Sparks’ label describes it as:
“premium malt beverage with caffeine-citric acid blend, taurine,
guarana-siberian ginseng blend, natural and artificial
unit,
certified color and fd&c yellow number 5.” It’s also worth noting that
the second-largest font on the 16-oz. can, behind the brandname, is the
magic number “6.0%”.
Tastewise, Sparks is very similar to Red Bull, Whoop Ass, and any number of
similar taurine-based energy drinks, but it attempts to pull off the rare
feat of picking you up and bringing you down at the same time. So far I
definitely feel both a little more energetic and a little intoxicated,
but I fear it will take further investigation to say for sure.
I can say
right now, though, that this is the closest I have come, through a
store-bought carbonated
drink, to reproducing the taste and the sensation of the Red Bull martini
served by the
Room in Chicago [and no doubt many other bars]. How was that? I
drank one and it sent me on an an evening of debauchery with my [fairly
new at the time] girlfriend that left lasting scars. Said scars take the
form of an embroidered souvenir sweatshirt from
know I paid good money for but will never wear. Huh? Drink is out of
business? RARE COLLECTIVE DRINK SWEATSHIRT LQQK
