Posts tagged pick me up
Jun 9th
In the aftermath of a purchase of Rock Band, I find myself with an acute lack of money. Because of this, I am reviewing whatever I happen to have in my fridge today, which happens to be Coca-Cola. Now, you may be saying to yourself, in your whiny high-pitched 12 year old voice, “But Japanerd! Coke isn’t an energy drink, it’s just a soda!” Well I present to you, my friends, evidence to discount you claims that it’s not an energy drink. While it may not give you a massive buzz like Mountain Dew, it still has a large amount of sugar and caffeine. Do you know what sugar and caffeine does? It gives you energy. Shocking, eh?
Anyways, onwards and upwards to the review. Coke is a wonderful beverage. I mean, it’s the granddaddy of soft drinks, and it still has that great Coke taste. Screw Pepsi, given the option I’d choose a Coke over Pepsi any day. Anyways, I digress. Coke tastes great, and anyone who says otherwise deserves to be strung up naked in town square and by his own entrails, and flogged by his own festering, lying lungs until he is deemed purified, at which point he will be dragged around town behind a horse while passers-by will attempt to shoot him as many times as they can without killing him. Then he’ll die. Yeah, thats how it’ll go down.
Energy-wise, it’s effective, but needs to be consumed in large amounts if you’re looking for a significant boost. During the school year, I’ll generally drink a can of Coke in the mornings as a little pick-me-up, but it’s not something that will keep you up for long periods of time. If it’s any consolation, you can get two 44 ounce Cokes at your local convience store for about the same price a 16 ounce energy drink. All in all, I’d say that Coke, though not technically an energy drink, is definitely a winner in my book.
Jun 3rd
No Fear is an interesting beverage. Now the name in and of itself is pretty freaking awesome, and add that pointy-rific logo, and you have yourself a winning energy drink in the appearance department. It’s also got a pretty excellent can, though nowhere near the bottle standards of previous energy drinks.
Now, I am a huge Sobe fan, but No Fear is nowhere near Sobe’s generally extremely high standard of Energy Drink flavor. No Fear tastes, in a nutshell, like crap. I got the standard “Energy Drink Supplement” flavor, and it was thoroughly gross. Imagine a glass of orange soda, with some grape drink. Now, add in some salt water, urine, and Canadian bacon, and you’ve pretty much got what No Fear tastes like.
On a better note, I will say that it’s very effective as a pick-me-up drink. I had the energy to work through a three hour drum-line practice on 4 hours of sleep. With 174 mg of caffeine in a single can, its a heavy hitter when it comes to giving you the jitters. Not quite at NOS levels, but still pretty good.
The jury finds the defendant, No Fear, guilty on two counts of tasting crappy, as well as guilty on charges of extreme bursts of energy.