Duff Energy Drink Review

Being licensed from the cartoon series "The Simpsons," Duff Energy Drink is based heavily upon the fictitious beer featured in the show. But regardless to whether or not using a well known fake beer can to house an energy drink was a smart idea, it's at least one of the manufactures most inspired cans(given most have shrink wrapped labels and/or are only loosely based upon the licensed property). But personally, I feel the design is a mixed bag, as while I do like the retro vibe it gives, it just doesn't look right as an energy drink. Plus, the name "Duff" doesn't convey energy nor does it really sound like something I'd want to drink.

To me, the only flavour that makes sense to use is root beer, but instead Duff goes for a more orange focused flavour. It begins with a super sweet orange that's meshed seamlessly with an equally sugary cherry. The latter is far weaker than the prior, but it's strong enough to avoid being viewed as a note. The orange has a slight chalky sourness to it, and while it helps to tone down the strong sweetness a bit, its powdery quality is out of place. Underlying the experience is a light tartness that is subdued mostly by the sourness during the orange, but grows more pronounced during the shift to cherry. Neither fruits have any real degree of authenticity to them, and both taste like they were ripped right out of a candy store. Following is suppressed mango absorbed in a strong bubbly carbonated ascent. The mango is sharp and considerably artificial, and its level of sweetness is even higher than that of its predecessors. Once it ends, a hyper condensed adaptation of the experience is unpleasantly left in a syrupy coating across your mouth. Overall, Duff Energy Drink, while drinkable and not half bad, doesn't break new grounds taste wise, and it just screams to be root beer and not orange flavoured.

Duff Energy Drink's ingredient cocktail is that of average, consisting of: caffeine(120mg), taurine, inositol, ginseng, guarana, and several B vitamins. I had energy fairly immediate after I finished the can, and there were slight jitters. The buzz lasted just over two hours, which is when I promptly crashed. All in all, while Duff is a decently inspired novelty product, at the same time it's nothing more(and often less) than a run-of-the-mill energy drink.

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