Blue Bastard

September 18th, 2013

This drink is all about the name. You take a standard Red Bull clone, wrap it with an awesome name, and you have a winning product! The taste is what you’d expect from any clone: sweet, sickly, and certainly not refreshing. It gives you a kick, and you can show off the can to your mates. It was reasonably priced too as I could purchase three of these to one Red Bull. The originality rating is boosted due to branding and not for the taste.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 46kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Dirk, Amsterdam
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Evolve

September 14th, 2013

Too sweet, metallic tasting, and leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. I can’t recommend this brand unfortunately – it’s just a bad Red Bull clone and as it’s supplied in a large can, there’s also a lot of it to get through. Too sickly to be enjoyable.

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(1.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Bargain Booze
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Inca (Createam Promotion)

September 7th, 2013

You won’t find this drink with this label in any shops. It was a promotional can which was produced by the marketing agency CreateamPromotion. You can effectively package a can of energy drink in any label you like, so you may come across cans of this energy drink with a different label. The flavour was a cloned Red Bull, but with a slightly burnt caramel taste poking through.

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(1.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 50kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Not for sale
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Carrefour Taurine Light Force

June 22nd, 2013

Is it called Psychik, or is is called Taurine Light Force? I don’t know.. but I do know that this is a very good Red Bull clone. Nice and sweet getting the balance just right especially as this is a supermarket own brand. Sadly though, it’s a supermarket own brand in France so unless you live over that way, you’ll either have to take my word for it or find yourself a French-based contact to send you one.

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 3kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Carrefour, France
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Blue Spark

April 30th, 2013

Tesco Energy Drink has been rebranded as Blue Spark… see that review here.

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(1.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 44kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Blue Spark Sugar Free

April 25th, 2013

Tesco Energy Drink Sugar Free has been rebranded as Blue Spark Sugar Free. See that review here…

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(1.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Guarana Force

April 17th, 2013

I’d never seen this one before at all so was quite keen to sample its French delights. It has a very low caffeine content as energy drinks go, comparable to Mountain Dew Energy in the UK so  I wasn’t expecting much of a kick. It is a Red Bull Clone, but on the sweet side and very watered down making it quite a light tasting drink. I’d recommend it as an energy drink for later in the day when you don’t want a full wake-up, but just have a hankering for the taste.

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(2.2/5)
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Caffeine: 15mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Carrefour, France
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Shark Stimulation

April 13th, 2013

Discovered at a bar of all places, I had to ask them not to open it before serving. Quite bitter in taste, very much like the European own-brands to some degree and sadly not as nice as I wanted it to be. Branding and can design is great though, and the kick from the product itself is no different to any other regular energy drink, but sadly this is just another clone of the brightly coloured horned creature.

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(1.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Dewstow Golf Club
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Carrefour Taurine Force

April 10th, 2013

Without a doubt this is a Red Bull clone, but instead of taking the usual supermarket tactic of making soured and bitter version, they’ve gone down the Aldi route and made a nice sweet drink. If you happen to be near a French Carrefour hypermarket or supermarket then you can’t go wrong with trying this drink. There’s also a sugarfree version which will probably be published next… The thing is, there’s so many different drink names on the can that I’m not sure what to call it – I’ve settled on Taurine Force as it’s the most prominent label, but the confusion gets more confusing (!?) as you’ll see when I review the diet version.

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(2.1/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 46.5kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Carrefour, France
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