Completely agree–though I’ve been saying for a long time that it tastes like *SweeTarts * dissolved in 7Up. One of my friends describes it as tasting like “ass,” so I now call it “SweeTarts and Ass.”
The spouse likes it. I’ve got another friend who practically lives on it. Either it’s an acquired taste or the caffeine rush makes up for the ass-ness. I’m not sure. Even smelling the stuff makes me gag a little.
I actually really love the taste of red bull, but wish they’d make a decaf version because I have no interested in all of the wacky energy.
I sometimes drink sugar free red bull or diet rockstar (10 calories per 8 oz) for lunch when I don’t feel like eating.
Redbull is really good if you drop a shot of Jaegermeister into it like a boilermaker. Most bars I’ve had that in called it a Jaeger blast.
How much caffeine does Red Bull have per 8 oz.? A new drink, called, get this, “Cocaine” has just come on the market in New York City, which contains 280 milligrams per 8.4 oz.
From the story:
Even though I’ve seen a few news storyies about the drink, I can’t get over the feeling that it is an elaborate hoax. Anybody seen this stuff on the market?
Forgot the link to the story.
Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose?
Another successful marketing campaign for a product nobody would otherwise want.
MTA: and the commercials are hopelessly hackneyed and not funny at all (the cartoons).
I kind of like Red Bull and Rock Star, but only in their diet versions. All the sugar in the originals just make me sleepy.
If you want something really vile you should try the Tab energy drink. It tastes like vanilla frosting mixed with vinyl. With a faint vomity aftertaste.
You might appreciate this review of some concoction called “Steven Seagal’s Lightning Bolt”. A sample:
I just can’t grasp anyone using this description as a negative trait!
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Red Bull is undrinkable.
I personally don’t like the taste and only drink it on the rare occasion where I’ve not had any sleep in the past day and have to stay awake for a good percentage of the next but I see no difference in him liking it for its flavor than someone else enjoying decaf or a virgin cocktail. Taste alone can be and usually is the purpose of a drink.
How much of this shit are people buying for “them” to pony the kind of sponsorship money in the myriad of sports they stick thier name on? And I’m talkin’ high-dollar shit like Formula One (they have a whole team! :eek: ) and Air Racing!
Who can stand this stuff in these quantities?!? 
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
I have never actually tried red bull.
However, I am distantly associated with a fellow who distributes knock-off energy drinks. As near as I can tell they are all the same with different labling.
A couple of them are ethnic themed:
“Caballio Negro” (Black Horse in spanish)
“Pimp Juice” (Yes really, they think someone will put something called PJ in thier mouth)
And a rather generic “Tornado”.
He offered me some dented cans, and I tried them (except for the PJ, just couldn’t do it) and they tasted pretty much exactly as discribed in the OP.
Monster in the first place is disgusting. It is like soda water with Flintstones vitamins ground into it. Monster Juiced is even worse. It tastes like old apple juice with just as many ground up vitamins.
Howstuffworks has an article on this.
A normal energy drink they say has up to about 80mg of caffeine.
They also claim that most of the energy from energy drinks comes form the sugar and caffeine.
This is what they say about taurine, which is contrary to Wikipedia, so take sides:
Been to a bar recently? It outsells all but a couple brands of beer easily and costs 3 times as much per unit.
Personally, I think that no matter how cold the stuff is, it still tastes like what I imagine warm piss to taste like. I’ve managed to choke down a can or two when I needed to wake up and there wasn’t any coffee available, but there’s no way I could make a habit of the stuff. What I don’t understand is why 99% of energy drinks taste like the shit. You’d think that someone would come up with a decent flavor.
BTW, Jolt comes in a number of flavors and all of them taste better than Red Bull and it’s even evilier clones.
Jolt Red may in fact be the best soda on the planet. I’m old enough to remember when Jolt was just a soda, so I can’t quite make the jump to Jolt being an enrgy drink.