I'm sure most of you have seen the Clear Shot bottles sold by ErgoPharm, but there is a picture of the (2) that I recieved. Earlier in my energy drink log I made an issue about the taste of Clear Shot. My problem with the original Clear Shot is that the taste was not to my liking. The zingerone in it gave off the spice taste, but that was it. It was a bland, spicy taste....not a good thing. Well, Patrick went to work and started testing new possible flavors for Clear Shot.
The catch with trying to flavor the zingerone is that due to the 'spice' flavor it naturally gives off, it is necessary to find a flavor that acts as a synergistic towards it, instead of against it. Meaning ? Well, grape, orange, all fruit flavors and sweet flavors are out of the question b/c of how zingerone would affect the taste.
I believe both are the same flavor, but I tried 1 out of the 2 bottles that were sent to me. I slowly sipped the bottle which was room temperature slowly off and on for about 10 minutes to really get a feel for the taste.
The taste of the Clear Shot I had was a mild apple cinnamon taste. The spice from the zingerone was still noticible, but it also enhanced the apple cinnamon flavor. At first I was wondering if the cinnamon flavor was going to be too over-bearing and made even worse due to the zingerone's effect, but I was very surprised and the apple cinnamon flavoring balance is just right.
If you didn't like the taste of the original (I know I didn't) you'll like this new taste much better.
RATING: It is hard to give a rating on taste since it is so subjective, but I give it a 10 because it is very subtle and is offset well with the zingerone.