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The 300s Reviews: Not Your Fathers Mountain Ale

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I’ve been excited about this for some time, as I wrote about the new drink when I first heard about its existence. It. Is. Here. In our first video edition of The 300s Reviews, we finally try the Mountain Dew booze we’ve been hearing so much about.

“So now theres an alcoholic Mountain Dew? I want to try it. I need to try it. But its dangerous territory. I’m gonna have to force myself to just sip it like I’m taking communion because if I black out on Mountain Dew booze and ruin the soda for myself I don’t know if I can continue on in this world.”

Please Keep Dougie In Your Thoughts As Chipotle Goes Under The SEC’s Microscope (Still/Again)

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Quick one here. You may or may not have heard that Chipotle is in trouble, again/still from last time, for being filthy and disease-ridden. Not to be outdone by the E.Coli outbreak at the location near BC, an outpost in Virginia has caused about 130 people to get sick. You almost have to admire the Drago “if they die, they die” approach these folks take when it comes to their customers.

The latest news though, like all that pertains to Chipotle, is a personal story for us at the 300. You see, our fearless leader Dougie MacRay lives for the subtle notes of food-borne illness in the burritos and bowls he consumes around the clock. The pseudo-Mexican, borderline fast food that Chipotle serves holds a near and dear place in his heart; it is the driving force behind the every-man nature of his ambition. Basically without Chipotle he has no reason to live.

So let’s keep Dougie in our thoughts as this investigation moves forward. For without him you have less to do while not working and I can’t write tinfoil helmet blogs about the UFC.

Slainte.

Editors note: As normal, I’ll let movie quotes do the talking for me.

The 300s Reviews: Pepsi Fire

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I don’t do these reviews because I’m a masochist, I do it because I’m a man of the people. I do it for you. I’m a big fan of obscure drinks like Surge and Crystal Pepsi. Gotta pick out the diamonds in the rough. The best pumpkin spice latte you’ll ever have will be from 7-11. But for every success theres 10 disasters. I’m here to steer the ship so you know what’s garbage and what is so good that you have to at least try it, bodily harm be damned. With that, I introduce, Pepsi Fire.

Cracking the bottle open and its immediately apparent this is not some half-assed Pepsi marketing ploy; this is something different. The smell reminds me of when you run out of ginger ale and you have to mix Jameson with coke. Not a great start.

Poured it over ice and as its bubbling up I notice an unsettling reddish hue. The things I ingest for this blog.

First sip: It tastes EXACTLY like Fireball, which would have been great for Pepsi five years ago. May have even been a hit for Pepsi had Fireball never been invented. But now the cinnamon carbonation immediately brings back memories of ripping shots at the bar at 1 am. Not exactly what I want to pair with…anything really. Take a sip of this hungover and you might as well just call into work sick ahead of time.

Hey another fun fact, this concoction is WAY worse for you than any normal soda, let alone a diet Pepsi. After I poured it out I took a quick glimpse at the nutrition label before I threw it out and I gasped. Literally gasped. Pepsi Fire has 260 calories and 69 grams of sugar of nutrition in it. Jesus christ. Now I guess thats standard for a Pepsi 20 oz bottle, which I didn’t realize because I’m a devout supporter of asparatime in my diet sodas.

My point is, if you have more than 1 of these a month you are going to be in the dentist chair repairing some serious damage. Which I’d be fine with for a respectable drink, but I cannot knowingly destroy my teeth for Fireball soda. Final verdict: I cannot recommend trying this in good conscience. Pass.