I was all set to write this review . . . I had taken the photos, popped the top and then taken a few sips. Then I got distracted – and am just now – a couple of days later – coming back to it. For the record – the glass has been sitting on my desk for about three days. Waiting. . .
When I initially opened the Power Trip can, I had no idea what the universe had in store for me. I did know a couple of things. The first was that this exercise of going through all of the energy drinks that I have been lugging around was going to stretch the limits of good taste and potentially health. The other thing that I knew was that the Power Trip can was looking mighty unimpressive – all starburst, broken rock font – with the second largest graphic being a zero . . . as in zero sugar and zero carbs. Yum!
The tagline screamed at me to “Taste the Power!†So I did and let’s just say that this drink blew my mind. It was the most consistently blue drink through and through that I have ever had that didn’t taste like that distinct “blue flavor†that all of the kids love these days. It is a drink that is fit for a Smurf mostly because it was very, very blue, but also because of how palatable it is. Smurfs are well known to have very well developed palates.
One problem that I do have – but this is going to come up regularly with these sugar-free drinks is how chemical the sweetener comes across. That taste is why I can’t drink diet sodas. It is gross and I just can’t stand it at all.
Did it give me all of the “Power†that it was promising? Not entirely sure . . . been kind of sick the last couple of days – and as I said – I only had a little bit of this 16 ounce gargantuan can of goodness . . . but the taste made me hopeful for the rest of the drinks – so there is something there . . . right?!
A true indication on if I enjoyed it comes from the fact that I was only going to drink enough to get an idea of what it had to offer – but then I kept on finding myself sneaking sips – drinking more than I needed to. This was certainly .60 cents well spent!
Stay tuned for more reviews – as I continue to clean out my fridge. Yum!
Awhile ago – (and I mean a serious while – like two years or so – ago) – some pals loaded up my fridge with energy drinks – about fourteen of them – that they had procured at the local Big Lots.
Well – I have been lugging these things around for that entire time – just waiting for the opportunity to test them – try them – review them . . . and I think that now is finally that time.
The first review – for “Power Trip” – will be up tomorrow – and then subsequent reviews will pop up as my body allows . . . bear in mind that these drinks are years old – have gone from cold to hot several times – were bought at a liquidation emporium – and mostly mostly mostly keep in your noggin that they were all probably pretty crummy energy drinks from the get go – and cut me some time slack . . . I’m nervous that I won’t make it through this particular bonanza.
Anyway – get your popcorn – and get to your seats . . . you are about to be energized!
