Can We Identify EVERY Fizzy Drink?

TL;DR

Three friends attempt to identify 17 sodas by taste alone, with one losing all lives and another winning with two lives remaining.

Key Points

• 1.The challenge involved 17 fizzy drinks across UK, US, and international brands. Players had three lives each, losing one per wrong answer, before entering sudden death — Barry lost all lives while Mike won with two lives intact.
• 2.Familiar colas and citrus drinks were identified quickly. Mike correctly named Sprite, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola through taste, while tonic water was identified by its distinctive quinine bitterness.
• 3.Obscure international sodas were the biggest surprises. Barry correctly identified Kinnie — a bitter orange herbal drink from Malta — and Irn-Bru was identified by its metallic, penny-like taste associated with Scotland.
• 4.Grape soda confused contestants despite its vivid purple color. Made from Concord grapes (not table grapes), its flavor bears little resemblance to actual grapes, with the dark color coming from black carrot rather than the fruit itself.
• 5.Energy drinks Red Bull and the misidentified 'Lucozade' caused drama. Barry lost a life calling Red Bull 'Lucozade'; Red Bull was later correctly identified as originally inspired by a Thai drink and known for sponsoring major sporting events.
• 6.Inca Kola from Peru was the ultimate curve ball. A bubble-gum-flavored, glow-in-the-dark soda made by Coca-Cola, it was more popular than classic Coke in Peru for many years — neither contestant identified it.
• 7.Nigerian Fanta and Fanta Orange stumped the group with color confusion. Nigerian Fanta has 4.3 million views on their channel; Fanta itself was historically created from whey and potato peelings in Nazi Germany due to import restrictions.