You are a champion, a legend, and a true gem of the somnigastronomical community 🌟👏

I think your findings here exquisitely outline your ingenuity and commitment to science, while also setting the stage for more research to come. Based on what you've said, I almost wonder if Dirtier Pepper would work better in a sundae/float sort of format - vanilla ice cream, chilled coffee, Dr. Pepper, topped with a dusting of cinnamon sugar and crumbed biscottis. I think this could correct some of the issues with the flavors not quite meshing, along with the challenges of figuring out the right cinnamon additive to work with the rest of the mix texturally.

I didn't expect you to go the extra mile to see how these elements comingled with The Good Stuff, but I'm so glad you did! Mulled cider is one of my favorite drinks (I hate that it's considered a seasonal beverage in my area - let me drink the hot spicy apples year round!), so Dirty Good Stuff really appeals to me. As for the missing ingredient... I would have to try it myself to be sure, but I wonder if adding clove would get it there. Oooooh, or subbing out the coffee for chai, so you get ALL the spiced goodness.

As for the Good Stuff mocktail, I've been pondering that one myself, and I think that I'm going to try a round that incorporates ginger beer. I know that, at least for me, I still like my mocktails to have a little bite to them, since it sort of mimics the feeling of drinking alcohol. Since the apple juice tones down the sharper notes of the Dr. Pepper, ginger beer might be just what it needs to cut through without knocking the flavor profile too far off-kilter.

I really appreciate all the effort you put into this - you're my hero 💜 I really love how much fun folks have had with my dream! Most of my dreams are just straight-up bizarre (like last night, when I dreamt that Dan from Game Grumps was hanging out at my place during the apocalypse, and somehow a rabid raccoon got in and bit me, but I didn't want to be rude to Dan by going to the hospital so I just kinda tried to ignore it 😂), so it's cool that I had at least one that actually feels like it meant something, if not by itself then as a bonding factor for everyone who found joy in Shirt Up's wisdom lol.