Alani Nu Winter Wonderland Energy Drink Review

Let us just be happy "Winter Wonderland" is the holiday song they picked here instead of something like, I dunno, by The Chipmunks. Alani Nu's can here is alright, a hokey take on the holidays with tacky ornaments and pink flamingos against a green backdrop- I am surprised there is no snow to be found. Where is this "winter wonderland" they speak of? Florida? How festive.

The scent has this citrusy musk that only happens with potations containing "zero percent juice." The taste is a weird, icky one, misrepresenting itself as in-fact citrus upon first sip, lemon to be exact, who cuddles up close to some stereotypical Granny Smith apple interpretation. But this masquerade is fleeting, as the mouthful quickly devolves into a most inappropriate coconut, a flavor so awkwardly handled that sips end up with this nasty rose water characteristic; it is the precise moment of the experience where somehow things do not taste sweet enough. It lingers on well beyond each gulp, as you sit there in disbelief at what you paid good money for. Sucralose and ace-k are the sweeteners in charge, a generally reliable duo who fail to protect your tongue from the inelegant elixir invasion; some honest carbohydrates, even just a few grams worth, could have helped soften the blow from this big lump of coal in your stocking.

200 milligrams of caffeine? Now that is what I am talking about! The buzz is the best thing here, hands down, lasting a solid three hours. But you had to make it that far, and I only did in a last-ditch attempt to make it on "the nice list."

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