Sippin Syrup (Fan Review!)
Friday, September 17, 2010 at 2:55PM On a recent visit to a gas station near me, I noticed a new beverage in the cooler with a peculiar shaped bottle and an even more interesting pitch. This particular beverage, Sippin Syrup, Griptonite flavor, claimed that euphoric thoughts, extended relaxation and calmness where just a few flavorful sips away. After a short trip to the bullet proof glass encased check-out counter, I set about to consume what would now seem to be an experience rather than a mere thirst quenching endevour. As a cautious consumer I decided to scan the label before drinking, and subsequently noticed a warning written in small letters on an inconspicuous part of the bottle. Highlights from the said admonition include instructions not to drink if I'm pregnant or operating machinery, ohhh... and I can only drink one of these in a 24 hour period. Somewhat alarming, but risk taking can sometimes produce results.
The first sip tastes like a sickly blend of cheap grape flavored wine, minus the alcohol, and copious amounts of an even cheaper sweetener. The carbonation helps to sooth the aftertaste and makes the drink much more palatable. Had the carbonation not been present at all I most likely would stop here. The scent accompanying this drink mirrors the aforementioned description of its taste.
After several sips the cheap grape taste has not worn off yet, and it is becoming painfully apparent that it never will. I think it is a good thing that this beverage has been chilled to a near frozen state, thus making it that much more palatable.
The entire bottle has been consumed, none of the labels promises have been fulfilled. I have no euphoric thoughts, nor am I calm. In an ironic twist the only feelings now are a mixture of disappointment and relief. The unfortunate taste of this beverage lingers in the mouth like bad habit.
Rating: Buyer Beware. I wont be buying another bottle, I'll just walk the few steps it takes to get to the mainstream drinks in the next cooler over.
~C.W.
Reader Comments (13)
dear sirs, you are supposed to mix this drink with codeine, or at least 2 bottles of robitussin. or you should smoke weed laced with embalming fluid to acheive the optimal effect. other mixing options include (but are not limited to) ritalin, generic xanax, or -in a pinch- a mixture of melatonin and benadryl. beware of waking up in a chicken coop.
it may not do what it "claims", but it will knock your ass to sleep
I was having insomnia for a couple of weeks. Just couldn't fall asleep until about 2 every morning. My kids found this in the store and bought it to try. I am totally against energy drinks (but of course they love them) so I was very skeptical of a relaxation drink. But they wanted me to taste it so I drank about 1/4 of the bottle. Within about 20 min I got really tired and ended up falling asleep around 11 and had a great night sleep. I've tried it about 3 different times and it always helps me to sleep!
I drank this on a friday...It's great if you want to fall asleep.
I drank it, being skeptical as anyone, and i did feel really tired afterwards however, I did not feel like sleeping...
In other words, it got me tired to the point where I just wanted to lay in my bed for a couple of hours...but it didn't make me sleepy..you might go to sleep because you're on your bed but all it really did was sedate me in a sense...
If you go to sleep, you're just tired :p This was just my experience.
It's just a mixture of "valerian root" and a small amount of "melatonin" but only 3mg.
A kid in my neighborhood in south carolina, drank three and wrecked his car and died.
I drank half of one pretty fast on the bus ride home from a really long school trip. A few friends had bought them too, but they drank less. After awhile, I started to feel kind of out of it like when you get really tired, and everything seemed to make me smile. It's basically the same effect as if you were to take some sleeping pills and then not let yourself sleep, my friends agree that that's pretty much all it feels like.
After buying(the cashier warned me to be careful) and drinking half of the bottle of sippin syrup mellin' I got pulled over by three cop cars!! and the cops thought we were doing drugs but then nothing happened & I went home because I was sooooo tired. I slept for 15hours! It was pretty amazing.
i tried these drinks because i consume alot of caffeine durring the day,and sometimes keeps me up too late at night. after one of these,i love them. and i have tried sleeping pills (all kinds of diff brands) and they make me feel groggy. sippen syrup just calms your body,and makes you sit still. (something i dont do often) i totally reccomend these to people having trouble getting to sleep. my only complaint is,they are a little high in price ($2.99 ea.)
I do agree with the person who suggested that they are intended for mixing with actual drugs. But by themselves they can make you quite intoxicated. The only problem is...It takes more than one to get you "high" I have found that the flavors other than the original grape, are not nearly as strong.
ihad one of em yesterday wit my frend we started wit one nd went half nd half then we went nd got two more so we kud each have one..
we walkd to tha mall about a hour walk nd once we got there around 6 we killed it thenn a few minutez later iwas feelinn it aha
ifelt hella koo not sleepy kuzz we wer out all nyt last nyt butt im dam near gunna get myself 2 of em today to see wat if duzz if im juss chillin on it
i just finished a bottle and im feeling pretty chilled, wantin to smoke a doobie though
Griptonite is one of the nastiest flavors, I recommend trying it but try Kandy its the best one and I buy it from my local smoke shop all the time after trying allof them. I would have to put mellin in 2nd place.
The grape or candy and a couple roxy 30s is the shit. Or with xanax but I like my opiates.