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After The Final Pour - S8E2 - Do The Dew
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This week Brandon and Tony sample Hard MTN DEW (regular and Baja). Yep.. we did it.
"HARD MTN DEW is a new flavored malt beverage (FMB) available in four bold flavors, including MTN DEW, Baja Blast, Black Cherry, and Watermelon."
Thanks to Kevin and Deb Goggin for the theme song.
Outro music by Fluid Minds
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Transcript
Introduction to 'After the Final Pour'
00:00:30
Speaker
When life gives you an empty cup Just crack a smile and fill it up Fill it up Welcome to After the Final Pour, brought to you by The Malting Hour. I am one of your hosts, Tony Golic, joined always with Brandon Winninger.
00:00:53
Speaker
And we're coming off of last week's episode. Uh, you know, uh, new to me, new to you or new to you, new to me. Don't remember what's the question. When are we releasing this one? Cause Monday should be an after the final pour. Oh, that's right. So this is an after the final pour of actually next week's episode might be something different. We, we have something in, in lined up. Anyway, just know that Brandon and I have already drink some beers, drink some beer.
00:01:23
Speaker
We drank some beers that, when you find the episode, new to me, new to you, or new to you, new to me, this is the after the final pour. For that. After that episode. That's fun. What an Easter egg search that's going to be. Brandon, what the hell are we finally drinking? Something that you brought to my attention that we were gonna do when there's two other flavors we're gonna try.
Exploring Hard Mountain Dew Flavors
00:01:48
Speaker
We have to, we have to, we have to do in these.
00:01:50
Speaker
We are drinking the the hard Mountain Dew series
00:01:56
Speaker
Yeah, I'm fucking Mountain Dew. Call of Duty. So I went and picked, I picked up two of these originally with the thought that we would be recording in person and then we could just choose one. Sorry. No, no, it's fine. My bad. But the way I distributed these works out because Tony has said he's already had this Baja Blast version, which I'm drinking. And he. And I've got the regular. Regular version, which looks like Mountain Dew.
00:02:22
Speaker
Yeah, and they're all five percent, and there's zero sugar, so there's black cherry, zero sugar, Baja Blast, and watermelon. I feel like... I thought that the black cherry one was gonna be closer to Code Red, but I don't know if it is, because I don't think Code Red boasts itself as black cherry. And I'll say this, I don't care about Mountain Dew, okay? I'm not a Mountain Dew guy. Have I had Mountain Dew in the past? Of course, who hasn't?
00:02:51
Speaker
I've had Baja Blast when I've had Taco Bell. When Code Red came out, I don't know, in the 2000s at some point, I tried it and I thought it was really good. And then there's the Watermelon one, which may have been like, you know, a variant of the Mountain Dews that came out.
00:03:08
Speaker
Um, so yeah, so this is it. Mine looks like Mountain Dew. It smells like Mountain Dew. Brandon, yours looks like a Baja Blast. Have you had a Baja Blast? I have. Taco Bell. I know you're a Taco Bell guy like me. Yep. Um, and I'm, I'm surprised at how much it looks like a Baja Blast as well as yours, you know, even on the camera. And it's like fucking Mountain Dew. It's like a glass of Mountain Dew. And it's drinking like Baja Blast.
00:03:36
Speaker
So I was going to say that I really liked the Baja Blast, even with it being Zero Sugar. And that's the funny thing about these hard Mountain Dues is that Mountain Dew is probably like... Sorry Mountain Dew, you're probably tagged in this.
00:03:52
Speaker
probably one of the worst sodas you can drink there's so much fucking sugar in it like it's it's oh god I just I just think of Mountain Dew and just like you're gonna die because you drink so much well you think of there there is like the theory like the people in like the Appalachian Mountains that was like this thing where
00:04:13
Speaker
They would drink Mountain Dew and they didn't have good health or dental care. And like people were losing their teeth and stuff like that because all they were drinking is Mountain Dew.
Cultural Impact of Mountain Dew
00:04:21
Speaker
And I know and this is zero sugar. Yeah. And I know from folks, I know folks that, you know, live out, you know, near the mountains and like Mountain Dew as their staple growing up. So I'm not entirely shocked. But yeah, this. So.
00:04:43
Speaker
You guys may or may not know, I am probably one of the few people I think on the podcast who actually does enjoy like hard seltzers and things like that. And I've had a high noon, um, I had a pineapple high noon that I really enjoyed. Uh, and that's like a vodka soda type deal. And I've had some other mixed canned cocktails that I thought were pretty good. Um, I gotta say I thought I was going to hate this. I thought I was going to hate it, Brandon.
00:05:25
Speaker
Man, this tastes like Baja Blast. Even the fake sweetness isn't put off for me. I wanted to keep drinking it. And I think I had it at Joe's house for Christmas. I think that was a joke brought over. So side note, if I get Baja Blast or I get regular Mountain Dew, I'm a diet soda drinking guy.
00:05:27
Speaker
can see that.
00:05:50
Speaker
and I grew up on diet. I didn't grow up on diet soda. I was drinking regular soda probably while I was a fat kid growing up, but my mom got into this phase of like, she got really into like diet coke and was buying diet coke all the time. So I got into that to the point where like, if I had regular coke, it was completely different to me. And I'm like, this isn't as good.
00:06:14
Speaker
It's almost like too much sweetness. It's a syrupyness. Yeah. So I've, I've grown a company to the, the, the, the fake sweetness and I'm okay with that. Like, um, this tastes like a, like a diet Baja blast, which like, it's hard to find some locations at Taco Bell. Do you have it? Um, but yeah, it's, I, I scarily like, like this. Do we know if the, is there caffeine in this?
00:06:42
Speaker
I don't know.
Surprise Enjoyment of Hard Mountain Dew
00:06:43
Speaker
That's a good question. I had that on. I've got there. And I did show like briefly. Let's learn more. So just cooking the Baja blast while you're while you're looking that up. I had a while ago, maybe not too long ago because it's still kind of fresh in my mind. I had kind of looked up the history. I think I saw there was probably like a Facebook documentary or something that I saw that was the history of Mountain Dew.
00:07:09
Speaker
And it was originally created in Tennessee in like the Knoxville area by two. You're the only 10 I see, Brandon. By two dudes. Thanks for not even acknowledging that. Thank you. By two dudes that literally made a drink. This was supposed to be a mixer. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think I remember hearing about this.
00:07:31
Speaker
And it was regionally sold in the 30s and just didn't do well And I think they made some changes to it which kind of made it explode
00:07:41
Speaker
I really wanted to make a joke about it didn't do well, but I held back. By the way, there is no caffeine in this. So it's lacking two things that you find in Mountain Dew, which is a lot of sugar and caffeine, which, you know, I made a joke about, you know, video gamers drinking Mountain Dew. It makes sense, like drinking soda. I'm with you, man. I used to drink a lot of
00:08:08
Speaker
a lot of Kool-Aid and regular soda when I was growing up, which is why I'm a fat kid and now a fat guy, but I cut that out. I drink all things very fast. If I drink the carbonated waters that I have, I can down them in three or four gulps. I just drink everything fast. That's just how
00:08:30
Speaker
I drink things. So I realized that I couldn't drink soda like that anymore. And I don't drink regular soda. And I occasionally, we occasionally like I would say like every four months we'll buy like Coke Zero or Cherry Coke Zero just because like Cherry Coke Zero to me tastes exactly like
00:08:52
Speaker
Um, cherry Coke, cherry Coke. If I'm at work and in the vending machine, I really want like a soda or something. Uh, they have Diet Dr. Pepper, which I enjoy. I think Diet Dr. Pepper is very close to Dr. Pepper. Um, diet sodas and things like that, sugar-free stuff, that don't bother me. Um, you know, there's the whole thing about, um,
00:09:11
Speaker
those fake sugars, stimulating the brain the same way that sugar does, and then also it causes cancer in rats, but it has to be, we're not rats, so we have to have a lot. So I don't drink a lot of it regardless. With that being said, this drinks a lot like a
00:09:29
Speaker
Oh, yeah, Angie, got you. Like a flavored hard seltzer, almost like a lemonade hard seltzer, which I love lemonade hard seltzers. Truly, lemonade seltzers are my favorite. We have those in the summer over here, and I keep them out in the garage mini fridge because if I had them inside, I would just knock them back like carbonated water, because they're so good. Because they taste like flavored carbonated water.
00:09:55
Speaker
Yeah, like lemonade too. This isn't bad. This honestly is not bad. I thought I was going to dislike this. I don't dislike it. Now, will I go out and buy more of it? Probably not. During this summer, it's kind of like, hey, look at that. We got hard Mountain Dew. Kind of funny, but also everybody should try it type of deal. I'd probably
00:10:24
Speaker
buy it and have it in the cooler. The Baja Blast one is much better, for me personally. I think the Baja Blast is much better than the regular one, just because I don't really like regular Mountain Dew, but I like Baja Blast, so I feel like that's why I lean more towards the Baja Blast. Brandon, I think you should try the regular one, and maybe we do that sometime, and then we gotta do Black Cherry and Watermelon now.
Baja Blast: A Hit or Miss?
00:10:53
Speaker
Yeah, and kind of to your point, there's people that don't like the Baja Blast. I feel like I went to tag. What? Well, yeah, I don't think Becca was a big fan. I think I went and got, what? She's like, get Mountain Dew. And all they had was Mountain Dew Baja Blast. So I got that. She took a couple sips. She's like, I don't like it. So I ended up drinking it. She's like, this is amazing. I love this stuff.
00:11:16
Speaker
But yeah, I, I, I too am like thoroughly shocked at how much I like this and how much it tastes like Mountain Dew. Yeah. Good. I mean, good job. Yeah. I didn't think I just poured more into my glass and I was like, Oh, this'll probably finish it. That's a big fucking can. Um, the, the worst part is, is that I'll probably finish this tonight because
00:11:43
Speaker
We're almost done recording and there's no sugar in there. Like I don't feel as bad. It's because I feel like, I feel like that was a good move on, on, on their part to, to almost kind of get into the hard seltzer game. You know what I mean? Like what a good idea from hard Mountain Dew. You know what I mean? Yeah. And so just kind of reading the can shout out to green rebel brewing company out of Memphis, Tennessee, who bruises.
00:12:14
Speaker
See I didn't in collaboration with the Boston beer company shut the fuck up Wow That just blew my goddamn. Yeah Dude, okay. Okay. So hold on. Let's see and a 12 ounce serving. What are we drinking right now? What's the one point eight fluid ounces? Oh
00:12:40
Speaker
So it's a little bit over a pint, so we're looking at 16.9, 24 ounces? I think so. So we're drinking double. Yeah. So we're drinking 4.4 carbs, 200 calories, 5% alcohol in this big ass fucking can. I gotta be honest, man, that's not terrible. No. Not terrible at all, especially for like, someone who doesn't like beer or hard seltzers or anything like that, like,
00:13:06
Speaker
I could get down on these for summer barbecue. You know what I mean? Totally. Yeah, it shocked me how good they are. To the point where I feel like I need to pick some up just for Becca to try. I kept rambling while you stepped away. I don't know if you heard this. I said that it would be this summer, I'd buy a mix pack of it to throw in the cooler for summer party or something just to be like,
00:13:33
Speaker
Yeah, it's kind of a joke. You might not like it, you might, but it's not terrible. Like, it's not something bad, like, thrown in there with, like, you know, hard seltzers and light beers and shit like that. Like, it really isn't bad. It's not great. It's not like, it's not changing my life. I'm not like, oh, fuck, this is my new dream. I gotta have this every day.
00:13:57
Speaker
Yeah, no, but it's not terrible, man. It's better than I thought, and I think that that's what's impressing me about it. It tastes like a diet soda. So, if you were to rate this, how many dew drops would you give this? Based on... Based on what it is. Based on what it is, because it's not like a hard seltzer or anything like that. Based on what it is, as far as the first hard soda brand,
00:14:27
Speaker
It's like a three, seven, five, maybe even a four, cause they're not doing it bad. You know what I mean? And that's not just me being like, oh, like again, I'm not, I'm not going to run out and fucking start drinking these. Like there's that fake sweetness. Like as I'm getting through like this glass right now, I'm like, okay, this is
00:14:43
Speaker
I thought maybe I would kill this. I don't think I'm going to, but a 12 ounce can of this, a 12 ounce pour, not terrible. Definitely not terrible. If it's offered to me, I'd drink one. Maybe two. I almost got the mixed pack because those were all 12 ounce cans.
00:15:02
Speaker
Um, but the reason I didn't was like, well, it's almost 20 bucks for that mix pack. And I was like, it's just me and you. And part of me was like, if I don't like this, I don't want it laying around and like having to deal with it. Um, but that being said.
00:15:19
Speaker
I mean, towards the summer, I'm kind of in the same boat going up to the lake house by a mix pack. Throw some of these in with some hard seltzers and some daytime drinking light beers. That's not bad. What I will say is I hope they continue to make this.
00:15:37
Speaker
because there's a solid market for this. Absolutely. And I'm in that market, you know, the summer days, you know, this is, to me, this is like the hot, you know, another hot summer day, like if I was craving, you know, I wanted a drink, but I was like, maybe I want, you know, a soda instead. Like this is the perfect mix of both. It's like a nice mixed drink. Like I can put this on ice and be fine with it too.
00:16:07
Speaker
Absolutely, like I really am interested in the black cherry and watermelon one now The only thing I would say is that I wish it was just a little more heavily carbonated Yeah, I could see that because and I'm saying that selfishly because I would I would totally put this over ice and Yeah, it's it's it's a lighter carbonation even for like a soda like a soda carbonation has bigger bubbles Yeah, and Mountain Dew is pretty heavy on the carbonation
00:16:38
Speaker
I gotta say, man, I'm impressed. I am actually, I really thought we were gonna just, I wasn't dreading this. Yeah, I was dreading this after the episode we just did and this could have been on that episode as like a wild card. You know what I mean? And when you guys hear the new to you, new to me, new to me, new to you, you'll understand what we're talking about.
Rating and Market Appeal of Hard Mountain Dew
00:17:03
Speaker
Like this could have been a wild card drink
00:17:06
Speaker
in the three that we had, like making it a solid four. This is weird, man. So weird. And I do hope they keep doing this with like other flavors and stuff. There's so many fun drinks to have out there now with like seltzers and things like this. And there's canned cocktails and there's light beers and there's sour beers. I mean, we got Revolution releasing their Freedom Lemonade.
00:17:30
Speaker
this year with regular lemonade and strawberry lemonade. So it's six and six of each, which I know for sure will be a part of any warm weather party into the fall at my house. And even at that, just available in my beer fridge in the garage when I'm doing yard work. And I need to eliminate with a little kick to keep me going. Where's that lemonade? Actually, it's just going to slow me down.
00:18:00
Speaker
It's like, oh, I was mowing. Yeah, man. Good. Good. Yeah, mowing. That's fun. Good choice, man. Good. Good. Good choice. Wow. I'm just I'm kind of just taken aback. I'm just kind of blown away by this. And again, it's not because I think it's like fucking fantastic. It's just I expected it not to be good. Yeah. I mean, like I said, I was in the same camp just
00:18:25
Speaker
thinking it was going to be another shitty knockoff. But yeah, the fact bad, the fact that they, they stayed so true. Kudos
Collaboration with Boston Beer Company
00:18:35
Speaker
to that man. Like, and then like, just again, kind of like you, I was blown away that it's a, it's a collaboration with the Boston beer company. So what a good move. What a, what a good move. And, uh, I think I'm more impressed with the idea that it's a zero sugar, 2.2 carbs, a hundred calorie type drink that it's like,
00:18:56
Speaker
You're drinking a diet soda, which has pretty much zero in it. But then there's booze in it. It's a malt beverage. It's 5% alcohol. So it's a nice variation of a seltzer. So if you want to play Call of Duty and drink a hard Mountain Dew instead of sitting around drinking Mountain Dew,
00:19:19
Speaker
and getting diabetes, and you just wreck your liver with fucking 5% alcohol and heart amount. Yeah, and you're ruining your shot after a couple of these. You're not shooting. There you go. I have a couple of those. Like, oh, I'm doing terrible. You blew it. You're going to kick me out of the lobby. I'm a terrible, terrible player in this. I've never played Call of Duty in my life.
00:19:38
Speaker
No, I've probably played it once or twice. Good job, Brandon. Good choice. I'm glad we got to try this. But yeah. Fun. Hey, everybody out there, if you like, honestly, if you like seltzers or diet soda, it's worth a shot, man. Give it a shot. If you like Mountain Dew. Yeah, and if you like Mountain Dew, I'm sure you've probably tried this. But it's worth it, at least from us. Oh, more sirens.
00:20:06
Speaker
But fire tricks, fire's going on tonight.
Closing Remarks and Social Media Promotion
00:20:09
Speaker
Regular Mountain Dew and the Baja Blast are great. We'll at some point hopefully get to the Watermelon and Black Cherry this year. Yep, that could be another after the final board. Fantastic. Well, thank you everybody for listening. We appreciate it. Remember to keep liking, subscribing, sharing, rating, all of that so we can keep doing this. Brandon, I love you man. Love you too, bud. And we'll see you guys later.
00:20:35
Speaker
This has been The Malting Hour. Be sure to follow us on all social media by searching The Malting Hour and at themaltinghour.com. You can also follow us individually on social media. Brandon can be found on Instagram as bmdub81, on Twitter, bdub81, and on Untapped as bdubdrinksbeer. Tony can be found on Instagram and Untapped under Ace of Hope Chicago. On Twitter, The Ace of Hope Chicago. Clark can be found as Clarkowski on all three.
00:21:03
Speaker
Dan can be found on Instagram as hip underscore underscore hops and hip hops on YouTube. Be sure to subscribe, like, and rate the show on your preferred podcast listening platform. Until next time, cheers from all of us at The Malting Hour.