# What flavor is Red Bull? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 19, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614 "2007-03-19T19:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/1 "2007-03-19T19:04:55Z")
Nt ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/2 "2007-03-19T19:19:11Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] Nt [/QUOTE] Rancid goat semen. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/3 "2007-03-19T19:20:17Z")
Liquid Sweet Tarts. ---
**Author:** ![dmatsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/4 "2007-03-19T19:31:56Z")
Cough medicine with 16 extra tablespoons of sugar. Even better with Stoli. Then it tastes like 12 year old cough medicine with 16 extra tablespoons of sugar. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/5 "2007-03-19T19:33:17Z")
[QUOTE=St. Urho] Liquid Sweet Tarts. [/QUOTE] Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/6 "2007-03-19T19:46:47Z")
My guess is that it is not designed to simulate any naturally occurring flavor. All energy drinks taste essentially the same to me, and I am guessing that this is just the characteristic taste of a solution of sugar(s) and citric acid. I would imagine that if you simply mixed sucrose, water, and citric acid together without any other coloring or flavor agents, the taste would be more or less identical to Red Bull. The only real answer to your question might be that Red Bull is ‘energy drink flavored’. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/7 "2007-03-19T20:10:18Z")
I always describe it as Flintstones Chewable vitamins muddled with Robitussin mixed with soda. And bewilderingly colored to look like a urine sample. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/8 "2007-03-19T20:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=Washoe] …The only real answer to your question might be that Red Bull is ‘energy drink flavored’. [/QUOTE] There are a few flavors of energy drinks, even multiples within one company. Red Bull tastes like gnu repellant to me, while Full Throttle tastes like liquid gummy worms, only worse. I drink Monster, but SoBe Adreneline Rush tastes very similar. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/9 "2007-03-19T20:33:10Z")
Marmite and wee. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/10 "2007-03-19T21:13:03Z")
Ass ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/11 "2007-03-19T21:18:24Z")
I was expecting an answer more along the lines of “raspberry”. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/12 "2007-03-19T21:20:17Z")
Vile ---
**Author:** ![Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roboto)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/13 "2007-03-19T21:20:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] I was expecting an answer more along the lines of “raspberry”. [/QUOTE] Rasberry ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/14 "2007-03-19T21:21:23Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Ass [/QUOTE] Close. _Bull._ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/15 "2007-03-19T21:22:55Z")
AssBerry ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/16 "2007-03-19T21:25:50Z")
Red Bull was originally a Thai “vitamin” tonic - much thicker, not fizzy, and more syrupy. Therefore I suggest Flintstones Chewable Vitamins is about right. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/17 "2007-03-19T21:29:05Z")
My mom described it as smelling like my dad’s armpit, so I suppose it might taste the same. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/18 "2007-03-19T21:30:00Z")
Hate. It tastes like hate. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/19 "2007-03-19T21:32:43Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] Hate. It tastes like hate. [/QUOTE] Cilantro tastes like hate. Red Bull definitely does not taste like cilantro. I never knew so many people were repulsed by the stuff. I think it’s a little too strong on its own, but quite pleasant-tasting with vodka. That’s why I asked, actually. I was wondering if I could get the same or similar taste somehow without the alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614/20 "2007-03-19T21:58:41Z")
It tastes like yellow, the same way that NyQuil tastes like green (thanks, Lewis Black!). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-red-bull/396614.md?page=2)