I grew up drinking Orange Crush and hearing my mom tell stories of how it used to come in a distinct brown Crush bottle, supposedly to protect the flavor. But by the time I was a kid, those days were long gone, and their bottles were clear. I was also aware that Orange Crush was made in my hometown, Evanston, Illinois—or at least it had a plant in town. A Crush Bottle Discovery One day when I was about 12 years old, I was riding my Schwinn Sting-Ray down Asbury Avenue, and I
