A long evening with Bawls' high-caffeine G33k B33r
Bawls, maker of energy drinks, sent in a few bottles of its new high-caffeine "guarana g33k b33r" for review. I don't like root beer much — and root beer it is — and the addition of needless chemical anxiety to the mix made it seem an unappetizing brew.
Verdict: It was actually quite tasty, though the aftertaste of root beer still makes me feel like I've just swallowed cough syrup mixed with pureed housefly. The bottle looks a little too beer-realistic for inconspicuous public consumption. The little nipples on it feel funny.
It didn't keep me up, but I'm fairly caffeine-tolerant. There's 80mg a bottle, for the bean-counters out there — about the same as a cup of coffee.
Note: The quasi-leetspeak horrors in the headline refer to the product's official name.
Product Page [ThinkGeek]
Update: Reader "Shazbot" — are you a Triber or a Mork and Mindy fan? — drops this gem, "They missed an obvious opportunity to call this concoction chroot beer."
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My 6 year old niece liked it and she's pretty picky. However, I'm not a fan of root beer and the bottles remind me of sex toys gone wrong.
They missed an obvious opportunity to call this concoction chroot beer. Nevertheless, as a fan of root beer as well as the original flavor, I'll probably try it eventually.
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A 6 year old is drinking this chemical soup? For shame.
I cannot, under any circumstances, bring myself to even consider drinking something called "bawls" that comes in a modified dildo.
Shazbot, you are my hero for the day! What a great idea.
Also, I really have been trying not to think of these things as like sex toys. You're not helping.
Does not look appealing at all ii agree with kerry,
The Mana potions that think geek sells are infinitely more sexy. http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/a273/
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I wanna dip my Bawls in it!
It ought to be mentioned that mixing alcohol and caffeine really isn't a great idea, as they both dehydrate you. I would drink this, and I've already had my share of Sparks and Red Bull mixers, but I've likely done incalculable damage to my system as it is, so drop in the bucket.
For those of you who are put off by the bottle that is ribbed for your pleasure, or the name, just know you this: Bawls tastes a HELL of a lot better than Red Bull (dyech!), and it comes in sugar free that doesn't taste horrible. These are all big plusses if you're a "sit in front of the computer until 2 am trying to get that +1 sword" kind of person. Not that I am or anything...
I'm both a Triber AND a Mork and Mindy fan. :) But I primarily use the alias for distributing drum and bass music... on the evil MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/shazbotmusic).
Cant believe a 6 year old is drinking this stuff. Sad, kinda shows what our society has become!
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Apparently all geeks are 1337-speakers. Got a press release for this on a geek blog I write for, and I don't think we'll do a post for it.
Posting it on BoingBoing was a good move though, as I'm curious to see what other people think about it. =P
Whilst root beer does taste like Germolene mixed with cheap cola, Mellowknees is right. NOTHING tastes as bad as Red Bull. It's like carbonated bile.
"Bawls" has to be the stupidest "bad-ass hardcore" name for an energy drink I've ever heard. It's equal parts fratty douchebag and cocksure redneck. Who named this, a couple of fourteen year olds?
That's being awfully cruel to Bile!
Reading the comments here, I had to post some love for root beer. To me, it's pretty much the only soda that tastes any good; in my opinion, Coke doesn't really taste like something one should drink.
And if I find any of this new flavor of Bawls I'll be sure to try it, even though I've given up caffeine for the most part. Bawls is a tasty beverage, bumps on the side of the bottle nonwithstanding.
Closetpacifist, you're not the only one: root beer is one of those specifically American drinks that makes it pretty much entirely unavailable in the rest of the world, but it is -- by far -- my favorite soda. I drink liters of the stuff when I go home.
Cream Soda, on the other hand... blecch.
Just chiming in that "Bawls" was a cringingly bad name even when it was introduced years ago, but it really delicious. Stewart's also makes an orange creme soda (with a creamsicle logo!) that is just as good.
I can't stand Bawls or the sugar free version, but Cherry Bawls (only available in tall boy cans? at least that's all I've seen) is DELICIOUS.
I say it because it has to be said: Barq's is no longer the only rootbeer with 'bite'
Hmm thanks for finding out the caffeine content (80mg/297ml bottle). Even if you drink two bottles, the caffeine still isn't the same as other energy drinks.