Red & White Barq's

[acls]

Interesting....does it look like the one in the picture? A green glass Barq's with a red label from AR showed up at the Tulsa show. I think it brought some good money. Are you coming to Memphis?

 

[tricycle]

Little Rock Barq's had Root Beer, Grape, Peach, a green one (probably Lime), Cream Soda, and I seem to maybe remember a Banana. That's the flavors I remember, but there may have been more. We got the cold ones for 5 cents, fresh out of the wet cooler at George Lewis' Service Station out in Levy. Boy, were they good.

 

[fishnuts]

Matt, I'll get a photo of the red/white later today and we can all compare.
Drat! Missed a shot at the green glass one? Don't tell me you went to Tulas the year I didn't go? Double drat.

tricycle...I grew up in the Hillcrest/Heights area of Little Rock. Barq's made more flavors than that, and Yuk!, I remember having the Banana...once! Same for creme soda...once. Barq's also sold cola but it was not too tasty, an orange, a pineapple-orange mix, some dang thing that was blue...I didn't touch it but I had a buddy that loved them. yeah and lemon lime. Fresh out of the wet cooler at Brigham's Grocery corner market right across the street from Fair Park elementry school. I recall being WARNED to not go to Brigham's before school, as they didn't want us spending our 25 cent lunch money on candy and sodas! And Hostess cupcakes, and baseball cards, and balsa airplanes, wax lips and other sorts of things kids couldn't live without!

You still a Levy Rat? Still in the neighborhood? I'm now in Cabot.

PS Matt...here's a shot of the Little Rock label.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Don't know how pertinent this one is, but here is my R/W 'Barqs'.

A 1939 bottle from Columbus, Ga...

 

[ACLbottles]

That red and white Barq's, OsiaBoyce, if you didn't know already, is an old one before they came up with the "It's Good" slogan, I believe. I don't know about rarity, but I don't think they're too common.

 

[fishnuts]

Can finally get into the upstairs bottle room after the carpet install.

acls...the Barq's I have is a squat 12oz., not the tall.