#harmon killebrew

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Before computer graphics, you had to use more practical means of illustrating Harmon Killebrew's home runs

(Hank Walker. 1959?)

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Happy Birthday In Heaven Harmon Killebrew - The beloved baseball legend was born in Payette, Idaho on this day in 1936.

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Old Fashioned Killebrew Cream Soda Review

Yep, it's a cream soda review. Never thought I'd do that, but here we are.

My local grocery store keeps advertising these as 10 for $10 and I'd never taken the time to try them out until now. Keen eyes may recognize the name Killebrew as a power player for the Minnesota Twins baseball team, from 1954 to 1975. He's a household name in Minnesota, even for people who don't care about baseball.

Anyway, the beverage. I'll start off with some background - I have never particularly liked cream soda. As a child, I thought it had a disappointingly flat and just "sweet" flavor, and never picked it out when I was given a rare chance to get a soda myself from the store. I recall A&W cream soda tasting just faintly of vanilla, but otherwise overpoweringly, cloyingly sweet. I felt it was too similar other flavors that are meant to taste only like candy/sugary treats (like cotton candy or bubble gum). The only exception to my cream soda dislike were the Dum-Dums cream soda flavored suckers, which I have always loved for their light fruity flavor with a hint of vanilla.

I am so pleased to report that this Killebrew cream soda tastes almost EXACTLY like the Dum-Dums. I've never actually had a cream soda that tastes like this candy, and I love it. It's sweet, but not too cloying, and while the primary sweetener is still HFCS, the aftertaste is minimal and the flavor doesn't linger on the tongue. A fun fact is that the ingredients say it contains "Pure Minnesota Honey". I'm not sure that I can taste the honey per se, but the flavor is great. The fizz is fairly light, as well.

Honestly, 10/10. I would not mark it as chuggable, but that's because it should be savored.

I have a root beer from this company in my fridge, as well, that I plan to try later. If it's as good as the cream soda, we absolutely have a winner.

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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass.' 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

Harmon Killebrew  

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Harmon Killebrew (29 June 1936 – 17 May 2011)

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Harmon Killebrew – 1B (Minnesota Twins) – elected in 1984 with 83.13% of the vote.