Red Jak Energy Drink

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

Red Jak Energy Drink Retail Package Description

Red Jak Energy Drink comes in a half red, half black can. Information and graphics on the can are sparse. The text on the front is vertically oriented and reads, "Red" in red, surrounded by silver swirlies and "Jak" in silver surrounded by red swirlies. On the red side of the can, "Energy Drink". For some reason, there's an emblem that says, "Premium" and "1937", 600 more than a successful energy drink. Also, "L-Carnitine, B12, B6, Caffeine, Ginseng". Oh, I found the explanation for 1937 on the back of the can, "The makers of RedJak", with no space, but we are already calling it Red Jak, so, such us life for a drink with nondescript spacing in their logo, "poured over 70 years of experience into the sleek can you are now holding. Contained within these aluminum walls is a niacin core that results in a purer, more explosive power source. Without the high fructose corn syrup which actually drains your body of energy. Big RedJak gives you fuel to go the distance. Whether at work or play, Get Jak'd Up!" Nevermind, there's still no explanation of how Big RedJak is the product of 70 years of experience, they just say that it is. Additionally, I'm not sure the claims of high fructose corn syrup draining your body of energy has been evaluated by the FDA.

Caffeine Addict's Red Jak Energy Drink Review

I see you're admiring my registered sex offender mustache halloween costume. Based on my conversation with police this year, it was one of the more convincing costumes they'd seen.

Today we're reviewing Red Jak, a 70 cent "premium" energy drink that was acquired at Big Lots. It offers a syrupy-urine inducing 62g of carbohydrates per can, and if 58g of sugar isn't enough to get you going, Red Jak also offers a reasonable 164mg of caffeine per can.

Based on the name, I assumed this would be a Red Bull knockoff. I can't place this as being a direct generic of any one drink, but it's most like Cocain Mild, which we reviewed a few weeks ago. The taste has a cherry/strawberry sweet/tart duality. If they toned down the tartnesss, it would taste a good deal like Cheerwine, a coveted Carolina Beverage formulated in Salisbury, NC in 1917.

Since we acquired this at Big Lots, we have no idea of the manufacturer's suggested retail price. The company's website offers a 45 second flash load screen (on 12mb/sec ADSL2), which turns out was all for graphics of cans spinning around. Thank goodness for "developers" who make useless flash websites. They keep prices high, quality expectations low, and ultimately, my parent company in business. After you click through the 3 possible navigation points on the site, you arrive at a shop, which of course has no products. My thanks to another flash developer for promising the world to a company, charging lavish fees, delivering some eye candy, and then leaving the client destitute when it's time to do anything server-side.

All-in-all, if you see Red Jak for 70 cents, it's a good value. If you see a website development company with Red Jak listed as one of their clients, stay far far away.

Energy Junkie's Red Jak Energy Drink Review

I've never heard of Big Red soda. I was only aware of Big Red chewing gum. I found the Big Red soda's website, which cleared up the matter of them being around since 1937. At the time of this review, about 120,000 people like Big Red on facebook. It's interesting that Jason mentioned Cheerwine in his video review, because I assume that Big Red, like Cheerwine, is a regionally available soda that has a big local following.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure that carries away weight in the energy drink arena, particularly since "Big" doesn't appear on the can at all, and I have no real indication at first, or second glance that this drink is affiliated with Big Red soda at all. The only real tie-in is a banner ad to buy Red Jak in the Big Red Online store. From here, all logic is lost. Firstly, why can you not just buy Red Jak in the Big Red Store, secondly, how long have they been linking a Red Jak banner ad to an empty store?

As for the drink itself, I found Red Jak to be too sweet, and it left me with a sour stomach. The taste is fruity, and best described with a comparison to any of the chalky fruit candies (sweettarts, spree, etc.). One noteworthy difference, since Red Jak isn't chalky, your tongue won't get sore before your body reacts to the influx of pure cane sugar.

Red Jak is plenty energizing, and is a great value at 70 cents. Particularly since, in the future, I'd drink it in two servings, and wouldn't feel vomitous. It's like getting two 8oz. Energy drinks for 35 cents each.