Thomas Kemper Purely Natural Sodas

After my recent post where I briefly mentioned Thomas Kemper, Thomas Kemper emailed me to ask if I’d like to try some of their “Purely Natural” line (which I mentioned wanting to try the Blood Orange variety in that same post).  Of course, I haven’t seen Thomas Kemper in New York, so I agreed, and they kindly sent me this mixed pack of 6: two blood orange, two root beer, one black cherry and one spiced ginger ale. 

Unfortunately, I noticed that despite being its “purely natural” line, many of the flavors tasted a bit, well, artificial.  I’m not sure if that was the honey they used in nearly every flavor, or something else entirely, but I was pretty disappointed.  HOWEVER, I still liked their regular root beer (not the purely natural one) quite a bit, but even more importantly, discovered their “spiced ginger ale” flavor is AWESOME.  I don’t even like ginger, but this wasn’t too strong or sharp, just perfect, and I plan on stocking this for those times when I just really want something mild but yummy to sip. 

I did ask and discover that Thomas Kemper is available at the following stores in New York:

P.A. Grocery Store – 145 Franklin Street, Brooklyn
Paradise Deli Grocery – 320 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn
A&K Supermarket – 409 5th Ave, Brooklyn
White Eagle – 628 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
Key Food – 369 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
Grade Fair Supermarket – 550 4th Ave, Brooklyn
C Town – 330 Graham Ave, Brooklyn & 43 5th Ave, Pelham
Garden of Eden – 180 Montague Street, Brooklyn
Bargain Beverage – 39 Brookside Ave, Chester
Murray’s Cheese – 254 Bleecker Street, New York
J & G Grocery – 4302 8th Ave, Brooklyn
Tops on the Waterfront – 89 N. 6th Street, Brooklyn
Mani Market Place – 697 Columbus Ave, New York
Zey Tuna – 332 Bowery, New York
Westside Supermarket – 2840 Broadway, New York

This isn’t a complete list, so feel free to let me know if you’ve seen it elsewhere!  I’m especially interested in finding the Spiced Ginger Ale… hopefully in Queens somewhere!

Happy imbibing! 

Please note that I was not paid for this review, though I received the beverages above free of charge from Thomas Kemper directly. I was not asked to write anything, nor was I under any obligation to do so, and as noted above, I express my honest opinion freely. You know, the usual.