!!! NOTICE - Please Read !!! It has been brought to my attention that this site has been cloned and the cloned site is being used as part of a scam to trick you into parting with your credit card details in return for Red Bull and a fridge. The offending URL is red.thebullgames.com and is in no way linked to or affiliated with Fizzy Wake-Up / Energydrinkreviews.co.uk. This genuine Fizzy Wake-Up web site is a free reviews web site and we do not sell any products or ever ask for any money. If you have already been scammed by the offending web site I suggest you contact your local authorities and your bank to report the scam/theft.
Red Bull Winter Edition (2023) Spiced Pear
December 2nd, 2023I’ve seen many annual updates of the summer edition of Red Bull but this is the first winter edition I’ve come across. The spiced pear flavour is a bit like pear drops mixed with cinnamon and I was expecting something tart and sickly. Instead I was very pleasantly surprised as this was a subtle flavour and really easy to drink. I’d definitely have this again!
Protein Dynamix Dynamo Booster Shot – Cola
December 2nd, 2023As with all shots, the flavour is intense and bitter. It’s undoubtably cola flavoured, but not in a pleasant way! This is designed to give you a quick liquid shot of caffeine as fast as possible. It packs in 200mg of caffeine actually, which is a lot – keep in mind a can of Red Bull is 80mg, so you’re downing two and half cans equivalent. Please, please remember that and don’t follow it with a chaser of Monster!
Dark Thunder Ultra Berry
November 25th, 2023I’m wondering if this ‘ultra berry’ flavour replaces the ‘berry boost’ variety? It’s been so long since I tried berry boost that I can’t remember quite what it was like. I described it in my review as ‘like a mixture of strawberry and raspberry’, so perhaps Ultra Berry is a very different flavour. It’s more like a mixed berry, but on the sweet and summery side – I got blackcurrent in there, maybe some cherry and raspberry too.
| Taste: | Originality: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength: | Visitor Ratings: | ||
| Caffeine: | 26mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
|
| Calories: | 6kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
| Web Site: | |||
Dark Thunder Ultra Violet
November 11th, 2023A really nice and smooth grape-flavoured energy drink. It’s lower in caffeine than many other large-can drinks, which I think is no bad thing really. You get to enjoy the drink for longer without getting too jittery by the end! The flavour isn’t too strong, but very smooth as I said and no bitterness at all. A great addition to Aldi’s line of Monster-wannabee drinks.
| Taste: | Originality: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength: | Visitor Ratings: | ||
| Caffeine: | 26mg/100ml |
Tags: Grape, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
|
| Calories: | 6kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
| Web Site: | |||
Applied Nutrition BCAA Amino-Hydrate – Orange Burst
November 4th, 2023Just a typical orange flavoured energy drink, nothing special and certainly it doesn’t stand out like the cloudy lemonade flavour. Mild and a bit boring really 🙁
| Taste: | Originality: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength: | Visitor Ratings: | ||
| Caffeine: | 30.3mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calories, Orange, UK |
|
| Calories: | 8kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
| Sold By: | B&M | ||
| Web Site: | |||
Applied Nutrition BCAA Amino-Hydrate – Cloudy Lemonade
October 28th, 2023Yup, it’s cloudy lemonade. There’s a slight craggy aftertaste from the sweeteners but apart from that it’s a nice classic lemonade flavour. Slightly tangy taste, on the bitter rather than sweet side but nice and unique.
| Taste: | Originality: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength: | Visitor Ratings: | ||
| Caffeine: | 30.3mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Lemonade, Low Calorie, UK |
|
| Calories: | 8kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
| Sold By: | B&M | ||
| Web Site: | |||
Oshee Futuryx Lab Booster – Wild Strawberry-Apple
October 21st, 2023The strawberry’s not only going to be wild, it’ll be livid 🙂 Not as bitter tasting as I thought it would be – usually shots are very sour and bitter. This one, whilst still on the sour side, mostly tasted of concentrated apple. There was a slight strawberry aftertaste but it’s pretty much apple all the way down. Not as highly caffeinated as many other shots, which is a good thing because a lot of them are trying to pack 200mg into a 60ml drink and that’s ridiculous. This is a more sensible 100mg dose, so only slightly more than a regular 250ml can of energy drink would contain.
| Taste: | Originality: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength: | Visitor Ratings: | ||
| Caffeine: | 100mg/100ml |
Tags: Apple, Shot, Strawberry, UK |
|
| Calories: | 17kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 100ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
| Web Site: | |||
MEDAHUMAN Energy: Cranberry and Lime
October 14th, 2023This was a first for me – CBD, the legal and non-intoxicating component of cannabis. Medahuman have a range of CBD drinks available and I made the mistake of purchasing one of each variety. It turns out that only one contained caffeine and is therefore the only one eligible to receive a review on this site! But that does mean that I can say with confidence that this particular flavour, cranberry and lime, is the least disgusting on offer! Maybe it’s just my tastes, but I find bitter ‘healthy’ drinks unpleasant. This ‘Energy’ variety of Medahuman thought manages to balance some of that bitterness caused by the main ingredients of cranberry and lime and achieves a slight sweetness. At £2.50 per can it isn’t cheap, but this product does have a unique selling point and was stocked in a major UK supermarket. I can’t say that I noticed any effects from the CBD, and perhaps after 5 cans over the course of a week I am not supposed to noticed much. It worked as an energy drink though, providing enough caffeine to stop that ever present potential cold turkey headache.
Optimum Nutrition Pre-Workout – Lemon Lime
October 7th, 2023I managed to find quite a few energy shots recently, and I haven’t seen many in years. This first one is a lemon-lime flavour with quite a bit of caffeine in (175mg). I’d hoped that after a few years the makers would have worked out how to make the shots sweeter tasting but sadly it’s still quite bitter. You can taste the lemon and lime flavouring, but the whole drink has a sour tang that makes you draw back the corners of your mouth in an instinctive reflex sort of way. As shots go, I’ve had worse!
