Root 9 Panax Gold Vitality Drink Review

Root 9 Gold is a peculiar product, an energy drink in all ways except by the text on the can. "Vitality" is the term at play here, but it makes for confusing marketing that is surely to put-off consumers. The design, however, is appealing, its stark gold coloring standing proud against the brooding blackness of many other caffeinated cocktails.

Compared to its Panax Red brother, the flavor is a massive disappointment, a bitter exercise in how a lack of faith can destroy a flavor. There is something charming to be savored here, a distant interpretation of pineapple and lemon that bask in the potable's extreme sourness. In fact, your lips will curl and your eye will twitch once or twice once the tartness touches your tongue. Somehow though, it works in tandem, not against, the critical flaw here, which is bitterness. Whether it is the ginseng, green tea, or by-design, your mouth is coated in a layered veneer of funky pungency; it is something you actually first notice once you crack open the can, a disgusting perfume that wafts from the gaping aluminum into your unsuspecting nose. Erythritol and stevia are responsible for sweetness, but the duo demonstrate an unwillingness to challenge the overwhelming earthiness and aggressive acidity. It is a lethargic saccharinity, one that needed to take control back of the experience, but instead lets the nastiness run the show.

Fifty milligrams of caffeine, 500 mg of red ginseng, several B vitamins, and vitamin C, make up the energy blend here, and make for an unimpressive kick. The wheels really fall off here- you can get past a disgusting flavor if the buzz was worthwhile. Unfortunately, the potation's distracted narrative keeps the drink from more consumer's hands.

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