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About this drink: I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to be able to pop open a D-cell battery and drink the energetic goodness inside. I have my doubts, however, that it would be a particularly tasty experience. Particularly after third-degree chemical burns have taken your tastebuds out of the equation. Nevertheless, the solution presents itself: Battery Energy Drink. Appearance, aroma, argh? To the eye: Beer. It looks like beer. Without a head. Not surprising, as it's imported by Fosters. To the nose: Much to my chagrin, it doesn't smell like battery acid at all. Instead, it smells like a generic energy drink. My hopes are dashed! To the mouth: It's quite pleasant, indeed. It has a fuller flavour that other "generic" energy drinks (read: Red Bull clones), and it seems a bit sweeter. It's definitely much nicer than sucking on a Duracell. And a little while after: Slightly greasy, but not unpleasant as energy drinks go. When it gets warm: It suffers a bit. It becomes rather floury and generally unpleasant. I don't know why I include this review criteria when all of the drinks usually have "serve chilled" written on them. I just like the pain. Mm, tasty pain. Overall: I've had a lot worse. It comes in a larger, 330ml can than most energy drinks, which is a bonus, and it did seem to perk me up as I wrote this review and played a bit of Tetris. So that's something.  Battery acid! Or..beer. Or an energy drink. You decide!  Bubbles of acidic energy-laden goodness. Mmm. |
 It looks like a battery, albeit with no negative terminal. Tagline: It doesn't have one, unless you count "Energy drink" as a tagline. Which I don't. Manufacturer: Made by Oye Sinebrychoff in Finland. Mmm, Finland. Imported by Fosters Australia. Yes, that Fosters. Awesome, it's a CUB product. Website: http://www.batterydrink.com/ - Not a bad site. I couldn't get a few parts of it to work, but the Flash animation is quite slick, and the music suitably annoying. Daily dosage: "Warning: Battery is not recommended for children, pregnant or lactating women or indviduals sensitive to caffeine." Volume: Can, 330ml. Ingredients: Water, sugar, maltodextrin, food acid, taurine, caffeine from coffee and guarana extracts, a whole bunch of vitamin B variants, colouring, etc. Energy: 210kj per 100ml, apparently. Caffeine: 32mg. Taurine: 400mg. |