180® - Energy Drink

**GoldenJonas** · Posted On: 3/02/2007 3:08pm

Manufacturer: Anhueser Busch, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, 63118

Size: 16 fluid oz.

Flavors: Orange Citrus Blast, Lemon-Lime Citrus Blast, Blue with Acai

Available in Sugar Free: Yes (lemon-lime citrus blast)

Date of Review: March 2, 2007

Price: $1.99

Flavor Reviewed: Orange Citrus Blast

Website: http://www.180.com/

Ingredients (amount per serving times (2)):
Serving Size – 8 oz.
Bottle Size – 16 oz (all amounts listed below will be appropriately doubled to show actual amount in bottle)
Caffeine – 180 mg
Calories – 240
Proprietary Blend – None
Other Supplements –

Vitamin C
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Guarana

Carbohydrates – 66 g
(Sugar, 60 g)

Taste Rating Scale is 1 (absolute shite) through 10 (tastes like happy)

Taste: 6 – Very sweet Sunkist orange soda. Nothing new; nothing surprising; just plain ‘ole carbonated orange soda.

After Taste: 3 – A little bit syrupy in the back like you chewed orange peels into a mushy paste and put it toward the back of your mouth like some sort of gross citrus chewing tobacco.

Effects Rating Scale is 1 (water) through 10 (check in to rehab NOW!)

Energy Boost: 7 – Good bump of energy here. Frankly this surprised me a bit because it would appear that the only caffeine in the drink comes from the guarana. Where most energy drinks throw a guarana/caffeine one-two punch at you, 180® lets the fruit of South America do the talking rather than some crappy quasi-amphetamine made in a Petri dish in some lab somewhere. Hooooorayyyy hippies!!!! Down with the man……man.

Side Effects/Crash: 5 – A little bit of lethargy about 4 hours after drinking. This is probably due to the high sugar content.