{"id":19340,"date":"2015-11-20T11:59:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19340"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:22:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:22:57","slug":"review-burger-king-frozen-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/20\/review-burger-king-frozen-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Burger King Frozen Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Burger<\/a><\/p>\n

Aaaand…now<\/i> the \u201890s are back. Yeah, the house became full again<\/a> and a different gender already met world<\/a>, and the clever girls switched sides<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But it\u2019s only now, when Coca-Cola decided to excavate a forgotten, bootleg Mountain Dew by way of a second-place fast food try-hard that the nostalgia train is perhaps learning it\u2019s running out of track. Surge is back, baby! But at Burger King only! And it\u2019s not really a liquid anymore<\/a>! And what is Surge again?<\/p>\n

Surge was Coca-Cola\u2019s answer to Mountain Dew and launched in the mid \u201890s, but dwindling sales pretty much had it out of stores before Facebook existed. (A million dollars isn\u2019t cool. You know what\u2019s cool? Not drinking Surge.) Successors include Vault — which had more caffeine — and Red Bull chased with green Gatorade left overnight in a hot car. It\u2019s questionable whether the world was thirsting for a rebirth of Surge. But here we are.<\/p>\n

Like an imposter<\/a>, something is different, as much as Coke wants us to believe the vintage drink is being reinstated. It\u2019s in a Slurpee, ICEE form, and it\u2019s being featured exclusively at your local, grungy Burger King. Other things exclusive to Burger King include Chicken Fries and the thought \u201cI wish I was at McDonald\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Burger<\/a><\/p>\n

Frozen Surge is serviceable. The Surge flavoring seems more muted than the original drink, which I remember having maybe a handful of times. The ice freezes up the taste buds all nice so practically the entire flavor profile is on the back end of the drink experience, which features an artificial lemon-lime tinge that definitely tastes \u201cgreen.\u201d <\/p>\n

It\u2019s slightly sweet and has a citrus bent that is somewhere between a lemon-steeped carafe of table water and a green Brach\u2019s candy bean. The semi-carbonated, energy drink-soda hybrids have become plentiful in the past decade during Surge\u2019s absence, and this drink feels like a frozen version of all of those put together. There is a light, fizzy tickling of the back of the throat that is more apparent as the frozen parts of the drink become less so. Overall the taste is a neutral proposition — it\u2019s like a watered down Mountain Dew Slurpee. <\/p>\n

The biggest problems are the sticky fingers, which made me feel like a dirty ass toddler, and the speed at which I had to consume it. It\u2019s called \u201cSurge,\u201d like some sort of extreme boost, but since it\u2019s so cold I had to drink it super slowly because every other sip would trigger brain freeze. The flavors had me wanting to pound it like a Swedish hacker at 3 a.m., not like a Swedish hacker at 3 p.m. (They\u2019re asleep so they would drink slowly, right?). <\/p>\n

The best consistency is probably ten to fifteen minutes after purchasing the drink, when it\u2019s warming up so the flavors surface a bit more. Unfortunately, the drink very quickly begins to melt from the bottom up soon after and leaves a puddle of syrup below a glacier of frozen green stuff. This makes for a delicate balance unsuited to the brutality of stuffing a Western Whopper and onion rings into your maw.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine anyone going out of their way to grab this, especially since it\u2019s only available at Burger Kings, but along with a meal it\u2019s a decent accompaniment that delivers light citrus flavors and a little bit of an energy drink kick. I\u2019d say it makes you feel like you\u2019re traveling through time to the \u201890s, but only because it constantly hurt my brain, like reruns of Full House that feature the Beach Boys. Cut it out. <\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – Medium – 100 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of cholesterol, 5 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 24 grams of sugar, 0 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Burger King Frozen Surge
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $1.39
\nSize:<\/b> Medium
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Burger King
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Would go well with a meal. Not unpleasant.
\nCons:<\/b> Flavors are slight. Sipping it so slowly because it\u2019s too cold for brain, and then melting too fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aaaand…now the \u201890s are back. Yeah, the house became full again and a different gender already met world, and the clever girls switched sides. 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