Olipop Week

The prebiotics continue to dominate the air waves.

Four new Olipop cans from my daughter.  These flavors are Banana Cream, Crisp Apple, Ginger Ale, and Raspberry Sherbet.

She's loving the sodas and I'm loving the cans.  More to come...

Jolts for July

The return of an old favorite from back in the day...

I remember stopping at gas stations back in the 1990's while running around with friends.  We didn't need the extra energy, but Jolt was our go-to beverage to take it up a notch.

Recently, someone I know started drinking Jolt and saving the cans for me.  So far I've received a can of the original flavor, one that tasted like Dr Pepper, and a limited edition Street Fighter can advertising the new movie.

I have older Jolt cans in my collection, so as soon as I find those I'll send the person pics of what the cans used to look like. 

But for now I'll keep collecting the new cans.

ARIH

Another week, another new prebiotic soda brand.

This is called ARIH, a brand co-created by the K-pop group BTS.  The flavors of my original haul are Berry Bliss, Clear Lemon, Peach Mango Horizon, Pineapple Drift, Positive Orange, and Red Ruby Galore.  This is a pre- and post-biotic soda, double the colon comfort.

More flavors will be coming, but during this hot upcoming week I'll not worry about it.  I just want to Swim.

Hummingbirds

A few months ago my daughter questioned the extent of my can collection.  As an easy line I chose many years ago, I collect cans for drinks that don't contain alcohol.  I have nothing against alcohol, but it's a nice black/white line that determines whether it's in my collection or not.

She asked if I would collect a can for hummingbird nector.  YES!

She found the 16 oz can on the left and I said I'd take it!

A couple months later my parents surprised me with a can they bought at the store for hummingbird nector.  They had no idea I already had the 16 oz version, so it was awesome to get the smaller can of the same brand!  How weird is that?

My only question was how do the hummingbirds open the cans without having hands?  A bad dad joke, but worth it.

Summer in Bloom

Look at these prebiotic energy drinks!

It's a new era.  Prebiotic gut help AND energy drink.  Technology is great.

This week I feature three cans I recently got; Glacier Crush, Raspberry Lemon, and Shirley Temple.  It's amazing how many new flavor names are still being created for today's beverages.

Ok, whether good for my gut or not, next week I'll be looking for all new cans for my collection.

Red Bulls

Three new Red Bulls found their way to me recently.

The flavors are very unique, and each belongs to a different "Edition".  There's Cherry Sakura from the Spring Edition, Strawberry Apricot from the Amber Edition, and Sudachi Lime from the Summer Edition.

Now let's work on a line of better can designs and market them as the Can Collection Edition.

Two-Dew List

This week brought two new Mountain Dew cans.

We have the recent American Dew can and a slim can bearing the old logo.

Next week's to-do list includes collect more cans.  

Four Monsters for May

I've got some new Monsters to show off.

This month's flavors are Ultra Blue Hawaiian, Ultra Violet, Ultra Wild Passion, and Strawberry Lemonade.  The Strawberry Lemonade can is a "Happy Birthday, America!" can, celebrating 250 years of the America being a country.

Before I get flooded with emails about "You've already featured the Ultra Blue Hawaiian can" (haha), this can is a variation.  The original one had a silver top, this one has a blue top.  As a collector you have to pay attention to the details.  Watch for different icons, different word placement, differences in the tops, etc.  Now go out there and find some variations!

Four Olipops

The prebiotic soda trend continues.  And this week I have four new Olipops to show.  

Starting with a 7.5oz Crisp Apple.  Yum.

Followed by Peaches & Cream, Shirley Temple, and Watermelon Lime.

That's it.  Good for the guts, good for my collection.

The Class of 2026

Yesterday my daughter graduated with her Masters degree.  That was the biggest success of the day.  But there was a smaller success too... I got more cans.

Friends and family know I collect cans.  So when many of us gather it's not uncommon to be given cans they've saved for me.  Yesterday was no exception.  The more people, the more cans.

I got my first Martinelli's juice can, along with two more Izze's, a La Croix Lemon, a small Dr Pepper can, and another Bubbl'r flavor, Watermelon Lime Smash'r.

The haul also included four new Reign flavors: Orange Dreamsicle, Reignbow Sherbet (I see what they did there), Watermelon Sour Gummy, and White Gummy Bear.  And a new brand for me, El Jefe Energy Drink.  Those flavors are Pure White and Zuma Watermelon.  And to round it off, a Goya can of coconut water.  

Quite the diversity.  Now they'll be placed in a box to enjoy post-college life with many other cans from all walks of life.

Plenty of Poppi's

I may have mentioned my daughter likes Poppi.

These are a few more cans from her that have collected in my pantry in the last few months.  The flavors are Doc Pop (their version on Dr Pepper), Cranberry Fizz, Alpine Blast (their version of Mountain Dew), Punch Pop, Ginger Fizz, Shirley Temple, Lemon Lime, Orange, Ginger Lime, and Wild Berry.

Believe it or not, there are even more flavors out there she hasn't tried yet.  But as soon as she does I'll be rewarded with more cans for my collection.

All Mountain Dews

As hinted at in last week's post, I pulled all of my Mountain Dew cans to show what I've collected over the years.

Here are all of my 12oz Mountain Dew cans.  While setting them up, I found a few favorites that I haven't seen in a while.  The two World of Warcraft Game Fuel cans have always topped my list of favs.  And I like the old steel cans, shown in the lower left corner of the pic.  And I don't remember where I got the Mountain Dew X test can (silver can up front in lower right corner), but it's a cool addition to the collection.

And here are my larger cans in the Mountain Dew lineup.  I especially like the fancy Black, Green, and White Label cans in the lower right corner.

And there you have it.  I could never dew this with my Coca-Cola or Pepsi cans, I have WAY too many.  Either would essentially be a mountain of cans.

More New Dews

And this week brought two more Mountain Dew cans to me.

This week I snagged another Baja flavor, Tropical Citrus Punch.  Is there no end to new flavors?

I also grabbed the first Dirty Mountain Dew, which is a cream soda flavor.

I've received a lot of Mountain Dew cans recently, so it made me wonder how many I have in my collection now.  It'll take some digging, but I plan on posting a pic of the Dew collection next week.  It will mainly be the normal 12oz size cans.  The bigger or slim cans are in a different part of my collection.  Now let's hope I find the time to dew it.

BUBBL'Rs

This week I feature three new BUBBL'R cans people have saved for me.

These are antioxidant sparkling waters that boost, energize, and restore balance (in case you can't read what the can says, haha).  This week's flavors are Peach Raspberry Dazzl'r, Tropical Dream'r, and Wild Cherry Chill'r.

These are some pretty cool designs.  I'm not sure they could make them any cool'r.

Java Monsters

These have been in my pantry for a while.  So it's time to get them out of there.

These are two Java Monster coffee energy drinks.  The first is Loca Moca and the second one Salted Caramel.  The second one sounds tasty to me.  I'm not sure where I got these, but I'm glad they found their way to me.

I drink black coffee every morning just to get going.  I can't imagine what coffee + energy would do for me.  And I'll probably never find out.

More Energy, Please

Last week I got a text from one of my can contributors that said he left a bag of cans for me on his patio.  So I went by after work to see what was there.

I found a bag of cans.  When I got home, I pulled these cans from the bag.

There were three colorful, nicely-designed Monster Energy Drink cans.  They were Ultra Punch Punch, Ultra Red White & Blue Razz, and Voodoo Grape.  Awesome.

Also included was my first Gorilla Energy Drink can, Watermelon Melon.

Unlike doctors nowadays, I do make housecalls.  So if you have a bag of cans for me, just leave them outside your house and send me a text.  I'll be by after work to get them.  Thanks.

Work Bonus

I went to work yesterday to film the entire building, inside and out, for insurance reasons.  This meant I had full-access to everywhere, including places I've never seen before.  One of those mystery places was the lunchroom in the main office.  And what did I find there?

Oh, just a can collector's dream.  Carefully rummaging through the bin I pulled out some cans (on the counter) I didn't think I had.  Unfortunately, all of the tabs had been removed.  But a can without its tab is better than no can at all.

After getting home and cleaning them up, I realized I did have a couple of them already.  But I still walked away with 11 new cans, including a nice Diet Mountain Dew to replace the rescued one I posted about last year.

Sure, I made a couple hours of overtime.  But the real bonus was new cans for my collection!

Tropical Lime

There's no end to new flavors!

A co-worker saved this Mountain Dew Baja Blast can for me.  The flavor is Tropical Lime.  

Not much else to say except "Thanks" to them.

More Cokes, Please

I realized I had acquired quite a few Coca-Cans I haven't shown yet.  So here they are.

In the slimboy 330mlE size (what kind of size is that?), I have Cherry, Vanilla, and Gout Original.  These three cans are from France, which explains the size measurement.  And by the way, gout means something different in America.

In the standard 12oz size, I've collected Cherry Float, a FIFA World Cup promo, Caffeine Free, and Zero Sugar variants.

So many designs.  Can collecting really is an endless hobby.

C4 x2

Another visit from my son in college, and more C4 cans.

This time he brought Frost Bitten Citrus and Jolly Rancher Green Apple.

Gas may fuel his car for visits home, but C4 is what fuels him.