About Us

What is “dirty soda?”

A dirty soda is a soda with inclusions and other flavor enhancers that is either topped or infused with cream thus giving it the “dirty” look attributed to its name. We think it’s called “dirty” soda as it was, and still is, catchier than “inclusiony” soda.

What’s in a name?

Well…first off ’what’ isn’t in our name but ‘Soda’ is…as is ‘Drop.’ Soda Drop, for us, became the perfect blend of what we do and how we do it. We’re a dirty soda company continuously in search of the next great flavor combination to ‘drop’ to our fans. Whether we drop that new flavor creation in your feed, in our shop, or in your cup, you know a Soda Drop creation is that extra drop of oh-so-perfectly-blended goodness that introduces you to soda flavors beyond the ordinary. If you’ve ever heard, “Try it you’ll, like it!” and wondered where that applies. It’s here! You’ve found that place. It’s Soda Drop!

What’s with the soda characters?

We’re kind of a character and what better way to give our sodas some additional personality than to provide them with a persona. That and our resident artistry team has always enjoyed drawing cartoons, so the idea only seemed natural to mix what we love with what we do and thus soda personas were born. Now with all this extra personality around, we just have to figure out how to raise all these little characters. Perhaps we should go ask their pop.

Leadership team

Soda Drop started as a thought bubble shared by Kim and Darren, which then grew into the full operation you now know and love. When two people share a vision, it’s rightfully obvious to make the decision to bring it to life together. This duo ownership also allowed each contributing member the ability to let their specialties shine, just like the food-based glitter shining in a swirled Soda Drop drink.

Kim is Soda Drop’s principal flavorologist. After all, without unique flavors, soda would just be carbonated water sporting a variety of catchy names. As a former educator in the culinary arts and natural-born supertaster, recognizing and expressing the proper flavors in her work has always been paramount to success for her. She’s continuously exploring, testing and refining Soda Drop drinks. The ones on our menu, we share with you. The others? Well, maybe the flavors just don’t go together as well as lemon and lime…yet.

Darren, takes on the persona of digital developer for Soda Drop bringing personality to the digital essence of Soda Drop. As a surprise to no one who knows him, he comes from a background of creative writing. He once described what he does as similar to what AI can do for people, but with less copying and pasting.

Working as a team and bringing their passions to the table took Soda Drop from a thought to a reality. Great teams always strive to be the best just like kiwi and strawberry, or cherry and vanilla, or coconut and pineapple. We better stop there, or we’ll have to start making more space on the Soda Drop menu.

Community-focused

You are where you drink. And we are the values of the community in which we were raised. As one of us likes to say, “I was born and raised in Mandan, but live my days in Bismarck.” We’ve always wanted to find a way to give back to the community which gave us so much support growing up. In a way, that’s what we’re doing again, growing up, but now as a small business serving the Bismarck/Mandan area and surrounding communities.

How do we serve, you ask? Usually from behind the counter (Haha). Kidding aside, for now we serve by sharing our skills and talents with the community. Eventually we’ll serve the community by sponsoring and funding community efforts from kid’s sports to charitable efforts. Sharing is caring and we care to share.

We also care to not just be another business in the community, we want to be a part of the community, like the perfect syrup in a soda, each makes the other better. What better way to do that than embrace perseverance and creativity, from our drinks to our caricatures, and bring some pop to drop another soda like we just can’t stop. Because at Soda Drop, a soda isn’t just a soda, it’s an experience. So come experience it with us.

Sustainability

This initiative is near and dear to us. Our task, find a way to share our inspired drink creations with the world. Since drink teleportation technology and stasis cups haven’t been invented yet, we went with nearly the next best earth-friendly strategy. We use recyclable materials for much of our packaging products from the cups and the boxes down to the biodegradable straws. Additionally, when we’re not crushing the next great drink inspiration. we’re crushing soda cans used in the mixology process. In a way, all used soda cans find a new home at a nearby recycling center to become future soda cans…or possibly other aluminum products…but probably cans.