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I did an earlier review of the Mountain Dew energy drink (I still call it Mountain Dew, because Mtn Dew makes no sense), but I have yet to review the original.

I used the original along with my Hershey Milk Chocolate review, to rinse my palate. It didn't do the Hershey bar any favours, but the whole chocastrophy (technical candy critic term, you don't need to understand) turned out pretty good, thanks to the divine nectar that is Mountain Dew.

It featured in a couple of episodes of Mad Men, where the character known as Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) claimed that mixing Mountain Dew with vodka wasn't a coctail, but an emergency. That might have worked in the 60s, but today I would've just thrown the vodka out and had the Mountain Dew on its own. Much better than a cocktail, certainly one with vodka in it.

I don't know what it tastes like. Well, I do, but I can't describe it. I don't even know what it's supposed to taste like. What does mountain dew taste like? Wouldn't it just be water? Condensation? I guess the taste is something with citrus in it. It does claim to have concentrated orange juice in it. It's like a really watered out orange juice I guess. With caffeine in it. And fizz.

In the end, it doesn't matter what it tastes like. It's delish. Just don't tell my dentist I said that.

Seeing as I am on a road trip in the US, you would think reviews would be plentiful and varied. However, I do not always have the opportunity to write down my thoughts at the time of tasting, so I'm left with having to rely on memory. I can't always use my own pictures either, but I guess it's the thought that counts.

In any case, this product leaves me feeling funny, even after less than a bottle of the stuff. It's wrong and weird for a blue drink to taste like raspberries. A blue drink is pretty weird on its own. The taste of something red just adds to the weirdness. It should taste of something blue. Or something borrowed, or something new.

This blue Dew has me thoroughly unimpressed. My previously reviewed Mountain Dew Energy is actually better than this.