Vintage Mountain Dew Soda Bottle
by Paul Ward
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Vintage Mountain Dew Soda Bottle
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Paul Ward
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A bit of Mountain Dew history:
In the late 1930s, Barney and Ally Harman, two brothers from Georgia, packed up and moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. The Hartmans were apparently big whiskey drinkers, but can’t get their hands on their favorite mixer, Natural Set Up, in their new city. Rather than have someone ship it down to them or travel to get it, they decided to make their own.
Barney and Ally got into a lab and mixed up a carbonated lemon-lime drink. They decide to mix it with booze, as one does, and it tastes like homemade hooch. This is apparently what they were shooting for, so the mix is a keeper. When the time came to brand their new drink, Barney and Ally settled on the name Mountain Dew, which is actually old timey slang for moonshine.
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January 4th, 2022
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