Energy Drinks?

[Crimson Dynamo]

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Do you partake?

[LaLaLand]

Never had a single one. Sinister things.

[hijaxers]

Oh never have them , all chemicals no thanks.

[Mystic Mock]

I love them.

But I am careful with how much I drink them.

[bots]

i had one once and it made me start to shake, very weird

[Oliver_W]

I get almost addicted to them, so it's best I stay away ... But I do love the corner shop brand - the ones with the silver bottle, and the cans are like silver and yellow?

[thesheriff443]

I have one now and again

[Mystic Mock]

I get almost addicted to them, so it's best I stay away ... But I do love the corner shop brand - the ones with the silver bottle, and the cans are like silver and yellow?

Are you talking about Monster?

[Vanessa]

I try not to drink too many of them.

[Oliver_W]

Are you talking about Monster?

No not Monster, I'm not sure it even has a name :joker: I think it's the generic Happy Shopper version or something :joker:

[Beso]

No.

[Cherie]

No

[Niamh.]

Years ago when I drank Vodka I would sometimes have Vodka and Red Bull but not anymore and I wouldn't drink it on it's own bleh

[Livia]

If I need a bit of a zing I'll have a cup of coffee.

[Mitchell]

I like a Powerade now and again

[Redway]

I do. It tends to be more the cheap corner shop/Tesco-brand stuff than Red Bull per se, though.

[Beso]

I've just had a chia tea...it was really nice

[Crimson Dynamo]

Me and the boy have one in the car on the way to the football

[Mystic Mock]

No not Monster, I'm not sure it even has a name :joker: I think it's the generic Happy Shopper version or something :joker:

Oh.:joker:

[Toy Soldier]

Wasn't there a thread about this really recently? :think:

Anyway I shall repeat what I said there - Irn Bru Energy (which is fairly new) is amazing and I like Rockstar. Monster gives me heart palpitations :umm2: - bit weird since it can't be the caffeine content as there's no more in that than other brands, so not sure what's in there having that effect. I also like Gfuel blue ice :hee:.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I like Irn Bru Xtra

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[Kazanne]

Never have them and wont allow my kids to have them either.

[Toy Soldier]

I like Irn Bru Xtra

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https://www.slrmag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Irn-Bru-Energy.jpg

These are the high caffeine ones. They don't actually taste much like Irn Bru but IMO they are amazing ... mmmm.

The full sugar one is AMBROSIA however I find it causes a bit of a sugar spike and thus energy crash after a couple of hours. The sugar free one is actually very, very similar to the full sugar one in this case so would personally go for that :thumbs:.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://www.slrmag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Irn-Bru-Energy.jpg

These are the high caffeine ones. They don't actually taste much like Irn Bru but IMO they are amazing ... mmmm.

The full sugar one is AMBROSIA however I find it causes a bit of a sugar spike and thus energy crash after a couple of hours. The sugar free one is actually very, very similar to the full sugar one in this case so would personally go for that :thumbs:.

well i shall buy 2 for the football tomorrow to see how they are

[Josy]

No, never. Absolutely horrible stuff

[Redway]

https://www.slrmag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Irn-Bru-Energy.jpg

These are the high caffeine ones. They don't actually taste much like Irn Bru but IMO they are amazing ... mmmm.

The full sugar one is AMBROSIA however I find it causes a bit of a sugar spike and thus energy crash after a couple of hours. The sugar free one is actually very, very similar to the full sugar one in this case so would personally go for that :thumbs:.

What do they taste like if not Irn Bru?

[Dogeatdog]

I never drink energy drinks. I can’t even remember the last time I had a lucozade but even then it would only be the cherry one and I don’t think that even counts as an energy drink anyways.

[Vanessa]

I love Lucozade orange

[Crimson Dynamo]

they have ruined original lucazade

its bowfing now

[bots]

the old lucozade was a miracle cure for anything. No idea why they changed it. I used to like the orange wrap the bottle came with to change it's colour :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

the old lucozade was a miracle cure for anything. No idea why they changed it. I used to like the orange wrap the bottle came with to change it's colour :laugh:

for any kid in the 60s 70s your mum bought you a big bottle when you were ill

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[MTVN]

Agree that the Irn Bru one is nice, also quite like Relentless of the main brands. Monsters popularity baffles me, far too sweet

I only drink them very occasionally though, normally if I'm working late or I'm very hungover/not had much sleep

[Crimson Dynamo]

In Scotland if you are hung-over you buy irn bru (Ba-Bru)

its part of the Law

[Vanessa]

I only drink them at work. I prefer them, because I don't like the coffee they have there.

[Babayaro.]

In Scotland if you are hung-over you buy irn bru (Ba-Bru)

its part of the Law

This is true

[Toy Soldier]

What do they taste like if not Irn Bru?


Hmmm. I’m struggling to say what they taste like - it’s nothing like most energy drinks (not like Red Bull for example). It’s just it’s own flavour, but not the same flavour as Irn Bru. The sugary one is marginally tastier than the sugar free one but like I said I think it has a LOT of sugar because there’s a bit of an energy crash after an hour or two.

[AnnieK]

for any kid in the 60s 70s your mum bought you a big bottle when you were ill

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My nan used to force feed us this if we were ill and having a sick day at her house. I swear it made me worse. I think I would throw up if I smelt it now :laugh:

[Toy Soldier]

for any kid in the 60s 70s your mum bought you a big bottle when you were ill

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/66/e8/6f66e8945a821ce8507bad48790b1c79.jpg


Was still common parent-medicine in the 90’s when it was still packed with glucose. It’s rubbish now because they had to cut glucose content to comply with some food standard or other, much like Irn Bru.

[Vicky.]

I always hated them til recently. Now I am obsessed with monster I think it is, monarch flavour and the guava one. The rest still taste vile though. I get one everyday now on the school run. I will feel very strange the day the shop runs out of my flavours and I have to do it without :(