"Mountain Dew" was originally Southern and/or Scots-Irish slang for moonshine (i.e., homemade whiskey or poitín), as referenced in the Irish folk song "The Rare Old Mountain Dew", dating …

Feb 4, 2016 · Mountain Dew is now a subsidiary of PepsiCo, and last year the company decided to stir up nostalgia for the soda's origins with Mountain Dew's "DEWshine," a clear version of …

Mar 15, 2024 · Those famous Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee were the birthplace of the soft drink we know today as “Mountain Dew.” It was founded in 1948 by the Hartman brothers who …

What does Mountain Dew have to do with moonshine? Fast forward to the early 1940s. The brothers had their lemon-lime soda mixer which was combined with whiskey. It was also the …

Nov 19, 2023 · The Gatlinburg-based spirits brand was thrown off guard when PepsiCo opposed its rights to own the "Ole Smoky Mountain Dew Moonshine" trademark, resulting in a legal …

Jul 9, 2022 · Long before it was the stuff of gamers and X-Game athletes, Mountain Dew was an illicit corn whiskey fashioned from homemade stills deep in the backwoods of Appalachia. The …

Oct 28, 2014 · The terms moonshine and mountain dew are quite likely of Irish origin, and both have long been associated with the illicit liquor of “bootleggers.” Why would anyone, though, …

Jul 22, 2017 · "Mountain dew" has multiple meanings and origins in Knoxville. There's good ol' moonshine, the first Mountain Dew soda in 1928, and a 1940s brand of Dew that evolved into …

Jan 27, 2016 · Mountain Dew is a drink staple among many Americans — especially young people — and is popular all over the world. But do you know the origins of the highly …

Apr 5, 2024 · They named their beverage Mountain Dew because the term was once used as a nickname for moonshine and the brothers thought their drink tasted just like it when mixed with …