Energy Drinks / Red Bull Cola
Where can I buy Red Bull Cola? Petro Express near Charlotte, NC
How much does Red Bull Cola cost? $1.69
Jolt Power Cola (now available in sizes smaller than the 23.5oz. 'aluminum heart attack' size), did actually come up to a better value as a function of price/oz., but this 12oz. can is handy, and 12oz. of cola is a pretty portable size, and easy to enjoy before it gets warm or goes flat.
I prefer the taste of Red Bull's Cola to Jolt, and not by much, as the Stig mentioned, it's likely that the caffeine content is the primary difference in the taste, so with bitterness comes more energy. This drink doesn't disappoint in the way of energy, but it's no Jolt, and I think that's ok. This is a "stimulating refreshment", which is how they describe it accurately on the can. I think it's stronger and better tasting than a Coke or a Pepsi, and I think that's what they set out to achieve.
I personally think it's a good value, one may argue that a 16oz. Monster is usually $1.99. At this point, let's be honest, original Monster is still a good drink, but I've arguably consumed 1,000 of them, and even something as awesome as Monster gets old. Red Bull Cola is a welcomed twist on an old favorite, in my book, and may well become a new favorite.
Lastly, for anyone who knows my feelings on American-made Red Bull products, knows that this drink had a tough row to hoe. I would go as far as to say I dislike traditional Red Bull (though I occassionally get a craving for one...maybe it's the cocaine). This cola is, without question, the best product they make.
Ultimately, it's such a trace amount, it wouldn't matter. Cocoa leaves are debatably used in the manufacturing of every cola. Normally a cocao leaf is "decocainized", which it's speculated Coca-Cola has done since 1903, before which, Coca-Cola contained cocaine. Ultimately, Red Bull got some free advertisement, and I'm not sure it matters. Despite this being a wonderfully flavored cola, reasonbely priced (we bought this 12oz. can for $1.69) and rather energizing, these drinks (at least in the US market) aren't flying off the shelves.
To be very clear, the taste of this cola is very much to my liking. It's not quite as bitter as Jolt Power Cola, which probably means it doesn't contain as much caffeine. The drink itself seems less thick to me than a standard Coke or Pepsi (neither of which I've probably drank in the past few years). It also has a pleasant, non-syrupy aftertaste. This syrupy, non-thirst-quenching film is one of the reasons I stopped drinking Coke, Pepsi and some other "brown sodas", as I call them.
Now, this doesn't have the complex blend of herbs, Harry Potter potions that we've come to expect from "sophisticated" or "proprietary" energy blends. This pretty much replies on the Jolt formula of sugar and caffeine. I whole-heartedly support that institution.
Our biggest gripe with Red Bull has always been price. A 12oz. can of regular Red Bull is $2.99. You might expect when they rolled out a Cola it would also be ludicrously priced, especially when it's purported to contain trace amounts of cocaine, but no. $1.69 for the 12oz. can, and the 8.3oz can will cost you only $1.29, at the location we purchased this drink. This soda is an all-around win. It's like someone giving you "Madonna" tickets right before you need to use a toilet-paperless public toilet.
Red Bull Cola can or bottle design and textual information
The Red Bull Cola can sports a very patriotic getup. Red, white and blue abound on this "Simply Cola" can. There's a diagonal stripy thing on the front, which the iconic Red Bull logo in the top left (the blue section) of the front of the can, underneath is a seal that states "Natural Cola" and on the underside of the seal, and upside down "Natural Cola". "Red Bull" is written in red letters across the center stripy thing (the white, or silver section), and in the bottom right (the red section) "simply COLA" and the very bottom of the can states "Strong and Natural". The text on the back is short, and I'm impressed by their lack of verbosity: "Red Bull Cola", (there's a circled R in there after Red Bull, but using the copyright symbol seems to botch up my RSS feed) " - a stimulating refreshment with ingredients from 100% natural sources". Then there are two bullet points, as follows:
I loved Red Bull Cola drink where can I buy it?
Billy@2010-04-16 13:57:19
I have seen Red Bull Cola around for quite awhile now, and after reading the reviews on this web page my curiosity kicked in. What do I think about Red Bull Cola, well it reminds me of the awesome Poison album open and say ahhh! This drink has just the right amount of bitter, and right amount of punch to refresh gatorade heads. Hands down this is a cola man's cola!
Kevin B@2010-02-22 21:54:53
This tastes nothing like red bull and not like the colas I've had before. Red bull cola is supposed to be an organic/healthy drink which ruins the flavor. It tastes like all those weird coke flavors(lemon, lime, cherry, vanilla,...) mixed together and left open in a warm car. I just barely finished an 8oz.I hardly got any energy from it.
The Awesome@2009-11-09 15:45:43
I live in Idaho, and every once in a while I'll see a Red Bull Mini driving around - if you wave these guys down they'll hand out free Red Bulls! Every Red Bull I've ever had was free. I was fortunate enough to try the Cola recently and I was thoroughly impressed with it. The only problem I had with it, is that it made me more thirsty and left a slight waxy feeling on my teeth. Excellent flavor, beautiful packaging, and definitely one of my favorites. Last I heard, this was a limited run, but I hope to see it go into regular production.
Jake Davies@2009-10-12 16:46:29
Maybe I got a bad can or I'm just too used to the flavors of Pepsi and Coca Cola, but when i tried this I initially got a pleasant taste like a cola ice lolly, but it suffered a lot from a bitter aftertaste that made me feel queasy. Might be because the caffeine comes from coffee beans. I imagine the energy would be okay since it is the same as regular Red Bull, but i wouldn't know first hand since I couldn't finish the can. Fairly good value, 96p in the UK for 12oz, but I simply didn't like the flavor. It does say "natural cola" though, so maybe I'm just too used to the mainstream colas on the market. In all, nice to see some deviation from Red Bull, and it's worth a try to see if you like it. Just don't be expecting a can of Pepsi with extra caffeine.
Red Bull Cola
 Energy | Taste | Price |
How much does Red Bull Cola cost? $1.69
What's in Red Bull Cola?
Nutritional Information
Red Bull has supplied precisely what we were searching for years ago. A simple cola drink that doesn't bother itself with snooty vitamins, voodoo magic herbs and concoctions like "taurine", "inositol", and "ginseng". Good old fashioned, thirst-quenching, low sodium cola (sweetened with sugar, not corn syrup), with a shot of caffeine. Now, how hard was that? Red Bull Cola contains (per can) 31g carbohyrdates (all 31 are sugars), caffeine from coffee. That's it. Plain and simple. What makes it not so plain and simple is that it's delightfully light cola flavor is the culmination of a well-orchestrated combination of the following natural ingredients: water, sugar, carbon dioxide, caramel, galangal, vanilla, mustard seed, lime, kola nut, cocoa, licorice (which I recently read will decrease male libido), cinnamon, lemon, ginger, cocoa leaf, orange, corn mint, pine, cordamom, mace, clove, lemon juice and the caffeine from coffee. Cocaine is not listed in the "all natural" ingredients.
*Incomplete
Size: 12.0 FL OZ
Servings: 1.0
Size: 12.0 FL OZ
Servings: 1.0
| Calories | 130 |
| Carbohydrates | 31 |
| Sodium | 10 |
Jason's Review
Years ago, I posed the question, "Why do all energy drinks have to have this, 'new flavor'?" The question was geared toward this mass movement towards exotic flavors like, "passionfruit", "mango", "tamarind", "guava" and even more recently "coconut". "Why doesn't someone just come out with a better cola? A more energizing iteration of flavors people already like?". Well, Jolt Power Cola was the first to resoundingly respond to that request, and, I rewarded its offering with a 9/10 energy rating, 10/10 taste, and 9/10 value.Jolt Power Cola (now available in sizes smaller than the 23.5oz. 'aluminum heart attack' size), did actually come up to a better value as a function of price/oz., but this 12oz. can is handy, and 12oz. of cola is a pretty portable size, and easy to enjoy before it gets warm or goes flat.
I prefer the taste of Red Bull's Cola to Jolt, and not by much, as the Stig mentioned, it's likely that the caffeine content is the primary difference in the taste, so with bitterness comes more energy. This drink doesn't disappoint in the way of energy, but it's no Jolt, and I think that's ok. This is a "stimulating refreshment", which is how they describe it accurately on the can. I think it's stronger and better tasting than a Coke or a Pepsi, and I think that's what they set out to achieve.
I personally think it's a good value, one may argue that a 16oz. Monster is usually $1.99. At this point, let's be honest, original Monster is still a good drink, but I've arguably consumed 1,000 of them, and even something as awesome as Monster gets old. Red Bull Cola is a welcomed twist on an old favorite, in my book, and may well become a new favorite.
Lastly, for anyone who knows my feelings on American-made Red Bull products, knows that this drink had a tough row to hoe. I would go as far as to say I dislike traditional Red Bull (though I occassionally get a craving for one...maybe it's the cocaine). This cola is, without question, the best product they make.
Guests's Review
We were fortunate enough to sample this drink almost a year ago, but for whatever reason, we didn't review it. If you've heard of Red Bull Cola, it may very well be from news reports about Germany banning the Red Bull Cola after traces of cocaine are found. Time magazine reports 0.13 micrograms of cocaine, to be exact. Meanwhile, also in the news, 90% of paper money in the United States contained "traces of cocaine" ranging from .006 micrograms to 1240 micrograms (about 50 grains of sand), *this information provided by 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. So, Germany may also want to consider a cocaine ban on American money. In early June, most testing of the product came back with no traces of cocaine, meanwhile Taiwan's test reports traces of cocaine in every canned Red Bull product on the market.Ultimately, it's such a trace amount, it wouldn't matter. Cocoa leaves are debatably used in the manufacturing of every cola. Normally a cocao leaf is "decocainized", which it's speculated Coca-Cola has done since 1903, before which, Coca-Cola contained cocaine. Ultimately, Red Bull got some free advertisement, and I'm not sure it matters. Despite this being a wonderfully flavored cola, reasonbely priced (we bought this 12oz. can for $1.69) and rather energizing, these drinks (at least in the US market) aren't flying off the shelves.
To be very clear, the taste of this cola is very much to my liking. It's not quite as bitter as Jolt Power Cola, which probably means it doesn't contain as much caffeine. The drink itself seems less thick to me than a standard Coke or Pepsi (neither of which I've probably drank in the past few years). It also has a pleasant, non-syrupy aftertaste. This syrupy, non-thirst-quenching film is one of the reasons I stopped drinking Coke, Pepsi and some other "brown sodas", as I call them.
Now, this doesn't have the complex blend of herbs, Harry Potter potions that we've come to expect from "sophisticated" or "proprietary" energy blends. This pretty much replies on the Jolt formula of sugar and caffeine. I whole-heartedly support that institution.
Our biggest gripe with Red Bull has always been price. A 12oz. can of regular Red Bull is $2.99. You might expect when they rolled out a Cola it would also be ludicrously priced, especially when it's purported to contain trace amounts of cocaine, but no. $1.69 for the 12oz. can, and the 8.3oz can will cost you only $1.29, at the location we purchased this drink. This soda is an all-around win. It's like someone giving you "Madonna" tickets right before you need to use a toilet-paperless public toilet.
Red Bull Cola can or bottle design and textual information
The Red Bull Cola can sports a very patriotic getup. Red, white and blue abound on this "Simply Cola" can. There's a diagonal stripy thing on the front, which the iconic Red Bull logo in the top left (the blue section) of the front of the can, underneath is a seal that states "Natural Cola" and on the underside of the seal, and upside down "Natural Cola". "Red Bull" is written in red letters across the center stripy thing (the white, or silver section), and in the bottom right (the red section) "simply COLA" and the very bottom of the can states "Strong and Natural". The text on the back is short, and I'm impressed by their lack of verbosity: "Red Bull Cola", (there's a circled R in there after Red Bull, but using the copyright symbol seems to botch up my RSS feed) " - a stimulating refreshment with ingredients from 100% natural sources". Then there are two bullet points, as follows:
- Contains natural caffeine from coffee beans
- Contains no phosphoric acid and no artificial flavors
Consumer Reviews
sandy@2011-10-24 16:46:24I loved Red Bull Cola drink where can I buy it?
Billy@2010-04-16 13:57:19
I have seen Red Bull Cola around for quite awhile now, and after reading the reviews on this web page my curiosity kicked in. What do I think about Red Bull Cola, well it reminds me of the awesome Poison album open and say ahhh! This drink has just the right amount of bitter, and right amount of punch to refresh gatorade heads. Hands down this is a cola man's cola!
Kevin B@2010-02-22 21:54:53
This tastes nothing like red bull and not like the colas I've had before. Red bull cola is supposed to be an organic/healthy drink which ruins the flavor. It tastes like all those weird coke flavors(lemon, lime, cherry, vanilla,...) mixed together and left open in a warm car. I just barely finished an 8oz.I hardly got any energy from it.
The Awesome@2009-11-09 15:45:43
I live in Idaho, and every once in a while I'll see a Red Bull Mini driving around - if you wave these guys down they'll hand out free Red Bulls! Every Red Bull I've ever had was free. I was fortunate enough to try the Cola recently and I was thoroughly impressed with it. The only problem I had with it, is that it made me more thirsty and left a slight waxy feeling on my teeth. Excellent flavor, beautiful packaging, and definitely one of my favorites. Last I heard, this was a limited run, but I hope to see it go into regular production.
Jake Davies@2009-10-12 16:46:29
Maybe I got a bad can or I'm just too used to the flavors of Pepsi and Coca Cola, but when i tried this I initially got a pleasant taste like a cola ice lolly, but it suffered a lot from a bitter aftertaste that made me feel queasy. Might be because the caffeine comes from coffee beans. I imagine the energy would be okay since it is the same as regular Red Bull, but i wouldn't know first hand since I couldn't finish the can. Fairly good value, 96p in the UK for 12oz, but I simply didn't like the flavor. It does say "natural cola" though, so maybe I'm just too used to the mainstream colas on the market. In all, nice to see some deviation from Red Bull, and it's worth a try to see if you like it. Just don't be expecting a can of Pepsi with extra caffeine.
