Rockstar Refresh Strawberry and Lime

May 6th, 2023

I know that strawberry and lime is a popular combination now, but I’m not sure I get it. I love lime. I love strawberry. But, together? It’s not unpleasant but you end up with it tasting of neither, just a mush of strawberry lime hints in a general fruity drink. Look, the drink is ok, it’s refreshing, but I’m just not sure that strawberry and lime is up there with the killer combos of tomato and basil, or chocolate and orange. Not that you’d want either of those from an energy drink of course.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Rubicon Raw Pineapple and Passion Fruit

April 29th, 2023

It’s just a really sugary tasting tropical energy drink. Loads of it, gives you quite a fruity rush I guess and it’s not bad tasting, but it really isn’t anything special.

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(2.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 21kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Bang Cherry Blade Lemonade

April 22nd, 2023

Wow, there’s a lot of caffeine in this drink! It kept me awake perfectly while on holiday exploring the busy sights of New York. Cherry Blade Lemonade. I get cherry. I get Lemonade. I don’t get blade… not sure what that is all about really. I was a bit disappointed with the flavour to be honest because I was expecting a citrus drink with a slight tang of cherry. It was quite synthetic in my opinion… packed a punch though.

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(3.6/5)
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Caffeine: 63.4mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 473kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Target
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C4 Orange Slice

April 8th, 2023

It’s not a stand-out amazing drink, but as orange flavoured energy drinks go it’s quite smooth and refreshing. More of a orangey citrus drink really, but quite easy to drink. Not as nice as the Frozen Bombsicle variety but I won’t turn my nose up at it!

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: B&M
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C4 Frozen Bombsicle

April 1st, 2023

Well, I’m not too sure about the branding choice with C4… should a drink being explosive really be celebrated? But it is anyway, and they’re making the most of the bomb-based associations by calling this ‘Frozen Bombsicle’ flavour and claiming it’s an ‘explosive energy drink’. Still, it tastes amazing! It turns out the flavour is actually cherry-citrus, and those two are a great combination. Really smooth and refreshing. It also contains something called BetaPower/Betaine which is some sort of mystery ingredient license by DuPont. I’ve no idea what it is but there is a warning on the can saying “This product should not be used if food supplements containing betaine are consumed the same day”. I can’t help but think that they should make that warning clearer and also point out wtf betaine is if it’s so portion-limitingly critical!

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(3.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 3kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Monster Reserve Watermelon

March 25th, 2023

The can blurb states “No juice, tea, coffee or any tweaks to the Monster Energy blend. Monster Reserve is straight-up original Monster in new amazing flavours.”. You know what, I think they’re almost spot-on with that description. It does have something of the original highly sweetened Monster flavour to it, and the strong taste of synthetic watermelon there too. Looking at the nutritional information it’s clearly lower in sugar than the original blend used to be but that’s not a bad thing at all. This is actually quite a nice energy drink to consume, refreshing (not lemon-flavour refreshing), and not too sickly either.

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(3.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 25kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Margam Village Store
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Monster Juiced: Aussie Lemonade

March 4th, 2023

I love lemon-flavoured drinks and this was no disappointment! I can imagine this would be a very refreshing drink in the summer, it’s just a shame it’s a cold March morning at the time of trying it! I think I’ll get a second can of this to keep in for a warm day, it’s that good. I don’t normally try drinks a second time so this one is getting special treatment. Large can, quite sweet, slightly bitter lemon twang (you can really taste the lemon juice), top marks! Oh, it’s not sugar-free though so you get the old-style buzz from it too 🙂

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(4.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 42kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Monster Rehab Strawberry Lemonade

February 20th, 2023

I wasn’t that keen on this one, sorry. I love lemonade flavoured energy drinks, but the strawberry part wasn’t to my taste. It was a definite Monster drink, recognisably so, and packed the usual wake-up punch you’d expect. Similar to ‘pink lemonade’ but not quite so moreish.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 34.9mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 5.4kCal/100ml
Size: 458ml
Sold By: duane reade
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Monster Energy Lewis Hamilton Zero Sugar

December 10th, 2022

A new Monster drink! I was quite excited to try this one as the description on the can said it was flavoured with ‘stone fruits’ but sadly the excitement was short lived… it tastes like a tropical energy drink, possibly passion fruit too. I was expecting peach or cherry flavour, but nope, not that I could detect. Still, it’s a perfectly drinkable energy drink, just nothing original.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 3kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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