Sioux City is a line of soft drinks manufactured and marketed by

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. Introduced in 1987, the product is generally sold in embossed glass bottles, although it is also available in cans. Sioux City "saloon style" soft drinks are available in a variety of flavors, including: *

Sarsaparilla Sarsaparilla often refers to the sarsaparilla soft drink, made from Smilax plants. Sarsaparilla may also refer to: Biology *Several species of plants, of the genus ''Smilax'', including: **''Smilax ornata'', also known as Honduran or Jamaican sar ...

– promoted on the label as "The Granddaddy of all Root Beers" *Diet Sarsaparilla *

Root Beer Root beer is a sweet North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree '' Sassafras albidum'' or the vine of '' Smilax ornata'' (known as sarsaparilla, also used to make a soft drink, sarsaparilla) as the ...

Birch Beer Birch beer is a beverage, commonly found as a carbonated soft drink made from herbal extracts and birch bark. It was originally made from the extracts of both oak and pine barks (which are sometimes combined). There are dozens of brands of birch ...

Ginger Beer Traditional ginger beer is a sweetened and carbonated, usually non-alcoholic beverage. Historically it was produced by the natural fermentation of prepared ginger spice, yeast and sugar. Current ginger beers are often manufactured rather than ...

* Cream Soda *Black Cherry *Orange Cream *Prickly Pear *Berry Berry – a mixture of blueberry and raspberry flavors *Cherries 'n Mint

Cultural references

"Sioux City Sarsaparilla" is a song by

Children of Bodom Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of Alexi Laiho (lead guitar, lead vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Sepp ...

's Alexi Laiho from the Finnish ''Guitar Heroes'' compilation album. In the film ''

The Big Lebowski ''The Big Lebowski'' () is a 1998 crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken ...

,'' when the Stranger (

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) asks the bowling alley bartender, "You got a good sarsaparilla?", Gary the bartender replies, "Sioux City Sarsaparilla?" to which the Stranger responds, "Yeah, that's a good one."

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Sioux City soft drinks
Products introduced in 1987 American soft drinks Soft beers and malt drinks {{soft-drink-stub