Mar 162005
Name: Sun DropAlleged Flavor: Citrus Soda
Actual Flavor: Mountain Dew for Grown-Ups
Carbonation Level: Moderate to high
Color: Unsurprisingly, a Mountain Dew yellow
Carbonation Level: Moderate to high
Color: Unsurprisingly, a Mountain Dew yellow
Tasting sample was from: aluminum can, poured into glass
Imagine all sodas as being members of the same family. Mountain Dew, of course, is the tightly-wound snowboarding teenager, mooching off ol’ man Pepsi and never living up to his full potential. Ol’ Man Pepsi sees a lot of Mountain Dew in his distant cousin Sun Drop- a southern eccentric that doesn’t get out much, but is well-liked by those who get to know him.
A far-fetched metaphor, perhaps, but Sun Drop looks like Mountain Dew, both in and out of the package, and for the most part, does the same thing. They’re both frakishly yellow "citrus" sodas with caffienne. While Mountain Dew is a sticky-sweet favorite of college students who crave its high caffienne levels, Sun Drop is a regional favorite in the Southeastern states and adds a little tartness to the mix. I wouldn’t call the taste sophisticated or complex by any means, but it does give a bit of balance to the over-the-top taste of Mountain Dew- meaning you can drink it when you’re not pulling an all-nighter.
Crazy, good-for-nothin’ Mountain Dew could learn a thing or two from wise, old cousin Sun Drop.
Overall: 9 of 10. Not too easy to track down in these parts, which is a shame. Also, SunDrop Corporate HQ tells me there’s a Cherry Lemon SunDrop. I’d live to get my yankee mitts on some of that…