make an infused one for the cannabis lovers. Sarasoda miss that for sure

Used to buy this at the Cultures frozen yogurt shop, just off Lakeshore Rd in Oakville. Summer of 87!