Energy drinks
OVER CAPTAINATED #3
Oh my goodness, look at this delight, Alpen Yod'l! (click on the link for an amazing website intro) Not sure why they shortened the yodel, maybe it was more extreme, but as you can tell from the "mit" and the "bio", this is another 'healthy' German energy drink. Since the website is all in german, I don't have any basic info about the drink to give you. A friend of mine brought this one back from Vienna I believe, and I've been holding onto it for quite some time.
And as you can tell from my face, I'm a bit nervous, my last run in with a german energy drink: Full Speed, didnt go over too well. I'm also not the biggest fan of the healthier kind of energy drinks. I have a huge sweet tooth and typically the healthier caffeine drinks lack sugar or any unhealthy ingredients that make all the drinks I love more delicious.
Yeah that's a little weird. For some reason Alpen Yod'l had the typical citrus type flavor but with a hint of mint. At first it was just kind of odd and then after a few swigs, I couldn't really handle it any further and just put it down. It coudl've been the healthy ingredients that turned me off, or the guarana, (What is guarana any way?), but I couldn't go any further with Alpen Yod'l, I'm sorry crazy elk on the can howling at the sunset beyond the mountains.
Pass!
OVER CAPTAINATED #2
I'm back with my second installment of Over Captainated, I'm sure you've all been waiting for this return to see what crazy energy drink I'll test out next. This one comes courtesy of my buddy AC Slater who brought it back last summer from Germany. Full Speed!
Not sure what I'm doing in this photo, am I kissing the can? Either way, this stuff wasn't very good, So far Germany dosn't have the energy drink game on lock. AC brought back a handful of German energy drinks and they are all in the fridge peering at me and I'm a bit nervous to try them.
So, yeah this one is no good, I'd skip it. Full Speed didn't really have that much of a great flavor, and I proceeded to dump it down the drain rather than finishing it. You can check out the Full Speed Facebook Fan Page, raking in 93 likes, cause i couldnt find an official website anywhere. This must be the equivalent to ghetto US brand energy drinks like XL, etc.
OVER CAPTAINATED #1
As some of you may or may not know, I'm a huge caffeine fiend and energy drink connoisseur, as well as a constant traveler. So while traveling, I'm always stopping at deli's, bodega's, gas sations and grocery stores searching for the most random and odd regional energy drinks I can find. So, for my new feature, I'll be telling you about random energy drinks, how they taste, where I got them and the stories surrounding them!
Power Up Energy Drink
I found this one a few years back when Drop The Lime played at Terrace F Club for the first time at Princeton University. Walked into a pizza shop across the street from this Thai Restaurant we ate at and there they were at the bottom of the cooler, dusty and being neglected. Having never seen them before and being a huge Mario and Nintendo fan (nerd), I bought 4 of them, restraining from buying all 10 or 12 they had.
I think I held onto them for a couple months without drinking any until I came across them again at Toy Tokyo in New York City, I bought a couple more as well as a Sonic the Hedgehog, Pac Man and Donkey Kong one (reviews coming soon).
But to my surprise, it's actually really delicious. Very sweet with a berry flavor, similar to Red Bull without having that tartness, that results in everyone thinking all energy drinks taste like Sweet Tarts. The Caffiene effects weren;t as noticable or as strong as most energy drinks, so if you're looking to get wired, not really sure if this is the one for you.
If you're lucky enough to come across Power Up, definitely pick it up!