There are a lot more Canada Dry flavors out there than I imagined. It’s not just ginger ale and diet ginger ale. There’s Canada Dry Tonic Water, sure, and Canada Dry Club Soda—but there are also Canada Dry seltzers and Canada Dry ginger ale flavors. There’s a blackberry Canada Dry, for gosh sakes! Needless to say, it was a really exciting time tasting all 15 of these Canada Dry flavors (I have two young children at home; I don’t get out much).
I tried every Canada Dry product I could find. Sadly, I couldn’t find Canada Dry Peach or Pineapple. But I will keep searching. This is my thing now. I look for rare Canada Dry flavors. Everyone needs a hobby. Here are the 15 Canada Dry flavors I got my Canada Dry-obsessed hands on, ranked.
- Canada Dry Raspberry Lemonade Ginger Ale
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I wanted to like this. I wanted it to taste like a non-alcoholic Pimm’s Cup. It smells great. It smells like a popsicle or melted sherbet. But sadly, the flavor doesn’t follow through. It tastes more like medicine than anything else.
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- Canada Dry Lemon Lime Seltzer
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If you’ve ever felt the urge to suck the moisture out of a lemon-scented wet wipe, then this is finally your chance. This tastes like lemon in the cleaning product sense of the word “lemon.”
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- Canada Dry Original Seltzer
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Canada Dry makes a fine seltzer. It’s not the best seltzer, but it’ll do the job when you need a fizzy water on a road trip and it’s readily available at a gas station. The slightly tangy flavor would be great with a lime wedge. Personally, though, I prefer the club soda due to its larger bubbles.
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- Canada Dry Club Soda
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We ranked Canada Dry Club Soda as the fourth best club soda, citing its mild minerality and salinity. It’s good to sip solo and makes for a refreshing accompaniment to food. Still, it’s really just water, so it’s not going to rank high on a ranking all about flavor.
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- Canada Dry Tonic Water Zero Sugar
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If you use a powerful gin or mezcal (my current preferred partner for tonic), then this zero-calorie tonic water works just fine. The spirit’s flavors cover up the diet tonic’s artificial aftertaste. But if you’re drinking it solo or with vodka, then there’s no denying the faux sweetener flavors.
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- Canada Dry Pomegranate Cherry Seltzer
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It has a nice aroma but the flavor falls flat on the end, finishing with an almost bitter note. I’d drink this if I was thirsty and someone passed me a bottle, but I probably wouldn’t finish it.
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- Canada Dry Tonic Water
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This is a staple in my fridge. While there is better tonic water out there, Canada Dry tonic water is available pretty much everywhere and cheaper than the really fancy stuff. It’s heavy on the bitterness, which makes it a great mixer for juniper-forward gins or bittersweet Campari or even sweet rum (if you haven’t had a Rum & Tonic, give it a try). It’s also a great tummy settler. It will always be a personal favorite of mine, but tonic water is an acquired taste.
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- Canada Dry Zero Sugar Ginger Ale
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This is an excellent zero-sugar approximation of the original Canada Dry ginger ale. It comes off sweeter than the regular with a little bit more of an apple-y or pear-y flavor. Like most diet sodas (Canada Dry Zero seems to have replaced Canada Dry Diet Ginger Ale), it does end on that fake sugar note. But it’s practically negligible.
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- Canada Dry Mandarin Orange Seltzer
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The mandarin orange flavor is the best Canada Dry seltzer flavor. It tastes like Slice-flavored seltzer. It’s very zesty and tangy. It’s the best pick of all the Canada Dry flavors if you’re looking for a soda experience without actually drinking a soda.
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- Canada Dry Blackberry Ginger Ale
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This seasonal Canada Dry flavor can be tough to find, but it’s worth hunting down. It definitely has that slight medicinal note to it, but mostly it’s wonderfully full-flavored and sweet. It doesn’t taste like blackberry. It tastes like a blue Tootsie Pop with a touch of ginger ale on the end to let you know it’s not just soda.
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- Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale
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When I was young, I used to make “cocktails” by mixing ginger ale and Ocean Spray cranberry juice together. Canada Dry was spying on me, apparently, because they went and bottled the mix. It smells and tastes like actual cranberry juice—tart and tangy. It’s not too sweet but it’s full of fruity flavor. I think Canada Dry flavored ginger ale deserves a spot on every holiday table (especially the kids’ table) right next to the sparkling apple cider.
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- Canada Dry Ginger Ale
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While it didn’t take the top spot in our best ginger ale ranking, Canada Dry Ginger Ale did come in at a respectable number four. It’s not too sweet. It’s very fizzy. And it has a good bit of citrusy tang on the end rather than a spicy ginger finish. To me, it will always taste like I’m on a plane. And I like to travel.
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- Canada Dry Bold Ginger Ale
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Here’s our number one best (non-flavored) ginger ale. While the original Canada Dry goes easy on the ginger, Canada Dry Bold doesn’t play around. It has a good bite—though it’s still more of a sweet ginger soda than a ginger beer. Sadly, Bold is currently discontinued. But if you see it on a shelf, be sure to snag a can.
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- Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ale
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If this was readily available in stores, it would be number one with a bullet. Sadly, this Canada Dry flavored ginger ale seems to be discontinued. BUT! You can still buy it. I found it on Amazon and it seems like it’s even available at some Walmart locations, as well as specialty stores. The blend of real green tea flavor and ginger ale is so incredible. “It reminds me of an Arizona iced tea,” said managing editor Gwynedd Stuart. And even if you aren’t a green tea fan (like senior staff writer Jordan Myrick) you will still like it. “I don’t think anyone would not like this,” Gwynedd said. The fizz is delightful. It’s wonderfully sweet. And then that touch of green tea earthiness balances everything out. Plus, there are antioxidants!
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- Canada Dry Lemonade Ginger Ale
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When you order lemonade in England they give you sparkling lemonade. And that’s what this flavored Canada Dry tastes like to me. It’s really tart with a sweet finish—very gulpable. It does come off more as lemonade than ginger ale. But this is not a ginger ale ranking. It’s a ranking of Canada Dry Flavors. And this is a very good flavored Canada Dry that I will buy.
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Raspberry Lemonade
Lemon Lime Seltzer
Original Seltzer
Club Soda
Tonic Water Zero Sugar
Pom-Cherry Seltzer
Tonic Water
Zero Sugar Ginger Ale
Mandarin Orange Seltzer
Blackberry Ginger Ale
Cranberry Ginger Ale
Ginger Ale
Bold Ginger Ale
Green Tea Ginger Ale
Lemonade Ginger Ale
