Alani Nu Winter Wonderland Energy Drink Review

What is different this year with Alani Nu's Winter Wonderland drink? According to my research on the interwebs, just some milligrams less salt, a gram fewer carbs and things like that. Taste? I have no idea. I do enjoy the can itself more this time around, especially the snowman wearing a seashell bikini top, though disturbingly I do not see them wearing a bottom. Maybe it is a bra? Oh, I got it: the rest of the ensemble is on their Christmas list!

I was not all that enthused when this drink sat at my desk in 2024, but the incongruous coconut afterglow is now less prominent, letting the flaccid fruity fusion really rock the experience. That does not make it good, necessarily, but one can easily crush a can without concern. Granny smith apple, red grape and a slushy of citrus, principally grapefruit, is what my tongue finally pinned down, though many ounces into the twelve offered, the blend gelling into a cohesive, if confused, cocktail. No one piece of produce patents the potable, causing each mouthful to be a bit heavier on one versus the others, so that you sip quietly, pondering what it is exactly you are tasting at the moment. There is a good acidity, which helps ease the indeterminate crew of flavors down the hatch of apprehensive palates, and the familiar blend of sucralose and ace-k do a good job masquerading as honest carbohydrates. The loose body gives away its diet reality, but the energy drink is over by the time that sets in. Could this all be in my head? Is it possible my taste buds matured over the past year or so, now able to appreciate the oddball beverage- ha, not likely.

The 200 milligrams of everyone's favorite stimulant now inside me is exactly what The Caffeine King ordered. Lasting three hours, give or take a moment or two, the buzz helps wrap up this potent potable in a warm blanket of adequacy. Good show, Alani Nu, you are not on the Naughty List this year.

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