Tornado Storm Energy Drink Review

The Tornado line, hoping to climb out of the hole it found itself in with The Caffeine's 2015 "Your Drink Sucks" list, struggles with its refreshed design. The name itself is clunky to read, a seven letter word occupying three separate lines for some reason. Any goodwill achieved with asymmetrical decals and gritty fonts and colors comes at the cost of readability, which I dunno, is pretty important.

Fifty grams of sugar is all you taste, real sugar too, but not stopping the sickly sweetness that is HFCS in all but name. Despite chilling in the chill chest, every imbibe is warm no matter the temperature my infrared thermometer claims it to be, making the sticky saccharinity crawl across your palate like a snail on a springtime stroll. The flavor? Oh yes there must be something here, and all tasted under the obdurate sugariness is only the faintest of vanilla and apple, a Red Bull clone with a synthetic sheath clouding any verisimilitude any of the sixteen ounces could offer. Largely unnoticed despite its girth, all gulps sink in a perfunctory acidity, a sourness that would hopefully deteriorate the merciless maltose. Instead palates are battered by both the cruel carbohydrate and the tenacious tartness, birthing an undercurrent of bitterness as the tall transport is direly depleted. Overall, Tornado Storm is an experience pining for a flavor that can at least attempt to match the mediocrity of the bottle.

Each bottle contains: B vitamins, taurine, caffeine (142 milligrams), l-carnitine, and guarana. It is a wildly unspectacular buzz, lasting two hours at most, arguably only a sugar rush. To end, Tornado Storm will not be taking the world by, ahem, storm anytime soon.

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Summit Red Thunder Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

Aldi's Summit brand of energy drinks returns with a refreshing of their "Red Thunder" drinks. Today's offering is their sugar free flavor, which back in 2011, failed to escape its Red Bull clone shackles. All these years later and a new design later, I am still visually unstimulated. The baby blue background fades from sight in a sea of other potent potables, a packaging filled with text but no personality.

I do love a good Red Bull clone, and Red Thunder Sugar Free is about as close as you can get to "perfect." Well, perfect considering it is a remake of a store-brand imitation. Apple is the center of the experience, with a puckering sourness that helps distract from the oh-so familiar diet sugar mix of ace-k and sucralose. The two sweeteners are on their best behavior, not having to do much except not overextend their reach. Vanilla and bubble gum make an appearance but seldom perch anywhere but the back of the tongue, insinuating complexity without really participating with the core fruit flavor. What does any of this mean? Well, it is a fine tasting little caffeinated cocktail; next time I will just write that and leave the thesaurus on the bookshelf.

Each can contains B vitamins, taurine, and eighty milligrams of caffeine. The buzz is not particularly impressive, until you remember that practically no energy drink comes in the antiquated eight ounce cans anymore. Overall, Red Thunder Sugar Free is about as good as an off-brand product can be.

Quick Strike Regular Energy Drink Review

Only time will tell if Quick Strike Regular is any better from the dismal Original variety, but its can has certainly received a mild refresh. Gone is the hokey "Fast & Furious" visuals, though today the design is horribly generic, a shame as just because it is store-brand, does not mean it has to look the part.

The flavor is that all-too familiar one, yes kids, this is a Red Bull clone. But it is not a bad one! Oh it is not good by any stretch, but there is a certain level of imagination in the construction of this conventional cocktail. What sets this variant apart is the acidity, every sip boasting a sourness that makes even the stoutest of lips pucker. It pierces the familiarity and the saccharinity, and oh my does the sweetness need a heavy hitter to balance it out. Fifty eight grams of pure high fructose corn syrup is at play here, and it runs amok the experience kept only at bay by the curt tartness. In terms of the actual taste, it is all bubble gum and vanilla, with some callous rationing of citrus. All in all, this is something everyone has had hundreds of times, but it hits a bullseye on its very low hanging target.

The buzz feels like something of an afterthought here, lasting just two hours from a meager mixture of caffeine (152 milligrams), B vitamins, taurine, and inositol. In the end, Quick Strike Regular is exactly what it calls itself: "regular."

Mega Energy by Lidl Energy Drink Review

Lidl's Mega Energy is, well, an energy drink, and it is awkward to read the word "energy" twice on an otherwise sterile can. At least it is not shrink-wrapped, but it is painfully generic, a green explosion that amounts to zero personality on the otherwise black backdrop. Is it any different from the same-named drink from 2018? The world may never know.

Well, it is a Red Bull clone, what did you expect? It is what I expected after all, a person who has experienced oh so many potent potables before. It is not a bad one fortunately, a bit too sweet to be honest, but considering this retails for less than a dollar, I have paid more for worse tasting things. Vanilla and apple are the nucleus to the flavor, containing a heavy chemical influence making for sips that taste straight from the science lab instead of mother nature. Cutting through the sixty four grams of sugar (and 270 calories) is a hearty acidity and a relatively creamy texture, neither quite strong enough to prevent the feeling that this golden bubbly cocktail is going right to my hips, but there is something here. Capping off each imbibe is bubble gum, the final feature of the famous profile it pillaged, leaving behind an aftertaste that lingers a bit too long. There are some problems here in Lidl's sixteen ounce produce, for sure, but this is ain't a bad budget beverage.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the reduction from 160 milligrams of caffeine to 140. Why bother? The buzz does not suffer much from the stimulant slimming, still lasting about two hours or so. Other ingredients include taurine, B vitamins, inositol, ginseng and guarana extracts. Overall, Mega Energy by Lidl only disappoints if you have any expectations.

Go Fast Energy Drink Review

Go Fast is an energy drink that pops up without notice at various stores, mostly discount ones, but also vitamin and health ones. For fifty cents, I figured it was time to reevaluate this product, having not expressed my thoughts on the potation since 2008. Its can remains largely the same, only this time larger, which gives the prolix text some space to breath, but not much. It is simply too busy for its own good- perhaps this is why it littered the shelves of the local surplus store?

An exercise in excess, Go Fast screeches past being "sweet" and into unadulterated saccharine territory. Fortunately for palates, sucrose and honey are used, providing a bit more depth to the painful emphasis on empty calories than some. Piercing the sugariness is a shot of bitterness, either from all the "supplements" its can gloats about, or due to sitting on salvage store shelves for so long. It is a breathtaking break from the monotony, or at least until the sweetness is trampled by the acridity and the experience dilutes into a metallic and mineral mess. The flavor itself lives in the backseat, a decent Red Bull clone inhumed by the sour and cloying nature of this bargain store beverage.

Each can contains: taurine, ribose, ginseng, guarana, inositol, milk thistle, B vitamins, and 162 milligrams of caffeine. It lists this ingredients clearly on the back of the can, a refreshing change from the cryptic mumbling of most mega brand drinks.

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Lighter Spider Mimic Energy Drink Review

Lighter Spider Mimic has one of the best cans I have seen all year; it has just enough chaos without being busy, but still looks fairly svelte. The common arachnophobia gives the beverage's theme enough edge, and its slogan, "Big Bite, No Fright," is just great.

Vanilla introduces the experience, with a heavy dosing of apple and a dash of spice. The trilogy of tastes are mundane but balanced, a boring blending of familiar tastes that is nevertheless proportioned. Acidity is low key upon the initial greeting of flavor and tongue, but does pick up as the experience is experienced. Acesulfame potassium and sucralose are the sweetener system here, a tired-and-true team who do some real mediocre work here, while never tasting artificial or repulsive, never doing more than their job. Its effervescence is what kills it, it is a bland, leadened carbonation that fails to inspire and excite the experience out of its humdrum complacency.

Each can contains: taurine, l-carnitine, ginseng, green tea, guarana, lots of B vitamins, and 240 milligrams of caffeine. The last one there, ya know, the caffeine, put a huge smile on my face; it is refreshing to find a company who consistently caffeinates its drinks. (I am looking at you, Monster!) Overall, although Lighter Spider Mimic is open with its insipid inspiration, it remains very insipid.

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Cintron Classic Energy Drink Review

Is this the same Cintron brand I found all those years ago? My internet sleuthing has not really come up with anything solid, but then again, why should I even try? Both were found at discount stores, so clearly nobody else cares. The can today is petite and clean, but it lacks any a punchy design, sitting on a shelf, my cart, my fridge then finally my desk, all without getting so much as a second look.

Anyone who has ever had an energy drink knows what "classic" means in terms of taste, and Cintron is just that: a Red Bull clone. But it is not a bad Red Bull clone! The familiar flavor of bubble gum, apple and vanilla all appear as one would expect, paced like any other potent potable but also with nuance. The trilogy do not step on their neighbor's toes, giving clarity to an otherwise static experience. We have sugar but also "burnt sugar," but its presence on the tongue does little to really provide a caramel perspective to the sweetness. Sucralose is also involved, but each mouthful is weighted as if synthetic honeys were not listed in the ingredients. But it is that word "sparkling" which is probably the most misleading- the texture is smooth and involving, not caustic or oppressive. Overall, Cintron is not at all original, but it sure is tasty.

There is just seventy five milligrams of caffeine: yeah I mean, it is an eight ounce drink. But the buzz did not have to be so mild, lasting an hour if I happened to be in a very generous mood. Other supplements include taurine, B vitamins, and inositol. To end, Cintron Classic dusts up some archaic concepts and executes them well, but then again, so what?

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Carabao Energy Drink Review

Found at the local Asian market, Carabao is a cool little drink, a non-carbonated elixir coming in both an exotic brown bottle (pictured) and a more familiar eight ounce can (not pictured). The differences are transport exclusive, but I picked up one of each. Its design is simple but effective, with a skull of a (red?) bull being all it needs to get its point across.

The flavor, acidic and saccharine, is all too recognizable, a blend of vanilla, lemon and apple. It is a complete riff on Red Bull, but there is something about the glass bottle that retards the slight metallic staining usual here. Cracking open the can reveals a less appealing experience, tasting less fresh than the glass version, but it is not a complete loss. Sweetness is the best characteristic here, twenty one grams in the bottle and thirty seven in the can, remaining thick on the tongue but never growing syrupy as a bad energy drink does. Neither one is unique, but for an almost energy shot-esque punch of Red Bull-like flavor, it is a fun little diversion.

In addition to sugar you get taurine, caffeine, inositol and B vitamins. The kick is the weakest element here, lasting an hour from the bottle, a bit long from the can, though that is just due to the slightly larger size. On the whole, Carabao is a bizarre looking glass into a more conservative energy drink market.

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Bird Brain Original Energy Drink Review

Bird Brain does not look like an energy drink. If it were not for the word "energy" on the can, I would have walked right by it as it sat in bulk packs on my local salvage store shelf. But I stopped, and now, well, the more I look at it, the less this fits the genre. Why is there a bird flying a plane? Why is this product named after an insult? What were they thinking?

The website claims the flavor is "original citrus" but my tongue disagrees, vehemently. This is a Red Bull clone, through in through, and let me tell you, my palate does not like being lied to. Vanilla is the center of the experience, a heavy, syrupy rendition that basks in the overwhelming sweetness. Stevia and monk fruit extract are in charge of the saccharinity, and to my surprise there is little herbal nastiness. It does introduce some earthy nuance, but it adds something creative to the cocktail. Combating all the funk is some citrus, namely lemon and it brings along just enough acidity that the diet sugars cannot completely command the concoction. Still, twelve ounces is a lot to handle, and by the final few imbibes my tastebuds were exhausted.

Despite the goofy visuals, there is quite the energy blend inside the aluminum walls. 150 milligrams of caffeine, l-theanine, tyrosine, B vitamins, and others, and the kick is a cool two and a half hour long one. In the end, Bird Brain Original is simultaneously original and unoriginal. What a weird drink.

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Lidl Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

We all remember Lidl Energy Drink, but in that review, I forgot to mention that although the can is nameless, there is a gorilla on the other side of the limited real estate. But that still not a name, unless it is "Gorilla Energy," or, I suppose, the gorilla is named "Energy Drink."

Ace-k and aspartame lead the flavor here, a synthetic sugar system far more effective than the taste it sweetens. It is the passive blend of apple, vanilla and some tasteless fruits- it is the usual band of Red Bull clone flavors, but it is an effervescent elixir that is not bad for the handful of quarters I spent for a can. That is not a recommendation, but if you are in the market for a diet Red Bull, you might as well save some money on your journey.

Each can contains: taurine, B vitamins, ten calories, and seventy five milligrams of caffeine. It is a pathetic kick, lasting south of a hour and on par with your average eight ounce energy drink. Oh the whole, though completely average, you will not be finding many more cans in my shopping cart.

Zoa Zero Sugar Original Energy Drink Review

"These have been impossible to keep in stock," said the jaded guy behind the counter (and mask) at my local GNC. Leave it to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who as their website says is the brand's "chief energy officer," to help with its supposed blockbuster popularity. The design itself is adequate, with just a touch of fun visuals that goes a long way in helping the otherwise static design.

The word "original" means only two things in the world of energy drinks, either A), a completely creative flavor, their flagship offering, or B), that same ol' Red Bull taste. Zoa unfortunately takes the latter route, although it refreshes the ordinary pace into something that almost fits that namesake. Vanilla is the center of the experience, a creamier depiction than than the more common chemical characteristic. There is a slight earthiness that tickles the back of your tongue, not enough to hamper its commerciality but its presence nevertheless adds a bit of personality. This funky backroad ties the potable to the next classic genre essential, the bubble gum. This is where the sweetness really comes into focus, the synthetic duo of sucralose and ace-k. They introduce very little artificial aftertaste, yet rest on the cusp of oversweetening, sham sugars who stipulate a stronger sourness to cancel the counterfeit carbohydrate consequence. The acidity that is present comes to us with the mild citrus overtones, a part of the potation who's underdeveloped influence works against the lips pressed up to the open can.

This is not your typical hyper-strong energy drink, despite the "Dwayne Johnson" written on the back of the aluminum transport. No, we get a more standard 160 milligrams of caffeine, along with a host of ordinary vitamins, electrolytes, antioxidants, extracts, supplements, the works. The kick is serviceable two and a half one, but I dunno, maybe I expected more considering its pedigree. Overall, Zoa Zero Sugar Original is in fact free of sugar, but it is not so original.

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Angry 8 Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

Energy drinks can be a genre filled with creativity, but not Angry 8 Sugar Free. This shrink-wrapped can clocks in at a petite twelve ounces, and does absolutely nothing to standout amongst the crowd. What is so angry about it? It is just the grumpy dog with red eyes? Why does the pup have crimson peepers? Where does the "8" come from? There are more than eight ingredients, so what gives? There are so many questions here and I am afraid Angry 8 answers none of them.

Some Red Bull clones put their own spin on the energy drink stalwart. Others just crib-rob the most basic profile and call it a day. That my friends, is what Angry 8 does here. Bubble gum, vanilla, you know, the whole "tutti-frutti" schtick that both you and I have experienced dozens if not hundreds of times before. On a positive note, sweetness, manufactured by ace-k and sucralose, does a most basic performance but does so without any particularly arrogant aftertaste. Acidity is another strong point, a tartness that puckers your lips and breaths some life into an otherwise stagnant situation. Still, there is absolutely nothing on display here that makes me forgive just how utterly generic things are.

The 120 milligrams of caffeine does its job- there is a boost here, a two hour one that is as unexciting as the rest of the experience. Other ingredients include vitamins, guarana, ginseng, and well, you have a computer, you can look it up. In the end, Angry 8 Sugar Free has more than eight problems, and yes, I am angry about it.

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red rain Zero Sugar Energy Drink Review

red rain Zero Sugar is an appalling revision of an honestly decent looking drink, swapping the black sleekness for white bleakness. The red does bounce attractively off of the bare aluminum, but it is too a point of excess here, and the embarrassing quantity of text really fail any chances of the can passing. Twice mentioned is the inclusion of B vitamins, and there is no reason to say "zero sugar," and "low calorie" in sequence, and later be followed by "diet."

Manufacturer Cott calls this citrus, which is as big a lie as me telling you I do not overwrite. It is an entirely chemical experience, truly not tasting much like anything, and really resembling Red Bull in theory more so than through execution, an expected succumbing to the dark side of energy drinks. Its viscosity is gummy without having much flavor to affect, with only a slight vanillin taste, thoroughly medicinal and empty on the tongue. Young kids who love those puckering candies would probably imbibe this stuff like crazy, as everything is forcefully sour and to the point where it just does not enhance the experience, as if sourness is the way to make a good potable. The saccharinity is decent, however, easily the highlight of each sip, though it feels pointless within the overall bland unnaturalness, where it is presented with the impossible task of sweetening and making any of the many inorganically inept sips the least bit enjoyable.

There is no reward for suffering through the entire can, with only 142 milligrams of caffeine present. There is also some B vitamins, taurine, and inositol, but nothing but the popular stimulant could have brought the two hour buzz up to something longer lasting. In the end, red rain Zero Sugar is a lazy excuse for not only an energy drink, but for bubbly drinks in general.

Tweaker Energy Drink Review

Sometimes you need a product like Tweaker to really see how far the energy drink market has come. This is a Red Bull clone no doubt, from its personalityless design and substandard twelve ounce can, this can just stares at you from the Dollar Tree shelf cowardly, ashamed of itself.

Of course I just assumed this was a Red Bull clone, but the first sip seals the deal- this is the exact flavor we have all had dozens if not hundreds of times before. Vanilla, apple and bubble gum explodes from the can, shrapnel piercing your poor palate with its curt disinterest. Your tastebuds burn in the metallic hell, sinking down to your gut and rotting through. On top of all that is a medicinal acidity, which remains deep inside every corner of your mouth long after you empty potable. On the good side, thirty nine grams of sugar and dextrose are responsible for the sweetness, and it is about the only balanced aspect within the thin aluminum walls. The typical syrupiness is no where to be found, washing off your tongue cleanly and without effort. But a fair saccharinity alone is not enough to rescue an experience, and that is certainly the case here.

There is 160 calories and only 114.6 milligrams of caffeine, along with some B vitamins, taurine, and inositol. The buzz is just hardly worth it after a taste like this, lasting about an hour and a half, and all those carbohydrates results in one rough sugar crash. Overall, Tweaker is an energy drink, but that is about all the positives I can muster.

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Quake Energy Drink Review

Quake is the latest generic energy drink, this time from the not-so-local 7-Eleven. The entire line is sugar free, but the can is massively uninspired, offering no personality and doing little to convey the notion that it is diet, or that it contains an impressive 250 milligrams of caffeine.

The flavor is shockingly not a straight Red Bull, in the traditional sense at least. Its powdery texture introduces the familiar flavors of vanilla and apple, all enveloped in a cozy blanket of acidity. All the elements of your classic energy drink flavor are here, but its unconditional pacing is refreshing, injecting decent lift into an experience found in so many other potables. The diet system of sweeteners, sucralose and ace-k, are in top-form here, never tasting particularly artificial, and mask the impressive caffeine numbers. It is not specifically a great flavor, but it brings character to an often times rudimentary taste profile.

The buzz is the showcase here, with the aforementioned quantity of my namesake chemical providing a solid four hour buzz. Other ingredients include b vitamins and electrolytes. In the end, Quake Energy is a fun diversion and something of a watermark for all generic energy drinks.

Xpress Low-Carb Energy Drink Review

Xpress Low-Carb's can is even less interesting than its full-sugar sister, a dull white background that sports the same silly dotted "x." What purpose the dot servers is beyond me, as there is no "i" in the name (nor is there one in the name, for what it is worth), but serving as the only drop of visual personality, I suppose I cannot be too critical of the tittle.

The flavor is as completely hopeless as any Red Bull clone before it, you know the one, the trilogy of bubble gum, vanilla and fruits. But what is done well here is the acid, which is dialed way back from the caloric counterpart, reducing the paralyzingly metallic and medicinal tastes to more of a nuance than a fourth full-fledged flavor. Trust me though, the experience is still plenty sour, but not in the way the original variety overwhelmingly put us through; you are unlikely to spot Xpress Low-Carb on this year's Your Drink Sucks list. The sweeteners deserve some praise here, ace-k and sucralose, a duet that tastes more natural on the tongue than expected. Well, I mean, do not go expecting that lovely raw or even white sugar flavor, but in a diet drink, it works.

The buzz is around the same as Xpress Original, perhaps a touch weaker due to not having the luxury of a sugar rush; the kick lasts about two hours off of a blend of caffeine, taurine, inositol, guarana, and B vitamins. All together, it is kind of amazing to think that all Xpress needed to do to their flavor profile was remove the sugar.

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Iron Energy Drink Review

Today boxing great Mike Tyson brings us an energy drink, Iron Energy is what it is called. Problems arise quickly, from its laughably small size (come on, it is 2019, sixteen ounces is the standard), to the unexplainably large declaration "serve chilled," this is far from the perfect looking energy drink.

The can claims the flavor is "tutti fruity," but my tongue disagrees; this is full-blown Red Bull, although unlike most clones, the use of real sugar and not corn syrup gives sips a biting, toothsome texture that helps Iron find some personality. Sips are acidic, loaded with tastes of granny smith apple, vanilla, and bubble gum, a most "classic" tasting energy drink. Its pacing is fairly mundane, but all the familiar pieces are handled with some grace- I won't go as far as to recommend picking up a can, it ran me an outrageous $3.99(!), but with a gun to your head and nothing but Red Bull clones to consume, you can do a lot worse.

Each can contains: taurine, caffeine, and B vitamins, a disappointingly sterile blend that does not even disclose the caffeine content! The buzz is wholly disinteresting, lasting an hour, although there is not a jitter or a crash as a result. Overall, Iron Energy is about as generic as energy drinks come, but it executes some major beats quite well.

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Xpress Original Energy Drink Review

Xpress Original Energy has quite possibly the most generic can of any energy drink, a simple black backdrop accented only by the necessary text and a dotted "x;" it is horrible! The backside wall of the aluminum transport is even more stagnant, with quotes like "make Xpress part of your day."

Well who guessed it, Xpress Original is a Red Bull clone, and a bad one. It is 100% medicinal tasting, despite "natural flavors" written in the ingredients list, an experience that tastes unabashedly chemical that the unconversant may feel inclined to call poison control, mistaking this as a common household cleaner. For actual flavor, it is your usual suspects of vanilla, bubble gum and a most distant tropical fruit cocktail, namely guava and pineapple- yum. Acidity is another huge misfire, a wretchedly overwhelming sourness that only augments the already omnipresent metallic taste. The sole saving grace is sweetness- oh, it is a terribly sweet potation with fifty four grams of sugar, but it is the type of sugar that deserves some mention here. All sucrose, the saccharinity has a fine texture, one that is heavy as one sips with just the slightest syrupiness. I am not usually a fan of such a sugariness, but hey, with a drink like Xpress, I have got to take depth where I can get it.

Each can contains many B vitamins, caffeine, taurine, inositol, an guarana. The buzz is as garden-variety as a kick can get, lasting two short hours, causing slight jitters though without anything of a crash. In the end, Xpress Original expresses no originality.

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Quick Strike Energy Drink Review

Multiple entries behind, Quick Strike advertises the "Fast & Furious" film in the franchise, so we know this drink has been rotting on shelves for years. Its can is a mess, various fonts fly in all different directions with no rhyme or reason, with an awkwardly illustrated car and explosion. This is no doubt one of the worst looking drinks I have ever seen.

We have unsurprisingly a Red Bull clone, a yucky and syrupy disaster that sips like pure corn syrup, with perhaps even less flavor. Vanilla, cotton candy and apple all do their worst, they are without balance or rhythm and just sit on your palate, burning your taste buds all for the low, low price of fifty cents at Big Lots. Sixty three grams of high fructose corn syrup, as well as sucralose, do a terrible job of sweetening, a sloppy sugaring that is ungodly overwhelming- this is the definition of crap energy drinks.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, inositol, guarana, and 160 milligrams of caffeine. The buzz itself is mediocre, but there is a rocking sugar rush, ending with a crash, but is a fairly fun trip until then. On the whole, Quick Strike Energy Drink gives bad energy drinks an even worse name.

Lidl Energy Drink Review

Gee, I wonder what this eight ounce drink is on Lidl store shelves? Oh right, it is an energy drink- one without any sort of name! I scoured the small can in search of any generic brand, and only the word "Classic" comes anywhere close, though my wager is that it means this is a Red Bull clone. Nevertheless, Lidl, please give your store brands actual names! You are not Jewel-Osco.

The flavor is Red Bull all the way, a metallic, synthetic venture through the antediluvian flavors of the energy drinks of yesteryear- how do beverages this brazen still get made? It is a mess of the usual suspects here, vanilla, apple and citrus, perhaps even some bubble gum notes, arranged haphazardly and sipping lethargically. Sweetness comes to us by invert sugar syrup and glucose-fructose syrup, twenty four grams of the sticky stuff, and it does its best to jazz up the anesthetized tastes we have tasted dozens if not hundreds of other times. There is a good acidity as well here, another distraction from the potable's journey back in time to the energy drink stone age.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, and seventy five milligrams of caffeine. The buzz is your average hour in length, middling in strength, and completely unremarkable. Actually, the only thing worth noting here is the lack of a name, and that is not exactly a screaming endorsement.