Beverages with bubbles never seem to satisfy our thirst, mostly because they can’t be gulped (beer being the obvious exception). Try chugging some ginger ale. It hurts. Slamming a Mountain Dew? Impossible. Carbonation and excessive sweetness have long placed soda last on our list of drink choices. It’s no surprise, then, that the first soda we’ve ever liked — nay, loved — is produced — nay, handcrafted — by a brewery. Harpoon Brewery’s Windsor, Vermont, location has been brewing Vermont Draft Soda — in the same tanks used for brewing beer — since 2001. The brewery offers root beer, cream soda, and orange-and-cream soda. The latter tastes like a liquefied Creamsicle: vanilla-creamy with a citrussy splash, not too sweet, smooth rather than hard-to-swallow fizzy. In other words, it’s totally gulpable. But regardless, for the first time ever, we prefer to savor a soda.

Available for $3.99 for a four-pack of 12-ounce bottles at area Shaw’s Supermarkets.