Gurrnaid Pink Grapefruit Vitamin Infused Energy Review

Name: Gurrnaid Vitamin Infused Energy Drink ( Pink Grapefruit Flavored)

Size: 13.7 oz

Caffeine content: 125 mg per bottle

Calories: About 180 per bottle

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The first flavor from Gurrnaid energy that I tried was their Root Beer Flavored drink. It was refreshingly good and provided a satisfactory amount of energy alongside its nice flavor. I was impressed with its overall design, and its grenade-shaped resealable bottle was convenient as well. The next flavor that I decided to try was their Pink Grapefruit offering, which is basically on the other end of energy drink flavors from root beer. "Pink Grapefruit" is a fairly unique energy drink flavor and I, unless I was completely forgetting, didn't think I'd ever had it before.

The initial design of Gurrnade's bottles is pretty nice. Each flavor utilizes its own color scheme that gives each flavor a different, flavor-oriented, look from the others. This particular drink has a primarily pink color scheme that is appropriate for its flavor. It, again, includes the caffeine content in semi-large lettering on the front. 125 mg of caffeine isn't enough to cause any controversy, but it's still nice to know how much caffeine is in the drink when some drinks don't list their caffeine content at all.

Pink Grapefruit sounded like something that would taste good, and it did. This drink has a lightly tangy, smooth grapefruit flavor that is extremely smooth and easy to drink. One thing that I liked about both flavors that I tried was how easy to drink they were. I wasn't "on the go" while drinking this, but the resealable lid would have helped preserve the tasty liquid inside if I had been.

For how smooth, drinkable, and "compact" these drinks are, they provide a nice lift in energy. I had a hard time not drinking this quicker than I would normally consume an energy drink due to how it tasted. When I did finish it, I had a nice lift in energy that was satisfying and did what it was supposed to.

I can safely say that I enjoyed the only pink grapefruit flavored energy drink that I've had. I don't recommend it if you don't like grapefruit, or energy drinks and are reading this for some reason. Other than that, I recommend it as an energy drink that's both different and delicious.

Gurrnaid Root Beer Vitamin Infused Energy Review

 

Name: Gurrnaid Vitamin Infused Energy Drink (Root Beer Flavored)

Size: 13.7 oz

Caffeine content: 125 mg per bottle

Calories: About 180 per bottle

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Gurrnaid Energy is a new-ish energy drink company that makes drinks that are appropriately packaged in grenade-shaped resealable bottles. On far too many occasions, I've been behind the wheel in a ridiculous race to somewhere extremely important, such as a local convenience store, and in my fury sent a great deal of potential energy-providing liquid spilling all over my lap. Thanks to Gurrnaid, however, the possibility of spilling the drink everywhere is eliminated as long as you know how to screw the cap on and off. I've actually always really liked the idea of resealable, bottled energy drinks as long as they don't taste like the bottle that they're contained in or are just awful in general. Gurrnaid seemed legit and unique enough, and I was pleasantly surprised and excited to review an energy drink that was clearly trying to make it's own identity amidst all of the "clone" drinks out there.

Gurrnaid bottles are 13.7 fl oz. and, as I said, are grenade-shaped and resealable. I actually genuinely like this idea and marketing. If this drink were readily available anywhere and it caught my eye somewhere, I'd probably fall for the marketing and pick it up based on it's packaging alone. It clearly states, "125MG CAFFEINE PER BOTTLE" on the front of the bottle, which is helpful. I personally dislike when energy drinks don't list their caffeine content, and can understand other consumers, caffeine-addicted or caffeine-beginner, feeling the same. That's obviously no problem with Gurrnaid, though, as it's clearly labeled amongst the brown, white, green, yellow, and black design. The design ultimately works, and looks like a lot of thought was put into it. I can't really find any complaints with the design. The brown may be odd elsewhere, but is entirely appropriate as the drink contained inside is root beer flavored.

Root beer was probably the first soda that I ever had, but was far from from the first energy drink flavor that I tried. I've actually only had one other root beer flavored energy drink before, and opened this drink in anticipation that it would actually taste like root beer and not some contortion of the flavor that could somehow be interpreted as "root beer". No worries, though, as it tasted just like root beer. That's probably going to be the depth of my flavor-description, as you probably know what root beer tastes like. I found it very smooth, enjoyable, and easy drinking. I can only see not liking this under the conditions of hating root beer and energy drinks. For a drink labeled as "root beer flavored", it was pretty root beer flavored.

If anything, I was most weary about the energy that this drink would provide. "125MG CAFFEINE PER BOTTLE" isn't an awful amount for 13.7 oz. There are about 2 servings in one bottle, and I obviously drank both in one sitting. Not long after, I was met with a satisfying and anticipated energizing effect that delivered everything that I intended it to. It didn't fall flat, and didn't make me feel like "exploding" on somebody or something in a gurrnaid-like manner. It delivered quite nicely, with no crash, and woke me up appropriately after the vast strain of screwing-and-unscrewing the bottle a few times in the process of drinking it.

I'm impressed with Gurrnaid's attempt at creating a new product. It's, in all honesty, pretty well put together and could probably gain quite a following based on a combination of all of it's redeeming qualities. If you hate root beer, don't drink this. Otherwise, I can actually say that I recommend it.

Cannabis Energy Review

Name: Cannabis Energy Drink

Size: 8.46 fl oz.

Caffeine Content: 80 mg per can

Calories: N/A

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Somebody that doesn't know anything about cannabis or energy drinks may assume that a "Cannabis Energy Drink" is quite an oxymoron. Believe it or not, there are varieties of cannabis that do not leave you feeling tired and lethargic and there are definitely, definitely energy drinks that do not leave you feeling energized. I appropriately found this interesting 8 oz. energy drink at Spencer's in the mall which is definitely the ideal place to go if you would like to find energy drinks, or any product, that would fit this sort of edgy category. I'm not the type to fall in love with an energy drink simply because it's called Cannabis and I'm also not the type to completely disregard a drink because it's called Cannabis. I drank it excitedly, but as far as a review goes I'll definitely treat it just like I would any other drink.

Like I said, Cannabis comes in an 8 oz. can. The can itself is naturally green, with a marijuana leaf and "Cannabis Energy Drink" on the front in a white font. The can itself is basic yet functional in a way similar to how a mason jar or ziplock baggy may be. I do like the can, and also thought that the green tab on top was a nice addition. For a sort of "novelty" energy drink, it looks pretty good and contains the liquid inside nicely.

Unfortunately, Spencer's was all out of the "3 Month Old Bong Water" flavor of this drink which meant that I had to settle for this flavor. Nonetheless, upon cracking it open and taking a sip I was greeted with a flavor that appears to be a mix of Monster/Red Bull with that standard energy drink "bite" that I've encountered so many times before. It wasn't anything surprising or revolutionary but it did not taste bad. I wouldn't call it a "clone" drink because it isn't an exact rip off of anything but I would say that it's reminiscent of other energy drinks out there.

I won't lie and say that I recieved energy from this drink. It's not that it's awful all around, but it's pretty small and doesn't contain enough caffeine to give someone like me any energy. Someone else will probably get a boost in energy from this, but I did not. I'd probably have to drink at least two of these to feel anything.

Was this drink worth trying? Yes. Did it taste good? Yes. Is it too small to provide an energy buzz to someone who drinks energy drinks every day? Yes. Would I drink 6 of them back-to-back to get a lot of energy? Yes.

Mountain Dew Kickstart Limeade Energy Review

Name: Mountain Dew Kickstart (Limeade Flavor)

Size: 16 oz

Caffeine content: 92 mg per can

Calories: 80 calories per can

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Mountain Dew's Kickstart drinks are often advertised and easily available. They entered the energy drink market quickly, and have since released a few different flavors. One that I hadn't tried yet was the Limeade flavor, which isn't one of their two original's. According to this Mountain Dew Wiki, the Limeade and Black Cherry varieties were released as "nighttime" drinks as opposed to the early morning, "kickstart your day" oriented themes of their earliest flavors. Nonetheless, I couldn't avoid trying this drink even though it was the early afternoon.

This drink's can is nicely put together, as it should be in belonging to the Mountain Dew trademark. The green and black fit nicely together, with a green tab on top adding a final touch to the design. Spanning the top of the can are, "5% Juice", "Caffeine", and "Electrolytes" along with a small Mountain Dew logo and a diagonal silver stripe that slices through the other Mountain Dew logo on the can.

Limeade isn't necessarilly a flavor that I drink everyday, but one that sounded good enough, to me, to make a reasonable energy drink. The drink has a sour, lime taste that is smooth and tasty. It wasn't crisp or refreshing to me, but very drinkable. It was reminiscent of the original Mountain Dew flavor, which I can tolerate despite it not being my absolute favorite.

I'm not really sure what Mountain Dew is trying to do as far as energy goes with these drinks. It contains 92 mg of caffeine per 16 oz. I generally consider this a low amount, since I've had drinks of the same size and even way smaller that had more caffeine. I don't think Mountain Dew is going for "extreme energy", but I believe that the drink will ultimately be consumed by those looking for an energy drink. The buzz wasn't nonexistent, but would have been more enjoyable if it were more strong alongside the great taste of this drink.

I payed a little over $1 for this, which didn't lead to very much disappointment. If you like limeade, you could try this. But, don't expect anything too ridiculous in the energy buzz.