Comments on: Exclamation Energy Drink: Too Good For a Name?

By: waterjoe

waterjoe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:19:41 +0000

Thanks for the correction on citrus. Then replace “peach” with “orange” in my original comment.

By: Alx_xlA

Alx_xlA — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:50:46 +0000

Are you sure it isn’t called “Bang”, an alternative name for the exclamation mark?

Also, waterjoe, how is peach a citrus flavor?

Citrus is defined as:
1. Any of several shrubs or trees of the family Rutaceae
2. The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin called zest, an inner white skin, and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.

By: KJ

KJ — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:58:43 +0000

Based upon other online reviews I bought some ! from Beverages Direct and I think it is quite good. I find it to be a cross between NOS and Sobe AR minus the aftertaste. The ingredients appear to be quite similar to NOS. I do not experience any “Caffeine Disorder” when I drink it but that could be because my system is used to energy drinks. As for the name (or lack thereof) I like it. What tires me is all the “extreme” names in the market trying to get my attention. Look forward to ordering more!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:14:24 +0000

Waterjoe, you must be an expert. Why don’t you just start your own energy drink review site? It would be way better than energyfiend.com because they obviously do not know what they’re talking about.

By: DailyShot

DailyShot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:59:28 +0000

Waterjoe was harsh. I enjoy your reviews. Sadly enough on dr’s orders I won’t be able to try any new ones for approx 9 mos. I love being pregnant, but switching to decaf is hard.

By: waterjoe

waterjoe — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:01:21 +0000

What’s with the “mystery flavor” comments. Citrus based is the flavor for those that read comments on reviews. The energy drink market has basically separated itself into two flavor categories, soda based (black cherry, cherry, etc) and citrus based (grapefruit, peach, etc). To not understand that basic element should remove you from reviewing energy drinks on a whole. I also found the energy ingredients in ! Energy to be on par with most other energy drinks. To have some adverse effect says to me you should probably just stick to your low dose coffee.

By: scum1

scum1 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:22:55 +0000

Grapefruit is the flavor. It is a nice change of pace I think. It has 150mg of sweet caffeine. I have tried hundreds of energy drinks and I was surprised by this one. You get sick of the RB clones. I think exclamation does a better job with this flavor than others like Monster Heavy Metal or Lost Cadillac. The latter 2 say they are margarita flavored but I have drank even more margaritas than energy drinks and they are grapefruit flavored. Neither of those include the flavor on the can. In fact I’d say 80% at least mention no flavor. Red Bull? who knows, Monster?, Rockstar? I could name a hundred others. Your problem with mystery flavors does not hold up. It is very common in the ed market. Heck in the soda market you don’t get a named flavor most of the time. Dr Pepper, Coke, Pepsi, RC ect.

By: fiddlerontheground

fiddlerontheground — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:40:00 +0000

Very well written…Looking forward to more of your writings