This is the sister flavour to ‘Hang Time’ which I stumbled across whilst at the Post Office / Bargain Booze dropping a parcel off. It was sitting all alone on the shelf so I just had to put it out of its misery. It’s a non-carbonated, quite large bottle of energy drink with no real description as to what the flavour might be. The only clue I could see was the orange coloured text on the bottle. Like the Hang Time version of the drink, the flavour is difficult to identify, but I’m pretty certain that there’s orange in there somewhere, possibly mixed with some other similar citrus fruits. It’s pretty nice and tangy with a large caffeine kick purely due to the volume of liquid.
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Caffeine: | 30.5mg/100ml |
Tags: BCAA, Bottle, Low Calorie, Still, UK |
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Calories: | 2kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 650ml | ||
Sold By: | Bargain Booze | ||
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Yeah I liked this one! Nice and fruity in all the right ways. Quite a strong flavour yet despite it getting a bit sickly towards the end it was still perfectly refreshing.
Meh. Well, what can you expect for 25p? It’s slightly bitter and a bit sickly, like cheap apple squash really.
For only 25p, you can’t expect too much! This was a high calorie energy drink with a very strong flavour to it. The watermelon taste was sickly and with a slight bitter tang to it, it was quite difficult to finish the can really even on a hot day.
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Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: UK, Watermelon |
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Calories: | 43kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 250ml | ||
Sold By: | Poundstretcher | ||
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I love lemon energy drinks… regular readers will know that already. This one is super-high with caffeine (55mg/100ml) in a medium-sized can (330ml) so packs quite a punch. Added BCAAs for that unneeded post-workout hit combine with a low calorie count to deliver a curious combination (I won’t rant about energy drinks aimed at serious gym-goers again), but it is very easy to drink and highly refreshing.
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Caffeine: | 55mg/100ml |
Tags: BCAA, Lemon, Low Calorie, UK |
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Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 330ml | ||
Sold By: | Asda | ||
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A slightly disappointing tropical drink. After trying the cherry & pomegranate flavour first, I had high hopes for this one. Sadly it didn’t live up to those expectations. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad tropical drink at all, it’s just nothing special.
The first of three new Rubicon flavours I’ve discovered – and I hope the other two are as good as this one. There’s a strong and tangy, slightly sour cherry flavour to this – not much of the pomegranate that I could tell, but overall this was a really nice drink. Not too sickly, but still very sweet.
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Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Cherry, Large Can, Pomegranate, UK |
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Calories: | 21kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 500ml | ||
Sold By: | Premier Stores | ||
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And the second Monster flavour of the year (2021)… this time it’s another tropical one but in sugar-free form. Ultra Fiesta is a mango flavoured beverage in a large 500ml can. It’s mild and refreshing, and easy to drink due to the lack of sugar making it less sickly than full fat versions.
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Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Low Calorie, Mango, UK |
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Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 500ml | ||
Sold By: | Tesco | ||
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This is the first of two new Monster flavours I’ve discovered so far this year (2021). It looks like Monster have decided that tropical flavours are the way forward – I know it officially says it’s nectarine and peach, but it just comes across as a refreshing and mild tropical drink. Loads of sugar, plenty of caffeine, a decent wake-up hit.