Produced and owned by PepsiCo, Mountain Dew, popularly called Mtn Dew in some countries, is a carbonated soft drink brand.
According to Tabitha Waggoner and Jessica Davis for the Tennessean, “mountain dew” was originally a slang for mountain-brewed moonshine.
However the history behind the mountain dew carbonated soft drink is that it was never intended to be a soft drink. In fact, it has ties to hard alcohol as it was named after moonshine and initially developed as a mixer for bartenders.
Appalachian moonshiners used the term “mountain dew” during prohibition to avoid being recognized by law authorities as makers of illegal alcohol.
Before the 1940s, mountain dew was mainly a nickname for alcohol. If you said mountain dew, then you were referring to moonshine.
For a brief history about the mountain dew carbonated soft drink, the two brothers from Knoxville, Tennessee, Barney, and Ally Hartman created a beverage with cane sugar, citrus flavoring, and carbonation. They called their concoction Mountain Dew.
FAQs
Q: was mountain dew made for moonshine?
A: mountain dew was originally a slang for mountain-brewed moonshine but not necessarily made for moonshine
Q: Is Mountain Dew related to moonshine?
A: “Mountain Dew” was originally Southern and/or Scots-Irish slang for moonshine.
Q:Did Mountain Dew used to have alcohol?
A: There was never any alcohol in Mountain Dew
Q: Who owns MTN Dew?
A: PepsiCo owns MTN Dew
