Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Mountain Dew Holiday Brew & Merry Mash-Up

 

Products circa: holiday seasons 2017 and 2018-2020, respectively

Holiday Brew: Evidently this is just a mix of regular Dew and Code Red... so it's just a "diluted" Code Red?  It certain tastes like it.

Merry Mash-Up: I can detect cranberry in this, but otherwise it just tastes vaguely like a "red" Dew.  I'd love to see them take another try at a cranberry Dew!

Pepsi Fire

 

Product circa: 2017

A lightly cinnamony Pepsi with some spice that will catch you in the throat.  Very good!  But it doesn't compare to Cinnamon Coca-Cola or (THROWBACK) Pepsi Holiday Spice.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Mountain Dew Pitch Black (2023)

 


Product circa: winter 2023 re-release

Re-released repeatedly for almost 20 years, my nostalgia glasses insist that this stuff isn't as good as the original in 2004.  I can't even remember the various levels of sweetness and sourness that has varied through the years... all I know is that the original was best.

The grape-soda flavor mingles with the bright citruses to create an almost fruit-punch-like effect that is greater than the sum of its parts.  Luckily, all the re-releases are still delicious.

Canada Dry Vanilla Bean Bold

 


Product circa: winter 2022

All the flavors somehow manage to stay separate, here.  The spicy ginger, the vanilla, the tangy citric acid... none of them meld, and the experience overall feels disjointed.  I might like to see what a normal vanilla ginger ale might taste like.

Starburst Airs

 


This is a Presumptive Ephemeral Nom.

Product circa: 2023


It was pretty tough to find these.  These are a lot of fun!  The flavors are identical to starburst, and the outside has a dry, pillowy texture.  The chew is somewhere between a Starburst candy and the kind of "fruit snack" you would have in your elementary school lunchbox.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Mountain Dew Baja Mango Gem

 


Product circa: Summer 2022

Mango is one of those flavors that doesn't really translate well to artificial flavoring.  However, this stuff manages to capture the flavor of mango in a shockingly authentic way... perhaps it's how it combines with Dew's citrus base.  One of the best Mountain Dews ever made, and perhaps the best mango soda I've ever had.