Alcoholic Energy Drinks: The List
Here at Energy Fiend headquarters we made a deliberate decision – some time ago – to exclude caffeinated alcoholic drinks from the caffeine database. This is a site about energy… and alcohol is a depressant. The term “alcoholic energy drink” is an oxymoron. There is a large body of research showing that drunk person plus caffeine still equals drunk person. So, hey, we’re just not going there – okay?
That being said, a number of brewers have been jumping in on the action. That lucrative energy drink market is just too tempting. Controversy has followed – with Spykes (from Anheuser-Busch) choosing to cease production.
In many ways it’s a similar situation to the “hardcore” energy drinks. It’s all about marketing – and many of these drinks look just like a typical energy drink (and apparently fool store clerks too).
Without further ado, here is a list (cautionary or for reference) of caffeinated alcoholic drinks – sometimes referred to as “malt beverages”. Virtually all of them are “infused with caffeine, ginseng and guarana”and are 6-12% alcoholic by volume.
NOTE: These are NOT energy drinks – despite the visual similarity.
24/7
Mix Master Beverage Company
3SUM
United Brands
B E
Pronounced “B to the E” by Anheuser-Busch. This one actually looks like beer.
Catalyst
Catalyst Beverage Company
Four
Phusion Projects
Liquid Charge
Charge Beverages
Rockstar 21
Sparks
Steel Brewing Company
Spykes
Shaped like bottle of nail polish – these drinks are 12% alcohol by volume (from Anheuser-Busch). NOTE: This has now been discontinued.
Tilt
Anheuser-Busch
Torque
Point Blank Beverage Company
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Sparks, Tilt, and another one called Jungle Joose that is not on this list are not banned at least not around me. You can still get them in Ohio and WV so it must be a state thing if they are banned where you live. I’ve seen them
Sparks hasnt been banned. I buy them all the time. They’re great to get a buzz.
Sparks is still around but the Caffeine has been removed. Yes you can still get it but now it is just a malt beverage and not an energy drink. Joose, Four, Maxx and some others still have caffeine though
lol four fours will put you on the floor. unless you’re weak and cant handle even half a can. im a female&can drink at least 2 1/2 and be good for the night. after the second one you cant even taste it anymore. yeah they’re not the greatest, but they get the job done asap. &they’re the cheapest thing out there.
Thank you for listing these. My mother is a teacher, and I have to say those Rockstar 21s look a lot like regular energy drinks. Lately the local schools have been making rules against having energy drinks in class because some kids guzzle them like crazy and get hyper off the stuff, but some kids bring them to class anyway, and it would be really easy for students to sneak some of these right past the teachers if the teachers didn’t know what to look for.
Becca they don’t make Rockstar 21 anymore so that should not be a problem. All the others clearly lable their cans with the % of Alcohol on them. It’s pretty easy to see. To top it off most are in 24 oz cans and only a few regular energy drinks come in 24 oz cans
TO MR. COOK…your last comment was “Ladies…if you would keep quiet you wouldn’t get hit either.” I am totally tripping on the fact that you even typed that comment. It’s idiots like you who probably hit women that make things worse for the DECENT men in the world that DON’T hit women. If your woman is saying things you don’t like then just leave – divorce her, or break up with her whatever the case may be. Hitting is not an option – and I hope if you DO hit a woman that she puts your slimy butt in jail. I don’t even give a crap about alcohol energy drinks – I personally think we should be able to make our own choice about what we drink. The issue is what people do AFTER they drink. Stay home. Don’t drive. If ppl did that we wouldn’t even need this forum.
Sparks and Tilt are still available to buy. They just removed the caffeine. I have seen them showing up in the big cans now. looks like they made the right move to remove the caffeine a while back. Now they are ahead of the curve.
I saw a commerical for the ban, and it had a lady giving kids energy drinks. well the lady didnt know they had alcohol in them. how dumb are people if they cant figure out the energy drinks by the beer have alcohol in them. it says it right on it too.
Dudess!! Tilt hasnt been dicontinued, i drank like 4 last night with my friends(:
when did they stop making rock star 21′s
LOL:D
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Where’s Joose?
-cough- Four Loko. -cough-
four loko,,, yum! i luv the orange one,, me and all my friends drink it ahhh good times nd were still in middle school,,,, craxy shit
Awesome posts.Thanks for posting the lists of alcoholic drinks for me to aware which energy drinks harm to our body and mind.