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Sidekick Soda on a Southern Alps day trip from Queenstown
Where to drink Sidekick in Arrowtown
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Sidekick is from Wānaka. Arrowtown is the gold-rush village twenty minutes from Queenstown. If you are on Buckingham Street and want a honey-sweetened soda, one named fridge: the New Orleans... Read more...
Sidekick Cherry cans in alpine snow
Old-school soda and traditional drinks
3 min read
People search “best old-school sodas” when they want a drink that tastes like something, not like a diet aftertaste. The honest list is not a ranking of brands. It is... Read more...
Sidekick Mango on a Southern Alps track
Why we still make a shrub
2 min read
A shrub is not a trend we borrowed. It is the drink we grew up on. Read more...
Drinking Sidekick Cherry on a Southern Alps ridge
How we turned Nana’s shrub into soda
3 min read
Nana’s shrub was already a drink. It was not yet a soda. Read more...
Sidekick on a New Zealand mountain ridge above the lake
After the walk in Wānaka and Queenstown
2 min read
After the walk in Wānaka and Queenstown — Cherry after the hill, Pear by the lake. Water on the climb. Named stockists in town. Not a trail recipe. Read more...
Sidekick can on a New Zealand outdoor break
What to drink hiking in New Zealand
2 min read
What to drink hiking in New Zealand — water on the track. Honey soda after, in town or at the car. Not a sports drink. Pack the empty out. Read more...
Cherry Sidekick Soda with the Southern Alps behind
Drinks at Queenstown Airport
2 min read
Drinks at Queenstown Airport — Airspresso in domestic departures stocks Sidekick, a honey soda from Wānaka. Open seven days. Not a full airport menu. Read more...
Sidekick on a Queenstown-area mountain ridge
Non-alcoholic drinks in Queenstown
2 min read
Non-alcoholic drinks in Queenstown — honey soda at Airspresso, Onsen, Remarkables Market, and The Bathhouse. Water on the hill. Not a bar crawl. Read more...
Sidekick honey-sweetened soda on a New Zealand track
Honey soda in New Zealand
2 min read
Honey soda in New Zealand — Sidekick is a honey-sweetened soda from Wānaka. Real fruit, New Zealand honey, no cane sugar, no stevia, no erythritol. Read more...
Sidekick on a Queenstown-area mountain ridge
A weekend in Queenstown
3 min read
A weekend in Queenstown for Kiwis, Aussies, and anyone who flew in — Airspresso, a walk, lakefront. Hometown is Wānaka. The can is the trip at home. Read more...
Sidekick Soda on a Southern Alps track near Wānaka
A weekend in Wānaka
3 min read
A weekend in Wānaka for Kiwis, Aussies, and anyone who drove over from Queenstown — hometown honey soda, a walk, named stockists. The can is the trip at home. Read more...
Sidekick Soda on a Southern Alps track near Wānaka
Honey soda for a South Island trip
4 min read
Pack honey soda for a South Island trip — buy in Wānaka or Queenstown, water on the track, can after. Abel Tasman, Milford Sound, Tekapo. No fake cafés. Read more...

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