CAFFEINE
CONTENT
100
mg
EASE
IN ACQUISITION—3
Provided
you live in Washington State (the company is based out of Seattle), it’s almost
impossible to visit a gas station/mini mart/most anywhere and not see
Golazo. As soon as you cross the
border, however, you run out of luck.
Given the momentum the company’s picked up, however, it wouldn’t
surprise me if we soon started seeing Golazo throughout the pacific northwest.
APPEARANCE/PRESENTATION—6
I
love the concept of Golazo energy
drinks. Everything about this
drink tells me I should love it—the
name Golazo (Spanish “gol” meaning
“goal,” and “-azo” meaning “exceptionally awesome”—so more or less the name of
the drink indicates that it not only shoots and scores, but does so in a
fashion that few, if any, can match), the triumphant soccer player person, the
“Born to Score” slogan—even the eagle eating the snake seems to be portrayed in
the fullness of its glory here. If
I weren’t so dang finicky about my color schemes, I would laud the packaging
for another paragraph or two. As
is, however, I’ll say that it did get my expectations up, but the
grayish-white/faded Astroturf green did cause me to sneer a bit.
TASTE—2.5
In
terms of flavor, Golazo Sugar Free shoots…but doesn’t get the goal. In fact, it misses so badly that it is
the flavor equivalent of the ball going into the freaking stands and pegging a
70-year-old lady in the face, breaking her nose, giving her two black eyes, and
sending her to the hospital with a concussion. So what goes wrong here? First thing is the flavor itself—the mango I’m supposed to
taste is only just perceptible. It
doesn’t last long, either; it is quickly swallowed up in the bitter aftertastes
of the artificial sweeteners present.
And then, as if all that wasn’t
enough, the stevia comes into play.
It is exceptionally easy to go overboard on the stuff, and the makers of
Golazo demonstrate the fact by doing just that—with results that approach
nauseating.
KICK
(INTENSITY)—8
Writing
this section is going to require quite the shift in gears—the flavor has me
positively incensed, but I have nothing but good to say about the kick. Golazo only has 100 mg of caffeine, but
notwithstanding the fact, it gave me a heck of a pick-me-up and even got me
jittery—not only that, but it was the good
kind of jittery; not the kind that makes you uncomfortable to be sitting still
for the slightest fraction of a second, but the kind that gets you a little
more chatty and has you moving a little more quickly than usual. It’s the sort of thing I’d love to
experience on a daily basis—but, it
tastes bad.
KICK
(DURATION)—8
Again,
this is fairly respectable given the modest caffeine content—three and a half
hours easy, with no crash. Loved
it!
THE
DRINK OVERALL—6.17
As
you can tell, my feelings are very mixed—on one hand, it tastes really bad, but on the other, the kick
is frickin’ awesome. The thing to remember, I guess, is that
I’m kind of an exception to the rule—I don’t think everyone’s as sensitive to
stevia as I am; the taste of the stuff just makes me sick. If it doesn’t do that to you, heck,
grab a Golazo Sugar Free!
WEBSITE:
vivagolazo.com
KEYWORDS:
Golazo Sugar Free energy drink review, hydration energy drink, sports energy
drink, soccer energy drink, zero sugar, zero carb, zero calorie, low carb, all
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