I tried one sip of Red Bull one time. I spit it out and haven’t tried an energy drink since. If the other brands taste as awful, I cannot imagine drinking 8 ounces of the stuff, much less 8 liters.
All of them (not many) that I tried were utterly vile, ersatz, toxic chemical dump tasting witches’ brews.
The coffee based ones are OK, and I have often used one or two on a long drive. Monster Loca Moca and so on. They’ve been invaluable, but I think they are much more dilute than the ‘purple drank’ style energy drinks.
I tried to drink a red bull one morning at work. It didn’t stay down more than 5 minutes.
Yuuuuch! And never again.