SPIKE Hardcore Energy is an energy drink sold by SPIKE LLC of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...

. SPIKE features 16 oz and 8 oz energy drinks, as well as a 4.26 oz Double Shot. As of Spring 2009, SPIKE energy products are sold in 7-Eleven, Circle K, Casey's General Stores, Sunoco, Conoco Phillips, Valero, Chevron, Vitamin Shoppe, GNC, and other stores.

Safety and warnings

Several warnings are included on the packaging of Spike Shooter. The label advises that people under the age of 18, the elderly, and pregnant women should not use the product. It also warns against combining the product with any prescription or over-the-counter medications, other stimulants or fat loss products, or using the product while being treated for any of a list of medical conditions such as psychiatric diseases, high blood pressure and asthma. Users are advised to start with just half a can to determine tolerance at first, and to never drink more than one can per day.

Spike shooter is a very potent energy supplement. It was made available in pill-form before being marketed as a ready to drink "High Speed Energy Drink". In addition to the original flavor, "'Quila Lime" as well as a new "Orange Gold" are now available in both the Shooter size (8.4 oz) and the larger, 16 oz. Shotgun size. The recently introduced "Lemon Slice" replaces the "'Quila Lime" flavor for the Shotgun and Doubleshot variants.

Spike shooters contain 300 mg of caffeine

Caffeine

Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug. Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds, leaves, and fruit of some plants, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding on the plants...

 per 8.4 oz. can.

Spike Shotgun's energy formula is of a reduced concentration and replaces the yohimbe with Beta-alanine

Beta-alanine

β-Alanine is a naturally occurring beta amino acid, which are amino acids in which the amino group is at the β-position from the carboxylate group . The IUPAC name for β-alanine would be 3-aminopropanoic acid...

. A concentrated version of this formula is available in the Spike Double Shot, a 4.26 oz. energy shot.