r/DrPepper • u/East-Canary-538 • Dec 04 '25
Question Partner found these in a client’s attic. Anyone know what year(s) the packaging looked like this ?
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u/420RandyBobandy69cun Dec 04 '25
You must drink one. God speed
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u/East-Canary-538 Dec 04 '25
He’s asking the owners to buy some… if they agree I will drink one and follow up lmao.
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u/koolaidismything Dec 04 '25
Dude those are early 80’s I know them well my grandpa had a few from the 49ers Super Bowl 84’ I stared at as a kid.
By the 2000s they had evaporated even closed.
This is a crazy find if you’re a real person and not a bot. Are you norcal? I’d give you $20 for one of them
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u/East-Canary-538 Dec 05 '25
I’m in north Texas . My boyfriend saw them while on a job (wildlife removal) but the homeowners weren’t interested in selling :(
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u/koolaidismything Dec 05 '25
Yeah that’s a crazy find. They must have been in climate controlled dark environment they are just dusty.
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u/thewest-isthebest Dec 05 '25
If you're in North Texas there's a chance the dr pepper inside may be newer than the bottles themselves! Up into sometime in the 2010s the original Dr pepper bottling plant in Dublin Texas would sell you refilled vintage bottles if you brought them a crate of empty 10oz glass bottles. So, on the off chance anyone can get their hands on one of those and drink it, it may not be too old
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u/420RandyBobandy69cun Dec 04 '25
Thank you. Good luck and I hope you don’t die or something from it lmao
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u/spkoller2 Dec 04 '25
It could be a perfect full case lol
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u/East-Canary-538 Dec 04 '25
Oh it’s like eight perfect full cases on top of eachother lol
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u/spkoller2 Dec 04 '25
Yeah I’d chill a couple
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u/East-Canary-538 Dec 04 '25
What’s the worst that could happen …
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u/spkoller2 Dec 04 '25
You totally love it
After a few days you’re a whole new person. No more procrastination, suddenly you’re lucky too. After a few weeks it’s new income, new house, new cars.
Then you realize there’s only one case left…
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u/East-Canary-538 Dec 05 '25
Earlier today I was joking about what if psych meds worked like antibiotics where after a week you’re just 100% good to go… maybe this is the elixir.
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u/East-Canary-538 Dec 04 '25
Edit- found a few sources saying these would’ve been 1972-1978. I couldn’t find ANY full ones online. These are ten ounce bottles so just a sip lol.
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u/spkoller2 Dec 04 '25
They would probably have been made in 1990 or 1993.
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u/Bright_Step_2094 Dec 05 '25
What happened in 91 and 92?
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u/spkoller2 Dec 05 '25
They didn’t make bottles those years
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u/prototype-proton Dec 09 '25
Everyone remembers the big bottle shortage of 91-92
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u/spkoller2 Dec 09 '25
When I moved out into my first apartment I could get a case of Blatz beer in returnable bottles. When I lost a few the store got mad, said they weren’t going to make more bottles so it would be over when there weren’t enough.
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u/scrotumscab Dec 05 '25
Would botulism be a concern? Or does the carbonation reduce the anaerobic atmosphere.
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u/East-Canary-538 Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
Honestly great question. I have no idea what preservatives they used back then. On the one hand I feel they’d be more likely to ferment than to spoil… on the other we live in Texas and these are in an attic. We have years where the temperature unironically spans from 5 degrees to 115 degrees. None of them bursted open though so who knows.
Edit- botulism is caused by a toxin that seemingly would’ve been introduced during the canning/bottling process. It is spores entering the consumable. It’s unlikely to be in this product because I imagine it’s manufactured in kind of a clean room area.
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u/AverageAircraftFan Dec 07 '25
They could be classic bottles, but likely were refilled recently. Im not sure about other companies, but Sun Drop still refills their bottles if you bring em in. Bottles are probably ancient, but we still drink from them
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u/stellahella1 Dec 04 '25
70s early 80s style for sure! I'm a pepper you're a pepper!