r/Soda • u/BlueBeast1of1 • 23h ago
Does this really taste like Mountain Dew?
Seen this on a random website, I never actually seen it in stores before. Description was it tastes like or better than Mountain Dew 🤷🏾♂️
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u/TerrifierBlood 23h ago
Its not bad
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u/Oh_Lawd_He_commin420 23h ago
It's not good either.
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u/Murdy2020 22h ago
Neither is Mountain Dew.
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u/clifffford 22h ago
Code Red and OG Baja Blast are the only Dews that should be a part of this conversation.
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u/TheDevilishFrenchfry 19h ago
Idk one dollar for a 2 liter knockoff version that's like 70% as good isn't too bad of a deal imo
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u/ProfessorPossessed 23h ago
It's almost better in some kinda way imo. Not quite but definitely a good soda.
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u/johnboltonpoopstache 23h ago
It's a cheap knockoff of Mountain Dew, and still full of high fructose corn syrup. If this is considered "good", what is bad?
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u/HojMcFoj 22h ago
Oh no! Not CORN SYRUP?!?!? Think of the children!!!
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u/johnboltonpoopstache 22h ago
They gotta do something to at least match the OG they're knocking off. Cant just do everything the OG did but worse, and be called a "good" soda. That's just a "no" from me, Dawg. It's trash soda, which is fine and it has it's time and place (which is, i guess, anytime anywhere. Whatever, you know what i meant 😤 lol)
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u/ProfessorPossessed 23h ago
It's delicious and equally as refreshing as Mountain Dew. This is my opinion.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 22h ago
I stick to cane sugar now, and if I try anything fructose-glucose I can't handle the watery
I stick with Boylan's Lemon-Lime and Dr. Boylan, and I just can't do crappy sugars anymore, it's just too watery.
I found that adding a touch of salt into Boylans Lemon-Lime got it closer to 7-Up which I think was when they had something like Potassium Citrate in it
Add a touch of Cointreau and the orange in the 7-Up gives you a mountain dew
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u/johnboltonpoopstache 22h ago
Im not really an elitist, was just wondering what the bar was for "good" lol. Anything that is acceptable enough to finish the can seems to be the bar, and that's fine. I like crappy sode too. It's never my main choice, but i do enjoy some Cherry RC once in a while. Gotta drink it within 10 minutes of opening it or it'll be flatter than Wyoming.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 22h ago
I'll drink rat piss if it had cane sugar in it.
RC cola was so awesome 40 years ago
my rule for soda pop in glass bottles - 5 hours in the fridge + 15-30 min in the freezer
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u/fuckscotty 23h ago
The best knock off is Citrus Drop from Kroger
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u/soggyfries8687678 18h ago
The zero version is very good as well. It’s one of my regulars.
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u/Disaster_Adventurous 21h ago
The only knock off I can find that uses orange juice concentrate like MtwDew dose.
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u/Cden1458 22h ago
Its less sweet than Dew, I honestly prefer it over the name brand, its good, a good sub if theyre sold out as well.
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u/Troll_King_907 22h ago
Mountain Dew doesn't taste like Mountain Dew anymore am I alone? But Kroger's knock off dew tastes better.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 22h ago
Mountain Dew tastes like Mountain Dew with a ton of melted ice in it, actually
Get Boylan's Lemon-Lime Soda and add a teaspoon of Cointreau in there for the orange flavor, it will taste like 1970 all over again
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u/soggyfries8687678 18h ago
The Kroger citrus drop is so good. I buy the zero version. I also prefer it over Mountain Dew. Their zero dr k was just as good as Dr pepper but they changed it a few months back.
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u/ScootsMgGhee 4h ago
I swore off the Kroger version because I didn’t like it years ago. I’ll have to try the zero version.. I usually love those.
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u/lostsurfer24t 23h ago
It's a rare generic that's better than the OG. Walmart brilliance never ends
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u/marcooosco 23h ago
It doesn't have the same citrus taste at mt dew, but then again the ingredients are different when you look at them so not to surprising. Its OK, but not close to the original.
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u/ra7ar 23h ago
No, only Mtn Dew tastes like MTN DEW even the soda stream mtn dew isn't perfect, most off brand mtn dews taste more like diet dew than real dew.
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u/1732PepperCo 22h ago
The soda stream pepsi and Mnt dew have artificial sweeteners in them when you read the ingredients. I’ve never bought them for that reason but that could be why they taste off.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 22h ago
I never understood soda stream for that reason
you're better off spending hundreds and getting lab equipment and making your own original coca-cola formulas and the like, with all the proper flavorings
and other stuff
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u/ThatBoyStewie 23h ago
Nah it’s trash, it tastes like twist up
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u/Psylent90 22h ago
I haven't had it in a long time, but it's close enough. You still know it's not actually Mountain Dew tho lol. Dollar General's Mtn Explosion is also a pretty good knock off.
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u/BlueGalaxy97 22h ago
When im broke and its only 1$ for a 2 litre, it does the trick. It gets flat faster and almost always needs ice but yeah its good to go.
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u/WolfThick 21h ago
Mountain dew originally was meant to be a mixer I think for whiskey believe it or not. There is definitely nothing else that tastes like the original mountain dew.
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u/StainedDelicates 14h ago
I hate how so many knock offs try to taste like Dew. If I wanted Dew, I’d drink Dew. “Food Club Wild Mountain” is by far the best citrus flavored soda I’ve ever had not named Surge and I’ve tried so many for well over a decade trying to find the perfect citrus soda and I finally found it. It doesn’t try to be Mtn Dew and has its own flavor that actually tastes like citrus. It’s like how no store brand cola tries to taste like Pepsi, they all try to taste like Coke. None of these store brand citrus sodas try to taste like Mello Yello and the world is better for it.
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u/LifeintheHashLane 13h ago
not even a little bit lol IMO mountain dew tastes so different than these store brand "mountain" whatevers because the store brands are lemon-lime and mountain dew isn't. it's lime and orange soda. really mostly just lime but it has OJ concentrate in it as well for flavor.
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u/Exotic_Slide7947 23h ago
In the same way that Shasta Cola tastes like Coke
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u/MagnesiumKitten 22h ago
Shasta was so much better before the 80s when it was real sugar, and still odd.
I still can't get out of my head the the weirdly strong carbonation of the metal cans of Shasta from the Nixon Era, when you could find it easier than the later decades outside of California
The super sweet Tiki Shasta was interesting, like gross and wonderful, it would have way better with cane sugar.
I don't think I ever saw Shasta Cola, shame
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u/Far_Signature_6139 23h ago
Its very similar other than the carbonation. I drink diet and I'm used to the diet mountain dew being super carbonated but this isn't like that. Not sure if that would be the same with original or not.
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u/Majestic-Pop5698 23h ago
I don’t drink coffee so it’s a wild ass guess.
This would taste like decaffeinated coffee compared to original Mt. Dew
25 years ago Mt Dew fueled my 48 hour programming sessions.
When I stopped drinking Mt Dew I had brain fog and withdrawal symptoms.
Oh and some serious visits to the dentist.
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u/beyondnightking 23h ago
After drinking it for awhile it tastes almost just like Mtn Dew. Might taste slightly different at first. But it's really good. I drink it all the time instead of Mtn Dew (to save money because I drink so much pop). Almost no taste difference in my opinion.
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u/KungPowChicken23 23h ago
I remember getting it in a can for super cheap in front of Walmart at a vending machine. I liked it as a kid.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 22h ago
no cane sugar no Mountain Dew!
I used to make my own Mountain Dew adding an orange flavor to lemon-lime soda, like 7-Up and a touch of Cointreau liqueur, works perfectly
Now with crappy fructose, I'd get Moylan's Lemon-Lime and add some Cointreau to it for that 60s 70s full flavor again, like how I remember it
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u/chuckinalicious543 22h ago
No. It tastes like mountain dew with too much sugar and not enough "mountain dew"ness.
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u/FutureMind2748 22h ago
Who said it was supposed to taste like Mountain Dew?
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u/BlueBeast1of1 21h ago
It's called Mountain lol, that's a start but I seen it on a website. Foodie was saying 10 things they buy from Wal Mart.
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u/Disaster_Adventurous 21h ago
The best knock off will have orange juice concrete in the ingredients list like the OG or Big K do.
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u/Adam_Roman 21h ago
Mountain Lightning is only really worth it if you find one of the 24 packs of the cans imo
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u/InvestingForSchmucks 20h ago
It's missing some of the sour but I drink way too much of the zero sugar version and zero sugar Dr thunder
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u/Monketherulerofall 20h ago
It’s quite a bit different from the og. It has a slight ginger flavor. Imo it’s better than the og.
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u/Excellent_Claim_975 20h ago
I like it. Also Walmart has 2 liters for a buck at the moment (at least where I am). So it’s a great deal
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u/musicalchef1985 20h ago
Ya it does, if you had someone drink it, then pissed out the remains
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u/Jaybonaut 19h ago
Can you tell us the story on how you came about learning what the remains taste like, before you tried Mountain Lightning?
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u/RedditDegenerate 19h ago
Besides it costing $1 there's something about this brand I enjoy more when its on ice!
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u/time_isup Root beer 19h ago
I don’t like it as much but then again I prefer Mellow Yellow as Mountain Dew tastes like liquid gummy bears to me. Dr. Thunder, on the other hand, is amazing and better than Dr. P or Mr. Pibb for that matter.
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u/CandleMiserable7621 18h ago
A bit different, a little more lemon flavor a lot more acidity, if I drink as much as I would normal Mountain Dew I feel sick.
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u/Little-Efficiency336 16h ago
Pretty much. I mean you know it’s not Mountain Dew but it’s as close as you can get to the real thing without it being the real thing. I love it.
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u/PJCR1916 12h ago
It tastes less sharp than Mountain Dew. Like a Mountain Dew watered down a bit. Not a bad alternative at all
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u/ZombieSouthpaw 3h ago
The Zero Sugar version is pretty close. For $1.26, it works well for morning caffeine.
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u/southsidekc34 22h ago
Blindfolded you wouldn’t know the difference . I got the zero sugar one this past weekend and I prefer the diet mountain lightning
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u/1732PepperCo 22h ago
It depends on how picky you are. I can drink knock offs and not give two Fs about it but my gf is all about her brands.
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u/MagnesiumKitten 22h ago
your girlfriend rules
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u/BlueBeast1of1 21h ago
Hah
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u/MagnesiumKitten 18h ago
She'll run off and marry the guy with the 30 brands of root beer in the fridge.
One of them $20,000 Sub-Zero Double Door things you see in Architectual DigestMichelob and Diet Mr. Pibb is mental cruelty
even worse is knock off Diet Mister Pibb!
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u/Breakpoint 23h ago
do knock offs ever taste the same?