The first Sunday in November brought glorious sunny skies and the call of the open road. We headed south west, through Granbury and Stephenville, on to Dublin, TX, home of the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the country. Today the sickenenly sweet soft drink is owned by Snapple, but the proud little Dublin (pop. 1064) shop still makes Dr Pepper according to the original formula, with 100% pure Imperial cane sugar (ick). It also recycles the same, decades-old bottles. The machinery consists of a giant industrial bottle washer and a modest bottle filling and capping machine. Locals buy a crate of 24 and return the empties to get another crate.
The first Sunday in November brought glorious sunny skies and the call of the open road. We headed south west, through Granbury and Stephenville, on to Dublin, TX, home of the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the country. Today the sickenenly sweet soft drink is owned by Snapple, but the proud little Dublin (pop. 1064) shop still makes Dr Pepper according to the original formula, with 100% pure Imperial cane sugar (ick). It also recycles the same, decades-old bottles. The machinery consists of a giant industrial bottle washer and a modest bottle filling and capping machine. Locals buy a crate of 24 and return the empties to get another crate.
