What's The Worst Soda Pop Out There?

I'm going with Diet Mountain Dew. I like regular, sugary Mountain Dew and thought I would give the Diet version a taste. I got it real cold in the icebox then pulled a can out of the 12 pack. Not good. Not good at all. My wife came in the kitchen and I said, "This is the worst thing ever! You gotta try it!" She took a sip, made a face, and agreed that it was horrible. When her sister came to visit I snuck the other 11 cans in her bags so she could take them away and we could get those dad-gum things out of the house.
 

Torre82

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On multiple levels, that diet stuff is bad.
I wouldnt have much cared and believed the conspiracy stuff, but having met some ex rocker types who, in their later years went totally sober and now their only vice was diet drinks..
I mean granted, they did A LOT of lines and joints and kegs and such when younger, so perhaps my variables are off, but these diet drinkers have a real 'borderline personality', quick fire trigger thing going. The chill is gone.

On-topic: I've found that the best use for diet dew is as a mixer with decent liquor. Now hear me out on this one, I drank a million bottom shelf bottles in my days and you always, ALWAYS know when youre hitting that stuff. That high end crap at the bar that tastes like water and sometimes hits you only as soft as water.. that stuff is tricky.

*TV advertiser voice starts* Thats why I choose DIET DRINKS! THEY TASTE JUST BAD ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU NOT HURRY TO YOUR NEXT SWIG! Diet drinks, sold at a store near you.

I know, its common knowledge. But the question was asked, and I think they're all pretty terrible and I had to throw out my .19 cents. I think 15 years ago, the two purple mountain dews were pretty crap. And white out was, too. Game fuel diet wasnt so bad.
 

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Supafly

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My .17 cents:

I never drank Mountain Dew, both with or without sugar
I never saw Shining
I didn't even know there was a sequel
I drink zero sugar Spezi every day

What is "Spezi", I hear you ask? It is a mix from cola and orange soda. It's a german thing, I guess.

Now wait, Pepsi calls it differently: "Schwip Schwap"

 

Torre82

Moderator \ Jannie
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My .17 cents:

I never drank Mountain Dew, both with or without sugar
I never saw Shining
I didn't even know there was a sequel
I drink zero sugar Spezi every day

What is "Spezi", I hear you ask? It is a mix from cola and orange soda. It's a german thing, I guess.

Now wait, Pepsi calls it differently: "Schwip Schwap"


Yeah, they teach it to us over here, in a 'random miitary history' kinda way. The germans couldnt get coca cola during the war, so they invented Fanta, it caught on in Germany and south America and it goes reasonably well with coke. Yup. Some of us know! :)

As far as trusting coke or pepsi to make the right 'mixture' of it, I have no faith. I've found a 70 fanta/30 coke percentage to be pretty good.
Soda makers screw up the vanilla, lime, cherry flavors in their mix. In mine opine.
Half and half is a bit too strong in the syrupy taste department.
Then again, I usually go for Royal Crown cola for the high syrup content, and faygo orange drank for my purposes, so YMMV a'course.
 

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Torre82

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Kombucha.
I like health foods and health drinks, but if you wanted nasty healthy beer that is neither healthy NOR beer.. Kombucha has your back.
Srsly tho y u gtta smll lk delicshush booze?
I lk booz
 

Torre82

Moderator \ Jannie
Staff member
LA beast pleased my soul by doing something so stupid.. that it helps me not do something stupid.
Until the next time me and the buds go out for drinks, then it becomes a challenge.
But that goes without saying.
One of the places I lived at, they added a kombucha tap last year.
The bottles are like 8 bucks each, already. And people want a milk jug of that crap? Yu know the area is being gentrified super hard when that comes in.
 
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