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We're back! After another busy few weeks of real-world working, we return with another four drinks to review. We also talk about what the boys have been up to, including filming Twin Atlantic's latest music video, planning TRNSMT Festival and working on TV sets across the country. We didn't even get to our first review before we had a sidebar ... We review Ben Shaw's Cloudy Lemonade, a heritage brand from England; another big limited flavour from Mountain Dew - Major Melon from the US; Appletiser's little cousin, Grapetiser, from New Zealand and then wrapping it up with a limited flavour Coca-Cola from Quebec, Canada - the Maple Syrup! Will we see some changes on the leaderboard? 👀👀 Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

Apologies to all the mountains of fans out there for this episode coming at you a week later than promised - tune in to find out why, as Al fills us in on his week working on the big screen. There's also chat about TV subscriptions, the latest movies the boys are watching, Shooting Stars, party food and Andy brings in some snacks from New Zealand. Drinks wise, we kick it off with Guaraná Antarctica from Brazil (thanks to Cold Blooded Sports!), Si Jalla from Norway (thanks to Fraz Urie!), Kirks Kole Beer from New Zealand and finishing off with the limited edition Pepsi Blue from the US. Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

The first episode in our new fortnightly timeslot, and the boys are thirsty to get back to work on another 4 drinks. In between checking out Virgil's Handcrafted Orange, Man Dew Dew-S-A, Haus Boom Blackcurrant and Fanta Berry, the boys chat everything from the Tour de France and Tubbees in Glasgow to Matt Hancock, being fired and firing staff and even an impromptu head-to-head 'snake draft' of sodas. Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

Following a week off to recover from the live show (Episode 026), the boys are back in the new-look studio with another 4 drinks ready to score. L&P from New Zealand kicks this episode off, before we are come back to Scotland with Dunn's Limeade. Boylan's from the US are back with Cane Cola and then we go to South American for a can of Jupina Pineapple to round things off! We also review our own live show, talk the return of live music events with this weekends Download Pilot event and dig into a Snack Surprise box to see what goodies it has to offer us this month! Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

Eventually we were able to host our live, in-person show, from SWG3 - joined by some of you in the room, drinking along with us! Despite some technical issues to begin with, we were virtually joined by Seamus McDaid (of McDaid's) and comedian and podcast host, Marc Jennings. On paper, this should be a high scoring line up with some of the most anticipated drinks (both from us and the general public), kicking off with McDaid's American Cream Soda from Ireland. Marc then joined us to sample one of his favourites - Irn Bru - as well as Karma Cola. Seamus eventually got through on our Zoom call and we sampled Club Lemon together, before rounding off with Jarritos Mandarin. Everyone in the room was sampling along with us - so it was very interesting to see how we (the professionals) scored it versus the amateurs in the crowd! Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

3 out of the 4 drinks on today's episode hail from Africa, which must be a must for the show. We kick it off with a pretty shocking start in Maltina, a malted "healthy" soda from Nigeria before heading over the States for a Jones Soda and Warheads collab with their extreme sour black cherry flavour. We're then back to Africa, South Africa to be exact, and another visit from Sparletta (owned by the Coca-Cola Company) who are here with their "Creme Soda" flavour before rounding off the day with Afri-Cola which is, bizarrely, made in Germany. Previously one of the most popular in the country, it's popularity has wained in recent years - but is it still any good? We also chat council tapas, the (hopeful, actual) live show and wishing we had better drinks on this show ... Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

🚨 EPISODE NOTE: This episode was recorded before we were aware we had to move the live show (originally scheduled for 22 May), so don't worry, you've not missed it - it's now happening on 5 June at SWG3 🚨 This week we sit down with UK hipster brand Gunna to sample their Ginger Lemonade, Mirinda is back from the Middle East with their orange, the Juggalos of Detroit will be pleased as Faygo makes another visit to the show with Fruit Punch and the Independent Brewing Company are seeking redemption for a (criminally) low score from Andy on their Cream Soda as they return with their Black Cherry. There's also chats of the best hustles and more as we venture into more side bars. Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

Back in the studio once again for another 4 drink reviews - we kick it off with Sparletta Sparberry (a "cream soda" from South Africa), Uludag Frutti Extra from the Middle East, Rubicon Lychee from the UK before rounding things off with Club-Mate Cola from Germany. Another German cola (fritz-kola) is currently sitting at 4.1 at the top of the board -  how will this score once through the Five Star Sodas, triple-filtered scoring system? We also jump into pranks at school, jumping out of planes and hustling. Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

The boy's are back together! Finally, after restrictions easing, we're back in the studio to bring you Five Star Sodas as it was intended! Join us as we shake off the cobwebs with 4 new drinks - Nick kicks things off with Barr's classic Shandy from Sunny Scotland; Andy brings in Inca Kola from Peru and Al brings Ironbeer from Cuba before the bonus drink, Boylan's from the USA rounds it off. On paper, a very strong lineup, but how will the score once they've been put through the Five Star Sodas, triple-filtered scoring system? We also dive into 'hauners', 'pole-crushers', weird jobs and what the boys have been watching on TV. Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

After a long day waiting for COVID test results, unfortunately the guys had to do yet another episode virtually, despite being all set for a return to the studio - but we WILL be back together next week! Episode 21 brings what looks, on paper, to be another solid lineup with Andy bringing our first drink from down under in Solo Original Lemon, Al brings another Boylan's flavour with their Creme and Nick brings a limited edition Mirinda to the table with a Blueberry Orange flavour. This weeks bonus drink is Fanta Lulo, which is a Colombian citrus fruit popular in Japan, apparently. One of that lot joins the Hall of Fame ... listen in to find out which! There's also chat about the Five Star Sodas weight-loss challenge, travel experiences and our favourite and most hated sounds! Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard, plus each of the guys personal top 5 drinks - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

A few big milestones for the boys this week - the twentieth episode, (hopefully) our last episode in lockdown and most importantly - we kick this episode off with our one hundredth drink review! Over the last 99 reviews we’ve done the weird & wonderful; hard-to-find & common; homegrown and international, so we knew this had to be a big one and it seemed obvious to go with what anyone who’s ever socially drank a soda would probably class as the “holy grail” - the glass bottle Coca-Cola from Mexico! The rest of the lineup was just as star-studded, as also featuring in this glass-bottle only episode was IBC Root Beer from the US, McDaid’s Banana soda from Ireland and then our FIRST EVER disqualification, as Maasa from India turned out to be non-carbonated mango juice (it was still tasty, but rules are rules!) Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas

Back once again with another four drinks, and plenty of sidebars including Line of Duty, Scottish bands, celebrity deaths and your best lockdown purchases ... Andy brings Barr's Pineapple (UK), Nick brings Fritz Mischmasch (DE) and Al brings Big Blue (US) for review, before Club-Mate (DE) is rolled out for the bonus drink. Five Star Sodas is the definitive fizzy drink review show. Here to taste every fizzy drink imaginable and rate them on their zero through five system. The rules? - If it's not carbonated, it doesn't count. - It must be served chilled. - It must be drank from the container it was purchased in. Check out the team across most social media platforms via @fivestarsodas. You can find links to all social channels - and the Five Star Leaderboard - at bighandmedia.com/fivestarsodas