Red Bull: Classic or Dud?

Or maybe it's just Oxford that makes me violent and bad tempered drunk...

The only other time I've dared was before a gig in Portland, OR, where I was hungover as hell and unable to move because the night before Raggett and Barrus had taken me out and poured tequila down my throat all night. The Red Bulled night ended up in a dive bar full of scary Dandy Warhols rejects and a man dancing around with a pumpkin smashed over his own head.

Never touching the stuff again.

Now I'm looking forward to this!

Personally I think that if you want some caffeine what's wrong with a coffee you freaks?

Fact: it's not meant to taste nice.

Fact: the best thing about it is that if you have around ten cans in a night, apart from the implications of the caffeine, you'll knock yourself out with the alcohol you mixed it with but then wake up at 7.30 the next morning when the effect of the caffeine peaks. Be quite interesting to know the medical implications of doing that too often.

By the way: vodka and Red Bull is not as good a Bull Shocker, which is the same but with a shot of Aftershock in. Can we explode the myth that Aftershock's strong? It has a strong taste, but that doesn't mean the same thing. Anyway, the reason it needs to be in a vodka Red Bull is because it makes it taste fucking lovely. The Bull Shocker has taken over from alcopops in my world.

I had six one night in Ibiza and turned into 'Bumholio', so try not to over do it.

But, mmmmmmm, sure taste goooood. Tart and zingy.

but I do quite like the taste though.

Indeed. Cabbage has a special recipe for what he terms Liquid Cocaine. His mixture of ice cold espresso, vodka and sugar was responsible for our chalet party at ATP turning into a wanton, jelly- slurping pit of hell. You should try it some time.

Red Bull under microscope in wake of three deaths

It's a favourite of shiftworkers, sportsmen, partygoers and the hungover - but the top-selling energy drink Red Bull is under investigation over fears it may be linked to three deaths in Sweden.

Wimbledon champ Goran Ivanisevic and his friends reached for the Red Bull and vodka as they partied through the night to celebrate his win over Pat Rafter on Monday.

But it appears they and thousands more in pubs, clubs and gyms around the world may be putting their lives in danger by mixing the drink with alcohol or drinking it after strenuous exercise.

Red Bull is already banned from all shops except pharmacies in Norway, Denmark and France, where it is classified as a medicine because of its high caffeine content.

The Swedish National Food Administration is now investigating the drink following three recent deaths.

A 31-year-old woman, known only as Therese, collapsed on a nightclub dancefloor in March after two cans of the drink mixed with vodka.

"Suddenly she just fell down beside me. Her heart had stopped and she was completely lifeless," her boyfriend John Andersson said.

A second Swede died after mixing Red Bull with vodka, while the third dropped dead after drinking several cans after a hard gym session.

A fourth death in Dublin last year, of 18-year-old basketballer Ross Cooney, is also thought to be linked to the drink.

"What we have is the suggestion that three people have died after drinking this substance, although there is no hard scientific evidence available as yet. We will be looking at the death certificates and going through the autopsy reports to identify whether or not there is a link," Swedish National Food Administration spokesman Anders Glyn said.

Red Bull is high in caffeine, a stimulant which raises the heart rate and blood pressure, and taurine, a building block of protein which is considered beneficial in small doses.

A study at Dublin's St James Hospital last April, following Cooney's death, found that only two cans of the drink caused some arteries to dilate so that blood pressure fell, while others stiffened and led to higher blood pressure.

While the two effects may cancel each other out, the addition of alcohol could create unpredictable effects. "If you drink a lot of Red Bull, if you are dried out, and if you mix it with alcohol, it can be very dangerous," Dr Dan Andersson of Stockholm's South Hospital, where two of the victims are believed to have died, said.

More than 900 million cans of Red Bull were sold worldwide last year, 230 million of them in Britain.

But Britain's Food Standards Agency has no plans to launch an investigation, while a spokesman for Red Bull said the drink had a safe record stretching back 14 years.

"There had been rigorous scientific testing even before the drink came on the market," he said.

Red Bull was invented by Austrian Dieterich Mateschitz, 55, who stumbled on to a health tonic in Bangkok and launched his version in 1987 with claims that it revitalises the mind and body, increases endurance, improves reaction and concentration and helps eliminate toxins from the body. He is now a billionaire.

AAP

Sydney Morning Herald, in caase anyone asks.

Formula for new Mountain Dew = 1/2 can Mountain Dew + 1/2 can Hawaiian Punch.

I quite like the taste. Mmmm... mediciney.

Irony?

If I want a "boost", I know better ways of getting one.

It's interesting that Taurine is found in a lot of cat food. Cats cannot produce Taurine. In the wild, they get their Taurine from rodent brains. Delicious. I'm hoping the kind they put in RB is not derived from that source, hopefully it's of better quality than what they put in Cat food... :P

Anyway, does anyone know the exact amount of caffiene in one can of Red Bull?

i think all yall are crazy i try to avoid caffeine it is evil evil evil

Jody Beth, how does this work? is it mixed in before you even shake it, or is it just poured in afterwards, or do you use it as a chaser?

Again, this is why I drink Red Bull.

A Classic, of course. The imitations however are dud.

Sparks is a different kettle of fish altogether.

although that "V" stuff is actually really good.

http://www.bevnet.com/images/reviews/xsenergy/xs-electriclemonblast.jpg

I also fucking love sandwiches.

red bull by itself = DUD

has anybody here had the surprisingly-delicious Red Bull Cola? I didn't really know what to expect, but it has basically nothing in common with Red Bull (i.e. it's not loaded with caffeine and taurine and whatever-the-fuck). a lot less sweet than Coke or Pepsi, with more of a spicy/citrusy/kinda-bitter flavor. very good mixer, too.

surprisingly-delicious Red Bull Cola?
it taste like panda cola, it's awful.

what's panda cola?

Red Bull Light. 2 Xenedrine. 3 aspirin. My daily wake up stack.

― order some disorder quick, Monday, 17 March 2003 19:53 (10 years ago)

Gross. The first night I went out with a friend who downed these with vodka, I had to carry her home, sit all night on the bathroom floor with her and apologize to the dry cleaners the next day.

It *was* the first time she kissed me though. Not that that was worth it in the long run.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 25 January 2003 07:30 (10 years ago)

i wonder where gabbneb is right now

I like to think I am supporting music and interesting sports when I drink my Red Bull

that assumes you like rad music and dope interesting sports

~listens to "Red Bull Music Academy" iPhone radio app~

i think red bull has successfully made me associate their brand with interesting music & events, but i've never once bought a red bull. good job RB.