Red Rooster gives you....chicken wings? (Red Rooster Energy Drink)

Member Name: pmcds

Product:	Red Rooster Energy Drink
Date:	13/11/09 (78 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Taste, does the job, decent price

Disadvantages: The come down

Here's yet another of those energy boosting drinks, a cheap substitute for Red Bull, essentially the same drink, but from a different company and with different packaging.

Red Rooster, Red Bull, Kick, all these kinds of drinks, they're all basically good for one thing: giving you an energy kick, with a burst of caffeine, nicely flavoured and in a small and compact can that makes it easy and practical to drink. The drink is sold in 250ml cans, costing anywhere from 35p to around 60p. It has quite appealing packaging, with a shiny silver and vibrant red tin can that is quite thin and elongated, not like a coke can or anything like that, which is quite stocky.

There is a ring pull on the top, and when you pull it, the gas expulsion is quite tame. With other similar products there is usually quite a bit of gas, whereas this doesn't seem to be quite as carbonated. The smell hits you straight away, a sickly and sweet smell, and when you taste it, it tastes exactly like Red Bull or other similar products.

Not long after the drink, I started to feel the effects. I can get quite hyperactive, and I drink coffee quite regularly. Drinks such as this with high levels of caffeine often give me the kick I need when I'm particularly tired, and I had one this morning, as I had a bad night's sleep. As a result, I was buzzing for most of the morning.

The reason for this is the caffeine levels. Concentrated levels in this drink mean that you get 30mg of caffeine in every 100ml of the drink. There are 25g of sugar in the whole can, and it should give you around 120 calories. The caffeine hit is quite quick after actually drinking it, which is good as this is the desired effect. However, a few hours later, and I was hitting the down side of the caffeine mountain. The down slope is one to struggle with, but to be fair to Red Rooster, it's not unique to this drink. I have found it with Red Bull and Kick as well, and on a night out drinking Vodka Red Bull one too many will often make you overtired and have an adverse effect, not keeping you awake at al.

Overall, it's a recommended product if you want it for the same reasons as you would need Red Bull or any other similar drink. It tastes quite nice, isn't particularly gassy, and does the trick. Just beware of the downside a few hours later when the effects of the initial caffeine hit wear off and you're faced with a long, tiring afternoon.

Summary: Product very similar to Red Bull et al