The Surprising Truth Behind When Was Mountain Dew Invented
The first sip of Mountain Dew wasn’t planned. It was an afterthought—a last-ditch effort to save a failing syrup business in the hills of Tennessee. In 1940, as World War II tightened its grip on global markets, a young chemist named Barq’s Brothers (yes, the same family behind the namesake root beer) faced a dilemma: … Read more
