I miss the early days of the energy drink boom. Red Bull was the standard flavor, and all these brands cropped up to try and take a piece of the caffeinated pie. Sure, a lot were crap, but a lot took risks, and all tried to come up with a reason to consume their product over the Austrian import.
The market is different today. Bang clones are the norm, and its unbridled amount of varieties, outrageous 300 milligrams of my namesake and diet origins means that there is no constant; gone is the direct comparison. Take Bucked Up here, what the hell am I supposed to make of a flavor labeled "Gym N' Juice?" Especially since, well, it contains no actual juice.
Citrus surprisingly swims out of the sixteen ounce can, a grapefruit base with a taunting tickle of lemon around the edges. It is not bad honestly, especially since it emphasizes sourness of blind sweetness. Why is that a good thing? The sugar free nature of Bucked Up has sucralose and ace-k in charge of the saccharinity, a familiar and sometimes balanced sweetener system that here is mild and disinterested in making your tongue soggy with their synthetic genesis. Sure, Gym N' Juice is one-note, afraid to take a chance with its fruity inspiration, leaving a funky supplement showcase in the back of your throat, but sips could have been a lot lot worse.
All the aforementioned caffeine makes for a rocking four hour long kick, what did you expect? Other ingredients include beta-alanine, taurine, tyrosine, ginseng, and a host of others. In the end, Bucked Up Gym N' Juice's mediocre looking and tasting potent potable with a rocking buzz.
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