Red Bull Energy Drink

Pros: Growing popularity amongst college students, gyms and other Generation Y users.
Cons: The Food and Drug Administration have not evaluated advertised ingredient taurine.

Feeling tired? Need a little extra pep in your step? The quest for energy has been a common theme throughout the ages. Instead of running for a cup of coffee, why not try Red Bull Energy Drink?

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Pros: Cool looking can and website
Cons: Taste is terrible, costs too much

A few days ago my almost ex took me to retrieve my vehicle from the repair shop. He followed me back to my place for an impromptu visit with the kids. On the way I stopped at the local gas station down the street for gasoline. He parked his vehicle...

Pros: can give a quick energy boost
Cons: same boost as coffee/pop, expensive, bad tasting, can be extremely unhealthy

Let's be honest here, with a product like this, a lot of people don't really look for the great taste that normally goes with drinks you would pay for. The Red Bull Energy drink is something that was concocted to just that, provide a nice kick of ...

Pros: easy to open, lol
Cons: Do not like the taste

Some background information about Red Bull from the manufacturer web site "Back in the early 80s, Dietrich Mateschitz, now managing partner of Red Bull GmbH, often travelled to Asia on business. There he came across some very popular energy drinks. ...

Pros: it will help keep you awake
Cons: cloyingly sweet, long term effects unknown

I have to admit that I had an initial skepticism toward the emergence of energy drinks. I can remember the early 90s when many so-called "smart drinks" hit the scene. Most of these were merely highly caffeinated drinks with ingredients such as ...

Pros: it contains a daily requirement of vitamin B6 and B12
Cons: tastes awful, it is expensive

I must confess this is one of the worst drinks I have ever tasted. I will give it one thing Red Bull does not taste like any other, thank goodness. I have not talked to one person who actually likes the taste of this drink.

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Pros: It did keep me alert.
Cons: Worst tasting product anywhere.

When on long "on the road" drives through my business I usually have coffee to bolster the tooth picks keeping my eyelids open. I knew I had an unusually long trip this last weekend and I thought I would try some Red Bull for it's "energy" action. It is ...

Pros: Interesting taste, nice gossip subject.
Cons: It's linked to some deaths, at least that's what they're saying.

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For the last month and a half, I've been shelling out the two buckaroos for these little 8-ounce cans of the infamous Red Bull Energy Drink.

With a name containing the word "energy", what more...

Pros: I can't think of any.
Cons: High sugar, caffine and a sweet-sour taste, will leave you WIRED!

I didn't plan on buying Red Bull Energy Drink but my teenage daughters brought in a 4 pk. and I was more than curious to see what this product was all about. They told me to go ahead and try one, so I did! Red Bull Red Bull ...

Pros: Revs you up!
Cons: Bitter taste

Red Bull first made its mark several years ago around the California beach community. The slender, thin cans made quite an impression and raised a bit of curiosity. I knew friends that drank Red Bull primarily for the energy that it could provide.
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Pros: Red Bull gives you wings. It does all it claims to do.
Cons: It's not a toy.

Red Bull Gives You Wings! Or so the advertising campaign goes here in Australia. Red Bull is one of literally dozens of new fandangled energy drinks flooding the market. However, in my opinion, Red Bull is to energy drinks what Coke is to colas - the...

Pros: I had more pep in my step for a short time.
Cons: $2.60 a can. Bad taste.

Red Bull Energy Drink


I was in my local 7-11 store on a Friday night waiting in line for Lottery Tickets, when I saw these 2 kids both around 14 years of age. They were buying about 10 of these Red Bull Energy Drinks and...

Pros: We like Redbull.
Cons: We don't like how much they cost.

The other night I was at a bar in the Mission and asked for a Bull Vodka (Red Bull-n-vodka).

“Is that any good?” asked this kid standing next to me.

I looked him in the eye and gave the chin nod. Then my friend interjected, “And...

Pros: It won't stain your teeth like coffee. It works.
Cons: It's more expensive than your average coffee. In the end, just a caffeine product.

I am a stimulant junkie and before I begin talking about the Red Bull energy drink, let me give you my theory of stimulation: For my lack of a full vocabulary, I'll invent two categories distinguished by my use of italics: there is what I want ...

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I had been hearing about Red Bull for a while. It’s supposed to be an energy drink, which seems to mean that they can charge $2 for an 8.3-ounce can. It’s loaded with as much caffeine as a cup of coffee and two types of sugar. It even comes in this ...