143 years ago in Lowell Massachusetts, a physician named Augustin Thompson created Moxie Cream Soda in his barn. Thompson left his thriving medical practice to develop and market his patent medicine as a "nerve tonic." Moxie Cream soda was rumored to cure ailments from softening of the brain to losing your manhood.
Today, Moxie is distributed in limited quantities in New England as a subsidiary of the Coca Cola Company and remains popular with Mainards. Every summer, the town of Lisbon Maine celebrates Moxie's contributions to the state of Maine with the Moxie Festival. Here is a video of Frank describing Moxie's infamous aftertaste.
Upon asking fellow Colby students if they liked Moxie, they almost always responded, "Nahh, but my dad loves that shit."
Recently, Moxie has gained popularity in Maine and Connecticut because of its mixability with spirits, here are some of my favorite recipes taken from this forum;
The “Welfare Mom”, which consists of equal parts Diet Moxie and Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy,
The Vijay", which consists of equal parts of Moxie and blended American Whiskey,
The “County Girl”, a drink made up of one part bourbon whiskey and two parts Moxie on the rocks, with an optional lime garnish.
If any of this sound good, you can buy Moxie on line here, or better yet call some small grocery store in Waterville like the Big Apple and ask them to ship a case to you.
Thanks to Mr. Rodney Corey for the tip.
Here are some more links,
Moxie Soda: A Taste of Maine (Picasa),
Hometown Favorites: Moxie,
Moxie (Wiki),
Moxie Festival.
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14 comments:
Foster-
you made my day. i love moxie- it reminds me of hot summer days on cape cod as a kid. i dont think i've ever seen it for sale down here though.
brandon
Brandon,
I am glad i could help conjure those memories.
Foster
Strangely, simple pictures of pop cans might be my favourite post on A.R.T.
When I was growing up in Nova Scotia, we had 'Cape Breton Brew'. It was dark, like Coke, and had a bare white label with black print. It was delicious. I think it was also referred to as 'Iron Brew', but was world's apart from the orange 'Iron Bru' you can sometimes find.
This is great! I'm a huge fan of regional soft drinks. Had Moxie once as a kid at my grandmother's house in MA. Didn't make it to the third sip. Going to try again this summer and follow Frank's advice.
Some of my favorites are Ale-8-One (http://ale8one.com/) from Winchester, KY and Nehi Peach from GA. If you are in Winchester you can even buy Ale-8 in still warm returnable bottles (some are ancient and have been 'customized' by generations of drinkers).
Jeff
p.s. Ever end up staying at the Norumbega Inn?
I heard you are swinging by the office tomorrow with JP. Looking forward to meeting you.
Jeff,
I stayed in the inn acouple weeks ago with my pops. It was amazing.
Foster
Enzo,
I look forward to meeting you tomorrow, it should be fun.
Foster
Jamoo,
you should check out http://theforeignkitchen.blogspot.com/, its right up your alley,
Foster
They sell Moxie up here at Dartmouth. I had one a few weeks ago, thought about throwing it away after the first sip but had already paid and felt guilty, so I ended up finishing the whole thing. Never realized it was only in New England
The thing with moxie is that it tastes good till you get the aftertaste, I think it's to make you keep buying more. I can't stand it but many of my fellow mechanics love it.
i have to admit that i dont like how Moxie tastes, but the story is just too good not to appreciate it.
Foster
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I really like the cream and combine it with another kind of ingredients. It drives me crazy, and i love to spend time with my friends and i like to prepare some cakes with too much cream.
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I've heard that soda is so good, I've never tasted it but I think it would be incredible, I think that you should work making commercials because I realize that you are able to persuade people.
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