This is a sugary delight, and the alcoholic, acidic tang of bad wine or neutral spirits is swept away in that sweetness. It smells like Boone’s Farm, which *further* bums me out. This is only “watermelon,” however, and it bums me out. The non-alcoholic version of this is called “Major Melon,” which sounds like it’s 91 percent of the way to an ’80s adult film title. God, and I wanted to hate drink this like so many king cans of Four Loko before it. This is a best case scenario for Mountain Dew. I am thrilled to try the next three flavors. This is the foundation drink you pounded alongside a Mexican pizza and three Crunchwraps because you don’t have any self control you monster.
This isn’t rolling the dice with calamansi or blood orange. For a drink that clocks in with the same ABV (5 percent) and calories (100) of a White Claw, there’s a whole lot more flavor.Īnd since it’s a pretty solid approximation of Mountain Dew, you already know and probably like those flavors. The aftertaste is a fine layer of Splenda, but I actually am digging it. It tastes almost like the real thing - a little more syrupy, but it’s sweet and there’s only a slight hint of the neutral spirits that give it its 5 percent ABV kick. It looks like a damn Willy Wonka drink, if Wonka wanted to get kids drunk instead of murder them. Once it’s in the glass, a lovely reverse rainstorm of CO2 floats its way to the top of the cup. This pours like regular Baja Blast, fresh out of the Taco Bell tap but with (slightly) less carbonation. Now, I drink it to honor him.Īnd honor the soda that once marketed itself as the top choice of hillbillies everywhere, of course. This was the highest possible praise for a beverage for which I held no legitimate hopes. He first picked up a 12-er at Wal-Mart as a joke, then drank that and a couple more before buying a few more for the trip home. It hasn’t yet made it to Wisconsin’s rabid market, but I happened to have a friend passing through the Ozarks a couple weeks back. That’s why it’s only available in a few select states.Īfter rolling out in Florida, Tennessee and Iowa (the big three!), Hard Mountain Dew’s multicolored variety packs - three cans each of Baja Blast, watermelon, black cherry and traditional Dew flavor - doubled that scope to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Minnesota. They also understood it would take time for a nation to adjust to Dew its residents wouldn’t have to bother mixing extra liquor into.
That’s why they made a hard seltzer version of Mountain Dew. About a decade ago, when our nation was gripped by its Whipped Cream Vodka phase (just me? You sure?), Diet Mountain Dew and the perky booze in question combined to make a drink, I swear, tasted pretty much like Sour Skittles. It’s always been easy to pair with alcohol an Army buddy clued me in to the versatility of “combat margaritas,” which is Dew mixed with whatever bottle you can dig up near the base. Mountain Dew has long been a staple of low-budget boozing. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series.
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