C4 Fruit Punch Energy Drink Review

Black and red with silver trim, C4 Fruit Punch makes a solid first impression, or at least a bold one compared to the brighter, if not more fun looking potent potables it neighbors on the energy drink shelf. But the can here is busy, the thin stroke for the logo making it more difficult to note the brand than it should.

Pouring out clear instead of the predicted crimson, C4 Fruit Punch tastes just OK, the 300 milligrams of caffeine proving to be too big a challenge for the diet sweeteners sucrose and ace-k to obscure properly. This cuts down on the time the actual flavor has on the tongue, as the liquid quickly becomes medicinal, with an aftertaste of chemicals that compounds with every subsequent sip. As for the fruit punch itself, there is a solid cherry base, with a pleasant punch, pardon the pun, of pineapple, guava and lime. But there is a missing link here, an element this excessively saccharine elixir oh so desperately needs: acidity. What sourness we have is passive and pushed aside by the sugar free sugars, which kinda misses the point. Your thirst should be quenched, but it is not, so you sit there, crestfallen by your choice of cockstail.

But that kick! The buzz is rock-solid, lasting three and a half hours easy. Additional ingredients, and there are a lot, include vitamins, taurine, amino acids, and others. Overall, C4 Fruit Punch has the potency that folks probably are looking for. It is just a shame that, like this drink, they do not have better taste.

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C4 Sour Batch Bros Zero Sugar Energy Drink Review

The confit trend in energy drinks continues with C4 and their "Sour Batch Bros," going so far as to have the word "candy shoppe" stand proud at the top of the shrink-wrapped and textured label. Unlike its competitors however, the present wordplay is playful and cute, however, is that something with 300 milligrams of caffeine wants to be called?

Well I suppose I should have been prepared- I mean, the word "sour" is in the name! You guessed it- this thing is tart! But that is a good thing, as it engulfs each and every taste bud, clasping on a most curt acidity that immediately makes your lips crinkle in response. This provides two benefits: first being the associated mouthfeel. It is that unusual "powdery" texture, sort of the "antithesis" to the more common gumminess present in plenty of potent potables. It simulates the type of toothsomeness an actual conscientious, caloric confection would introduce, as your tongue wrestles to grip the malleable liquid. Second, and perhaps most importantly, it combats the diet sweeteners completely. Sucralose and ace-k, the synthetic sugariness present, are not exactly known for their gentle approach, and with so many supplements and stimulants to control, it could have easily overwhelmed sips to the point of ghastliness. That does not happen here, at least not in the foreground. The flavor itself is irrelevant in an experience like this- your body preoccupied by the outrageous astringency. Lime, lemon, orange, grape and guava, probably others and probably not some I listed, are all melted into an indistinct cocktail, a sort of citrusy fruit punch that rests on the cusp of being refreshing. Of course, that is only if you can tear back the curled edges of your lips after you deplete the final drip from the aluminum walls.

That 300 milligrams of caffeine places the power squarely along the lines of the popular Bang brand. Drinkers should anticipate roughly three and a half hours of energy, though my legs did find themselves jittering like I had consumed a bag of Sour Patch Kids. Of course, that is the product's inspiration, and C4 Sour Batch Bros Zero Sugar is about as good as the thought of "drinking liquid candy" can ever be.

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