Red Bull The Pink Edition Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

Red Bull unleashes a diet version of their recent "Pink Edition," a potent potable that did not win over my palate. It barely registered to memory after the can was tossed away, dissipating from memory, living on as merely another energy drink on The Caffeine King. The can here is mostly identical, save for some out-of-place blue "sugar free" banners; I suppose it is important information.

The flavor is a bit more lively than its full-calorie brethren, the acidity more in control of the experience thanks to the milquetoast sucralose and ace-k, the two synthetic sweeteners involved. This time around, blueberry and raspberry take the lead over strawberry, which is only tasted when your lips are not puckered. And that is good, because who wants to taste artificial sugars? Present also is bit of apple and a touch of cranberry, though you have to do some spelunking for either. Yet their presence is inconsequential, hitting your tongue as just more fruity noise as you try and enjoy the twelve ounces of tartness. The carbonation is as bubbly as one expects, but its slight harshness distracts from the zesty acidity that otherwise caresses your taste buds.

Familiar faces like taurine, vitamins, and of course 114 milligrams of caffeine, make up the energy blend today, and the two hour kick is all-too familiar. It is the same as any Red Bull, and considering how funky they have been with flavors lately, it is a shame to see them still sticking stubbornly to such an antiquated formula.

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