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Brain Toniq® Mini Coopers in Turkey

Our TrueToniqs' partners in Kiev and Istanbul have gone full out and now have 4 Mini Coopers driving around Turkey, promoting Brain Toniq as their country's first intelligent think drink. Take a look here.

Brain Toniq® Review by Celebrate Woman Today blog

"The results pleasantly surprised us. On both occasions, I have experienced a pleasantly sustainable flow of focus and energy that I so much ..." View the review here.

Brain Toniq® Reaches #1 Position on SPINS Reports

"Out of 390 functional beverages, Brain Toniq® ranks first"..." View here.

Brain Toniq®: Instant Benefit Through Chronic Use

I don't know if it is sleep deprivation causing a reduction in my brain function or the fact that I'm very trust, either way I reach into the cooler and grab a can of Brain TonIQ. More here.

The Campaign for Natural Vending

This is an organization that is helping change what we're serving our kids in public shools. If you want to help put better nutrition into schools, please support this initiative.

We respond to the anti-agave articles

We've received numerous inquiries lately about the value of agave, mainly due to misinformed anti-agave articles recently circulating around the Internet. We've responded here.

Willow Koerber, world champion mountain biker & lover of Brain Toniq, makes the cover.

One of the top women mountain bikers in the world (and huge fan of Brain Toniq's effect), Willow Koerber, made this month's cover of Mountain Bike magazine. Check out her quads here.

"Thrive Style" Blog Reviews Brain Toniq

The proprietary blend even included Blue Green Algae—I’m such a fan of this fancy superfood! How could I not buy it? Read More here.

Famous San Fran Oola Restaurant now serving Brain Toniq cocktails

Oola Restaurant & Bar, located in the heart of San Francisco, has created a Brain Toniq-infused drink. Read More here.

CJ Scientific Communication Reviews Rhodiola and Brain Toniq

"If energy drinks are your thing, I highly recommend giving Brain Toniq a try. It's completely different from anything else on the energy drink market." Read More here.

The GourmetFoodMall Panel Review's Brain Toniq

"Our reviewers all agreed: they each felt more focused that afternoon than they usually would after a product review session. Tasks were completed efficiently, and the fog of the massive product review "meal" gave way to an intense "get it done" mindset. No-one experienced the sugar rush that is associated with many energy and health drinks, as the agave nectar slowly metabolized in our systems. Overall, Brain Toniq provided each taste-tester with a beneficial surge of focused energy and attention."

MacTech "Kool Tools: Nutrition Products"

"Brain Toniq was designed for software engineers, programmers, designers, systems analysts, anyone who uses author David Allen's Getting Things Done system, technical writers, academic professionals and researchers. But its makers say it's also fine for busy teachers, parents, artists and students."..." Read More here.

Brain Toniq Featured in "Austin Pregnancy" Magazine

"For the "Michelle Mosa", please visit page 10"..." View here.

Brain Toniq Commercial

"In The Telling" creates a Brain Toniq commercial...." Watch here.

SlashFood Mentions Brain Toniq at KosherFest

"Brain Toniq as a healthy, kosher alternative to Red Bull"..." Read more here.

Brain Toniq Wins KosherFest New Product Competition

Brain Toniq wins "Best New Beverage", and "Best New Packaging Design"..." Read more here.

"Kosher Food Reviews" Evaluates Brain Toniq

I'm even more impressed that they don't use artificial sweeteners that can leave a nasty after-taste in your mouth nor do they use refined sugar. Instead they've sweetened it with organic agave syrup...." Read more here.

Science: Backing the claims of brain foods

Taking a look at which ingredients have the science to back up their hype as edible brain enhancers...." Read More here.

Brain Toniq's choline shows cognitive improvements in clinical trial

The choline we use in Brain Toniq was recently studied in a clinical trial in which 30 elderly volunteers were given daily doses in the amounts similar to what is found in each can of Brain Toniq. "Our study demonstrated ... improved cognitive abilities related to attention by 19%, memory by 17%, and complex activities of daily living by 20%..." The full summary can be found here.

Scientifically Reviewed On www.livestrong.com

"I was able to achieve mental focus without the side effects of caffeine. And thats what its all about, isnt it? Brain Toniq touts itself as the "smart antidote to head fog" and I found it to be just that...." (more)

Caffeine Guru Reviews Brain Toniq

"As far as the functionality goes, I did find that my brain was much more clear. It was like little workers entered my brain and power washed every random thought in sight. This is really a well-developed and fantastic functional beverage..." (more)

Glamour Health & Fitness reviews Brain Toniq

"I admit, I love the thought of magic potions and tonics (as long as they're all-natural, of course)--the idea that I could pour myself a glass of something fizzy and it will sharpen my mental state. I recently tried a new beverage that promises to do just that ..." (more)

Vegan Restaurant Serves Brain Toniq in their Mimosas

Borboleta Gourmet Living Cuisine in Austin, Texas, now serves their Mimosa drinks with orange juice and Brain Toniq, for a true kick. Cafe owner and chef Virginia Morgan opened her cafe in May, 2009 with a menu that’s vegan, kosher and gluten-free....(more)

Brain Toniq might just be the cure for my ADD

Like most university students I suffer a terrible addiction. This addiction is caffeine. It has become my best friend and lover. Deep down, though, I feel like a junky and I hate It. Caffeine has become the acceptable drug and let's face it, it's not without its side effects. In comes Brain Toniq, the much talked about think drink...(more)

Central Markets in Texas review

The Central Markets health food chain called a few weeks ago. They said they can't keep Brain Toniq on the shelves, it's moving so fast. They reviewed us in their online blog.

Energy Drinks... Good or BAD?

Heart palpitating discoveries about energy drinks and their dangerously high caffeine content.

Our most science-based review of Brain Toniq yet

The group at Highlight Health ("Discover the Science of Health") reviewed Brain Toniq this week. We've had many websites write about our revolutionary drink, but few have done as much research into the science behind our ingredients as Highlight Health. It's a great feather in our cap, and a good read, too. Here's the article.

Boulder's Daily Camera asks 5 Questions

"BOULDER, Colo. — Scott Ohlgren has been involved in the natural health field since 1976 when he, at 19 years old, turned to nutritional cleansing to help improve his health. Later in life, he wrote a couple of books on nutritional cleansing, but grew tired of the touring and speaking events. He wanted to funnel his entrepreneurial passion into a product. And in 2004, he did just that when he began work on a non-caffeinated, functional beverage with neurotrophic herbs to include mental focus — Brain Toniq. The Camera spoke briefly with Ohlgren about his Longmont company’s product."

New review at Tommy Devine's site

Tommy Devine's blog just posted a great review on Brain Toniq. Quote: "After drinking Brain Toniq my concentration definitely picked up and I felt like I could really think clearly." Scroll down about half way for the review.

New magazine, Functional Drinks, highlights Brain Toniq

We're reaching the global press. A new United Kingdom and Australia-based magazine, called Functional Drinks, has done a highlight article on Brain Toniq. Functional News does analysis on the global functional beverages market, including enhanced, herbal, new age, wellness, nutraceutical, energy, and sports drinks.

TaurineRules review

A customer pointed out a review that we hadn't seen, over at TaurineRules.com. "After drinking Brain Toniq, my concentration definitely picked up (which is something I didn't see with NERD or Function's Brainiac) and I felt like I could really think clearly. The effect lasted about 2 hours." There are some really nice other comments below the review, by other Brain Toniq fans.

TalkingShop.com

"Like any good shopper held captive by caffeinism, TalkingShopping listened with a thirsty and slightly dizzy ear when we heard a buzz about a new focus drink called Brain Toniq..."

Sweat Magazine: Better Brain Buzz

"There are moments when your brain just shuts down while your body screams, "No more caffeine,"... We tried Brain Toniq... there was a sense of feeling good, motivated, and back on task." A PDF from Sweat Magazine.

Climbing Magazine reviews Brain Toniq

Climbing Magazine's January 2009 issue surprised us with a very positive review of Brain Toniq, saying it was "true to its pitch, delivering quick focus and no crashes."

Wall Art de Brain Toniq

One of our favorite customers, Domaine Chandon Vineyard, sent us a picture of what they do with their empties. "As you can see, we are big fans of your drink. Hours of working and late nights of programming have been made easier thanks to Brain Toniq."

Brain Toniq at MacWorld Expo, Jan 5-9, 2009

Do to a last-minute change, we've been invited to attend the MacWorld Expo, 2009. It's happening in San Francisco and we'll be there from Tuesday through Thursday, January 6-9, 2009. We'll be handing out 4,000 cans of Brain Toniq through the expo, but if you want to stop by, we'll be in the South Hall at Booth #215.

The *Full Row* award

We reached a milestone this week, getting the coveted Full Row in Whole Foods. Pic here shows a 22-can wide shelf, stocked with Brain Toniq. They only do this for foods or drinks that are selling like hot cakes. Well as of this week (1-4-09), Brain Toniq is officially hot cakes.

Uncrate reviews Brain Toniq

Uncrate.com is a web magazine for people who love technical gadgets and gear. They are the #1 buyer's guide for men. They test and highlight cool items, and now Brain Toniq is one of them. Check out what they thought about Brain Toniq here.

Veronica Belmont

One of the better known (and better-looking) online tech hosts talk up Brain Toniq on her show Tekzilla

Getting Things Done - a video talk at Google

The purpose of Brain Toniq is help people intelligently focus and concentrate so that they can get more from their life and work. We find author David Allen's Getting Things Done personal productivity methodology to be a great tool for doing exactly this and we're big fans of his. Google recently brought him to their campus to give a talk and the video is now available on YouTube. David speaks very, very fast, which can make it difficult to follow, but we found his thoughts on life and work to be inspiring and thought-provoking.

Brain Toniq Song

Check out the firstever Brain Toniq song We received an email from the band High Tide and they said," They loved Brain Toniq so much that they wrote us an original jingle." To hear more of their music click here.

Brain Toniq gets into Ski Magazine

"Ski Magazine recently wrote about us in their "Good For You" section, recommending Brain Toniq for those who normally drink Red Bull."

Brain Toniq Sponsors Colorado Relay

The Colorado Relay is a 24-hour, 170-mile team relay race from Georgetown to Carbondale, CO (Brain Toniq's backyard). Brain Toniq is a proud sponsor.

Whole Foods Rollout

Brain Toniq can now be found in over 40 whole food stores across the US. For a small functional drink company like ours, we are very pleased and honored by this. A recent picture taken inside one of the Whole Foods that some intrepid Brain Toniq fan sent to us:

Whole Foods

 

Design Award

  • Brain Toniq wins best-of-show in top design award
  • Each year, the Paperboard Packaging Council holds a prestigious competition that searches out the finest in packaging design around North America. This year, among the tens of thousands of paperboard packages introduced into the marketplace, a few hundred entries made first cut, including our unique 4-pack. Judges for the annual PPC competition include design magazines, top universities and packaging industry execs and they spent a week scrutinizing every one of them, awarding each a certain number of points. This past Thursday, April 3rd, they all convened in Washington DC at a black-tie affair, to announce the winners. We didn't go because we were sure we wouldn't even place in the first cut.

    This year, entries came from Apple Computing (for their OSX Leopard box), Lexus (a USB minidrive package), Lord & Taylor, Britney Spears "Believe" cosmetic line, and hundreds of other well-known names. Any entry earning a total of 18 to 23 points is given an Excellence Award; fifty-one entrants qualified. Any entry earning 24 to 30 points earns a Gold Award; there were twenty-three in that category. The entry with the highest number of total points earns the President’s Award, the best-of-show. In this highest category, there was only one. And our little beverage company won it.

    We won the whole thing!

    To see more about the entire contest, PPC sent us a PDF that can be viewed here.

    Our simple package beat Apple Computing. And Britney!

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    The trade publication Packaging Online mentions the top award as well.

    Thanks goes to designer Gene Malowany for the packaging design and paper construction of the Brain Toniq 4-pack. We would not have won this award without his eye for innovation and clean design.

Media Coverage

  • Leo Laporte becomes fan of Brain Toniq
    Leo Laporte is one of the tech world's most popular video-and-podcasters. For years, he's hosted a variety of online shows, including Scott's favorite, The MacBreak Weekly, where he, Merlin Mann, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, Amber MacArthur, and other Mac mavens discuss the latest in the Mac world. He also runs The Tech Guy which deals with all things techie. Recently, Leo has added an all-day streaming video show on his home site, Leoville.com. Most days, you'll see him sipping a Brain Toniq from his streaming show.
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    Another Leo picture    .

  • GreekBriefstrong TV interviews Scott and Brain Toniq
    Cali Lewis, owner of GeekBrief TV, interviews Scott at the 2008 MacWorld expo for their first video interview.
    We're at about the halfway point in Brief #301.
  • Daylite Software: the way to get things done.
    Like the Brain Toniq drink itself, Brain Toniq's office is a study of time management and effectiveness practices. To that end, we searched high and low for a piece of software that would tie together all of our needs for shared calendars, seamless integration with Apple Mail, project and activity delegation, and so forth. We found it in Daylite, an amazing productivity management software. The owners found and fell in love with Brain Toniq, and told our story here.

Brain Toniq Hits The News

Our first press release by another website, here.

Another press release here. A one-page pdf.

Reviews

  • The Energy Drink Reviews
    "It was like I could feel the blood flowing to my brain. It feels as if your thinking is occurring much faster..."
    Energy Drink Reviews gives Brain Toniq a test taste.
    Read the review
  • The Energy Fiend
    "I was as surprised as those reading this, but I felt a massive boost with no jitters..."
    Energy Fiend gives Brain Toniq a stamp of approval.
    Read the review
  • Drink Addict
    "...I felt as if the parietal lobes in my brain were being jump started. As if your brain is trying to focus. Almost a warming stimulation up there. A whole different feeling then what caffeine gives."
    8.4 stars out of 10.
    Read the review