I've never heard of mixing creatine with Grape juice - but have heard of mixing Oral steroids with it as it indeed does make them more effective. People also do it with pharmaceutical medication. With creatine the main drivers are water, glucose and insulin to carry it into the muscle. The water is obviously needed for the creatine to absorb into, put it with a load of glucose which in turn creates a natural insulin spike and then the slin forces it into the muscle cells in the same way it does with amino acids.

I've tried quite a few versions over the decades including the stuff that came in the tiny tubs with the droppers where you dropped it on your tongue lol Monohydrate does indeed work brilliantly once you are loaded up on the bastard - but my God the way that stuff gives me the squitters as it works its way through the intestinal wall is something else. Also you never get full absorption with it and some gets left in the gut causing acid reflux and all sorts. I tried Creatine HCL about 8 months ago now and even did a forum post on it here - its brilliant!!! Its only 3g of Creatine bonded with a Hydrochloride Salt molecule and all of it gets absorbed through the intestines, and doesn't create any nausea or upset stomach whilst doing so. It can make general acid reflux a little worse if you take it with steroids but that only happens when you are also hungry and need to eat I find. You only need to take 3g per day rather than 5 to 10g with monohydrate because more of it gets absorbed into the blood. Although they say no loading phase is required either - you are undoubtedly stronger on it after getting 4 days worth of doses into you. I love it and it MAKES a difference to what you can lift in your sessions. And guess what ........ It works GREAT WITH DBOL!!!!! Lmao

I do believe electrolytes with creatine is important

Yes, I remember when creatine first came out (since I’m old lol)…. We would chug that non-mixing sand with grape juice for sure. It was amazing for us young natural weight lifters. We did it that way for a few years until a company called Cell-Tech came out with a great mix. As for grape juice, I still drink about a half gallon per week of straight Welch’s. I remember as a kid an old radio announcer named Paul Harvey would say it was the key to his health, so as a young health nut I always followed that advice. He died at 90, I’m pushing 50 and great health, so who knows? But now you know - The Rest of the Story.

I remember someone back in day talking about taking cranberry juice or grapefruit juice with certain narcotics to increase bioavailability for more “intensity” or some BS like that. Creatine gets absorbed rather easily but I’m sure there is something with attempting to increase bioavailability. I can’t give any insight to the validity of either of those things though.