Pepsi vs. Coke vs. MTN Dew vs. Vault

[D3V]

Sup guys, gonna throw out a little discussion about soda, take the two oldtime rivals, and throw in two more into the mix, I know I know the list isn't going to be that long, I was going to start it out just Coke vs Pepsi but everyone would complain about wanting something else, so I guess now i'm turning it into just a favorite drink thread.

What is your FAVORITE drink? And ..why?

[klo]

Vodka and redubull.

Monster energy drinks...all energy drinks :P

[timmay1113]

Out of soft drinks I think coke and mountain dew are my favorites (you didnt give a mt dew option in the poll :( ). From the liquor I have tried I think absolute vodka is my favorite. Out of the beers I've tried I think I like modelo and some beer I had in germany/prague the best.

[KagomJack]

Though I put down Coke, I love Diet Coke in actuality. I've always been drinking it and I like the taste. Sure the aspartame has a chance to kill me, but I don't give a fuck about that.

[D3V]

Vodka and redubull.

Monster energy drinks...all energy drinks :P

Have you tried the SOBE ones? They taste kinda weird to me, I'ma stick to my MountainDew energy drink AMP, and well, I guess the Rockstar ones are alright as well...

[Thanatos]

Water. I'll take it anyday over soda.

Water, then vodka, then juice.

[D3V]

I used to be addicted to water but recently my job and just being bored I've gotten back into drinking soda, ugh I hate it, i'll get to the point it's so bad where i'll withdrawls if I don't have it for a while, i'm sure that's a sign I need to slow down lmao.

[Demosthenes]

Coke.

[kaos]

BEST energy drink ever: Tilt

http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/2005/10/tilt_energy_drink_with_alcohol.php

[Demosthenes]

BEST energy drink ever: Tilt

Neg. Bawls.

[kaos]

Bawls doesn't have alcohol in it. Pwnt.

[D3V]

I've heard of this new one a friend of a friend had it, called Sparks ? or something.

[kaos]

Yeah there's Sparks and Tilt, but Sparks only has 6.6% alcohol level in it, whereas Tilt has a whopping 8%, almost double a regular beer with a nice energy taste. BUY!

[D3V]

Yeah, it's in this giant Blue can, looks like a tallboy, I still haven't tried it, I guess it's the new Redbull + vodka

[Lenny]

Dr. Pepper.

Sure, Coke is nice, Pepsi is alright for a bit of variation, but you cannae beat a Dr. Pepper.

[Demosthenes]

Bawls doesn't have alcohol in it. Pwnt.

Alcohol in an energy drink seems counterproductive. I must be missing something here...

[kaos]

Acctually, some people (like me) acctually start feeling more energized after a pint of Henney. You should see me buzzing doing push-ups.

[D3V]

Yeah when I drink anything alcoholic, during that begenning of the BUZZ I have massive energy spurts throughout my body, it's sweet.

[kaos]

Lol, yeh. Then later you want to do lots, but then you can't move. Good times.

[WetWired]

I miss Surge.

[!King_Amazon!]

Jagermeister.

[!King_Amazon!]

Alcohol in an energy drink seems counterproductive. I must be missing something here...
From what I hear Jagerbombs get you tweaking like hell(Jagermeister + Red Bull.)

[D3V]

From what I hear Jagerbombs get you tweaking like hell(Jagermeister + Red Bull.)

They're painful to dreak but they definately get you drunk+hyper.

[kaos]

I'm broke nowadays so it's either Kessler or Taaka: The 3 dollar vodka that keeps a bum happy to be one.

[!King_Amazon!]

They're painful to dreak but they definately get you drunk+hyper.
Why is it painful to drink?

[timmay1113]

I believe alcohol has, at some point, a stage where it acts like a stimulant almost and you become more energetic.

What I've always noticed is if I only have a drink or 2 I feel incredibly sleeping but when I push it past that and start buzzing I feel wide awake from there on.

[KagomJack]

I always find it weird when people say they have withdrawals from not having soda. I have gone weeks without it and haven't had a problem (and I'm a very heavy soda drinker. You can ask anyone who knows me personally). But then again, the caffeine in soda has no effect on me and neither does caffeine in coffee.

[HandOfHeaven]

Beer/alcohol.


Instead of doing Jag Bombs, I like to take a nice long bottle pull, and then drink part of an enery drink. Works for me.

[WetWired]

I used to drink 2 gallons of Coke a day (it was free), then get withdrawl headaches on the weekends. I assure you that they were quite real. I've since quit soda completely, then started drinking it in more sensible ammounts, and I no longer get the weekend headaches.

[timmay1113]

Generally if you are truly dependent on caffeine you won't ever notice it as long as you keep drinking soft drinks/ coffee but if you dont get your dose for the day you can feel pretty damn shitty depending on your average daily dose of caffeine.

I'm sleepy a lot but I just like to drink water/juice, not a very big fan on coffee and soft drinks. They have little effect on me anyways so I prefer not to drink unhealthy things.

[KagomJack]

I drink about 2 liters myself. But 2 gallons a day? Yeah, that'd fuck you up. :/

[Willkillforfood]

Coca Cola was my favorite when I drank soft drinks. 4 years without one now.

[Vault Dweller]

As I noted in a previous thread, iced tea is my drink of choice, but I do drink a considerable amount of Mt. Dew also.

[Grav]

Used to have a Mt. Dew addiction, I stopped drinking it. I try to avoid soda, except ginger ale which kicks ass. Root beer is also mandatory for the occasional piece of pizza.

[Thanatos]

That shit will fuck your insides up. It's like pure rubbing alcohol. How can you drink that stuff? :( I used to drink really cheap vodka back when I was like 15-16, now I've moved on to Absolut or Grey Goose. Very tasty.

[HandOfHeaven]

I absolutely hate vodka. I almost refused to drink with my friends because they always had a couple 1.75's of Kharkov or White Eagle vodka. I'd much rather spend an extra 5-10 bucks on Captain Morgan.

[!King_Amazon!]

I used to drink sweet tea when I was living in North Carolina, you could get it at any restaurant and my mom always had some made.

Here, though, I'm lacking the Mom part, and there's nowhere that you can order sweet tea. I could make my own, but that wouldn't make sense at all.

[HandOfHeaven]

I hear that's a down South thing. My dad grew up in Georgia and South Carolina and they always had sweet tea.

[!King_Amazon!]

I wouldn't really consider North Carolina down south, but it's considered part of the south.

Either way, I don't see why people just WOULDN'T have sweet tea. I mean, there are places that have tea, how hard is it for them to put some sugar in half of it when they make it?

[klo]

Jag bombs are cool.

You get energized...then you pass out (hopefully at home). its cool.
<3 kaneda for taking care of me when I stumble in.

[timmay1113]

I wouldn't really consider North Carolina down south, but it's considered part of the south.

Either way, I don't see why people just WOULDN'T have sweet tea. I mean, there are places that have tea, how hard is it for them to put some sugar in half of it when they make it?

They don't do it because people mostly drink sweet tea in certain regions, its mainly a southern thing.

[hotdog]

Mountain Dew is my favorite soda. I also drink TONS of tea, green tea, raspberry tea, my favorite chocolate mint tea, peppermint tea...etc.

I make my own tea because in this state all restuarants have is beer, and I certainly don't see the point of drinking an ingested poison that tastes like yak piss.

[gruesomeBODY]

water then anytype of booze. Then soda, espeically if its with booze.

[HandOfHeaven]

Weed tea is the weirdest I have had, I think I said that before.

I like sweet tea. That Lipton Green Tea is kind of a knockoff of it, but I still drink it. Most of the kids in my high school got into it because 'OMG ANTIOXIDANTS! I'M FUCKING HEALTHY AND COOL IF I DRINK THIS!'

[Grav]

WTF is sweet tea? Just sweetened tea? Like Nestea? That's no mystery...

[!King_Amazon!]

Nestea almost always has lemon flavor added. That's disgusting.

Sweet tea is the same thing as iced tea, just with sugar.

Now, mind you, you can't add sugar to iced tea and call it sweet tea. You have to add the sugar while the tea is hot so it dissolves.

[KagomJack]

I hate tea for some reason.

[Lenny]

And why would you not add sugar to hot tea in the first place? :confused:

[WetWired]

Because sweet hot tea is usually nasty. Hot tea is best brewed until red and without any additives.

[WetWired]

McDonalds has sweet tea, and it's not just down South, because they had it in Baltimore when I was there for Otakon.

[HandOfHeaven]

McDonald's should start serving hard liquor. I mean, they have coffee, juice, beer in some places, rotting tooth solution (soda), tea....

[timmay1113]

then I might actually go to a mcdonalds... except not

[Lenny]

But you can't have hot tea without sugar in it! That's just.............. bad!

I might not drink the foul stuff, but I know that you put sugar in tea or else it's bitter.

[HandOfHeaven]

Lenny, you're a Brit! You, of all people, should love hot tea. England would be ashamed...

[Lenny]

Bollocks to tea. It's a vile, vile drink. Same goes for coffee.

[Thanatos]

What he said.

[HandOfHeaven]

You internationals are so unreasonable...

[!King_Amazon!]

If you're talking about what I said, I'm not talking about hot tea. I'm saying, when you make iced tea, the tea is first hot, and whether you add sugar to that before cooling it determines whether it is sweet tea or iced tea.

[WetWired]

No, the tea only become bitter if you brew it too long. If you watch it and stop it when it becomes a deep red, it isn't bitter at all.

[Lenny]

Red? :confused:

What type of tea do you drink, WW?

[HandOfHeaven]

He's right. You have to steep it to a dark red color. If you get it to a shade of brown, that's when it is probably bitter.

[KagomJack]

I hate tea too! Lenlen is my hero <3

[Vault Dweller]

Sun tea with mint in it is excellent.

[HandOfHeaven]

I like iced mint tea. Only had it a handful of times, but the mint tastes makes it more refreshing.

[WetWired]

Just normal black tea.

[Vollstrecker]

I miss Surge.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, although that stuff was dangerous. I could drink a 6-pack in like 5 minutes, and that stuff was caffinated like no one's business.

I'm also a lover of energy drinks of (almost) all kinds.

[Lenny]

You can still buy Surge in Norway, you know, though it's sold under the original name "Urge" (first sold in Norway, Denmark and Sweden under the name "Urge", it was then sold in America under the name "Surge").

[HandOfHeaven]

Link? You should buy some, Lenny!

[Lenny]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urge_%28soft_drink%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surge

[HandOfHeaven]

Thanks. Is vault supposed to be an imitation/knock-off of surge, or is it an entirely new product? Same with MDX?

[Lenny]

Haven't a clue. I'd guess that it's some kind of imitation product.

[WetWired]

It doesn't taste quite like Surge.

[JRwakebord]

Vault is nice, my drink of choice at work. Good caffeine, and not a heavy flavor that sticks on your breath like cola. Good and citrus-y

[HandOfHeaven]

I can't quite remember what Surge tastes like. I'll have to see if I can get some shipped here. Many people like to rumor that Vault is actually Surge in a different name, but I think it would be stupid to rename it. They'd make more profit with the name 'Surge', if it was indeed the same thing.

[Willkillforfood]

Mountain Dew is a pepsi product =x.

[HandOfHeaven]

Yeah, ruled out MDX. Vault, on the other hand...

[Vollstrecker]

I can't quite remember what Surge tastes like. I'll have to see if I can get some shipped here. Many people like to rumor that Vault is actually Surge in a different name, but I think it would be stupid to rename it. They'd make more profit with the name 'Surge', if it was indeed the same thing.

Vault is more like a hyped up Mello Yello in taste, rather than like Surge was, the rumors are wrong.

Also, they'd have to rename it (I think) since the FDA had Surge pulled from the market. Coca Cola maintains that Surge didn't meet sales expectations, but that's pretty much horseshit.

[hotdog]

No it's not MD has taken over Pepsi because it got so big.

[klo]

I just got some new tea this weekend.
Its iced with some tropical flavors. Got it at the vitamin store when kaneda was looking around for protien shit. Haven't tried it yet but I expect it to be good :)

[HandOfHeaven]

What brand?

[klo]

dunno, remind me and ill post it tomorrow.

[KagomJack]

Surge was pulled because it wasn't doing well in sales.

[Vollstrecker]

Surge was pulled because it wasn't doing well in sales.

That's the official reason, but I saw stores everywhere out of stock on it near constantly...

I personally think it was pulled for caffiene/sugar content, it was just ahead of its time. Considering Surge was one of the FAQs on the Coke site when I visited a long time ago, I think there was enough inquiry about it (how many people would actually email Coke about a soda?).

[KagomJack]

Doubtful that was the reason. It had less sugar and caffeine than Mountain Dew.

[Vollstrecker]

Bah, I read an analysis a while back that said otherwise, but I doubt I could ever find it again.

If you have a link, you win by default. ;)

[KagomJack]

It said it on the Wikipedia link that was posted in here.

[HandOfHeaven]

Maybe it had cocaine or amphetamines in it? (whacky idea, more than likely wrong)

[Vollstrecker]

Not this late in the game.

[Thanatos]

I wanted to try that Cocaine drink. That was out for like.. how long? 2 months? Never got to try it. :(

[Vollstrecker]

It's gone? I was always keeping an eye out at convenience stores waiting for it, too. :(