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About this drink: This was the first energy drink I ever tried, so it has a special place in my digestive system. Appearance, aroma, argh? To the eye: It's extremely yellow, quite like Red Eye Gold. Unlike the Red Eye beverages, which I use as a benchmark due to their superiority in most regards (i.e. taste), V retains its carbonation, rather than losing it entirely upon the bottle being opened. To the nose: It has a strong berry-like taste with a hint of medicine. It smells quite refreshing. To the mouth: It's quite strong. It tastes very much of berries, like some odd foreign fruit drink. There's no real taste evidence of vitamin B, which is a good thing. The berry flavour is obviously used to mask some of the other potential horrors in the drink. It's so strong it can actually make you squint a bit upon first tasting it. Overall, though, the taste is not unpleasant. And a little while after: The berry-like masking flavour remains somewhat, presumably continuing to mask the vitamin B taste that's probably lurking beneath it. Due to the strength of the fruitiness and the fact the beverage remains carbonated, belching post-consumption revives the berry-like fruitiness considerably, and is not so pleasant. When it gets warm: Disturbingly, however, if you leave an open can or bottle of V in your car for a length of time, it emits a smell not dissimilar to superglue. Overall: It tastes strongly of berries. Blackcurrant, perhaps. No real bad tastes present, but the strength can be overwhelming. The stuff tastes quite pleasant mixed with lemonade, though.  It's yellow and has bubbles that don't escape.  V. |
 The Longneck's Back! Frankly, I preferred the other bottles. Tagline: "Guarana Energy". Manufacturer: Frucor Beverages, New Zealand. Website: www.v-energydrink.com - It's still under construction, but it has some semi-interesting information about the origins of the drink and a bit about the history of energy drinks. Daily dosage: "Contains caffeine at levels found in an average cup of coffee, so is not suitable for children, pregnant or lactating women, or persons sensitive to caffeine." "1.5 bottles max, daily." Which raises the interesting point of how many people will drink half a bottle and toss the remainder. Volume: Bottle; 350ml. Ingredients: The only real ingredient of note is guarana. Energy: 45.5 calories. Caffeine: 31mg. Taurine: 200mg. |