I feel like the reason to drink Mountain Dew has always been the caffeine. That even with its unworldly color and plasticy taste, it was possible you to choke this stuff down because you knew it had more caffeine than everything else.

With the advent of energy drinks, a big part of the case for Mountain Dew seems to have gone away. If you are going to drink something that tastes like crap, you may as well ingest some taurine and ginseng while you're at it.