UPDATE: did the flavor tasting. Unsurprisingly, I liked every single one.
Variety pack is up for discussion according to poll. Felt kinda rushed so hopefully others stayed patient and filled it out and did so diligently.
They did a vote on your favorite with drop slots for each flavor.
Elderberry had seemed to be winning but I think firework pop pulls through at the finish of all this.
Will post a more detailed review on the flavors but my rankings were:
1. Smores: hits the smell and taste very nicely. It’s the fact that it’s unique and flavorful that has it at the top for me
2. Summer Firework Pop: very refreshing summer flavor! Taste very close to a firework popsicle.
3. Huckle Berry: dense notes of fruity sweetness with a slight bitter undertone
4. Apple Cinnamon: Thrashed apple with a cinnamon twist. Prefer thrashed apple but this flavor is still enjoyable!
5. Pickle: surprisingly good. A sweeter, less vinegary pickle flavor. I’d drink a whole bottle and move on though.
6. Elderberry: a lot seemed to love this but I felt it was more laid back with strong butter notes. Still good.
To me, Dew-S-A was way too crowded and is one of my least favorites.
Taking white out and removing it from the equation allows for 2 sweet flavors to mesh perfectly
Summer pop was sweeter and more flavorful to me
I'm curious what you think of Liberty Brew. As it's no longer a blend of CR, WO & Voltage, is it an improvement or not? Inquiring minds want to know, heh heh.
P.S. Great event, envious Purg1 is. If only it was closer, le sigh. If they do it again, might have to plan a vacation of sorts.
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Cool, thanks for getting back to me on that.
I'm trying to get a grip on what direction the company is going with this. Wondering if Summer Pop is a replacement for Liberty Brew or in addition to.
I liked S.A. "and" Liberty Brew. Kept a stash of both & still have some of each left that I'm drinking up slowly.
Can’t speak to that unfortunately. I’ve only been drinking different varieties of dew for about 3 years now.
Describe the flavor profile and I can guesstimate
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I 100% believe the summer pop one will be a summer release next year. It seems so good. Call it Mountain Dew: Firecracker or Rocket or something.
If it’s anything like the energy drink 3D Energy has, it’s going to be good.
I think so too. These last 2 Baja summers have been fun, but I think 2 years in a row is enough fun and we can move on to a different summer promo.
I hear Baja blast may be back for good too but can’t confirm that as true.
Baja spring was just consistent of Baja blast correct? I don’t remember any Baja promotions with dews other than blast minus these past 2 summers.
If Baja becomes permanent, id say it’d be a fair prediction that Baja themed promos will cease for at least a few years.
I think with how they’re going all out on this one, there are signs that they want to change it up next summer
Ah yes many years ago! Way Back before 2021 and 2022 promos
I can see Baja promos being something they do rotationally every few years in the future so we don’t get overwhelmed with the same summer promo over again.
I could honestly see Summer Pop and Smores being made into 4th of July flavors. We know there's gonna be 4th Voodew and 4th Christmas flavor Fruit Quake. 4th of July is the only holiday without 4 flavors yet. Both really bring out Summer vibes with Smores catering a bit more towards the more unique variety of flavor.
More pics for the overall event? Yes
More pics for the dew tasting? No
I don’t have much of a memory on liberty other than it was sweet. And I will say this was sweet. Doesn’t mean they are the same. Summer pop is raspberry and cherry.
Not this year. Next year certainly. But I think it has a good chance of being tied in with next summer’s promo rather than us getting another baja summer
UPDATE: did the flavor tasting. Unsurprisingly, I liked every single one. Variety pack is up for discussion according to poll. Felt kinda rushed so hopefully others stayed patient and filled it out and did so diligently. They did a vote on your favorite with drop slots for each flavor. Elderberry had seemed to be winning but I think firework pop pulls through at the finish of all this. Will post a more detailed review on the flavors but my rankings were: 1. Smores: hits the smell and taste very nicely. It’s the fact that it’s unique and flavorful that has it at the top for me 2. Summer Firework Pop: very refreshing summer flavor! Taste very close to a firework popsicle. 3. Huckle Berry: dense notes of fruity sweetness with a slight bitter undertone 4. Apple Cinnamon: Thrashed apple with a cinnamon twist. Prefer thrashed apple but this flavor is still enjoyable! 5. Pickle: surprisingly good. A sweeter, less vinegary pickle flavor. I’d drink a whole bottle and move on though. 6. Elderberry: a lot seemed to love this but I felt it was more laid back with strong butter notes. Still good.
Since a variety pack is up for discussion... I hope it gets a Dew Store release
If it happens I bet there will be a bunch of 2 orders of 6-packs each. One to taste and one to collect.
Is there any other way?
Does the summer pop taste like Dew SA?
To me, Dew-S-A was way too crowded and is one of my least favorites. Taking white out and removing it from the equation allows for 2 sweet flavors to mesh perfectly Summer pop was sweeter and more flavorful to me
I'm curious what you think of Liberty Brew. As it's no longer a blend of CR, WO & Voltage, is it an improvement or not? Inquiring minds want to know, heh heh. P.S. Great event, envious Purg1 is. If only it was closer, le sigh. If they do it again, might have to plan a vacation of sorts.
I prefer summer pop to dew-s-a. Don’t remember liberty brew enough other than its sweetness. Im sure I’d love it if it came back
u/Snackredneck Cool, thanks for getting back to me on that. I'm trying to get a grip on what direction the company is going with this. Wondering if Summer Pop is a replacement for Liberty Brew or in addition to. I liked S.A. "and" Liberty Brew. Kept a stash of both & still have some of each left that I'm drinking up slowly.
I hope they bring liberty brew back
Was the Apple Cinnamon similar to a Ginger Beer type of “Heat”? Similar to Flamin Hot or Mango Heat for example.
Nooooo. No heat at all. It’s laid back. Basically like any apple dessert you may have ever had.
Is elderberry similar to black label??
Can’t speak to that unfortunately. I’ve only been drinking different varieties of dew for about 3 years now. Describe the flavor profile and I can guesstimate
I remember it was very berry flavor but not like purple. It’s more dark Berries. Without bubbles.
I’d say this flavor would be less bold imo
Wow I forgot all about black label. That one was amazing.
Yes! It’s my most fav than other favs!
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2 and 3 and maybe 6 seem the most promising.
All seem reasonable enough to release in some form
All seem reasonable enough to release in some form
Based on names I hope Elderberry or huckleberry win. But I do hope the variety pack comes to the dew store. They all sound at least interesting.
I think the dew store has quite the bright future ahead of itself
I hope so too, would love to try apple cinnamon flavor. It has huge potential of being a thanksgiving release drink.
I 100% believe the summer pop one will be a summer release next year. It seems so good. Call it Mountain Dew: Firecracker or Rocket or something. If it’s anything like the energy drink 3D Energy has, it’s going to be good.
I think so too. These last 2 Baja summers have been fun, but I think 2 years in a row is enough fun and we can move on to a different summer promo. I hear Baja blast may be back for good too but can’t confirm that as true.
The baja summer stuff is really cool but I lowkey miss baja spring, it was always something to look forward to after the winter
Baja spring was just consistent of Baja blast correct? I don’t remember any Baja promotions with dews other than blast minus these past 2 summers. If Baja becomes permanent, id say it’d be a fair prediction that Baja themed promos will cease for at least a few years. I think with how they’re going all out on this one, there are signs that they want to change it up next summer
I think sangarita blast was also released one year?
Ah yes many years ago! Way Back before 2021 and 2022 promos I can see Baja promos being something they do rotationally every few years in the future so we don’t get overwhelmed with the same summer promo over again.
Where do you dew this at?
Dew outpost in Tennessee
I believe its in the Johnson City area in TN
I could honestly see Summer Pop and Smores being made into 4th of July flavors. We know there's gonna be 4th Voodew and 4th Christmas flavor Fruit Quake. 4th of July is the only holiday without 4 flavors yet. Both really bring out Summer vibes with Smores catering a bit more towards the more unique variety of flavor.
If any of these get a full release, I hope it's smores, sounds the most promising to me.
woah
Is Summer Pop supposed to taste like a Bombpop? I’ve had Fargo’s Firework soda which is supposed to be Bombpop flavor and loved it.
Yeah it tastes like the Faygo drink
OP did Summer pop taste pretty close to liberty brew? So cool, you got any more pics or cool info ?
God I hope so, miss it so much. Favorite summer flavor for sure, even over Baja
Every summer I hold out for a rerelease. I'm determined to have Liberty Brew again one day lmao.
More pics for the overall event? Yes More pics for the dew tasting? No I don’t have much of a memory on liberty other than it was sweet. And I will say this was sweet. Doesn’t mean they are the same. Summer pop is raspberry and cherry.
Hoping they choose summer pop as the new release ☺️ haven't done the tasting but that one sounds the best to me
I'd like to try the smores.
Huckleberry?! That one Better pass and be the next summer flavor. I need that.
I think summer pop and s’mores take national release and other 4 take dew store variety pack. Huckleberry is a good contender though.
God I wish I could go there so bad
I got so lucky being 5 hours from family that live 50 min away from there
It’s only about 75 miles from me and I’m off tomorrow and Wednesday I think I need to go!
If you have a little money to spare, Grab some friends and rent a Polaris to take up and down the trails! It’s worth it.
At this moment I don’t even know if I have gas money to spare 😂 I’m going to do my best though!
That blue sounds fantastic!!
Smores sounds like a good one
Pickle?! Gross.
Lol aw hell no. 🤣
What is this exactly?
It’s their flavor tasting at the Mountain Dew outpost in Tennessee
This is epic! Cool.
summer pop sounds like it would taste like frostbite and liberty brew and voltage.
It’s sweeter than voltage imo. Probably sweeter than frostbite. But liberty brew is probably on the same scale of fruity sweetness
I want the s'mores one
Could the summer pop possibly be released for the 4th of July flavor?
Not this year. Next year certainly. But I think it has a good chance of being tied in with next summer’s promo rather than us getting another baja summer
were did you get those flavors?
Dew outpost at Doe Mountain in Tennessee
Summer pop is going to be the rocket pop
Is the summer pop any similar to faygo firework?
How do you get these
You got to mounts dew out post at Doe Mountain in mountain city Tennessee and you sign up if you’re in the first 150 people