Energy drinks?

[Worm of Despite]

Anybody drink 'em?

I like Rockstar Zero Carb. It's surprisingly good, for a diet energy drink--none of that chemical, gimmicky aftertaste.

Also: Zero Carb has more caffeine than most energy drinks: 120mg per 8 ounces. Still not enough to give me a buzz; I don't think anything gives me a buzz anymore. I had some Starbucks the other day and felt like taking a nap after, heh.

[drew]

I tried them, and loved them...Rockstar Juiced is what I got to drinking...but I feel so guilty, because there is really no nutritional value whatsoever...about as much as regular pop. So I try not to drink them anymore....

I DID get drunk off two Red Bulls and a pint of Vodka a few weeks ago.
-it wasn't bad until the end of the night...I had the spins something fierce (worse than I should have) but yet, I could not fall asleep, so I just had endure them.
-No hangover though.

[Cail]

Red Bull and vodka is proof that Satan lives.

I can't drink energy drinks. Coffee is about it.

[Damelon]

One time, on a long drive, I stopped at a gas station and bought a can of Red Bull. That is the worst tasting drink straight.

However, it's not bad with jagermeister.

[Avatar]

Horrible stuff. Both of them. Red Bull & Jagermeister I mean.

My climbing partner was once upon a time sponsored by Red Bull...apparently, drinking too much of it can be very very bad for you.

--A

[stonemaybe]

I am currently drinking far too many of these things. This is my fave...



which is the LIDL own brand version of Red Bull - tastes so much nicer (not like medicine at all!) and works better and costs 24p instead of £1.19.

Vital statistics are taurine (0.38%), caffeine (0.03%), niacin 8mg, pantothenic acid 2mg, vit b6 2mg, vit b12 2mcg.

[DukkhaWaynhim]

I like Sugar Free Shockwave, but it's hard to find. It tastes like Dt Mt Dew with a splash of grapefruit.

I tried Monster Low Carb - and it tastes exactly like Robitussin cough syrup. Blech!

Regular Red Bull ------ gross!

dw

[Wyldewode]

I'm a devotee of Rockstar Light (or diet, can't remember. . . whatever's in the white can!). I haven't tried others, but noticed one on a gas station today that was priced $1.09. . . may have to try that. Most range from $2-$3 in C-stores, which is a little high for me. . . and I rarely think ahead to buy a pack at the grocery. *shrugs*

Anywho, I think the Rockstar Light tastes like sweettarts (a candy here in the US).

[emotional leper]

Energy drinks are for whimps. Real masochists just take caffeine pills.

When you can down an entire 36 pill bottle of NoDoz in a 24 hour period and not die, then you, too, can enter into the hallowed halls of the Olympians.

It's nice up here.

[Menolly]

Has your bottle of NoDoz started talking to you again?

[stonemaybe]

Energy drinks are for whimps. Real masochists just take caffeine pills.

When you can down an entire 36 pill bottle of NoDoz in a 24 hour period and not die, then you, too, can enter into the hallowed halls of the Olympians.

It's nice up here.

Once upon a time a used to do the (I assume) UK equivalent, 'Pro-Plus' caffeine tabs quite regularly.

You know that strung-out feeling when you take too many, combine that with a bad mushroom/acid trip, and you get the effect given by a bottle of



This is a tonic wine, made by monks in Devon (England) but drunk in huge quantities by kids in N. Ireland and Scotland(not out of a wine glass!!!) . Alcohol percentage is about 17, IIRC, and a bottle the equivalent of about 10 pro-plus tabs.

Nowadays, the kids after the same kick can probably afford smack, so consumption has probably gone down...

[DukkhaWaynhim]

Sugar Free Shockwave is still the best, but apparently the only place that sells it is the Speedway Convenience store chain, which I think is only a regional gig.

Gives the up, tastes pretty good, and no crash. Monster Lo-Carb still tastes like carbonated Robitussin. Not sure about RockStar...

dw

[AjK]

I'm a devotee of Rockstar Light

For me Monster Lo Carb tastes like Rockstar but with a slightly better aftertaste. Rockstar Low Carb isn't bad, though. I typically only drink them after I have gone for a long run (and after rehydrating a little first.) Sort of like a little "pick me up" reward. Over the last two or three weeks I have lost the taste for them and stopped drinking it completely. I am sure I will go back in the future, though.

Anywho, I think the Rockstar Light tastes like sweettarts (a candy here in the US).

Really? To me it is Red Bull that tastes just like Sweettarts.

Monster Lo-Carb still tastes like carbonated Robitussin.

Good for what ails you, as the expression goes. To me it just tastes like grape. My poor wife can't stand the smell when I open one. Like I need to give her yet another reason to stay away from me...

[Zarathustra]

I prefer a good night's sleep. I recommend a Simmons Westin.

One cup of coffee in the morning is all I ever drink. But a quick morning cardio workout works much, MUCH better. All it takes is 10-15 minutes of vigorous cardio, and you'll get much more benefit than any energy drink.

[Mortice Root]

I drink a lot of caffiene. A lot. In the neighborhood of 6+ Diet Mountain Dews a day. Yes, I know it's not good for me. Oh well.

I never really got into coffee. I've tried a few of the energy drinks when they started coming out a few years back. I never really liked any of them. Just for taste reasons. Which, I realize, raises serious questions about my taste. I mean, I just admitted to drinking diet Dew....

[DukkhaWaynhim]

I prefer a good night's sleep. I recommend a Simmons Westin.
One cup of coffee in the morning is all I ever drink. But a quick morning cardio workout works much, MUCH better. All it takes is 10-15 minutes of vigorous cardio, and you'll get much more benefit than any energy drink.

Myah, myah, myah, myah, I'm athletic and well-adjusted - I don't need an unnatural caffeine crutch, myah, myah, myah, myah.

But for the rest of us, there are over-priced, vitamin-skewed cold caffeinated energy drinks.

[aliantha]

Yeah, I used to be totally off caffeine. Then they came out with Diet Coke with Lime.... Now I try to do no more than one can of pop and one cup of coffee per day, or I can't get to sleep.

I wouldn't touch an energy drink on a bet. Well, maybe on a bet -- depends on how much. But not otherwise. Those things smell nasty!

[Menolly]

I'm with ali.
Shoot, I live in the founding town of Gator Aid, and I still won't even touch that.

[AjK]

But a quick morning cardio workout works much, MUCH better. All it takes is 10-15 minutes of vigorous cardio, and you'll get much more benefit than any energy drink.

Agreed. I don't drink the Monster to get energy for the day. I just drink it because it feels good after an end-of-the-day 4 mile run. And even energy drinks don't stop me from getting to sleep so no worries there.

Myah, myah, myah, myah, I'm athletic and well-adjusted - I don't need an unnatural caffeine crutch, myah, myah, myah, myah. ... But for the rest of us, there are over-priced, vitamin-skewed cold caffeinated energy drinks.

Those things smell nasty!

* shakes head as Aliantha channels his wife *

[AjK]

Shoot, I live in the founding town of Gator Aid, and I still won't even touch that.

Despite drinking that stuff for years I had never heard about its Florida Gator origins until a year or two ago.