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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Mountain Dew taste test - Citrus Cherry, Mystic Punch, Over Drive

Any time I have a Mountain Dew taste test, I like to try it with my brother Patrick who just loves all things Mountain Dew. Today we have 3 different flavors to sample. 


There's Mtn Dew Game Fuel Citrus Cherry, Mtn Dew Game Fuel Mystic Punch, and Mtn Dew Over Drive. 

Mountain Dew, with its higher than average caffeine content, has always been a top choice for gamers. Now Mountain Dew is leaning into it with their Game Fuel line of drinks. 

We can see Master Chief from Halo featured on the Citrus Cherry. 

Citrus Cherry is DEW with a Blast of Citrus Cherry Flavor and other Natural Flavors. 

Patrick - How is the Citrus Cherry going to be different than Code Red? 
Joe - I don't know. You'll just have to figure it out based on what you remember. 
Megan - It tastes like an Otter Pop when it's melted and you squeeze out the last little bit. 
Joe - So does that mean you like it? 
Megan - I do like it. 
Ian - It tastes like Jell-O Starbursts. The Cherry Flavor. <ah, yes, I remember that> It's delicious! 
Megan - I want it as a float. With Vanilla Ice Cream. 
Sheila - Cough medicine. It's just okay. 
Patrick - I agree with Megan. Otter Pops. 
Alli - That's perfect. Cough Medicine! The best in the world! 
Pop Pop - I like it okay. It doesn't have a strong cherry flavor. 
Joe - It tasted cherry-like. Definitely an artificial cherry flavor to it. Like a syrupy cherry. 
Theresa - It tasted like medicine cherry to me because all cherry candy tastes like medicine to me. 

Our second flavor is Mtn Dew Game Fuel Mystic Punch, featuring Lilith from Diablo 4. 

Mystic Punch is DEW with a Blast of Fruit Punch Flavor and other Natural Flavors. 

Avery - I don't want it. 
Megan - It's Fruit Punch. It's not Grape. 
Ian - Oh man, it's good! Like the VooDew we had last year
Avery - YUM! 
Alli - Literally fruit punch!
Joe - I don't like fruit punch. 
Megan - Watered down Pitch Black Dew. 
Mickey - I like it. I agree with Ian. 
Alli - It tastes like fizzy Capri Sun.
Megan - It doesn't taste very purple. 
Ian - This stuff is delish!  

Finally there's Mtn Dew OverDrive. This flavor is exclusive to the gas station Casey's, and I happened to pick it up while we were on the road. 

The label features... I don't know what exactly that is. Looks like a cross between a bear and a buck to me. The little 1968 on the buoy is a tribute to when Casey's was founded. 

OverDrive is DEW with a Blast of Citrus Punch (Raspberry, Lime, Mango) and other natural flavors. 

Patrick - It looks like Mtn Dew LiveWire. 
Ian - Eww. Not too good. It has Mango in it. 
Theresa - That's my favorite so far. But I don't need to drink any more of it. 
Megan - Watered down Fanta. 
Ian - A little coconut? 
Alli - It tastes like Pina Colada. 
Avery - It's tropical. 
Joe - Yeah, but it's not a very strong flavor. 



Patrick - They taste similar to other flavors. I would keep Mtn Dew Pitch Black instead of Mtn Dew Mystic Punch, Mtn Dew LiveWire instead of OverDrive, but I would replace Mtn Dew Code Red with Mtn Dew Citrus Cherry. 
Joe - They were interesting. I wouldn't say any of them were amazing. 
Ian - They were delicious! I still liked it. 

Joe - What was your favorite Gram? 
Sheila - I didn't like any of them. 
Joe - What's your favorite Mountain Dew? 
Sheila - I don't like Mountain Dew. 
Joe - But you're tried so many of them with us! 
Sheila - The original one then. 


As for the favorites overall. 
Citrus Cherry - Ian, Patrick, Megan, Joe
Mystic Punch - Mickey, Alli 
OverDrive - Theresa
Avery likes them all. 

1 comment:

  1. Avery has the diplomatic vote..all of them :-) Looks like Citrus Cherry was the winner in this one! Didn't know Mtn Dew had such a high caffeine content...this new line of Mtn Dew for gamers must really push it up a notch! That was another fun taste test (those bottle labels are quite illustrative!) EOM

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