Where's the Mountain Dew option?
When you say mountain dew, you're referring to moonshine, right? "
Mountain Dew was originally Southern and/or Irish slang for moonshine (i.e., homemade whiskey)", 'cause then I'll agree then...
I only occasionally drink sports drinks...generally when I got the trots

wink: or otherwise dehydrated. A while back, I ran across an article about home made sports drinks. It's really about the recipe (electrolyte/sodium/potassium mix), and the ingredients are pretty cheap.
Can't recall the specific recipe, and I've dialed it in for my taste...as I recall it's something like a packet of kool-aid of the right flavor (fruit punch fits in well), 1/3 cup sugar, and...I think 1/4 teaspoon Morton's Lite Salt (for the potassium) for a 2 quart batch. Usually drink that at the first sign of sickness/dehydration...good to go.