Full Throttle’s ‘Mother’ of bad energy drinks.
One ‘bad mother’ indeed. Not ‘good’ bad, either. ‘Absolutely disgusting’ bad. My apologies to the Full Throttle faithful, but this stuff was just nasty. Coke, I’m completely ashamed of you for having let this slip out of your storied testing labs; someone over there is asleep at the wheel.
‘Full Throttle Mother’ is a sad, sad attempt to create an energy drink/energy juice hybrid (40% juice). Rockstar did it, and they were able to do it well. As did Monster. M-80 was excellent. The folks at Coke in charge of Full Throttle simply fell flat on their face in an attempt to keep up.
The flavor of Full Throttle Mother, aside from being bad, is at the very least unique. I’m left with nothing to really compare it to; it’s just different. Maybe those of you who have tasted an acai berry will recognize the profile, but I didn’t. That’s not good, as I test a lot of stuff, and I know people generally like things that are at least somewhat familiar to them.
One 8oz serving left me feeling energized, so despite it’s shortcomings in the flavor department, Full Throttle Mother at least does it’s ‘job’ well. I’d assume the whole can (which my palette would not let me consume), 16oz, would give me some jitters. Bottom line, in a (extremely) tight pinch, this will get the job done if you need a boost.
This ‘Mother’ will give you 120 calories per serving, and take $1.99 from your wallet. Should be available where Coke products are sold, until it gets yanked from the shelves. Pass on by though, there are much better options.
–Jeremy Hobbs
beverages, soda, energy drinks, supplements
January 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
It does indeed have a weird berry funk. I suggest consuming it ice cold as drinking it room temperature would render it ouch vomit in the nasal cavities inducing.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Amen, brother.
February 10th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Actually, I really enjoy this flavor of Full Throttle, even though it has a terrible name (the full name is “Full Throttle: Nature is a Bad Mother). By far my favorite, and it’s all natural.
February 10th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
To each their own Aaron; I’m glad you enjoyed it. Come back soon!
February 12th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I like these, not all energy drinks are all great tasteing. this one is exceptable.I dont like the name much, but i bought many of them.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:49 am
I love this drink. REALLY bummed out they’ll prolly drop it cuz noone else likes it. Thats what usually happens to me. By the way, the first time i bought it i never read the akai berry flavor on the label. Never heard of it. Being an all natural beverage and having a green can, i thought it was green tea flavor and liked it. Wonder if others would have liked it too, if not for the wierd berry ive never heard of?
February 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Elroy, let me recommend Arizona’s ‘All City’ energy drink; they have a similar flavor, and it is green tea based. I’ll offer a review in a day or two.
Other good news (for you and Darren), Full Throttle Mother is getting another production run. That will depend on your local bottler of course, but I’ve seen cans with fresh dates on them. So it should be around at least a little while longer.
February 26th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I just picked up about eight of these, thinking I found a great deal.. (four for a buck) ..at the dollar store, but quickly decided they must have been poisoned. They taste kind of like fruity black licorish.. Also, they smell like tar. This is something I am going to hand out on campus.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Kara, don’t do harm to innocent people. Seek counseling.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
funny you say this kara. i thought originally this was some spoof full throttle at the dollar store but i saw the same deal and was like hell yea! but then i tried it and realized it tasted like a mixture of vomit and cat breast milk. worst tasting beverage ever. i think we were poisoned actually
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
Unfortunately, that’s what they’re -supposed- to taste like….
April 6th, 2008 at 11:59 am
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July 17th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I think it was awesome to have an energy drink without HFCS. I’m sad it was discontinued because I thought it was better than the original flavor.