Already I was wary… it looked like sparks, but gave off the distinct impression of aq slick marketing campaign. Naw, I thought to myself – a slick company putting out an alcopo for a buck fifty a can, one that has 6.6% alcohol? SO I bought it, took it home and studied the bottle….
Anheuser Busch??? The ones who brought the horrible horrible liquid atrocity that is chocolate spykes?? This is just a disaster to happen. They have yet to figure out how to make a decent beer, and not they are launching an alcoholic energy drink? Well, if miller has (sparks) and even pabst (rize) I am sure they have to keep up with a new trend – even one as horrible tasting as this.

Allright – if you have not guessed by now, I am a bit biased towards my beer. Bud has about as much thrill for me as a cup of one of my kids sippy cups after a lunch of especially crumbly cookies. I am definitely not against an alcoholic caffeinated beverage=, however. My favorite beer this year is the espresso stout by Kona brewing in Hawaii – but I took a swallow expecting a Mickeys bomber, only with taurine. And that is exactly what it was

Buzz/Nutrition:8
Buzz takes on a brand new sense of meaning when talking about alcopops. 6.6 and enough juice to keep me going an extra hour. So I had to do my brlogtorial duty and drink a couple of these to see the full effect – which was pretty darn fun!
Firstly, the quart of strong jolted-Zima did not get me drunk – but I took care of that while buzzing about the house at 2 AM. Because it went with a great and motivating energy jolt that helped me do all sorts of completely fun stuff I have been meaning to do for a while, such as watch that old zombie flick I have been wanting to get to, and helped me install and play a video game I had installed months back. My work I needed to get done still piled around me, and the table I was sitting at had all sorts of important projects and chores lying around it, but I was strongly buzzed and jittery – so video games it was til 3am.
Not to mention, the crash was welcome then! It was really late, and I was tired of bouncing and really needed the sleep! SO yay for tilt’s caffeine drink’s buzz – like usual, it could have been stronger, but it is not like you really drink this to help you cram for your term test or to improve your workout stamina…

Taste: 6
Now I usually let me kids take sips of the energy drinks I try – and yes I mean sips. The whole reason I do so much caffeine now is mainly to keep up with their random oscillations. ( little kids dont walk, they just randomly oscillate). Being healthy/nutrition conscious, I frown over giving caffeine to kids – so mine unfortunately dont get to suck at the pepsi/mountain dew/dr.pepper teat like I do. I do let them have sips of it if I have it around and am trying it for this blog, but that is all in the interest of science, and you, constant reader.
I did draw the line at giving them some of this though. Firstly, it is not just a little objectionable, but it is also illegal. So instead my seconded impartial judge was my DW, who thought that the drink tasted just like pop tarts, which I assume is more a positive review than a negative. I thought it tasted like a zima would, only with the usual syrup of the energy drink mixture thrown in ( guarana, caffeine, taurine , b vitamin mix). It was bitter and a bit sour, but still managed to be a little sweet and syrupy as well. There is supposed to be rasberry flavoring in here somewhere – but Ill be damned if I can find it. Well, that was my first reaction. My 15th reaction as I was getting to the end of the second can was even more favorable as I managed to force it all down me in great big heaping chugs.
Someone mentioned on a blog that this ewas supposed to be a happy hour drink – which I dont understand. Unless you feel like crashing around 10 from the caffeine low, why would you do that to yourself so early? I say drink 3 or 4 of these things ( hell , they sell them cheap enough) around 7 or 8, and keep partyling on (and peeing like hell) until 2 or 3 and keep that party hat on for as long as you can stand up!

Packaging:3
You would think that the king of beers, te ones who gave us footballing horses, angry lizards and singing frogs would have been able to do better with this. My only thought as to why this design sucks so badly was because of the cost. Maybe they just did not want to put any creative energy to a drink that they only see as a gimmick? Either way, this can deserves to go the way of the recycling bin. And, like usual with these, absolutely no ifo as to how much energy drink mix they mixed into their concoction.