BeaverBuzz: Dam Good

It's about 10am on Thursday April 19th. I had just finished my Tim Hortons coffee. I went out to talk to the receptionist Nikki (a fellow EDTer). Nikki and I were trying to remember whose day it was on rotation to pick up this week's energy drink. Then, the most glorious thing happened! A package!

Our blog has been up and running for about 3 weeks now. It is pretty amazing that we have already had several requests about where people should send their samples. This Thursday package we received was not just any package, it was our FIRST package! Beaver Buzz Energy, their timing could not have been more perfect and convenient. I ran into the back of the office with the package, excited like a little kid on Christmas. I tore open the box with Clancy and we were even more excited when we peered inside, past the packaging peanuts at some Beaver Buzz merch! What a plus! On top of a BeaverBuzz sampler case were BeaverBuzz stickers and a hockey puck. Each EDTer in our group has added the stickers to our own desks. We all have half cubicle walls. Perhaps in a future blog I will include pictures of our desks scattered with pictures and drink tabs of past EnergyDrinkThursdays.

Since there were 5 different flavours in our sampler pack we decided to stick to one flavour for review: Citrus (Pictured above)

The next BeaverBuzz flavour will come up in rotation in about 6 weeks.

Red can and a greenish-yellow juice. I have never been a fan of Citrus drinks in all of our weeks of EDT. If there were other flavours available I would have gladly picked them over citrus. Surprised at my first sip, this drink was not an orangy flavour like cough medicine (yuck). Which is mostly what I picture when I come across a Citrus-flavoured energy drink. The taste was sweet but not sugary. I noticed on the can that BeaverBuzz that says "No Corn Syrup" and "Natural Sugars" impressive. BeaverBuzz is Canadian like us...we were not surprised at the natural taste. I really liked the grapefruit flavour and aftertaste. The flavour was light and not overpowering. I did not find the energy from this drink overpowering either. However, I then encountered an evening filled with barbequed burgers and beers. BeaverBuzz: citrus definitely helped me get through the evenings with no effort at all. I went to bed late again as I usually do on Thursday. The next day I was hurtin' but I blame the beer of course...and wine....and maybe the energy drink for keeping me up so late. I give BeaverBuzz: Citrus a 7.5/10.

--Kristen

You are sitting on the dock at your friend's cottage in the middle of a pristine July afternoon. The lake water is tugging at your loins to jump in. Your friends are inside doing who knows what. But, you're more content staying where you are. Why? You're not sipping on a beer. You take another sip of something more Canadian. More satisfying. A Beaver Buzz. This is the new drink of Canada's endless afternoon. 8 /10

--Jamie

I remember being in a bar in Tweed, watching a band, things starting to decelerate as the flat draft spread through my bloodstream like frost across a window pain. Just then the band kicked into a song called “Vampire Beavers”. “Something furry out for blood,” they sang. I snapped to it.

The power of the Beaver, even its mention in a very obscure song, healed me from my depressed state. Years later, a drink called “Beaver Buzz” was my gateway into the world of Energy Drinks when somebody went crazy and sent about 50 cases to my workplace. So imagine my delight when our first EDT review was for Beaver Buzz. Not only did they send a sample pack, but stickers and a logo puck as well. Outstanding Beaver Buzz! You, like the Beaver, know how to get ‘er done.

We chose to start with Beaver Buzz Citrus. The taste was fantastic. Sweet, but not saccharine or syrupy in any way. Just refreshing. I guzzled it quickly in the car before stopping for a long lunch hour bike ride.

At one point, I thought I was flying – the magic elixir proving once again that the Beaver is a very powerful animal.

 Back at the car, bounding into the driver’s seat, I thought I smelled flowers. It was the empty can of Beaver Buzz Citrus that had brightened the interior of my car with its most terrific scent. “So,” I said to myself, “it’s an air-freshener, too.”

 There really isn’t anything Beaver Buzz Citrus doesn’t excel at. It tastes and smells great, and lets me kick pond-enemy ass all day and all night. The buzz is well-deserved

8.5/10

--Clancy

My encounter with Beaver Buzz Citrus was…well it was sort like a one night stand after a long night of drinking: I was really excited for it, but even as I was experiencing it I knew I was trying to convince myself I was enjoying it more than I actually was, and afterwards I was kinda tired and my mouth tasted funny…

I love Beaver Buzz, don’t get me wrong. I just wasn’t thrilled with this flavor nor did it give me the boost I was hoping for. I still hold a special place in my heart for the Buzz and I am confident that with a whole case of flavours left to try I’ll be back on the Beaver band wagon shortly. 6.5/10

Till then…zzzzzzzz

--Ashley