Grape soda review: Boylan Grape 2025-05-31 We had hiked a few miles up and down the Mississippi river in Minnesota and driving back it felt like the sleepy end of a beach day. We stopped at Mik Mart for ice cream and far from home as I was, I felt this soda from a familar brand tempting me. My first sip was intriguing. Thin, almost bland, barely carbonated. It's not very sweet for a soda. All this makes it kind of classy. I could imagine drinking it at a nice dinner outdoors with a tablecloth. Not on a sweaty sidewalk with a bad conscience. I finished the bottle. It's good, but it's not soda.