Product: Drank Extreme Relaxation Beverage
Product Appeal: Excellent
Product Taste: Average
Product Price: $54.95 per 24-can case
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By Deanna M. Murray
Director of Content

“We have combined Rose Hips, Melatonin and Valerian Root with a great tasting beverage to create the industry's first ‘Relaxed Lifestyle Beverage.’ These ingredients have the ability to relax your body, mind and soul. So when life comes at you fast, just remember to ‘slow your roll’ with Drank.” -- From the DRANK soda can.

When a TV news station says there’s something on the market accused of having marijuana-like qualities, this wholesome, law-abiding, down-home girl has to give it a shot. I mean really. It’s legal, I can’t get arrested and I don’t have to feel bad about it later. So there you have it.

Drank is a soft drink, marketing itself as a relaxation drink -- the anti-energy drink, if you will. Its slogan ‘slow your roll’ plays into the can’s dreamy, billowy, lofty look and feel. And the purple color and cloudish logo reinforce it. And while the can design and overall idea is fantastic, the concept of a drink that can actually mellow a person out is kinda scary -- but why, really? We take sleeping pills. We eat foods known to make us chill out. Why not a drink? I mean, isn’t that why some of us throw back a cocktail in the evening? OK. I talked myself into trying it ...

The 16-ounce can seems to be a lot to consume and, being a little scared of what was going to happen, I opted to drink only half on my first try. After a pretty rough day in the office, and the effects of about 10 Diet Cokes to cope with it running through my veins, I threw back the grape, fruity drink (a little too sweet for my blood) in a relaxed manner. I mean really – wouldn’t it be a contradiction to drink a relaxation drink in a hurry or like it was a shot of grape schnapps? Yeah. I thought so, too.

So I kicked back and relaxed while sipping my relaxation drink -- I mean, Drank -- and went about my evening, wondering when I would feel the effects. And it was rather quick, actually. I mean, I didn’t all of a sudden feel so relaxed I wanted to run throw every inhibition out the window, but within about 20 minutes, I felt a little light-headed (in a good, not-drunk way) and could tell my body was relaxing. That night, I easily went to sleep, and slept through the night. When I awoke the next morning, I wasn’t groggy and did not feel any lingering affects of the Drank.

Now, not knowing what marijuana makes a person feel like (seriously, I have no idea), I don’t know if I agree or disagree with the newscast I had seen a few nights earlier about Drank being compared to marijuana, but I do know it seemed to do what it said it would.

Again, the drink was a little too sweet -- I am used to energy drinks being filled with syrupy flavor and tons of sugar, and I expected Drank to be a little lighter and not quite as soda-ish, as it’s overall consistency and taste seemed to contradict the anti-energy drink persona. But I would drink it again -- and would probably try it before popping a sleeping aide in the future.