Carabao energy drink

I was reading that this is a competitor to the Thai version of red bull. The carabao is a water buffalo or something, and because they are tough. The drink has some weird ingredients... like nicotinamide. Yes nicotine! Along with the regular taurine, caffeine, etc. Given the nocotine, I was slightly hesitant to drinking it, but given that Thai drivers supposedly drink several ans a day, i figured one should be ok.

On to the drink. It came out tasting more like a sweet soda. The color was a nice orange and there was no unpleasant smell. It kind of burned the esophagus so I gave it to someone else to finish. I mean, a drink shouldn't burn your esophagus right?

I think the 8.5oz (250ml) can is more then enough for a person. Smelling the can again, it is sort of mediciny, but it didn't taste that way. 150 cals for such a little bottle, no wonder it was so sweet.

Verdict:
I would try another one but I wouldn't go out of my way. I liked the taste, it was very nice, but not the burn.
2 stars **

Nestle Milo

The label call's the drink "Nestle Milo Chocolate nutritional energy drink". Though it's labeled energy drink, it’s not the type of energy drink that American's think of. There are some vitamins, but no weird ingredients like tuarine, ginseng, or the other stuff that are put into the things on market today. The drink is made in Malaysia and is 180 cals for the can. Wow that is like a candy bar almost. Looking at the can there is a soccer player in Milo gear.

When i popped open the top the small of a type of Swiss miss chocolate with milk was the best thing I could think of. I took a sip, and it tastes like a Swiss miss. An average taste, not bad at all. Maybe I was expecting more, oh well. I quickly finished it off of course, it being only 8oz/240ml. For $1 it's not bad at all, though not my type of drink.

Verdict: for an unrefrigerated chocolate milk drink, its pretty good.
2 stars ** from me, but possible 3 stars *** for chocolate drink lovers.

NOS High performance energy Drink

NOS. Say the name and car fans all over will associate the name with big blue bottles of nitrous dioxide, with orange tops.


As a fan of the Fast and Furious movie, I have seen countless images of Vin Diesel holding a bottle of NOS to soup up his race car. Lo and behold NOS, very popular in the car enthusiasts world has come out with a drink whose bottle version imitates their actual nitrous bottles. The bottle is a nice blue shape and the cap is a star shaped item that looks like a valve. The gimmick is too much! It is awesome! The price tag was $3 for this 22oz drink. As far as energy drinks go it's quite reasonable, as they are all in that ball park. Since I don’t drink energy drinks on a normal basis, I held out getting this bottle until now. Now I can add it to a collection!.

As I opened the cap the hiss of the carbonation was pretty loud. I think I could see it rise! But then I started to smell it, it stinks! It’s like sniffing vitamins. so i dared to take a sip. Not bad. It tastes like any other energy drink. It is likeable. Each sip is more pleasant, but the after taste is kind of weird, leaving a dryness in the mouth. I think for someone who hasn’t tried energy drinks, they would not be pleased at all. There is a tanginess that you have to overcome, and the taste of vitamins in your mouth is also a slight hurdle.
As for someone who has drank many energy drinks, that taste was not bad. not at all. Would I buy it again? Maybe.. but not for the drink itself. It’s on par with other energy drinks for the price/size but the drink doesn’t stand out as special. What I would buy it for is the bottle. That is too cool. The novelty itself of the bottle is worth buying at least one. Would I get the can version... Only if it is cheap enough.

Verdict: Any fast and furious fans should definitely pick one up. Others, might want to hold off.

As for the bottle it can make a great decoration or water bottle!

**update* had someone try it who loves Redbulls and other energy drinks and they were very happy with NOS. Speaking of Red Bull I'm going to try to get the Thai version of it.