Then one day, they were no more. The store stopped carrying them and I had not seen them since. They were very cool cans with a little dude on the front who was ready to kick your ass. I have searched about everywhere and called Jones over a half dozen time - but I could not find a Whoop Ass anywhere
Then in 2010, Jones relaunched the brand with a biker-heavy makeover, and launched themselves into specialty soda stores across the nation. Unfortunately for me they still are not returning my calls. Fortunately, my local Rocket Fizz carries all three flavors for me. Grapple is a new flavor for Whoop Ass (The original one just came in regular and diet, I believe), and the only other addition to the black original and white diet flavors.
For some reason, grapple seems to be celebrating the Irish (Or at least St. Patricks Day) with little fighting irishmen and green clovers overlaid on top of the iron crosses that now adorn their package. It seems to be a strange fit, the grapple being an american hybrid - and I don't believe I have ever heard the phrase "The Grapplin' Irish". Even though I have about as much Irish in me as I do Native American (absolutely zero), I still am excited to try it out.
For some reason, grapple seems to be celebrating the Irish (Or at least St. Patricks Day) with little fighting irishmen and green clovers overlaid on top of the iron crosses that now adorn their package. It seems to be a strange fit, the grapple being an american hybrid - and I don't believe I have ever heard the phrase "The Grapplin' Irish". Even though I have about as much Irish in me as I do Native American (absolutely zero), I still am excited to try it out.
Packaging:8
There are clovers all over the package now - and it comes in a green color - the color of grapples. I have actually had grapples before, as my local grocery store regularly carries bizarre Hunger Games-esque veggies and fruits like Grapples, Broccoflowers, Pluots, and Uglis. In this case, the flavor is not actually Grapple but just green apple - and the grapple is just a play on words as this is supposedly for the Fightin' Irish. Just to drive the point home, they have their version fo the Notre Dame mascot on here, only using their little Whoopass mascot drawing fisticuffs.
On the plus side they do a great job listing all their ingredients, double facing the can and making everything nice and pretty. Other amusements are aplenty, including the caffeine warning which states "Not recommended for children, pregnant or nursing women, those sensitive to caffeine, or leprechauns".
Taste:4
Surprisingly, I did not like it that much. I really wanted to, but something about it just struck an odd chord in me. I think the problem was that it was not sweet enough, and the sour of the green apple flavor just turned bitter and medicinal in my mouth. This ended up tasting much more acrid than I was expecting, and as I made my way through the can it tasted more and more cloying, and the energy ingredients were coming through.
I feel badly I have waited all this time to get to try Whoop Ass, and this is the first flavor from Jones that I tried. Grapple does not really taste like green apples, nor anything else, really, other than citric acid and chemicals. I kept drinking this in the hopes I would find something in here to enjoy, but the memories of what Whoop Ass used to taste like are way too strong for me to find a whole lot of joy finishing this can off.
On the plus side they do a great job listing all their ingredients, double facing the can and making everything nice and pretty. Other amusements are aplenty, including the caffeine warning which states "Not recommended for children, pregnant or nursing women, those sensitive to caffeine, or leprechauns".
Taste:4
Surprisingly, I did not like it that much. I really wanted to, but something about it just struck an odd chord in me. I think the problem was that it was not sweet enough, and the sour of the green apple flavor just turned bitter and medicinal in my mouth. This ended up tasting much more acrid than I was expecting, and as I made my way through the can it tasted more and more cloying, and the energy ingredients were coming through.
I feel badly I have waited all this time to get to try Whoop Ass, and this is the first flavor from Jones that I tried. Grapple does not really taste like green apples, nor anything else, really, other than citric acid and chemicals. I kept drinking this in the hopes I would find something in here to enjoy, but the memories of what Whoop Ass used to taste like are way too strong for me to find a whole lot of joy finishing this can off.
Buzz:9
with caffeine from the lab, green tea and yerba mate, carnitine, l-arganine, Polyphenols, lysine and B-Complex there is no choice but to get a killer buzz from this. The caffeine is in here aplenty, clocking in at over 200mg for the whole can. while you might not fall in love with the flavor, you gotta love the rush of energy in here.
Of course, with all this sugar there is a mighty fine sugar rush going on here too. The 240 calories in the can and 52 grams of sugar gets you going, although you have to pay the price a couple hours later when the crash hits. If there was a diet grapple I would be on board, but that is just a little too heavy to have it as a regular Rocket Fizz purchase.
I think I'll just wait for that one day that I can pretend I have an ounce of Irish in me - after all it tastes a hell of a lot better than Bud dyed bright green.
with caffeine from the lab, green tea and yerba mate, carnitine, l-arganine, Polyphenols, lysine and B-Complex there is no choice but to get a killer buzz from this. The caffeine is in here aplenty, clocking in at over 200mg for the whole can. while you might not fall in love with the flavor, you gotta love the rush of energy in here.
Of course, with all this sugar there is a mighty fine sugar rush going on here too. The 240 calories in the can and 52 grams of sugar gets you going, although you have to pay the price a couple hours later when the crash hits. If there was a diet grapple I would be on board, but that is just a little too heavy to have it as a regular Rocket Fizz purchase.
I think I'll just wait for that one day that I can pretend I have an ounce of Irish in me - after all it tastes a hell of a lot better than Bud dyed bright green.
