The Refreshing Drink With the Catchy Name Was Slang For An Illegal Brew
In the early 1940s, brothers Barney and Ally Hartman, who owned Hartman Beverage, began bottling a lithiated-lemon drink to be mixed with hard liquor. It was dubbed “Mountain Dew,” a term originally used for Tennessee mountain-made moonshine. The name is refreshing enough, but downing a bottle of... Sign in to see full entry.