The Dew-ality Of Man
Forget everything you thought you knew about soda flavors. Mountain Dew's most outrageous creations sound like pranks until you realize they're real. Malt-flavored tributes to moonshine history sit alongside fifty-flavor patriotic experiments. Here are 20 such interesting options.
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1. Cake-Smash
Imagine cracking open a birthday cake in liquid form. Initially planned for Mountain Dew's 80th anniversary in 2020, pandemic delays turned this white-colored beverage into an ultra-rare giveaway exclusive. The "DEW with artificial cake flavor" tagline became reality through limited online sales that sold out within hours.
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2. Dewshine
Before craft beer dominated shelves, this brand sparked controversy with clear, glass-bottled Dewshine in 2015. Critics accused PepsiCo of mimicking alcohol packaging to target youth. This moonshine-inspired tribute used real sugar instead of corn syrup, minus the orange juice found in regular Dew.
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3. Supernova
The bright magenta strawberry-melon concoction finished second in 2008's DEWmocracy campaign but refused to die. Fan passion fueled multiple resurrections through 2023, including Canadian exclusives and Slurpee comebacks. Interestingly, European markets experienced "Euronova" with raspberry-lemon notes instead of the North American strawberry-melon profile.
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4. Revolution
Sky-blue Revolution placed third in DEWmocracy but achieved legendary status through PepsiCo's mysterious 2011 "secret stash" contest. One lucky winner received twelve glass bottles of this discontinued wild berry-ginseng flavor. It looked like a cross between White Out and Baja Blast.
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5. Johnson City Gold
A pale green, malt-flavored throwback honored Mountain Dew's origins in Tennessee, where creators Barney and Ally Hartman crafted special malt versions for exclusive occasions. The 2012 Regional Dew promotion delivered “Distinctive Malt Flavored soda”, which finished with a slightly bitter aftertaste.
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6. White Out
Executives must have questioned a white-colored soda until they tasted the exotic yuzu lemongrass flavor that won DEWmocracy II with 44% of votes. This marked Mountain Dew's first major Asian-inspired flavoring. Interestingly, the profile varied globally: "yuzu lemongrass" in North America and "cool citrus" in Japan.
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7. VooDEW
Halloween 2019 launched an annual mystery flavor tradition that turns October into a huge guessing game. The original candy corn flavor was revealed through elaborate social media clues featuring cornfields and glitching crow animations. Each year's white-colored drink develops unprecedented consumer engagement.
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8. Baja Deep Dive
Exclusivity peaked with this intriguing item available only to 18,000 sweepstakes winners in 2022's "Lost Treasures of Baja Island" promotion. Unlike store exclusives, this required pure lottery luck. Unopened cans immediately hit eBay for hundreds of dollars, causing the ultimate FOMO scenario.
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9. Liberty Brew
Fifty flavors representing all states in one midnight-blue bottle sounds impossible until you realize PepsiCo's scientists actually attempted it. Professional sommeliers tasting for VICE detected many flavor profiles but couldn't identify all components. Originally called "Liberty Brew," it soon became “Liberty Chill.”
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10. Fruit Quake
Holiday 2022 brought Mountain Dew's most controversial seasonal flavor: deep red fruit cake soda that divided taste testers between "cranberry with festive spices" and "just plain wrong." This bold commitment to polarizing holiday dessert flavoring marked the final Christmas-themed release before Mountain Dew discontinued their holiday lineup.
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11. Gingerbread Snap'd
The artificial gingerbread aroma hits before you even taste this white-colored drink that somehow works brilliantly. Released during 2021's Christmas season, Gingerbread Snap'd delivered exactly what its name promised: cookie-flavored carbonation that confused taste buds expecting traditional citrus. Some reviewers compared it to cola.
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12. Flamin' Hot
Spicy soda sounds like punishment. Then it all changes when you experience the sweet-heat balance that made this experiment surprisingly addictive. Released through DEW Store exclusivity in August 2021, Flamin' Hot sold out in under one hour, forming the shortest Mountain Dew availability window ever recorded.
13. Pitch Black II
Halloween 2005 witnessed the evolution of grape-flavored darkness when Mountain Dew added sour bits to their original Pitch Black formula. This wasn't just Pitch Black with extra tartness. The sour grape combination brought about a new taste profile that made regular grape sodas seem pedestrian.
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14. Sangria Blast
Taco Bell's fountain drink introduced wine culture to the soda fountain. How? With this "sangria flavored" beverage that contained zero alcohol. The concept alone was audacious: recreating Spain's beloved wine punch as a carbonated soft drink. Sangria Blast had a deep crimson color.
15. Thrashed Apple
Thrashed Apple has a cloudy pale green color and mixes the bold citrus taste of classic Mountain Dew with a tart, sour green apple flavor. This is reminiscent of sour apple candy or even green Jolly Ranchers to some. The soda is available in 20-oz bottles.
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16. Diet Ultra Violet
Wild berry taste meets electric purple coloring in this 2009 limited launch that pushed the company’s color spectrum to new extremes. Initially part of the FanDEWmonium diet competition, Ultra Violet's vibrant look of a purple hue made it unforgettable despite its brief shelf life.
First Taste: Diet Mountain Dew UltraViolet by David Di Franco
17. Solar Flare
Another red-orange tropical punch became Mountain Dew's rarest achievement through sheer unavailability rather than intentional exclusivity. Solar Flare was released to 7-Eleven locations in 2014, but it gradually disappeared as stores discontinued it. Fortunately, it remains available at a few select 7-Eleven stores in America.
CarBS - Mountain Dew Solar Flare by WrecklessEating
18. Purple Thunder
Circle K's blackberry-plum combination arrives in bottles featuring a "biker gang of DEW characters," including anthropomorphic fruits enjoying motorcycle rides. Introduced simultaneously with Atomic Blue in May 2022, Purple Thunder witnessed sophisticated flavor notes that uplifted gas station fountain drinks to gourmet status.
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19. Ice Cherry
Transparency and complexity define Ice Cherry. This clear soda balances cherry and lemon-lime flavors without visual bias. It was Mountain Dew's third attempt at clear sodas, following Dewshine and original Ice flavor. Reviews were mixed, with some appreciating the refreshing cherry twist on a lemon-lime soda.
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20. Cold Fusion
Cherry-lime flavoring in frozen slush form gave rise to this bright red-orange Freeze that burned fast and bright through 2013. Available at Sheetz and select gas stations through self-service dispensers, Cold Fusion's unusual combination and limited frozen format made it a double rarity.
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