jolt power cola

so this review is a day early, because im out of town tomorrow.


here before me stands one of the rarest energy drinks in existance. it is nearly impossible to find this in most of the country, and i found mine in a random gas station. why this is rare i cant really say since cola is such a hard flavor to screw up, and cola would seem like the perfect carrier for energy drinks. jolt makes other flavors, but they are even rarer than this. what many dont know is that jolt was the FIRST nationally available energy drink. the first ever was dr enuf, but that was only in chicago. once red bull entered the energy drink market jolt sort of fell into oblivion. the energy cola market was still not completely dead, as both red bull and rockstar started making one, but red bulls didnt sell for crap so it stopped being sold in the us. rockstar cola still exists but is rare at least in my area. well enough about the past lets try this!



smell: like coke, but maybe more herbal.




taste: really good for an energy drink. for a soder, not so much. this isnt bad, but has a vitamin taste to it ( you know like those flintstone vitamins everybody took as a kid) i guess cola really isnt the perfect carrier for energy drinks. that award goes to coffee. its still better than say, monster redbull or rockstar, but its not phenomenal.



kick: decent. this was somewhat weak to me, which is pretty surprising for something that was almost taken off the market long ago for caffeine content. i assume the caffeine content has been reduced since the company changed hands so much and came under so much fire for its caffeine content in the past.
EDIT: the caffeine content is 190mg in a 16 oz can. that is significantly more than monster. i have no idea why the can i had in this review was so weak, and maybe it was old or something because i recently had a can that tasted much better and kicked a lot harder.




overall: try a can! this is a pretty nice tasting energy drink, though its not that good for a cola. its worth a try and has an okay kick. though this isnt the best, im still surprised it is so rare because this is great compared to any of the leading energy drinks.