Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist taste very different for two things that are named after the same thing. amirite?

Mist - tiny water droplets suspended in the air to form a fog. Dew - tiny water droplets that form on cool surfaces at night.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yup. Not the same thing.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

But you do have to admit they would taste pretty similar.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I dunno, milk and condensed milk are two very different flavors.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That's probably because the condensed milk you're thinking of is sweetened and condensed milk, not just condensed milk. The flavor profile doesn't really change when you condense it, it just changes texture typically.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Finally someone who understands! These have completely different flavors!!!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"Mountain Dew": specifically, unaged distilled corn liquor, esp from the Appalachian region of the southern US. The soda was so named because it was intentionally formulated to be a superior tasting mixer for whiskey. Try it and tell me I'm wrong!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

This guy moists

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Well, now only one remains. And Starry just don't hit the same as SM.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I feel like the only one who likes Starry. If you didn't know, sierra mist was made with cane sugar. When they changed to Starry they started using the cheaper HFCS. This may be the main reason for the rebranding.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Sierra mist was syrupy garbage.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It was one of the last American sodas to use cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup for sweetener. I loved it

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I tend to think of "mist" as forehead sweat, whereas "dew" is definitely ballsack sweat.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That explains why I love mt dew

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Is the mountain part a size reference?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That's why Mt. Dew has so much more caffeine.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It's because Mountain Dew is from the Appalachian mountains not the Sierras

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Also, mountain dew has a slightly different meaning than its literal name.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That's because while Sierra mist is a knockoff sprite, mountain dew was originally made as a mixer for moonshine, which was colloquially known as mountain dew to avoid rasisng suspicion

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It was developed as a mixer, but Mountain Dew was developed after Prohibition, in 1940. The name was an older (pre-Prohibition) term for Scotch whisky (probably would not avoid suspicion in any case).

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Also theres the fact that sierra mist is a 7up rip off, not a mt dew rip off. Altho i will allege that ive never considered the fact that Mt Dew and Sierra Mist are essentially synonyms until now.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Sierra Mist was and Mountain Dew still is a Pepsi product. They're not in the business of cannibalizing their sales by making two identical products with different names

by Anonymous 2 years ago

>sierra mist is a 7up rip off I seem to recall a Pepsi product Slice which came in multiple flavors, one of which was competing with 7up and Sprite.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I've tasted many a mountains dew and it never tasted like either beverage. I'd describe it more of a watery sensation

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Mtn Dew is a an old reference to home made whiskey or moonshine. The soft drink was originally invented to be a whiskey chaser. I'm not sure why they call it sierra mist. But Mtn dew actually references other things than dew on a mountain. The history of mountain dew is actually kinda fascinating.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Dew is moisture that clings to things. Mist is a low hanging fog of moisture. Fog is just a less moist mist.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Now you're splittin hairs

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Only if you count defining them as splitting hairs. If it would make you happy though I could refer to ice as water from now on.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I think the point is… don't be a wet blanket. Whether it's from dew or fog 💧

by Anonymous 2 years ago

A moist sleeping bag is rather comfy though

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Im just waiting on a store brand to come out with "high elevation precipitation"

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I would drink that.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

SM always beat MD, except Code Red. That stuff is addictive. SM was sadly banned in my county(7up and Sprite agreement of some sort) so could only get it when I was away from home. RIP Sierra Mist.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Slight differentiation but I believe Sierra refers to a range of mountains, so is plural fwiw Spanish singular is the obvious montaña

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Mountain Dew doesn't taste like it sounds. Sierra Mist does taste like it sounds.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Never heard of Sierra Mist so I googled it- looks like knock off sprite or 7up or something? Lemon lime. Isn't that the essential flavour of mountain dew too?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Never in my life have I heard anyone refer to corn liquor as 'Sierra Mist'. "They call it that ol' Mountain Dooooo!" - Bascom Lunsford

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Mountain Dew isn't named after the dew formed on a mountain. "Mountain dew" is an old Scotch/Irish term for moonshine. The creators deliberately chose that as a name for their soda because they intended it to be mixed with hooch.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Sprite and MTN Dee taste the same, Sprite is just C R I S P I E R

by Anonymous 2 years ago