Green tea ginger ale. Yuck.

Normally I try to keep my reviews to alcoholic substances since it’s more fun for me and, besides, nobody wants to read about Diet Coke or Dr. Pepper’s newest flavor creation that will be gone in two months. Also, I don’t drink many sodas. However, I do drink ginger ale — and when I saw that a new hybrid called green tea ginger ale was just named the best beverage product of the year by an influential consumer group, I had to try it.

Green tea ginger ale is made by Canada Dry, so I was expecting the taste to be similar. It’s not. Not even slightly.