The Drinks of Fallout: Soft Drinks!

[@Pigness7]

I imagine victory was a limited edition nuka to celebrate like the liberation of anchorage or something. I also imagine nuka cola classic is the original passion fruit recipe.

[@Rad_King]

This definitely makes sense!

[@MrDelgado559]

Lmao your pic

[@MrDelgado559]

Lmao your pic

[@Director_Orson_Krennic]

This idea for Victory also makes sense as to why it was only found on the West Coast other than at Nuka-World, as the East Coast is heavily more into Nuka-Cola than the West Coast, which is pretty decently Sunset Sarsparilla territory. So, I'd imagine that a limited-edition release flavor may have sold off their stock far quicker in the East than the West, meaning DC drank their stock before the bombs dropped while Vegas had some still lying around ready to be sold. This has historical precedent, given Pepsi's release of Crystal Pepsi a few years back - when outside of metro areas, despite a lower supply being sent out, the east coast sold their supply out almost 10 months faster than the midwest and west coast (once again, outside metro areas). Not a perfect one to one proof, but it gives the idea some basis

[@jayhollows5729]

@@MrDelgado559 lmao your pic

[@CorvoFG]

A “passionfruit famine” is probably the most middle-class famine ever.

[@andreibaciu7518]

That is actually more plausible than a shortage of toilet paper and guess which actually happened.

[@Rad_King]

That got a good laugh out of me, thank you!

[@johnychrist5475]

@@andreibaciu7518 there was never a shortage of toilet paper it was just a shipping issue. Its not that we didn't have toilet paper, its just that they couldn't get it out fast enough bc dummies were mass buying and screwing everyone else over

[@jayhollows5729]

"middle class" Bruh what type of middle class do you mean? The middle class hardly exists you are thinking of upper class or rich yuppies who shop from sprouts.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

@@johnychrist5475 It depends where you live. Most toilet paper in most of the world is produced in the country it is used. In a handful of nations, like Australia, it is imported. Those nations did have toilet paper shortages, but because we are all on the internet and effectively socialize pan-nationally, people across the world thought they were having a toilet paper shortage whenever any of those nations were.

[@soundwave-superior7372]

The character named Evan that gives you the Nuka-Love recipe is based off a real person named Evan who died of cancer while waiting for Nuka-World. When Bethesda heard this story they added him into the game!

[@AiluridaeAureus]

Oh THAT guy. I just saw some guy in the game with the same name as me and tried to kill him. And then I wondered why he was invincible. And then I fucked with the files until I could kill him. The immortality makes more sense now.

[@MagnusTonitrum117]

he’s one of the few characters who doesn’t become hostile to you no matter what, and will let you take anything from his house

[@booqrdoit9138]

Even with their faults, this is why I love developers in the Bethesda and Blizzard teams, as well as others. Immortalizing a player into their favorite series is one of the highest honors

[@insertnamehere4088]

@Crimson Fox yeah I think with the trevonator in 3, I can't remember any others despite playing every god damn borderlands game (except tales).

[@insertnamehere4088]

@Crimson Fox Maybe IDK gonna have to check the wiki

[@theblob1716]

I imagine that the courier eats the entire bottle of nuka cola quartz. Glass and all.

[@Pigness7]

Absolute chad

[@Rad_King]

Of course. It’s courier six.

[@sarminder4357]

Protein

[@Konanclone]

Is that not how you drink soda? Plastic or glass

[@Gibby42069]

That’s 6 for yah

[@danielharrison5868]

How could you forget the most important soft drink of all... DEEZER'S LEMONADE

[@jackcouch8322]

Looks like piss Tastes like piss Strong hated that

[@Rad_King]

Lmao

[@Rad_King]

Hey don’t worry! There are a lot more drinks to talk about

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Lol

[@joeyj6808]

What else costs 1 cap and heals 40 health? It's PERFECT!

[@SkywarpSeeker]

Great Video! Nuka-Free is likely a reference to Pepsi Free, which was the brand name that Pepsi sold it's Caffeine-Free variant of Pepsi in the early 80s, famously referenced in Back to the Future ("If you want a Pepsi kid you've gotta pay for it!"). The fact that it's combined with dirty water is probably a joke about how in order to lessen the effects of caffeine the soda is simply being watered down.

[@Rad_King]

I seriously hope this is true.

[@Kelanich]

Makes too much sense.

[@twistedyogert]

@@pedrocx486 At least coffee is filtered.

[@PortCityBalrog]

I still don't understand why anyone would want less caffeine in thier sodas, If anything I'd want double the caffeine in mine. When i was younger I would crush up like half a caffeine pill and mix it into my diet cokes (and I'd add some real sugar into it too). I was an odd 15 year old 😅

[@jessebaker4245]

@@Rad_Kingaround 11:35 you said that nuka cola quarz is only found in new Vegas but they also appear in the nuka world dlc for fallout 4 (sorry for the random topic change this was the only comment that had you in it that had less then ten comments) Ps just got to the part where you are talking about nuka world 😅

[@doughyguy2663]

Here's a theory - the mixing stations probably removes most of the liquid from the drinks, combines them, then adds an appropriate amount of liquid back into the mixture. That's why combining 2+ drinks only ends up resulting in one bottles worth. This could be done without boiling it (i.e. vacuum dessication) so as not to degrade the other ingredients.

[@The_Stumbler]

Also, the combined drinks are radiation free, so it could be a matter of boiling the drinks to remove radiation and/or to allow mixing. There are two types of drinks, ice cold and normal, meaning we could be drinking hot cola.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@The_Stumbler. Boiling doesn't remove radiation, though. It's great for killing certain pathogens or microorganisms, but radiation is not any one of those.

[@The_Stumbler]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 it doesn't in real life, but in fallout it does.

[@The_Stumbler]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 I think 76 is the only game to address that.

[@frenchfriar]

Actually, it's likely that the mixing stations don't actually use the sodas themselves (I know that's not what the game says) but are just using the appropriate syrups, and mixing fresh with carbonated water. That's how the things work in real life. Maybe you just need the bottles to unlock the syrups? It would explain why they aren't radiated, perhaps.

[@darthskarr8975]

A note about the Sunset Sarsaparilla study and side-effects - Festus does note that these side-effects would only appear if someone would drink an ungodly amount of it in an extremely short amount of time. I took this to mean that after Nuka-Cola tried and failed to buy them out, they tried smeering them by ordering a study on the drink for possible side-effects and the results showed that unless you guzzled something like an entire vat of the stuff in under a minute, there isn't any serious problems with drinking it, but they still went "Aha! See? There *are* possible side effects!" even if it was extremely circumstantial, and thus caught Sunset Sarsaparilla on a technicality, even if it wasn't the gotcha that Nuka-Cola was hoping for. So they were able to force Sunset Sarsaparilla to disclose the fact that there are side-effects to drinking it, on a technicality, even if the circumstances are ludicrous. It would be like ordering a study on bottled water and keeping the study on going until they found *something* that it finally took them drinking 22 Litres of water under 5 minutes to finally say that there can be health problems, at which point a normal person would say "No sh!t Sherlock - you just drank 22 Litres of water under 5 minutes. Of course that would be unhealthy!" but a corporation like Nuka-Cola would bank on it since that was literally all the dirt they could manage to dig up and proceed to use it as a technicality to say 'drinking bottled water can cause health issues' even if the circumstances were extreme.

[@sonofashepherd6668]

You’re spot on. I love all the little lore details they put in their games. Even if it’s head cannon type/up to interpretation, though I do think you’re right about the whole situation

[@harrybechtle4333]

Huh, I assumed that festus was downplaying the side effects

[@Robb1977]

it also mirrors the real life issue with why sarsaparilla fell out of flavor, and why all modern "sarsaparillas" are imitation: sassafras is illegal. The plant grows in abundance in the Americas, and it was desired by European settlers and Native Americans for its health benefits and flavor. Sassafras is one of many components in making the drug that the "spirit vision" trope was derived from. The never-ending desire to squash native American cultures, and eliminate effective frontier medicines in favor of cocaine, led to the criminalization of using sassafras because its "carcinogenic." At some point a study is conducted that concludes basically everything can give you cancer in certain quantities, and the findings for Sassafras are extremely underwhelming, especially when you compare its potential health benefits.* Sassafras is probably the inspiration for Broc flowers, as Sassafras leaves and flowers were used in poultices, a lot like the "healing powder" encountered in the game. The fact real-life sassafras medicine was often just: "shove the leaves in an open wound until you have time to clean it properly" is also why healing powder has such a low survival skill requirement. Broc leavFlower isnt required to home brew sunset however, and instead xander root is used. The drink originally was made with Sassafrass root and Birch oil, but when Sassafrass became illegal, they dropped the Root. Xander root (as the other part of healing powder) may be a way of dividing Sassafras into Broc flower (which looks like Sassafras flowers) and Sassafras root. *safrole, the oil that was carcinogenic, is also found in cinnamon, nutmeg, and a whole host of other foodstuffs, but those didn't have native American associations.

[@portalworld9880]

But didn’t Festus say that it was a local report?

[@cakeboss4194]

@@portalworld9880 It's not unheard of for a big company to have shell companies. Just look at Disney's market shares if you need proof.

[@bradmerilic6848]

I was born in ‘80, and when we combined all the flavors at a soda machine, we did, in fact, call them suicides. I have no idea why.

[@Tygozpow]

We called them that when I was a kid in 2010

[@occamsaturn]

we called it a Graveyard

[@C_Nic]

I recall watching a commercial in the 2000’s that was maybe for pizza street, and the kid in the commercial was mixing every flavor of soda claiming he could make suisides for cheep or something. After seeing this, I always called my mixed together sodas “suisides” as a child

[@JCSJesusChristSaves]

Graveyards, we got them at the ball fields when playing baseballs. Every soda flavor, plus every snow cone flavor, and 3-4 crybabies. No one had to explain them, it was like the original secret menu.

[@MadastheHatter13]

Suicide of deliciousness

[@spartanseth7392]

The whole “health tonic” thing with Nuka Cola could also be a reference to how Coca Cola was originally sold in Pharmacies and contained cocaine. Also, The name John Caleb Bradberton is a combination of Pepsi’s inventor, Caleb Bradham, and Cokes inventor, Dr John Pemberton. Great video as always!

[@Rad_King]

Great points! I realized 3/4 through editing that the name was a mash up of two names but couldn’t find an adequate way of adding it. I knew someone would mention it for me though :)

[@wolfie5135]

The cocaine thing isnt real coca cola said that coca cola never contained cocaine

[@spartanseth7392]

@@wolfie5135 Yeah no shit they would say that, it would look bad if they say “yeah we originally had cocaine in our drinks”. Doesn’t mean it don’t have it at the start.

[@SasoriZert]

@@wolfie5135 it's been proven it did once hold I quote "held the main ingredients found in the man made substance known as Cocaine" so yeah short version there was coke in the cola

[@wolfie5135]

@@SasoriZert no coca cola said it never contained cocaine

[@Saitaina]

Minor Correction, Quantum was released the DAY the bombs fell. Stores and machines were stocked ahead of time, but only a VERY small amount of people had tasted them. They were only in select marjetd, which is why they are rare.

[@kitkatkruncher22]

Ah yes select marjet makes perfect sense

[@cherrify3498]

Very rare yet I seem to find them literally everywhere I go

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

This especially makes sense for New Vegas. There exists only 1 bottle in the entire Mojave region.

[@PortCityBalrog]

@@kitkatkruncher22 the marjet probably has a French sound to it like Mar-Xiay phonetically. I'm about to start using that in my vocabulary when I wanna sound smart.....lol...

[@hanzzel6086]

​@@mr_beezlebub3985 Some soldiers family member who worked at a factory probably got their hands on some and sent it to them.

[@thescotslair]

The canonical reason Fallout 4's Nuka Cola bottle version is different is due "to legal pressure" from an unnamed company. So yes, Coca Cola existed in the Fallout universe. Also, the reason Quartz does not show up in the Capital Wasteland is because it was a west coast exclusive and is only at Nuka World because marketing by Nuka Cola.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

I bet coke was just very overshadowed by nuka.

[@thescotslair]

@@isaacsrandomvideos667 Well thats kind of the idea. We aren't drinking Coke Zero, so I would say thats a given

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Actually it could Be that “vim” too right? (Rival company) Wouldn’t make any sense though cause they are wine bottles I believe lol

[@thescotslair]

@@isaacsrandomvideos667 As it says in the video, Nuka Colas bottle design is based off of of the older Coka Cola bottle designs

[@thescotslair]

@@isaacsrandomvideos667 Vim wouldn't have a case, Coke would

[@Yellow13Firestorm]

bit of trivia, but at on the day of fallout 4's release, Target repackaged some bottles of Jones Blueberry lemonade to be nuka cola quantum. as such, it's one of the few flavours you can theoretically actually go out and buy.

[@robertharris6092]

Damn blueberry lemonade sounds amazing.

[@Digspig]

Ha! I nabbed the Nuka Cola water bottle from GameStop and filled it with that to achieve the same effect, having no clue that they’d done that. Thoroughly entertained with that.

[@PortCityBalrog]

Wow that's definitely a collectors item

[@ashyoung42007]

@@PortCityBalrogyeah it is, it’s like 20 bucks so not on the expensive side

[@R4ZOR154]

Isn’t Nuka Quartz the one with solid sugar suspended in the soda? Wouldn’t the munching be your character eating the solid sugar after drinking it.

[@Rad_King]

Is that said in game somewhere?

[@R4ZOR154]

​@@Rad_King In Fallout 76... Anyway a terminal in Kanawha Nuka Cola plant has notes on a few flavors. The Quartz note mentions adding sugar flakes to simulate crystals in the drink. So its just a programming mistake that's sort of correct.

[@rokkfel4999]

@@Rad_King idk of ya know this to…or I missed you saying it in video but nuka cola quartz is a parody of crystal pepsi

[@alexanderhicks4499]

@@R4ZOR154 I believe that it is also mentioned somewhere in Nuka-World aswell.

[@nathanchilders7331]

Quartz is probably referring to the California gold rush, since gold can be found in quartz

[@jeffburnham6611]

If I'm not mistaken with the lore, Nuka Cola was sued because its bottle design bore an uncanny resemblance to another soda at the time. This was probably Coke but not mentioned specifically. Nuka Cola then changed their bottle design to the more familiar rocket shape.

[@leaffinite2001]

This is mentioned in nuka world

[@chuckled125]

@johnwilliamson3752 absolutely not, I think it was just bethesda changing the design to be more marketable so they could sell it in real life

[@jackvalentine2617]

In Ireland we distinctly call them "soft drinks", or alternatively, "minerals". If you ever visit and someone asks "d'you want a mineral there?", you're being asked if you want a pepsi or something.

[@thundertazzy4127]

Thanks when I go to visit family I'll ask

[@samday6861]

From Ireland myself, we call them 'Fizzy Drinks' here

[@planescaped]

I'll take a basalt please.

[@robertharris6092]

But... theres no minerals in it.

[@fruitpigenthusiast120]

The fuck in Ireland do they call it minerals

[@joshuamumma6162]

Sole Survivor: “this Nuka Cola cures all ailments and REMOVES radiation” Trashcan Carla: “Best I can do is 20 caps”

[@Sierra-208]

That's probably bc she's seen some less scrupulous folk try the same thing on her and the other traders multiple times. She's definitely got a reason to be skeptical of such claims.

[@jaytrashwade1-1]

Trashcan Carla was a valuable trade merchant I had in Sanctuary until I accidentally killed her trying to defend Sanctuary from raiders.

[@AidenRKrone]

Fun fact: Vim, in _Fallout 4's_ Far Harbor DLC, which takes place in Bar Harbor, Maine, is a reference to Moxie, which is Maine's real-life official soft drink. Its main ingredients are gentian root extract, cane sugar, and caramel. It tastes like sweaty gym socks and has a bitter aftertaste, so it's definitely an acquired taste. It's my favorite drink!

[@alicereneelemieux7836]

He mentioned that

[@surprisedchar2458]

Moxie actually tastes good going down. But the aftertaste to me is like the smell of burnt rubber.

[@IHateMilkbruh]

It tastes more like black liquorice or like jaeger

[@AidenRKrone]

@@IHateMilkbruh I've never had jaeger, so I can't remark on that. I wouldn't personally describe the taste of Moxie as being similar to black licorice, but I can see how someone could reasonably compare it to such a taste. However, I still stand by my statement comparing it to the taste of sweaty gym socks (don't ask how I know what that tastes like in the first place).

[@DemoPropa]

Are you on crack? Moxie is like coca cola, but with a more realistic, less syrupy sweetness, and a great caramel aftertaste. How the hell does that taste like sweaty gym socks?

[@harrietr.5073]

At first I was like: "Oh, Quantum is more stable? That makes it safer to drink, right?" Then you revealed that Quantum would be nuclear waste. Which makes it more genius, even if it was accidental.

[@509Gman]

It wasn’t accidental. The glow produced by the Strontium 90 was desired in order to appeal to kids.

[@harrietr.5073]

@@509Gman I'm talking about Nuka Cola Quantum.

[@harrietr.5073]

@@509Gman I know about the nuclear ingrediants.

[@Flak-Pack]

I think the added fall speed for nuka shine is because in real life if you were that drunk you would definitely have a higher chance of hurting urself if u fell

[@Rad_King]

I think this explanation makes the most sense.

[@KrausHaus0]

The nuka cola from the official recipe book in my opinion is what nuka cola wild would taste like. Much more of a root beer than a cola

[@Rad_King]

Have you made it yourself or did you just look at the recipe?

[@KrausHaus0]

@@Rad_King My friend has made about 3 or 4 batches for special occasions

[@PortCityBalrog]

Had no idea fallout had a cook book...😮 that would make for some great content making different recipes you could get quite a few different videos from that book

[@runswithscissors3884]

At 4:21 in the video, you said "hypoglycemic" which would be a lack of sugar. You probably meant "hyperglycemic" which is the overabundance of sugar. Just a small correction, otherwise great vid, I love your content :)

[@jesseharlan2884]

It's hard to pick a favorite based on my irl favorite beverages. When I was younger it would be Rootbeer, Mountain Dew or Dr. Pepper, but I don't really drink plain soda anymore haven't for almost 15 years. The only time I drink soda is if I'm having a Jack and Coke and even that's a rarity. So I guess Nuka-Dark would be my favorite. I would love to see Fallout have a in universe branded versions of Gatorade or Red Bull hell even a bottled water brand would be realistic.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Wouldn't be surprised if there were some Fallout universe bottled water brands similar to Kirkland or Danelli. (I believe that's how you spell the second one? Correct me if I'm wrong.) Also, there's GOT to be a Fallout version of Pepsi in there.

[@Rad_King]

I can relate. Root beer was definitely my favorite as a child but I still enjoy smaller craft root beers, sasparilla and birch beers though.

[@kamenrideraquarius]

They have bawls

[@jesseharlan2884]

Thinking of the impulse buy beverages, the kind usually seen at gas stations. The Red Bulls, your Gatorades so on what ever is behind the cooler doors in the back. I imagine that the mentats corporation would make a twisted version of vitamin water. There would even be a pre war radaway type beverage marketed as a detoxifying or cleansing refreshment.

[@jesseharlan2884]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 If there was a Fallout Universe version of Pepsi or Dr. Pepper I imagine it would be a play off the word Pep in both. Like zeal, spirit, or gusto hell even Vim is synonym for Pep. I like to think that there was a competitor to the Nuka Cola Corporation like Pepsi, but most everything in the lore tells us they were pretty aggressive with buyouts, hostile takeovers, corporate espionage and downright sabotage attacks to knockout any competition.

[@batman96160]

I think nuka cola classic is also a nod to the "new coke " fiasco in 85 ending in 2002. Since afterwards they added classic to all bottles and cans to show its classic coke and not "new coke ".

[@Rkpaer]

“Soda is the only right name” *the Midwest is typing…*

[@AdarinMonk]

Missouri counters with a 'no, soda is right.'

[@AnnPMadera]

I've had a 'suicide soda' before on a bet. Just all sodas from a fountain machine, roughly equal parts, mixed together. It didn't taste bad, necessarily, but not good either. It didn't really taste like anything but tonic water with a dull sugary taste. A waste of time and soda frankly. On the plus side, I'm relatively certain I wasn't consuming large amounts of dangerous radioactive materials.

[@RealBradMiller]

Yes, we called it something else, but I don't remember! I do like adding those flavored water enhancers to a Sprite now! Black cherry into a cold Sprite, OH!

[@crimsoncrawdad6123]

My friends always called it “Brown” because that’s what color it would be after you combine them all.

[@TuckyBlue]

I do that but with one or two flavors in larger amounts.

[@jekaelga]

We called it a "graveyard"

[@ashwean]

We call it Swampwater

[@brotherhoodofsteel4751]

The Quantum Chemist perk in Fallout 3 allows you to turn ten Nuka cola in a single quantum, which could prove that it was Iradiated pre-war and why all the different versions have such interesting side effects.

[@SasoriZert]

Trying use a perk to determine lore or info about items is a very slippery slope my guy. Thats like me in NV trying say that cause with the jurry rigging perk, since you are able to take a bb gun and repair a anti material rifle with it that it proves that all gun in NV/fallout have interchangeable parts which anyone who knows guns even on a first grade level will know that's simply not possible

[@johnnycruelty5195]

@@SasoriZert well there is more edvidence sometimes in vault 101, a nuka cola may randomly spawn in a box, proving that it is irradiated besides isn't weird that sunset sasparilla is irradiated but nuka cola is since mr house stopped nukes from dropping on the mojave

[@SasoriZert]

@@johnnycruelty5195 Don't get me wrong there is a lot of info on it pointed at bring irradiated I'm just saying a perk itself can't be used to justify that it's true as we all know fallout has some wacky perks.

[@LucyWest370]

⁠@@SasoriZertI would argue yes. Im sure the springs, metal components, and some parts of the barrel are probably interchanagable with one another. Remember, this perk is locked at level 90 repair lol. Also, sunset sarsaparilla is never radioactive, but nuka cola always has been, meaning nuka cola was definitely radioactive pre war lol

[@sulldriti5747]

Your videos always fulfill all my fallout hyperfixation needs. You’re doing gods work with these lol. Thanks for always posting nice and in-depth videos about all this stuff :D

[@biostemm]

I'm guessing that the "sugar free" variety of Nukashine is kind of a play on how some beverage companies used to use the term "free" to describe it being without impurities or such...

[@sski]

I stopped drinking Coke about 5 years ago. I had one just for the hell of it about a year ago and it was awful, I couldn't even finish it. It works great for cleaning automobile battery terminals though. Another good walk-through, Rad King! There's some drinks in there I didn't know existed, and some I did but didn't know how many of one certain type were really available. I'll have to look harder on my play-thoughs for them. Thanks!

[@Rad_King]

Welcome! Also good on you for kicking the habit!

[@sski]

@@Rad_King Thanks! It took a diabetic incident and a life flight to get things started. But I'm better for it.

[@thundertazzy4127]

I'm Taking a Break from Coca Cola Too mostly because it hurts my guts so I'm going like less acidic drinks

[@sski]

@@thundertazzy4127 Do yourself a huge favor and dump it completely. Your future self will thank you. Seriously.

[@ghost_fueled_scarecrow]

@@sski What he said, Pepsi is a solid replacement but don't go wild with that either

[@Dashie04]

I’m glad to see that you’re using the games you’re talking about as a b-reel instead of just New Vegas, it actually makes the video more immersive.

[@Rad_King]

I’ve been able to upgrade my equipment to the point I can play them all and record. So this will be the norm!

[@sonofashepherd6668]

I agree, such a small touch but definitely worth it instead of just having fallout related content playing

[@ciel-9373]

Can't wait for part two when BAWLS Energy drink gets mentioned

[@Rad_King]

Bet your bawls that’s going to happen

[@ciel-9373]

@@Rad_King yep. And it will be the first (and maybe last) time you mention Brotherhood of Steel on this channel

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

@@ciel-9373 it takes alot of bawls to even talk about that game these days

[@daltonbecker4494]

Say what you will but Bawls fucking rules.

[@nicholasmontgomery8594]

I was kind of hoping you'd mention the experimental soft drinks that are in game but only mentioned through terminals. In Fallout 3, there is an unmarked quest where the player must retrieve a copy of the secret recipe for the failed Nuka Clear. In Fallout New Vegas, the Sunset Sasprilla company was experimenting and going to produce and jalapeno and caramel soda. I like to imagine it would have tasted like a spicier Dr. Pepper. In Fallout 4, one of the factory terminals detailed the experimentation of a lemon lime nuka cola, supposedly, this was suppose to be Nuka Clear.

[@robertharris6092]

Nuka clear is a parody of crystal pepsi.

[@ericnox2069]

This has been a wonderful help for the tabletop game I am running for Fallout. Made my own gimmicky system for this, but these videos of yours have been helpful.

[@Rad_King]

That’s awesome, glad this could help

[@voilvelev6775]

26:05 - About the Nuka Moonshine thats Sugar free - well... sugar DOES increase the strenght of an alcohol during brewing, so that one makes sense. Also - more sugar gives you WORSE hangovers. Trust me, Ive brewn home made liquors.

[@dillonklasse4980]

Ugh sodas in fallout, it really messed with me when I realized that if you sold one to a merchant the price listed isn’t the actual value of the soda, this is because caps are currency and a bottle of soda comes with a cap on it, so technically whatever they pay you is one cap less because you’re giving one to the vendor for nothing.

[@mathiascroqvist4719]

I have never clicked on a video faster than this one. Love ALL things Nuka Cola.

[@Rad_King]

This is for you! Hope you enjoyed it.

[@mathiascroqvist4719]

@@Rad_King I absolutely loved the video. I didn't even know about Vim being a fictional soda BASED off an actual soda in the northeastern US. So I was able to learn something new. Thank you for the information brother. May Atom's light guide you safely in the wastes.

[@Rad_King]

Happy to hear it! You should try the soda that inspired vim and let me know what you think

[@mathiascroqvist4719]

@@Rad_King I'll do it and Buy Moxie sodas. A full 12 pack of 12 oz bottles of it made with cane sugar is EXPENSIVE though. Still i'ma do it.

[@UncannyLiving]

Hard to explain but your videos are insanely calming and relaxing and enjoyable. I feel relief from my anxiety watching your videos. thank you RadKing

[@SheilaTheGrate]

Mixing all the fountain drinks is called swampwater up here in Canada. lol

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

I grew up in the bay area of commiefornia and we called it a suicide

[@TheAmazingDoorknob]

It's called a suicide in the states, or at least where I'm from

[@Hipnomanerdfeck]

Fountain?

[@Hipnomanerdfeck]

Commenting on a year old comment

[@Man_Aslume]

​@@GrosvnerMcaffrey I call it a RANDOM BULLSHIT GO soda

[@carljackson1831]

A while back I imagined that Nuka Cola and Coca Cola somehow went into a legal battle and somehow, and in some way Nuka won. But sadly that has been lost to history when the bombs fell.

[@Rad_King]

We need some fanfic on this

[@carljackson1831]

@@Rad_King if only I knew enough legalese to write it 😆

[@frankieb9444]

LOL, when I was in the military I drove everyone crazy by calling everything Coke.

[@kaleb.soneal8011]

Southerners use coke as the dri nk type then asked which one you specify coca~cola or other drinks. Pepsi is also used by named of the place has Pepsi products

[@CorvoFG]

In Scotland, some (mainly older folks), refer to all soda as “ginger”. At least Coke makes some sense!

[@frankieb9444]

@@CorvoFG Ya but I can only imagine a Scottish Grandma calling a soda "ginger" with her accent being adorable.

[@Rad_King]

At a certain point you have to do it just to annoy people :)

[@brandonlyon730]

@@kaleb.soneal8011 Maybe it depends on region, but here in Georgia and Florida most people I know just call it soda and only use Coke for specifically Coco-cola. Though funny personal story, my family use to live in Michigan and we referred to soda as Pop. When we first moved down to the south, my family was at a McDonald’s and my sister ask for a Pop and the cashier was confused and thought she was referring to a literal alcoholic product.

[@Maddbox11235]

The caffeine in Nuka-Cola might be what's needed for super stimpacks. First off, the anti-fatigue properties of caffeine might be desirable for a self-administered first aid syringe. In the absence of proper treatment by a trained medic, keeping the patient alert long enough to get to a medic is useful. Caffeine has also been shown to improve the effects of painkillers like aspirin, acetaminophen, and naproxen, and can be found bundled with them in over-the-counter daytime flu medicine, hangover cures, and generic "Maximum Strength Pain Relief" pills. Finally, caffeine can have a slightly beneficial effect on lung function. It's enough to throw off the results of a spirometry test, and there's been a few recorded instances of caffeine helping with minor asthma issues. I wouldn't recommend replacing a medicated inhaler with some caffeine pills, but if someone was having shortness of breath after breathing in a bunch of radioactive dust or tear gas on the battlefield, it might help a bit.

[@SW-ii5gg]

I remember that some of the codeine and other opiods had caffeine in them when I was young.

[@shorewall]

I've had asthma attacks, and treated them by drinking coffee with plenty of sweetener. It's not a quick fix, but it can help.

[@anarchybeauty638]

my personal theory is that the "health tonic" thing isnt BS and it actually has healing properties

[@Kiralmao]

​@@anarchybeauty638 def not actual medicine or really much, but they probably helped. (Im not that educated on health tonics) but im assuming most were just crushed pine cones and spit or something.

[@lumbago4203]

I love your content, always happy to see you upload.

[@josephcarson7945]

You earned a subscriber it is nice to fall a sleep to Fall out lore in 2023 there is to much going on in the real world that sometimes just doesn't make sense.Very well thought out content. -thumbs up-

[@LodewijkVrije]

"Nuka-Cola Quartz is a flavor of Nuka-Cola that enjoyed a limited release in the American Southwest. It has a classy look, thanks to the lack of added food colorings but a distinctive white tint and glow. It was developed under the code name "Angry Beaver," during development the beverageers added non-soluble sugar flakes to simulate a quartz-like appearance and to counteract the cavitation issues from previous attempts. The Nuka-Cola Corporation had a trademark battle with "Vim! Pop Incorporated" over the "Quartz" trademark as Vim was also selling a drink known as Vim Quartz, and Nuka-Cola was successful. "the beverageers added non-soluble sugar flakes to simulate a quartz-like appearance" this is why it makes a crunchy sound when you drink it. it has solid sugar chunks in it. as for taste, the drink was released after they basically stole the Quartz name from Vim and won the lawsuit over the rights to that name. and the Vim drink was bubble gum flavor. which means Nuka-Quartz probably tastes like Cola+Bubble Gum too. just like how Nuka-Wild tastes like Sunset Sasparilla+Cola. to directly compete against the Sunset Sarsaparilla corporation after a failed buyout. also for most company acquisitions, Nuka did not only rebrand the drinks. like in the case of Nuka Cherry. they took the recipe of the bought out company, and added regular Nuka-Cola to it. then sold it as "Nuka-xxxxx"

[@Gibby42069]

Idk if anyone pointed this out but nuka cooler is probably a reference to the ecto cooler hi-c drink when the first ghostbusters films were coming out (based of name and color alone)

[@BiigiieCheeese]

Surprised you didn't mention that Nuka-cooler is a direct reference to Hi-C Ecto-cooler

[@edisongexha5881]

Man love these kind of vids good work

[@raymondsandoval2255]

18:12 it's called water down some people do this with their coffee and since Nuka cola so sugarine caffeinated this might be a way to lower sugar intake

[@Apollophelia]

I love your content, I watch a video every couple mornings to start off my day. Keep up the awesome job, Radking! Glory be to atom!

[@fluffdafire157]

Man where I grew up mixing all the drinks together was called a witches brew

[@cherrify3498]

Where I grew up it was called the graveyard

[@Grinnar]

The "Coca-Cola started the Great War" comment got me. I'm subbing.

[@ShadeMeadows]

This series is AWESOME! Weird that this topic isn't covered as much... Also, it made me hungry, now i'm thirsty, the only series drawback 🤣

[@Rad_King]

I’m a Nuka Cola sellout. This is a form of shadow marketing to get you to buy more of their product.

[@robert-joshuamcfaddin7041]

@@Rad_King Don't matter if you are or not. Take money, I need more Nuka Cola now.

[@ShadeMeadows]

@@Rad_King YES. NEED *TO CONSUME.*

[@giftedcheese6421]

"Hey, pick me up a coke from the store." "Which kind?" "A Dr Pepper."

[@greennova-zi9tn]

Ah perfect timing this video came out! My friend got the fallout cookbook and we’re gonna try some Nuba cola from it soon

[@Rad_King]

I also just got the cookbook! Time to try some of them out

[@greennova-zi9tn]

@@Rad_King you should do a video covering a few recipes, perhaps some you’ve mentioned in past lore videos?

[@mortenera2294]

Great video as usual, Rad! All those drinks made me thirsty AF lol

[@Mtn_Dewit]

Ive always wondered how Nuka Cola wasn't sued by Coca Cola since the Fallout timeline splits from our own sometime in the 1950s and 1960s and Nuka Cola was created in 2044. Coca Cola was still very prominent during the 50s and 60s and became the very symbol of classic American soft drinks. So did the Coca Cola company not exist entirely in the Fallout universe or did the company not become so popular and famous as in our universe and was later overshadowed by Nuka Cola in the 2040s and either the company broke apart or was bought out by Nuka Cola before the Great War of 2077. Also in the intro cutscene of Fallout 4 you can see a bottle of Nuka Cola next to Nate's great great grandmother and great grandfather, and this specific scene was set during WW2 aka the 1940s. Nuka Cola was invented in the 2040s so how the heck did that Nuka Cola bottle travel back in time 100 years to be seen in that cutscene. I'm not sure if that was a simple mistake by Bethesda or some super complicated plot hole ( we already got enough Fallout plotholes from Fallout 76 ).

[@andreibaciu7518]

Plot Twist: The Fallout universe is one where new coke took off and becake nuka

[@unknown_rdr]

@@andreibaciu7518 thats canon now idc what people say

[@carljackson1831]

I imagined a lawsuit between the two long since forgotten and lost to the fires of atomic war, like many other things.

[@Mtn_Dewit]

@@andreibaciu7518 If thats the case I'm glad the world was cleansed in nuclear fire

[@Rad_King]

I wondered the same thing

[@Law0086]

There seriously needs to be a "kidney stone" perk that helps with the drinks. But obviously at a cost of something. Maybe your VATS suffers because, "When you gotta go, you gotta go."

[@Pigness7]

Soda gang, pop gang, soda pop gang, we must all unite against coke gang. WHO THE FUCK CALLS SODA COKE?! NOT ALL SODA IS COKE!

[@frankieb9444]

pignessman 7: "Everything changed when the Coke Nation attacked"

[@orcatwar9810]

Those who live down south around Texas or around rural areas In the southern and western america

[@jeffthebovine4158]

@@frankieb9444 Only the Pepsiman, master of the four soda-gangs, could stop them.

[@andreibaciu7518]

"Yeah i'll have a coke coke"

[@Dashie04]

It’s actually a pretty common term down south and, as far as I know, parts of the central US.

[@felixcorona13]

Fantastic video! I actually watched the whole thing an I appreciate that u showed every variation .

[@Rad_King]

You deserve a medal of some sort

[@felixcorona13]

@@Rad_King watching your content is its own reward lol

[@simeon4575]

Nuka free gives 2 bottles when made so it's a cheap way to get more. Also in new vegas you can make nuka cola and sasparrilas at a campfire with mojave ingredients

[@mattguy1773]

I kinda love how nuka cola irradiates you Kinda says how bad energy drinks are for you in an exaggerated way

[@Rad_King]

Take that back

[@LedosKell]

If there's strategic Nuka-Cola reserves, there's a cap production facility out there. And that might just be the most valuable facility on the continent.

[@Lostazzol]

considering the technical ability shown by various NPCs throughout the games, i think a nuka cola cap machine is easily craftable: it would require metal scraps, red paint and white paint

[@michaelcollins4534]

After playing so many hours of new Vegas, the first time I got to try a sarsaparilla I absolutely fell in love with it. We need to bring it back to the mainstream lol

[@shaunbowen3308]

There actually is popcorn flavored ice cream. It’s certainly one of the flavors of all time.

[@alexanderhicks4499]

I always thought that Coca-Cola did exist within the Fallout Universe, but during the famine and rationing caused by the Great War and events during the 2040s, Coca-Cola was not able to cope with shortages and keep themselves alive while continuing their standards. Unlike Coca-Cola, Nuka-Cola was entering into the world during these times, so they were quick to cope with the change and slip into the market as the Coca-Cola empire fell.

[@vonfaustien3957]

I mean Coke does predate ww2 which is the supposed timeline brake from the real world

[@scratchysheep2016]

Just wanted to plug this, I was playing a large mil-sim paintball tournament in Ocala, Fl. I got pinned down with a bunch of dudes in a little wooden bunker. There were TONS of fallout posters on the walls mostly Nuka-Cola, and Sunset Saparilla.

[@MyBurninParadise]

Your comment that you enjoyed Moxie was a big surprise to me, as few outside of Maine do. Good on you.

[@tropicalbreeze1164]

Even though they're obviously a parody of Coke Cola, I always saw them more like Mountain Dew since they have several different flavors and how they all look like they kinda glow

[@Reddotzebra]

Aparthame has a much longer lasting sweetness than normal sugar on top of it being sweeter, it's actually so sickly sweet that manufacturers normally cut it with another sweetener called Acesulfame K, which has that extremely noticeable "artificial" aftertaste you can taste in the majority of diet sodas. They introduce this to make the sweetness linger shorter, so Nuka-Cola must be absolutely SICKENINGLY sweet.

[@insert_apathetic]

In the rubble in Fallout 3 and NV you can find Nuka Cola cans.

[@henrycrabs3497]

Ligma balls

[@insert_apathetic]

@@henrycrabs3497 exactly what I was thinking

[@h0peyd0pey50]

They should reference the Coca-Cola millionaires in a future game with Nuka-Cola as they were in North Florida and we haven’t really explored that region in any of the games yet and it’s interesting

[@thescarletcultist113]

“What if there was a place with all the zip of Nuka Cola?”

[@georgesears934]

21:44 I like to imagine it's white because it's just been concentrated and condensed into a solid brick of sugar shoved into a glass bottle straining not to explode.

[@Pb_2266]

The scorched cola reminds me of how Tonic was really important as it Mixed Quinine with a Tonic and was an easy way to save people from malaria.

[@blacklight683]

0:55bro is unironically inventing bonk from tf2

[@ightholmes]

U gotta help me my mom's in there with the radroaches

[@emkato21]

I love your channel dude

[@Rad_King]

I love you dude.

[@emkato21]

@@Rad_King 💚💚💚

[@wmad202]

Idk if this is true or not but I think I remember seeing somewhere that Vim Captain’s Blend was actually capable of curing FEV. Might explain why the bottling plant is taken over by super mutants, with some of them taking a dip in the giant vats of soda.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Curing it how? That wouldn't work, it would just kill them. You need a copy of your original genome.

[@wmad202]

@@DIEGhostfish Ah dang, this one's an old post. So it turns out it doesn't cure FEV outright, it just restores a super mutant's original cognitive faculties. So they're still big and green, but their intelligence has been restored.

[@quinaquen298]

As a New Englander I'm so glad you mentioned Moxie.

[@buggy730]

About the nuka-cola addiction, I think I would actually post a threat to people that are tearing on the edge of life and death. as the wanderer is in tip top shape.

[@CuppaLLX]

fun vid, not the first ive seen from you pop into my feed but you piqued my interest, subed

[@serketenglish5963]

If you paid attention to Dugan's text when he was brought on screen, he specifically states "We ran out of Diet." Because of this, I'd wager that the ingredients list he gives is specifically for diet Nuka Cola.

[@DerUberStern]

Year late and probably been said already but, Midwest America viewer here. The suicide drink is supposed to be when you walk into a gas station (or other place that sells soda via a self serve fountain) and filling your cup (typically among my own friends at the time, the largest cup available) with equal parts of every drink available in the fountain without ice. Exemptions can be made for lemonade and diet drinks if you so choose, though we didn't. Allegedly, the story goes it's called such because the combined acidity eats through your stomach and kills you if you drink it enough. I can't vouch to the validity of this, but I drank them for most of the last two years of high school and for a few years after and... Yeah, I'm still alive almost twelve years later.

[@DerUberStern]

In addendum, it also tastes like sugar and bubbles. The only thing that, erm... Kermit's Sewer-Slide, is the individual identity of every individual drink you mixed in. Honestly, though... I'd drink it again. Solid mixed drink if you don't want alcohol.

[@hoosierhell7456]

Fun fact: In the Fallout 4 intro cutscene, in the shot of Nate’s great-great grandmother sitting with her son, you can see a bottle of Nuka-Cola nearby them. This scene of course, is very very heavily implied to take place during 1945. So....

[@braedenmetz888]

THE KING NEVER STOPS

[@pepealasquid6005]

I used to mix root beer with cherry coke all the time and it tastes great, makes for a good drink with bourbon and rum.

[@patrikhjorth3291]

By the way, my favourite Nuka Cola variety (for gameplay resons) is Ice Cold Nuka Grape. It heals quite a bit of health _and_ 400 rads. I use the Unlocked Settlement Objects mod, and unashamedly build restocking Nuka Grape vending machines in most settlements to always have a few of those available.

[@superjesse645]

I just had a random lore thought: what if John Caleb Bradberton was originally a Coca-Cola chemist and his alteration to the formula allowed him to take over and reform the company as Nuka-Cola?

[@thatonehuman1331]

Great Video! My one note would be that at 4:30 you say HYPO-glycemic which would actually be a low blood sugar from not enough food/too much insulin, when you probably meant HYPER-glycemic which would mean an elevated blood sugar. Other than that very good video! :) 👍

[@rolay7730]

I actually have an idea for fallout 5 that fits this video. We have seen Sierra Petrovita go from a woman in a shack to the only living person who knows Nuka-cola's secrets in the wasteland. Plus, the sole survivor probably freed Nuka-world. I just have a feeling they will make the good ending cannon. What if she takes over and she is the leader of that faction. Nuka-world had a bottling plant, and she would just have to get it working to make more. She could end up the would supplier of Nuka-cola in the wasteland. If they really want to go insane with it, the next time we see her, she could be a glowing quantum ghoul.

[@wesss9353]

Yes

[@rolay7730]

@@wesss9353 Thanks, also the more I think about this the farther I feel like It should go. What if instead of her just being a supplier what if she had a full faction? The water merchants had a LOT of power in the original fallout, so she could be similar but with Nuka-cola. Her guards could even have Nuka-weapons. I am not saying every guard would have a Quantum Gun and shoot blue nukes. But radiation weapons like the children of atom have would make sense. Just paint them red and scribble the word Nuka across the side. Actually, now that I think about it, it seems odd that the children of atom aren't connected to the nucular soda. I would expect them to at least worship Quantum because it literally glows blue.

[@brandonlyon730]

Would be interesting if Fallout 5 could take place in Atlanta Georgia. It’s the headquarters of real world Coco-cola is located at so you can do the same with Nuka-cola, you could fit your little story in there and it be nice if we had a game taking place in the Deep South as that place has been relatively unexplored so far.

[@wesss9353]

@@rolay7730 I could see Sierra leading like Julie Farkas in the followers of the apocalypse

[@neonryder8897]

​@@rolay7730glowing super soakers that do small aoe/rad damage

[@jedidiacrouch1846]

Opening the video with controversy. I like your style

[@Captain_Char]

supposedly CokaCola existed as a "rival drink" if I recall it wasnt mentioned by name other then being a rival I think it was a terminal entry in Fallout 3

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

Loading screen from base game of Fallout 4.

[@__-tk9fu]

I could have sworn like 3 or 4 week's ago this man had like 50k subs now 82k damn keep it up

[@diurtydantv8061]

The Nuka-Cola recipe in the Fallout cook book is very earthy and doesn't taste like cola. I'd recommend using nutmeg in place of star anise. Edit: tried using nutmeg. Just stick with the star anise.

[@uwu_smeg]

so you're saying bethesda fucked it up again? 😂

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

I was thinking about Nuka Bots restocking and how cozy that is the other day. Official head canon

[@nicholasvangaasbeek5908]

I just wanted to say that sarsaparillas were originally made from the roots of the Sassafras tree until studies began to show that the key flavor compound in the tree, safrole, is a carcinogen. That would make a lot of sense with the Sunset Sarsaparilla health concerns that it was actually flavored with safrole. Also Nukashine, Nuka-Cola Dark and all over alcohol containing beverages are not actually soft drinks since the term “soft” is referring to its alcohol content, or lack there of in this case.

[@KinoGeno]

Traditional Sarsaparilla is made from smilax ornata (which is also just called sarsaparilla vine) or one of the related smilax plants globally. US, Mexico, Asia, it doesn't matter. More modern stuff uses birch oil as a substitute but thats a cost thing. Which is really annoying because Birch Beer is also a thing, which uses birch oil, bark, and root. Most places and people dont really separate birch beer from sarsaparilla anymore with flavorings. Root Beer is sort of in the same situation as Sarsaparilla too. Traditional Root Beer is made using Sassafras Tree bark, but sassafras bark contains safrole which is a carcinogen and it's been dropped since the 60's. (but since Fallout is based on the future as imagined from the 50's, that wouldn't be an issue). You can process the sassafras to remove the safrole and make it safe but it tends to not be worth the effort and most companies use other flavors to replace it like cherry bark, caramel, wintergreen, licorice, vanilla and a ton of others.

[@jadedketchup515]

I think Nuka Cola has a priblem with all brendes like the Vim Pop ,that they try to buy it ,and diden,t work then hired a guy to destroy and steal the property like the vim pop armor and destroy the factory with a rocket luncher and some other Guns the day that boms fell and the sunset sarsaparila that want to buy , they can,t and they just copy the formula and made the Nuka Cola Wild. 😀 Loved the video😀.

[@Rad_King]

Thanks. And that’s not a problem in the prewar, it’s standard operating procedure!

[@f0-f09]

I am glad to now know about the Nuka-Cide and the beautiful yet dangerous art of soda mixing