Red Bull gives you... a bad after taste

I recently have gotten addicted to Red Bull. I usually drink one on the way to work. This morning I dropped off my beautiful wife at her place of employment and promptly drove to Food Lion and picked up a 12 oz. can for about a million dollars. Is Gold in the ingredients to Red Bull or what?? Geez. Anyway, I'm not convinced it really does anything in terms of energy. I usually feel the same but feel some kind of obligation to act like "I have wings". I think it is more of a placebo effect... I feel like I should have energy and so I do have energy. Now being a middle school youth pastor I am used to the normal middle school trip where 13 year old BO stricken boys buy 5 Red Bulls each and down them in mere seconds. They go crazy and run around for 5 minutes before finally forgetting they drank a can of "energy drink". That being said, I do like the initial flavor. I think this is the redeeming quality... the after-taste leaves something to be desired. Sort of like I just sucked on a penny from 1975. A bit coppery. I think I will continue my Red Bull fetish for a while longer... makes me feel cool... and middle schoolers love it!