I only tried it once in 1984 after seeing Hulk Hogan do it. After drinking it down I puked all over the kitchen.
That's why you don't drink them directly. You add them to milk or half-and-half and add some sweetener like Nestle Quik.
I've been doing that for decades. In fact, that's what I had for breakfast. Only now, it's only two eggs and 8-10 fl. oz. of milk vs. six eggs and 16 oz of milk back in college.
Phosphagen HP was the creatine and sugar mix.
Phosphagen was the plain bulk creatine.
And Phosphagain was the shitty MetRx replacement when Connelly and Phillips had a spat over who was owed what. It only lasted 1 or 2 years, before they replaced it with Myoplex, which was more or less, the direct MetRx rip off with just a tiny bit more protein (37 grams vs 42).
Phillips had a few products like that starting out. He was good at marketing, but bad at packaging for a few years. He liked bland colors, plainer packaging, and selling barrels, when people were digging the packets more.
They actually had a Phosphagain 2 (which had 25 grams of protein vs 20 for Phosphagain) before phasing it out once MyoPlex gained some steam.
Phosphagen HP was the original Kool-Aid-style creatine supplement. That's why loading was never an issue. The stuff was YUMMY!!
MuscleTech bagged on Phosphagen HP at first when it released Creatine 6000-ES (creatine with arginine, glycne, and methionine). Two years later, we get Cell-Tech, which was based double the serving of Phosphagen HP (10 grams of creatine and 75 grams of dextrose vs. 5.25 grams of creatine and 33 grams of dextrose, respectively). MuscleTech sprinkled some ALA in it and told you to load by taking two servings per day, one first thing in the morning and the other immediately after training.
The ALA was reported to increase insulin even more than just the sugar alone, which let you cram 10 grams of creatine into your muscles. Cell-Tech was quite delicious.....except for the orange version
