Jesse Hopkins is selling nostalgia in a can.
In a small warehouse in Arden Hills, he and three co-owners have taken the craft brewery model and tweaked it for vintage pop.
Northern Soda Co., which opened in July, is set up like the old Pop Shoppe stores, inviting customers to assemble their own packs of pop from pallets in the 38,000-square-foot warehouse. Instead of getting a 12-pack of cream soda, for example, a customer could choose 12 different flavors, among them Ginger Pop, Mango Citrus and Sunday Purple.
The company has 85 recipes in its collection, but features only 10 to 12 flavors at a time, cycling them with the seasons.