Hell Gamer Edition: Coco Split

Coconut. Definitely coconut. The description on the can says that there’s also dragon fruit and tutti-frutti flavouring in there too, and I guess there is a fruity twang to it, but mostly it’s coconut. I don’t find coconut drinks very refreshing personally, but it’s not an offensive flavour! As with the other flavour I tried (Cherry Beam), it’s mostly about the branding on the can, and this particular one is calling itself a PvP flavour. I’m not sure of the relevance of that but, hey, it is what it is!

Hell Gamer Edition: Cherry Beam

Let’s face it, these cans are designed to stand out with their gaming themed labels and branding. Honestly though, the references are lost on me… I’m not sure if Nova is a character in a game I’ve never heard of, or something else. Give me 1990s’ Doom and a bit of Tomb Raider and I’ll know what I’m doing, but all I can tell you about this drink is that underneath the pretty labels it’s a fizzy synthetic cherry flavoured drink. Not bad, but not special really.

Mio Energy Strawberry and Pineapple Smash

Another concentrated drink which I added a couple of squirts to some carbonated Sodastream water. You do get a slight whiff of Strawberry, but honestly this drink is more like a normal, if slightly fruity, clone energy drink. It’s really nice! I found this in Target while on holiday in New York, and I’ve not found it in the UK yet but if I do, I’ll be buying several of them.

Mango Go!

The can says that it’s Sunshine with Bubbles. Well, I guess it is quite summer-y tasting but it’s only 2% mango juice, the rest is apple and lime. That’s not much mango for a mango drink!

Hell Red Grape

Basically a grape soda! Really nice but certainly not refreshing. Very different to the majority of other energy drinks just like the regular Hell energy drink is.

G Fuel Tetris Blast

Since there was no description for the flavour of this drink on the can anywhere, and I assumed that it wouldn’t taste like differently shaped and coloured blocks, I had to resort to the ingredients list. Included flavourings were broccoli and kale… I promise you, this drink does not taste like green stuff. It’s slightly fruity and mild but refreshing. Not a stand-out original flavour, but not bad at all. I think the best thing going for this drink through is the branding. It’s also quite high in caffeine just like most American energy drinks appear to be.

C4 Ultimate Arctic Snow Cone

This is an odd drink to place the flavour. It’s quite bland but not watery – very refreshing in fact. With no calories at all, it’s not sickly. I’d making a guess that the flavour is lemon/citrus, but seeing as the can declares that it contains 0% juice even that is uncertain!

Mountain Dew Spark

Nope, I really didn’t like this one. It was very sickly and gave me heartburn. I couldn’t finish it because of that. I think if you’re going for Mountain Dew, still to the original flavour.

Emerge: Tangy Tropical

“Hey Bob, how are we going to sell more tropical flavoured energy drinks?”

“Just stick the word ‘tangy’ on the beginning of the name, Dave.”

And thus was born ‘Tangy Tropical’.

Nothing more to say really, it’s a 49p can of sugary tropical flavoured energy drink, disappointingly the same as I remember the non-tangy version of Emerge tasting!