I can't stand cola, and really don't care much for any soda, but a good cold root beer or birch beer (even better) does hit the spot. A & W is OK, but Stewarts and Barq's are much better. The truly good brews of either sort are found in health food stores--typically brewed in small batches.

As for wintergreen, I love it. We have the infamous wintergreen lifesavers, and wintergreen gum, but we also now have wintergreen Altoids. :) When I was a kid we would always chew checkerberry gum if we had a tummy ache, but I can't seem to find that anywhere but up in Maine.