Cory's SURGE Story
SURGE fan Cory has many great memories of that fully loaded citrus soda:

Dear Fans,
I have been an avid fan of Surge since it's inception into the world in January, 1997. I worked at a local grocery store and saw it when it first came onto the market. I was hooked on the first can. That was back then when you could buy one bottle and get one free when they were giving them away so people would try it.

I would always have a can or bottle of Surge nearby. Whenever I worked at the store, I would buy one and drink it. When I got into college, I had a summer job at a factory working 12 hour night shifts and would buy a 2-liter of Surge and drink it completely by the end of my shift.

During my college classes, I would either buy a Surge or put one in a mug and take it to class with me. It definately gave me the pick-me-up that I needed throughout the day. There was nothing that I looked forward to more than to drink a tall, frothy Surge straight from a soda fountain. I would stay up and pull all-nighters typing papers for class, and all with my trusty glass of Surge right by me keeping me awake.

Then it happened: in August, 2001 it was taken off the shelves in my local market. I freaked and would drive to other stores looking for it. I was somewhat temporarily relieved to find it still in the soda fountains and at some restaurants. I went to visit some friends of mine in NE Ohio in December, 2001 and visited one of their friends who worked at a grocery store and just happened to take a look, and I found 2 12-packs on the shelves! I was excited and found another 15 in the stockroom. My friends could not believe that I bought 17 cases of Surge and drove 240 miles back home with them, but I had to have them. It was the only place I could find them. After that, that store never stocked it again, but the gas station in their town still had it on tap for some time.

Needless to say that I wish I still had some of that Surge. I see on Ebay where a case will sell for $80. I would have never thought it would become this rare. When I found this website, I couldn't believe there were others out there that were as effected as I was when Surge was taken off the markets. I had already wrote the letters and emails to Coca-Cola, all to no avail.

After reading some of the stories on this site, especially "Eric's last Surge" when he saved his last Surge for his wedding day, I just knew that Surge was not just a soft drink, it was a way of life. It made many of us get through the day, look forward to another, and although those who never drank Surge, or liked it, will never understand what we are going through now with the serious drought and attempts to get it back.

Until the reserves go dry......

Cory

Well said, Cory!