Over the years I’ve come to be somewhat of a Mt. Dew connoisseur... although I finally kicked the habit and don’t drink it anymore, I put away about 30 cans a week for many years. I noticed a difference in taste from one bottler to the next. Sometimes really subtle, sometimes not. When I switched to diet Mt Dew, I noted the taste differences were much more prominent than with regular. So it’s probably not your taste buds, you might try looking at where it was bottled and go get a case at a different store that may be a different bottler. I’m not sure how the distribution works so....
Thanks.
I’ve decided to try it again in month or two. It might just be a bad batch.