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06.20.07 by Widge @ 6:52 pm  Review: This is supposed to be the berry-infused cousin of Vault, the energy drink from Coke that, while tasty, looks like it escaped from Herbert West's syringe. Trouble is: I got a lot of Vault taste with this, but not a great deal of berry. It came off as Vault that had simply been colored red. That might be nice for Xmas decorations, but when it comes to taste: meh. I'll stick with the original. Time: 20 seconds. Categorized as: Drinks and Reviews
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05.16.07 by Widge @ 2:05 am  In a first for the U.S., a carbonated soft drink is going to be available in aluminum bottles. That is coming from Mountain Dew, but it's only in select markets, and only from May to October. Although if they sell like mad, you can expect another round of it, I'm sure. So if you like it, buy it. Anyway, to draw more attention to this endeavor, they've snagged over a dozen artists to make limited edition designs for the bottles. That's one from Troy Denning you can see there. We've got a full list of the artists after the break, but if you want to see their flashy site that shows all the art and more, check out Green Label Art. Categorized as: Drinks and Headsup
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04.28.07 by Widge @ 12:51 am  Hey, Coke. What's the deal already? This year I snagged some of your "Passover" or "Kosher" Coke. The kind that you make with real sugar instead of with high fructose corn syrup. Okay, to be perfectly honest, I didn't snag some of it. I bought out all that I could find at three Publixs. But that's not the point. The point is this: why the hell isn't this available year round? Come on, it tastes better. We did a blind taste test between regular Coke and kosher Coke and the kosher version has a richer, fuller taste to it. I know it sounds insane to be talking about your soft drink like I'm some sort of wine connoisseur but at least I'm not saying that it needs to breathe first and swishing it around in my glass, am I? Categorized as: Drinks
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10.29.06 by Widge @ 8:06 pm  Fascinating. I don't know anything about their Transylvanian grapes that they apparently saved from destruction or what all, but kudos to them for making a wine that's perfect for Halloween parties. And, you know, for Goths on a day to day basis. Hell, I don't know. It might be really damn good stuff that's perfect with steak. Rare, of course. And I'm amazed they sell white varieties at all. Just a little bit off-theme there. Categorized as: Drinks
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08.02.06 by Widge @ 11:35 pm  Since I've been known to dabble in DIY cola alchemy myself, I can relate to what these two women are going through, although I haven't taken it as far as having to worry about what sort of gum arabic I need. For more about DIY cola than you could possibly ever want to know, check out this Wikipedia article on OpenCola. Categorized as: Drinks
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07.11.06 by Widge @ 11:58 pm  So...Josta. We've mentioned it before, how it was near and dear to our hearts and had gotten us through many a long night drive. Many have quested for the lost drink. I'm wondering if I've stumbled onto the damn thing. So...new Brazilian place opened up in the area. Brazilian place = guarana drinks. Sweet. So I pop in every now and then and pick up several liters. They even had a yerba mate drink in cans that was really damn good, but I wound up buying every one they had and they said they're not getting anymore. Dammit. But anyway, I needed a quick pick me up. Stopped in today, grabbed a bottle of guarana drink, was walking back down the isle and...my, what is that? "Xarope de Guarana." I'm guessing that's Guarana Syrup. Shonuff. Hey, concentrated guarana with craploads of sugar? Count me in. After peeling off the English label I see beneath, in Portuguese, that you're supposed to one part of this with nine parts of water. Or whatever. So of course I did what any of you would have done. Categorized as: Drinks
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05.03.06 by Widge @ 11:11 pm  Well, we've talked up their products before, but now there's a couple of new bits you should be aware of, coming from the folks at Bally Total Fitness. We understand there are probably some people out there who are trying to cut back on sugar. I'm even doing it a little, though I'm not a big fan of artificial sweeteners. I'll go with caffeinated water, thanks. But some of you and some members of the team here want a little more taste to go along with the stimulated bang of a drink, so for you folks Bally has created a sugar-free version of their energy drink. It's got comparable oomph with the regular drink--that is, taurine, ginseng, gingko, green tea and plenty of B vitamins. And it's got sucralose (i.e. Splenda) instead of sugar. And only ten calories. The taste is different, obviously, but if you need the kick without the added poundage that sugar consumption brings and you're cool with sucralose, we say go for it. Categorized as: Drinks
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03.26.06 by Widge @ 9:10 pm  We find this write-up on Yenra.com to be faaaascinating:
Although that whole "one or two" limitation has got to be fixed. We assume that's a bug that will be worked out before it goes to market. Categorized as: Drinks
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10.08.05 by Widge @ 2:22 am  Review: It takes a lot to really get my attention when it comes to caffeinated beverages. I mean I've consumed more caffeine so far in my lifetime than most people will during their entire span. I am a caffeine achiever. But when you come out and boast that you've got a drink that has 294mg of caffeine in it, you definitely have my attention. Let me put that in perspective for those of you who don't, like I do, have Energy Fiend's caffeine database committed to memory. It's basically twice what's in a 16 oz. can of Rockstar. Twice your normal cup of coffee. More than twice what's in a Full Throttle. Three times what's in your usual shot of espresso. Almost four times what's in a Red Bull. And more than eight times what's in a can of Coke. Besides caffeine it also sports 3000mg of Taurine, 160% and 500% of your daily recommended allowance of B12 and B6, respectively. Categorized as: Drinks and Reviews
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09.13.05 by Widge @ 1:51 am  Well, this sounds fascinating. Picked this up from Energy Fiend: Gleukos is a new energy drink that skips the part where your body breaks the sugar down and instead it's formulated to go straight to your bloodstream and muscles. So it's supposed to be instant energy. Press release is here. And their website is here. And if that's not enough, they're going to make powder available so you can mix your own. Ka-razy. Of course, the teasing bastards are selling them exclusively at 7-11 stores. And Coast City has none. So stay tuned. We will find some of this stuff. Categorized as: Drinks
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