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Bawls Guarana Review

Price: $1.42
Available at: CompUSA Store (near the games section)
Nutrition Information:
Size: 10.0oz. · Serving Size: 10oz. Calories: 120 · Carbs: 32g · Sodium: 35mg

Ratings:
Combined Reviewer Rating:

8.5 out of 10 7.20 out of 10 from 452 reviewers

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Can Text:

The "High Caffeine Guarana Beverage". The bottle pretty much tells you that this drink is nothing but carbonated water, corn, syrup, guarana, and caffeine. The bottle is all blue, because we all want blue Bawls.

Active Ingredients *Per can, not per serving:
Guarana, and high levels of caffeine, that's it, pure and simple.

Angie's Review: Reviews posted after May 2007 are written by a guest reviewer referred to from this point forward as "The Stig".
Bawls is a really great tasting drink, but I’ve never really been personally thrilled about it, and I’m not sure why. It has a pleasant Sprite like taste with a good decent amount of carbonation. It’s rated as second or third highest in caffeine content on most lists of energy drinks. I’ve never seen any Bawls energy drinks sold separately, except for the Sugar free Bawls and thank goodness we didn’t have to buy a whole case of those. So we’ve always bought them in cases from CompUSA. And who better to know what has the most caffeine than computer guys? I believe I would buy more energy drinks from CompUSA if they were offered.

The initial taste of Bawls is so light and refreshing. But after there is nothing else to drink my mouth is thick and yucky tasting. Maybe this is just a really great marketing idea, because now that I have a whole case I can just drink another one. This may be pure genius. I don’t like the glass bottle. I feel like I have to pay more attention to drinking out of it for fear of hitting my teeth or bumping my lip into my teeth.

So I have all of these petty problems with the product. But in the end I scored Bawls highly because it really is a good value and great tasting beverage. The name is so catchy because who hasn’t made some joke about the name? Marketing genius.

Angie Energy Rating:

8
Angie Taste Rating:

8
Angie Value Rating:

8

Jason's Review:
As most LAN party attendees can tell you, Bawls is (or at least used to be) the drink of champions. They even have a website for gamers (and paintball), the Bawls Guarana Communications Group. With online gaming becoming more popular, I see someone else putting serious money into marketing to online gamers, and making the payouts bigger in tournaments. I realize paintball is big, but relative to online gaming? In fact, I'd guess most paintball players are also online gamers. Anyway, an overlooked market, and one that I don't think Bawls is targeting enough.

Nonetheless, for me, the taste is bland, but extremely enjoyable. It's fizzy, and very easy to drink when cold. I love to down a couple when "hacking", "coding", "powning", "w00ting", and being "1337". Seriously, it is one of my favorite programming drinks, followed by the regular green monster, and full throttle.

The energy for me is high. I've seen charts saying that it's caffeine potency is not that high, but it really keeps me keyed up for some time. Sometimes a couple of bottles can give me the shakes.

If you buy these by the case, they are a pretty good value. At less than $1.50/each and 2oz. bigger than a Red Bull, it's a great LAN party beverage choice.

Update 4-26-07
I found Bawls in 16oz. cans somewhere in Hickory, NC. I think they were $2.19.

Jason Energy Rating:

10
Jason Taste Rating:

8
Jason Value Rating:

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User Comments

Nick on 2007-12-03 16:25:04 said:
Hated it. For me, the taste sucks big time. While perhaps the logic is reversed, taste trumps energy when it comes to my drinks. Original RockStar FTW!

Ben G on 2007-12-10 19:09:35 said:
mix this with anything. i mixed it with mr. pibb and it was amazing. great taste

Kimieri on 2008-01-17 13:55:20 said:
Bawls is a great drink that needs more publicity! I LOVE THE STUFF!!! The energy value is so great i cant drink it on nights before i have class... It definitely keeps me awake and its taste isn't too strong, which is great.

CROSSFlRE on 2008-01-22 16:42:39 said:
BAWLS is da shiznit!!! Because it's pure guarana the caffeine buzz lasts twice as long. GO AND GET SOME BAWLS!

Saaaam! on 2008-02-03 13:31:22 said:
I thought the taste was great, like melted starbursts. Me and my friends always joke about the name. It gives me alot of energy. Its amazing.

Aki on 2008-02-20 20:48:27 said:
This stuff is the best. Its really unusual to find a drink with such an authentic guarana flavor -- IMHO, it's the only drink I can buy in the US that compares with the guarana I've had imported from Brazil.

THE IT! on 2008-03-07 15:17:19 said:
Bawls Guarana is good!

Patrick TeC on 2008-03-18 13:36:52 said:
Bawls was the first energy drink i ever had. It was serveded to me at a LAN Cafe a few year back when i was 13. But that place went bankrupt and now there really hard to find, its the best! Bottle design is really cool, taste really good, and i think its like the real start of energy drinks

tyler on 2008-03-26 20:47:30 said:
honestly....Bawls Guarana is the first and only energy drink on the market that actually doesn't make you want to gag.......other than bookoo......taste makes the drink..not the 800 pounds of sugar they load into the cans

Matthew on 2008-04-06 00:41:32 said:
By far bawls is my favorite energy drink. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find them near where I live, only about 45 miles away. I pay around $2.49 and up for each, depending on which store I hit. I sure hope to find them as cheap as this place! Great drink!!!!

MJ 2 Cool on 2008-04-06 00:48:08 said:
Found a four pack of cans at Target for $6.99. DO NOT buy cans of this. GREAT taste when out of the bottle...SUX when it's out a can. Dig the energy from the drink and the taste...just avoid the cans!

Energyatheist on 2008-04-09 16:53:47 said:
PEEPS! in florida there is a red cherry bawls in a can and the original in a can.

Jay on 2008-04-15 13:37:38 said:
Bawls is probably the best tasting energy drink by far. Even tastes good from the can. Energy level,,,a bit of a disappointment considering the hype. Better than some, alot less than others.

The Mighty Debo on 2008-05-04 03:43:25 said:
Bawls Guarana got a very unique taste (tastes like Bubble Gum), but only scores a 5 for me. It's nice that it isn't to carbonated. A lot of drinks (sobes and such) have a hella-lot of carbonation that kills it for me. The Buzz is decent, but not more than a 7 for me. It's kinda pricey for the small bottle (at our local store), but if downed in less than 30 seconds, it'll tweak ya for a good hour or more. Nothing too drastic, though. A Must-try, but whether you keep drinking it's up to you.

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