This isn’t the first time Mountain Dew has released a flavor exclusive to a specific fast food restaurant. The flavor does sound unique - peach sodas tend to be somewhat rarer than many other varieties - so even if you’re not a fizzy drink kind of person, it still might be worth trying at least once, even if it’s just for the novelty of it. Meanwhile, Redditor u/ATownAndrew posted a short review to the soda-centric subreddit r/ToFizzOrNotToFizz back in April, comparing it favorably to Peach Fanta. Taste-wise, it does appear to be on the sweeter side, according to early reviews the Impulsive Buy, which tried it back in May, thought it was a little “toothaching,” although the food review site also stated that the “shocking sweetness” did pair well with KFC’s saltier offerings. “To come together on an exclusive product - Sweet Lightning - is a thrill, and we look forward to delighting our customers' taste buds and pushing the envelope on creativity.” “Like KFC, MTN DEW is inspired by bold ideas and flavors, making this an authentic relationship from the start,” Nicole Portwood, vice president of marketing for Mountain Dew, said in a press release. Orange-yellow in color, it features flavors of peach and honey - and once it arrives, it’ll be part of the permanent menu at KFC. Like its name might imply, Sweet Lightning is a bright and punchy soda meant to “electrify” KCF’s drink lineup, according to a press release. Or, more accurately, almost here, since it won’t be available nationwide until July 1. By April, Sweet Lightning had been spotted in the wild - and now, it’s finally, officially here. News of Sweet Lightning first leaked a few months ago, with a handful of fan sites noting that a number of new Mountain Dew flavors - including Liberty Brew, which also became available recently - were on the way for 2019. Soda fountains at the classic fried chicken chain will begin to carry the drink nationwide starting on July 1, though, so if you’re based in the United States, odds are you’ll be able to get your hands on the new flavor soon. There’s a catch, though: It’ll only be available at KFC restaurants. But Mountain Dew people seem to have a particularly strong allegiance to their soda of choice - which means that, if you yourself are a Mountain Dew person, you’ll be pleased to know that a new Mountain Dew flavor, Sweet Lightning, has just arrived on the scene. You can get your first taste on July 1.Some people are cola people. Given the way the new drink entirely avoids evoking unpleasant sights and smells such as human urine, we see only reason to be ebullient about Sweet Lightning’s chances on the market. “And like our world-famous fried chicken, Sweet Lightning will keep fans coming back for more.” “With the addition of Sweet Lightning, we now have a drink that is as unique to KFC as the Colonel’s secret blend of 11 herbs and spices,” said Andrea Zahumensky, chief marketing officer, KFC U.S. The campaign to launch Sweet Lightning, which did not in any way remind me of visiting Wrigley Field as a child and peeing into a communal trough, kicks off on July 1, focused on the character of “Sweet” who can be briefly seen in the vignette below. Mountain Dew describes the beverage (and its healthy yellow glow) as being a “peachy, honey-flavored nectar that was created to pair perfectly with the Colonel’s secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices, so it goes down nicely with some finger-lickin’ good fried chicken.” In developing this recipe (which is not urine-adjacent) exclusively for KFC, it essentially becomes the sister product of Taco Bell’s proprietary Mountain Dew Baja Blast, which I’ve never previously described as having the luminescent green aura of cartoon nuclear waste. So much does the new product avoid any comparison to human waste, in fact, that it proves totally unnecessary to broach the topic. The combined forces of Mountain Dew and Kentucky Fried Chicken endeavored to shock the world Tuesday morning with the reveal of a proprietary new soft drink-Mtn Dew Sweet Lightning, which looks not at all like a pint glass filled to the brim with human urine.
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