Not making a big deal out of it just arguing tasting opinions. You might very well be right. I like sweet tasting things..I love extra sweet southern style tea(which is why I love the glass bottle liptons!)..but oh well its being crushed in the stores..I wonder how this effects cheaply priced vault in some areas..

See, I can't handle that extra sweet tea. I love tea, drink it every day but that stuff is way too sweet for me! Also, the tea they have at McDonalds. I can't drink that stuff either. Not trying to start an argument either. Like I said, it's just a difference in everyone. We all have our likes and dislikes.

see I love that MCds sweet tea .

After a couple weeks of sampling, I've come to a definitive conclusion - Voltage isn't only the best of the three, it just might be my favorite soft drink ever - only Cheerwine and perhaps Dublin Dr. Pepper come close. The first bottle of Supernova was alright, but halfway through the second bottle it was a little too cloying and obnoxious. Revolution was not that good at all. Meanwhile, I enjoy Voltage more with every sip. I think it has the potential to have far more staying power than the other two - I'll probably salivate just as much over Voltage in a decade as I do today, while the others I think would quickly grow tiresome. I've been waiting so long for a readily available blue raspberry soda. I would be shocked if Voltage managed to lose.

I went over to dewmocracy.com and they have an 'electoral map' of results, and the results are unsurprising - Voltage is destroying the other two.

I decided to give Voltage another try since it seems to be the clear majority favorite, and I still don't like it very much. It's just too sweet and too much like every other "blue raspberry" drink I've tasted. It's still Revolution all the way for me.

question:

why the hell did they make a "raspberry" and then a "wild berry" flavors? I think those two are so VERY similar that it was a waste.

why not go in an opposite direction. Wasn't "game fuel" a citrus cherry?

dave

Yea there aways be around!

My take on Mountain Dew Voltage... obviously a berry-flavored Mountain Dew, inspired-but-not-exactly-like Pepsi Blue. It has a sweet aftertaste, which is probably where the citrus underpinnings are found.


As one of the one of 3 finalists in the DEWmocracy campaign, I found much similarity in taste to Amp Energy Elevate. It's decent. Not horrible. Not amazing. It's chemical makeup is pretty much the same as the other "DEWmocracy 3", meaning that it's nothing more than a drink built on cookie-cutter promotion, not by market demand.

The color of this drink can only be described as "nuclear blue"... kinda like the blue dye you use when you are coloring Easter eggs. What, did Pepsi hook up with PAAS or something?

Overall, decent... but not outstanding. Totally better than Supernova. However, I'd take a Pitch Black over this any day

(Full review here more pretty pictures of soda bottles next to a tree!)

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Rounding out what I like to call the "DEWmocracy 3" (sort of like the Oceanic 6 if you watch LOST), we've got Mountain Dew Revolution. Can I just say that the choice of a light berry flavor for Revolution and a strong berry flavor for Voltage is quite odd, as the two seem to cannibalize each other. Why two berries? Stupid from a marketing perspective.


At first I wasn't really a fan of Revolution, totally liking Voltage much better. But after a while, Revolution grew on me. I'm not sure it's better than Voltage, but it felt more... real. Voltage is very over-the-top with the berry/citrus influence, and frankly, tastes quit e processed. Revolution has a milder, weaker berry taste, but that grew on me. I probably find it the most favorable out of the DEWmocracy flavors based solely on its sustainability as a flavor.

It was like someone did a Sierra Mist + Berry mashup and called it Mountain Dew... and I'm not even a huge fan of Sierra Mist. Lighter just seemed to be better in this case.

Overall, it's another blue Dew, not a bold as the berry flavor in Voltage... or heck, even the Slurpee experience of Mountain Dew Blue Shock. It has a mild approach that is somewhat favorable. Not outstanding, but pretty much ideal for the Dew faithful who will blindly buy it.

(Insert customary link to full beverage review so folks will go check it out even though I'm not trying to be a jerk on the BevNet forums and just promote a beverage review I wrote elsewhere )

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I have so far only tasted 2 flavours Supernova and Revolution. My fav is Revolution so far. I did like Revolution but i didn't think it was that nice. I will be trying Voltage later this weekend.
I am based in the UK so we will not get these so i bought them off ebay i got 10 which cost me $80 inc shipping which is mad expensive but so far it has been worth it )