Red Bull The Summer Edition Watermelon Energy Drink Review

It is February, and Red Bull already has their annual "Summer Edition" out. This year the variant is watermelon, although they are by now surely running out of seasonal fruits. The can does a good job not just associating with this produce iteration, but also standing out among the other colored and solstice versions on the store shelf.

The flavor suffers from the biggest issue with watermelon drinks; the fruit is simply too delicate to properly reproduce in liquid form. The most common solution is unfortunately the route Red Bull takes here- making it deafening sweet. Sips drink like melted Jolly Rancher candies, the carbonated crimson cocktail gulps with all the nuance of a trick or treat bag stuffed with candy. There is some acidity which helps temper the overwhelming honeying, though conquering all twelve ounces is a tall ask. If it does one thing right, it would be the general lack of an aftertaste; oh sure, your palate is sodden in the gritty sweetness only non-HFCS can provide, but all you notice is the sugariness. Your teeth coated in layers of decaying carbohydrate, but your tongue can only taste the saccharinity, not the purported parody of the summertime favorite.

B vitamins, taurine, and 114 milligrams of sweet, sweet caffeine is what we have to work with this summer, and it is a shame Red Bull does not take the same inconsistent chances it does with its kick as it does its flavors. The buzz lasts two hours only, and honesty, things are so sickly sweet here that you would be forgiven mistaking the buzz as nothing more than a basic sugar rush.

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