This evaluate began with seven easy phrases, texted by my companion as he checked our mail: “Hey, did you order an unique Dew?”
I hadn’t… however my confusion rapidly gave strategy to unadulterated pleasure. A month or so prior, I’d tracked down all three of Summer time 2022’s Baja flavors — the OG and its new and surprisingly-elusive-in-my-neck-of-the-woods pals Baja Mango Gem and Baja Gold — diligently plugged the codes on their caps into Mountain Dew’s web site for a stab on the Misplaced Treasures of Baja Island sweepstakes, after which summarily forgotten all about it… till I returned house triumphant to a coveted six-pack of my Baja Deep Dive winnings!
Certain, it sounds rather less spectacular after I specify that I’m a mere one among 18,000 beverage buffs who received fortunate this time round, however nonetheless, free, shock, only-available-from-a-contest Mountain Dew straight to at least one’s doorstep is nothing to scoff at!
I eagerly cracked open a tall, spiffy darkish purple can of this subnautical nectar, which is embellished with what appears to be an artist’s interpretation of what regular fish would mutate into if oceans had been made from Mountain Dew. A poison-dart-frog-bright, barely bluish inexperienced (appropriately, one may even name it “sea inexperienced”) liquid whose hue I can greatest describe as “Yep, that positive is Mountain Dew-colored” pulsed out.
The perplexing potion smelled deliciously — and aggressively — fruity, candy-like even, however not in a approach that I may instantly attribute to any explicit taste. In the event you’re accustomed to Mountain Dew, such sugar-soaked ambiguity might be not stunning. It’s in all probability additionally not stunning after I report that this aquatic libation tastes… just about how simply it smells. It’s violently candy and closely paying homage to its citrus-y, mango-y, pineapple-y Baja brethren, however with an odd aftertaste that, bizarrely, jogged my memory of cucumber. A radical sweep of the pleasantly energetic Mountain Dew neighborhood on Reddit means that I could actually be the one individual on this planet who thought that. Neat!
Oh yeah, did I point out this can be a thriller taste? As of late I’ve been on an equally amused and bemused quest to strive as many flavors of Dew as doable, however however, I haven’t but developed the ability of really with the ability to differentiate between them very effectively. So, when it got here to cracking this maritime thriller, I used to be a bit misplaced at sea.
A deep dive into, effectively, Deep Dive produced a couple of hints that had been as well-buried as a hidden treasure. Notably, there’s a diver on the can whose masks appears like a pineapple, however that was about all I may fish up on my lonesome. (The may prominently options, amongst different issues, an eel, an anglerfish, and what seems to be a sentient grenade with a narwhal horn, so I hope these aren’t additionally clues concerning the elements at play right here!)
Happily, the trusty True Dew-ers of the web have additionally unearthed the tantalizing tidbit that the font used on this will is similar as on the dearly departed Mountain Dew Pitch Black, which was grape flavored. Come to consider it, aren’t sea grapes a factor? If that in some way finally ends up being this taste’s secret identification, Group Mountain Dew deserves a hearty tip of my pirate’s hat (however perhaps additionally an eye fixed roll).
All in all, the attract of this oceanic new version, similar to the attract of any Mountain Dew, is each troublesome to explain and troublesome to disclaim.
Bought Value: Free as a sweepstakes prize
Measurement: 16 oz cans
Bought at: n/a, solely obtainable to winners of the Misplaced Treasures of Baja Island sweepstakes
Ranking: 7 out of 10
Diet Details: (1 can) 220 energy, 0 grams of fats, 0 grams of saturated fats, 65 milligrams of sodium, 59 grams of carbohydrates, 59 grams of sugar, 0 grams of protein, and 72 milligrams of caffeine.
