Chicagoist: Is Faux Red Bull Red Bullshit?

UTV

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:59:02 -0600

Ooooo, RC Cola. Love that stuff. The best thing about it is, when you're done with the drink, you can use the container for tobacco juice spit.

carapatricia

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:51:10 -0600

the thing is, Red Bull is much much much more expensive to carry, and not all vendors who supply restaurants carry it. This is one reason why restaurants and bars carry Monster, Rockstar, etc instead. Why go thru the trouble of changing vendors and spending more money? Its all the same, in the long run- the basic concept of a Vodka-Red Bull. They want a vodka-energy drink that tastes like crap, because they want to be drunk and caffeinated. At my restaurant, when someone orders a bullshit drink like that, I do always tell them we have Rockstar Energy drink, and proceed to ask them if they want regular or sugar free. I've never had someone turn down the drink because it wasnt from a blue and silver can. On their reciept, it also says "rockstar". the problem should only be if the estabishment is promoting they serve red bull, and are charging for RED BULL. if the receipt says 'redbull' and you have been served something else, thats a problem. And for the most part, unless you're at a movie theatre where coke basically sponsors the establishment, the Jack and Coke you're ordering is Jack and RC. Wait until Coke starts cracking down on the best restaurants in the city because they branded a generic name for pop.

smussy

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:02:25 -0600

+1 to pantagrapher. i definitely want what i'm paying for, i definitely can tell the difference between that 'gun' red bull and the real thing, AND i *do* get restaurants asking me nearly ALL the time if i care if it's coke or pepsi, because .. i DO care, and a lot of people do. i'll have an orange soda rather than a pepsi*. *which is strange, because i grew up in a pepsi house, and i never really liked cola until i recently started drinking diet coke. i think that stuff is loaded with an addictive additive. i think i should stop drinking it.

Mycubehas3sides

Fri, 02 May 2008 09:57:26 -0600

Hey! Negativesmart, how are you?

Spav1

Fri, 02 May 2008 09:02:40 -0600

I drink this all the time, only with Diet Red Bull and also with Orange Juice and it IS a cost issue. Red Bull/Vodkas are supey expensive! I want what I am paying for...

misterstevens

Fri, 02 May 2008 02:18:28 -0600

I think the key point here is that whether you think Red Bull tastes like cough syrup or like a little bit of heaven, people will pay a premium for it. And if you're paying a premium, you deserve to get what you're paying for. Coke and Pepsi cost the same amount of money, so getting one substituted for the other (ditto Sprite/7UP) isn't as big of a deal.

Prescott Carlson

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:26:40 -0600

I would like to see a survey to see if anyone ordering this bastard "cocktail" -- besides Red Bull executives -- actually gives a shit. Fed up's analogy is spot on -- the Red Bull being the mixer, I wouldn't expect most bartenders to tell you if they are using something similar. How often do you think someone orders a 7 and 7 and the bartender says, "Gee, actually, we use Sprite. Is that OK?" I'm more disturbed by the fact that enough people are ordering this abomination that some bars actually put "Red Bull" in the gun...

pantagrapher

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:43:12 -0600

Red Bull is delicious. But I love the taste of misery.

Lintilla

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:34:09 -0600

In the south, it's all just Coke... Trademark owners go to great lengths sometimes to keep their marks off of lists like this one: Wikipedia: List of generic and genericized trademarks

smussy

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:08:33 -0600

yes. whether or not anyone likes red bull isn't the issue. it's asking for bacardi and getting ronrico. and worse, people telling you straight to your face there's no difference. and for someone to say that "red bull" is a generic term for an energy drink? were they drunk when they said that? right. that's why some of my friends only drink monster or rockstar or whatthefuckever. cause it's just all "red bull." ?? i can't do that stuff anymore. it makes me feel like i'm completely tweaked.

YoknapatawphaTourismBoard

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:01:53 -0600

If you find red bullshit, your cow has some problems.

fed up

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:51:00 -0600

It be more like you getting real Jack but Aldi cola.

Eamon

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:25:31 -0600

If I order a Jack and Coke and you give me a Wild Turkey and Seven, I'm giving you back a punch in the nose. Same thing.