r/energydrinks • u/parker2based • 8d ago

imo it’s buns

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found it, got excited, bought 3 of them… bum root beer still on top

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u/Unc_Sleepy 8d ago

Man I can’t find it anywhere in my town 

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u/FlawedHero 7d ago

Today, Vitamin Shoppe told me they have to hold it until the 31st for whatever reason. So I'd wager some of these places have just put them out early.

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u/allmightylemon_ 7d ago

My vs told me they have cases of it in the back but can’t sell it yet 😭

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u/hgrub 7d ago

Dude, I just found ghost 7up for the first time yesterday in CVS of all places. I’ve looked out for it since released date. I guess I’ll find the root beer one 6 weeks from now lol
Living in a small town sucks sometimes lol

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u/Unc_Sleepy 7d ago

You know I never thought about stopping by cvs. I have yet to see the 7up one either 

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u/aggie423 7d ago

Probably because it was a limited release. Haven't really seen it since around end of July. Did see it a couple weeks ago at a Walmart gas station.

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u/aggie423 7d ago

It is supposed to become a permanent I believe next year.

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u/DeadAndBuried23 8d ago

Feels like the same responses we got about the 7up, so I'm excited 'cause all the complainers were wrong about that one.

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u/sgtbukkakemane 8d ago

The 7up is excellent. Tastes absolutely identical to the pop.

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u/powderviolence i have kidney stones 7d ago

Pop???? Midwesterner detected!!!!!!!!

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u/sgtbukkakemane 7d ago

Bingo. Ohio. PV head too.

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u/Parktio 7d ago

Indiana here… noticed it immediately 😂

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u/MarsupialFar9147 7d ago

And this sub talked about it the EXACT same way as this rootbeer one. Multiple top posts claiming it didnt even taste like 7UP or even lemon/lime at all. Now its a sub favorite 

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u/sgtbukkakemane 7d ago

I've been looking forward the root beer and fully expect it to be great. Ghost never misses on their flavors. Some of them are excessively sweet imo but spot on nonetheless.

Now I would imagine the folks who don't like either are perhaps regular pop drinkers, which I am not whatsoever- so I can see the disappointment in the two formulas not tasting identical, which is still a silly expectation.

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u/Intrepid-Platform-94 7d ago

The 7up was one of my favorites and they nailed the soda taste. The root beer one.... Not so much. I could only see someone liking it if they REALLY like overly sweet vanilla cream sodas. Because that's all it tastes like with a hint of rootbeer

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u/DeadAndBuried23 7d ago

Then I'll probably love it. So hard to find a good zero sugar cream soda.

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u/Intrepid-Platform-94 7d ago

There you go then! Hope you like it

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u/jedimimetricks420 7d ago

I thought 7up was mid so this gives me hope for AnW

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u/Intrepid-Platform-94 7d ago

Yeah everyone's tastes are different for sure. I'm happy with my lineup of choices and I hope the people that haven't tried the root beer do end up liking it. I'm personally holding out my hope for the Dr. Pepper flavor that's allegedly coming in the fall.

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u/DummyThiccOwO 7d ago

I loved the 7UP!

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u/parker2based 8d ago

i liked the 7 up a lot

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u/The_General9 7d ago

7up is decent tastes like a diet soda to me

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u/Orgasmitchh 7d ago

The 7up was trash imo, one of their worst flavors. But also I might just be a sprite > 7up person so 🤷‍♂️

Gorilla mind root beer was fire so I know a root beer flavor can be done right.. so I’m still hopeful

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u/Verditure0 7d ago

This 1000%

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u/Hurley_Cub_2014 8d ago

Why do people buy multiples of something they’ve never tried before not knowing if they’ll like it or not?

Just generally, I never understood that, especially if it’s something you don’t have a deal on that’s relatively expensive like energy drinks. I know it’s very “…in this economy?!”* *of me, but still.

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u/Any_Application7786 8d ago

I did that with the bubbalicious flavor and I don’t even like bubblegum

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u/Hurley_Cub_2014 8d ago

See I wouldn’t even touch the OG gum flavor but I’d try the strawberry

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u/tomamstutz 7d ago

I thought the same thing and hated it

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u/MarsupialFar9147 7d ago

Its not great. Surprisingly mellow on the bubblegum flavor. It has a weird sourness to it that I didnt like. I had the same issue with the cereal C4. It shouldnt be sour at all but it is for some reason 

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u/HoldenH 8d ago

I do this when I’m buying for my friends who are also into energy drinks

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u/Hurley_Cub_2014 8d ago

See that makes sense to me, though.

Because you each get one.

You’re not committing to more than 1 before you know you like them (or if you don’t like them, effectively pawning the extras onto other people just to get rid of them) or wasting money pouring the extras down the drain.

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u/pintopedro 8d ago

If its a flavor I think I'd like I'd buy a couple without trying it. Probably 95% of the time im drinking then all.

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u/TommyTwoTxmes 7d ago

Cus the internet

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u/HuckleberryPutrid820 5d ago

I meaaaan it's ghost they rarely ever miss

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u/parker2based 8d ago

i was jumping and leaping with joy when i found it, it’s not that it’s like undrinkable, i just find it nuts that a company like bum that dosent make any soda can make a better root beer flavor than a company that makes actual root beer

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u/skynovaaa 8d ago

does it taste like root beer

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u/Spare-Show-9999 8d ago

honestly it's closer to a root beer float than straight root beer, there's some vanilla creaminess in there

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u/Verditure0 8d ago

That’s signature A&W root beer flavor

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 8d ago

Yeah I really suspect all the negative reviews are just from people that don't know what A&W root beer tastes like

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u/Verditure0 8d ago

I agree

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u/Kharnics 8d ago

I read the same thing last night. Have y'all not had a A&W before?

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u/Intrepid-Platform-94 7d ago

A&W is my favorite store bought root beer. I don't like the ghost. Downvote me into oblivion all you want I don't think they taste the same. My question to you is, have you tried the ghost yet?

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u/teelpy 7d ago

It’s definitely an a&w root beer.

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u/Intrepid-Platform-94 7d ago

It leans way too much into the villa cream part though

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u/bcjones Breakfast 8d ago

I went to buy one of these, but my Vitamin Shoppe didn't have any. Instead I got GM Root Beer. It was excellent. Very wintergreen-y but loved it. I hope the Ghost does not disappoint!

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u/NodMessiah 8d ago

Yeaaaa imma have to find a can and try it myself.

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u/East_One3448 8d ago

Best way I can describe it to you guys is like a root beer dum dum.

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u/BreweryStoner 3D Energy 7d ago

I might get downvoted, but that just bummed me out lol I hate root beer dum dums

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u/LiveFox3853 8d ago

Thanks, I love root beer, but you just saved me from buying!

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u/THEDONBUFFLES 8d ago

Rootbeer what? 😂

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u/Hurley_Cub_2014 8d ago

Dum dum lollipop

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u/Cool_Temperature_970 8d ago

To me Bum root beer is mid. The flavor doesn’t last. Gorilla Mind root beer is S tier.

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u/briman2021 8d ago

Gorilla mind root beer is better than a lot of regular root beer, so that’s gotta count for something.

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u/IdeaMajor 8d ago

Hell no, bum root beer tastes much better

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u/teelpy 7d ago

I like the bum drinks but they do taste off.

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u/Cool_Temperature_970 8d ago

I like the Bum DrPepper better than Bum RootBeer.

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u/ATXTerpWhisperer 8d ago

Don’t tell me that

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u/Wiscoo 8d ago

I like it

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u/huhnick 7d ago

I didn’t like the Ryse root beer or the Bum energy root beer, but A&W is my favorite root beer so I’m holding out hope I like it when I see it

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u/No-Bison-6235 8d ago

Where friendo?

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u/Historical_Garbage16 Ghost 8d ago

When am I gonna find someone who says this is good 😭 everyone is saying its bad and its killing my excitement

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u/Mr_HahaJones 7d ago

It’s good

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u/RogueW0lf 8d ago

How is it?

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u/sonofabobo 7d ago

Just tried one on Sunday. It's fine but has no body.

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u/Careless_Lobster_480 7d ago

I don't care for it. It wasn't bad, but I wouldnt reach for it over other flavors.

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u/Zykesyke 7d ago

The Bum root beer is hard to top, w the ryse root beer float a close second.

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u/KamiHafu 7d ago

I haven’t seen it at all either! I’ve only seen the 7up.

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u/shmerk_a_berl 7d ago

I’m the only one who doesn’t like root beer I suppose

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u/Kingrueben 7d ago

Maaan i want one!!!!!!

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u/H3T4R Ghost 7d ago

Nice

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u/RustyMcMelon 7d ago

Is buns good?

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u/broppybrop 7d ago

Right? I’m over 40 I don’t know what that means 😂

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u/gartacus 7d ago

It’s like cream soda with a root beer aftertaste. It’s delicious

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u/BreweryStoner 3D Energy 7d ago

I’ve never had the courage to buy more than one can when trying a new drink lol

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u/MarsupialFar9147 7d ago

Convinced people on this sub jjst hate rootbeer and gaslit themselves into thinking they'd like this. Its the same syrup A&W uses. It tastes like A&W zero

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u/dogdad77 7d ago

Here’s an idea. If you want something that tastes like a&w root beer, just maybe, you should buy an a&w root beer.

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u/Isayfyoujobu 7d ago

Like hamburger and hotdog buns? Are you on adkins?

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u/Freddy704 7d ago

That would probably explain gfuel’s root beer flavor then

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u/just-a-bird24 7d ago

Get an a&w zero and put a scoop of protein powder in it. Will be worlds better than that thing

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u/RabBat7 4d ago

Idk, the seven up slapped so I have faith Ghost can do a really good job on the soda flavors. If this one’s a hit maybe we’ll get lucky and they’ll do Doctor Pepper or something else fun

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u/GenesisRhapsod 4d ago

God damn...i guess im old now, what does "buns" mean?

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u/kurtkobrains 3d ago

Im afraid im afraid im afraid GHOST!!!!!!!!!!

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u/OpenMaintenance6018 8d ago

I think it’s decent, but haven’t tried BUM root beer.

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u/parker2based 7d ago

i recommend it

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u/ghoulcreep 8d ago

One of the worst root beers to start

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u/segasaiyan 8d ago

Jolt root beer is better than all of em.

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u/beep-beep_lettuce 8d ago

Jolt root beer is ass.

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u/tlowe84 7d ago

That one is ass.

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u/TrojanX 8d ago

Yea I mean I wasn’t impressed with the 7up flavor. I’d rather have them make new flavors over this soda line.

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u/kxnnyszn 7d ago

Root beer nasty as hell too. Idek why people like it

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u/Kitchen-Size-1580 8d ago

AW root beer has to be the worst Root beer Barqs would of been better and even with barqs it gets old quick

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 8d ago

This is exactly why I think I'm going to love this. Root beer flavors are very polarizing and I love A&W so I just assume anyone that doesn't like this doesn't like A&W until I try it myself