Red Bull Winter Edition (2024): Iced Vanilla Berry

November 30th, 2024

Look, I know, it sounds horrible… vanilla and berries together in an energy drink like some sort of fizzy ice cream concoction, but hear me out on this. It turns out that this 2024 Winter edition of Red Bull is actually one of their best tasting drinks in a long time! It’s subtly flavoured, very sweet but not sharp or tart at all. The vanilla works really well to smooth out the gentle berry flavour. Whilst it isn’t particularly refreshing, it’s a nice smooth and fruity energy drink!

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(3.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Tenzing Lime and Mint

November 23rd, 2024

Someone out there must like the combination of lime and mint because a lot of drinks are coming out with this flavour. I think it’s supposed to be a bit like a mojito? I find the combination strange and sickly personally but other people have mentioned to me that’s it’s quite refreshing so I guess my opinion is not the popular one!

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(3.3/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 19kCal/100ml
Size: 330ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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Warrior Rage Energy Shot: Energy Burst

November 16th, 2024

When you open this bottle you get an aroma not too different to Calpol. Which is a good thing because everyone loves the taste of Calpol! The taste is of course both extremely sweet and bitter at the same time, which is what you have to expect from an energy shot really. It reminds me a lot of the original Red Bull energy shot from several years ago, when energy shots were all the rage. Rage 🙂 get it? Cuz this is called Warrior Rage? No? Oh ok, well, a good energy shot, sorry for the ramblings!

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(3.1/5)
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Caffeine: 333mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 29kCal/100ml
Size: 60ml
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Bob Ross Positive Prussian Blue Raspberry

November 2nd, 2024

I think we can all agree that this is what Bob Ross would have wanted, his own range of energy drinks. This is a US import and the Americans know how to make an energy drink. Lots of high fructose corn syrup and the most artificial of flavourings and colours possible! Blue raspberry at its synthetic finest.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 28mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 355ml
Sold By: Falmouth
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Reign Storm: Kiwi Blend

October 26th, 2024

I don’t like apple, luckily the kiwi flavour has toned down the appleness and this is an ok drink for the summer. Fresh and fruity without being sickly.

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(3.3/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 8kCal/100ml
Size: 355ml
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Kong Strong Colossus: Orange, Passion Fruit, Guava

October 19th, 2024

It’s a tropical energy drink. Badge it up however you like by listing the fruits used but at the end of the day it’s a huge (colossal?) can of tropical energy drink! Not bad, and from the budget supermarket Lidl so a decent price too.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 21kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Reign Storm: Peach Nectarine

October 5th, 2024

Another one of what I think is intended to be Reign’s healthier-looking drinks with pictures of real fruit on the front. I’m not a big fan of peach drinks but this was sort of ok. I mean, it was too peachy for me but if you like peach then I guess the balance of flavour is pretty good!

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(2.6/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 8kCal/100ml
Size: 355ml
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Reign Storm: Valencia Orange

September 28th, 2024

Nice and fresh. The orange (I can’t vouch for the Valencian origin of those oranges) flavour is balanced well, not massively strong but not weak and watery either. Quite an interesting design for the can too, taking design hints from those other brands which are targeting the health market. You still have the large Reign logo, but you now have the silver background and actual pictures of fruit!

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(3.6/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 3kCal/100ml
Size: 355ml
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Hell Black Cherry

September 21st, 2024

This is more like it. After the disappointing AI flavour of drink, black cherry gives me that fizzy fruit sherbet cherry flavour from my childhood! Extremely drinkable and robustly flavoured.

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(2.8/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 21kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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