Mug Root Beer

What would happen if a massive, soulless mega-corporation decided that it wanted to try its hand at one of the finest of all soft drinks, root beer? Why, it would make a root beer that sucks, that's what.

Mug Root Beer is a product of Pepsi, the lumbering soft drink dinosaur. Most of Pepsi's products are fine; Mountain Dew is a long time personal favorite, and Wild Cherry Pepsi is also quite nice from time to time. But Mug is an absolute travesty. Any can of Mug I've ever drunk has tasted noticeably metallic, and the bottled version is of little improvement.

Even out of a fountain, Mug is just dull and devoid of real personality. Compare it with such glorious root beers as IBC or Sprecher's, and the lackluster quality of Mug is even more obvious.

The final death knell for Mug sounds any time I see that fucking commercial with the pregnant woman drinking a Mug, leading her baby to have spasms or a seizure or something. Only marginally less awful were the "The foam goes straight to your brain" commercials.

Whoever came up with these ads is the guy Bill Hicks was talking to during his "If anyone in this room is in advertising … kill yourself" routine.

Review by HIP