What is Canada Dry’s Pomegranate Ginger Ale?
It now seems like a thousand years ago, but before a certain microbe forced us all indoors, I traveled to Canada for a weekend jaunt, and of course, loaded up on new and interesting food and drink.
I discovered that up north, Canada Dry is adding pomegranate to its ginger ale. Whaaaa? I love a good pomegranate (when I’ve got the time to sit and free the seeds from the membranes – and don’t even bother telling me all your lifehacks for this – the only way is to settle in and pick), and I love a good ginger ale, so how could I pass this up?
It’s a deep red color – without the label, I would’ve thought this was a new Mountain Dew flavor.
How is it?
The aroma in the bottle was mostly ginger ale, with a touch of sweet fruity something.
Flavor-wise, again, it was ginger-ale-dominant, with a slight fruity tang. I find pomegranate, when not consumed as a fresh fruit, can often taste like a non-specific berry or fruit, and that’s what happened here. It reminded me of cranberry-flavored drinks/foods. Sadly, I haven’t tried the Canada Dry Cranberry soda, so I can’t compare them directly.
But while the flavor might not have read as real pomegranate, I really liked it. It was more toned-down than the color of it suggests. It felt like a hint of candy added to the usual ginger edge. I enjoyed it more than the recent Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Lemonade and Ginger Ale and Orangeade flavors.
The label says it’s a limited time offer, but I could see this as a year-round product – there’s nothing about the flavor itself that pegs it to a certain season.
Is there anything else you need to know?
It doesn’t seem like this has officially crossed the border yet. Hopefully it does soon.
Conclusion:
If you like ginger ale, this is one you should try, if you find it. It retains its ginger-ale-ness while adding a lil’ something.
Purchased Price: $2.29CAD
Size: 500ml (16.9oz) bottle
Purchased at: Loblaws
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (500ml bottle) 190 calories, 0 grams of fat, 70 milligrams of sodium, 49 grams of carbohydrates, 48 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.
I LOVE the blackberry and cranberry versions…. did not care for the BOLD. I really hope they release this in USA. It seemed they used to do cranberry for the winter months and the holidays and the blackberry in the summer but lately I’ve been able to find both all year round in 2 liters.
I wish the versions in the states wouldn’t have high fructose corn syrup. It completely changes the flavour.
I used to buy Pomegranate 7-Up when it was a seasonal regular, but ginger ale? And Canada Dry at that? Nope.
Also, the easiest “hack” for eating pomegranates is to just buy Pom Wonderful pomegranate arils, which come in plastic cups without all that vault-like rind to deal with. Let someone else do the hard work.
I would love to try the pomegranate flavor but have not seen it in any store here in Idaho. The only thing the stores carry her is ginger ale, diet ginger ale and the bold ginger ale which I hate. The Raspberry ginger ale is my favorite then the Blackberry, i also like the Cranberry, then orange dont care to much fore the lemonade but will never spend my money o the bold.