Dr Pepper Energy
May 22nd, 2021Take Dr Pepper, bung some caffeine in it, and market it as an energy drink… and there you go! It really is just Dr Pepper but not suitable for children. There’s nothing else quite like Dr Pepper, so it does obviously have to get full marks for originality. They haven’t skimped on the sugar either, so you get a full kick out of this can. There is one caveat here though: this is a US import and not available in the UK apart from specialist import sites.
Monster Juice Pacific Punch
May 16th, 2020A great big sugary hit of Monster’s tropical blend… they have a lot of tropical blends and this one is particularly sweet but not synthetic. It’s genuinely quite fruity!
5-hour Energy Orange
July 21st, 2018It says 5 hours on the bottle, but this beauty got me through a 6 hour drive along the M4 on a busy bank holiday Friday evening. As you’d expect from a shot, it’s more about the instant caffeine hit whilst minimising bladder impact than the flavour which makes it a perfect driving companion.
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| Caffeine: | 350mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Orange, Shot, USA |
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| Calories: | 11kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 57ml | ||
| Sold By: | Whole Foods NYC | ||
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Red Bull Summer Edition (Coconut Berry)
July 14th, 2018I discovered this is a convenience store in New York, flossing over it originally when seeing The Summer Edition thinking I’d already tried it… then I noticed it was Coconut Berry not Lime. Weird combo, but it works! They’ve left the coconut subtle and the berry compliments it nicely, very refreshing indeed and like no drink I’ve tried before.
365 Liquid Energy Shot: Pomegranate
July 7th, 2018Pomegranate flavoured drinks are alway approached with apprehension by me. I usually find them too bitter and especially in shot form. I was pleasantly surprised that this one wasn’t too bitter! Don’t get me wrong, is was still bitter, but nowhere near as strong as I’d imagined.
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| Caffeine: | 169.5mg/100ml |
Tags: Pomegranate, Shot, USA |
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| Calories: | 42.37kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 59ml | ||
| Sold By: | Whole Foods, NYC | ||
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Guayaki Yerba Mate Shot: Wild Berry Reishi
June 30th, 2018Full marks for originality, but sadly this drink was one of only three from memory that I couldn’t finish. It was very bitter and tasted pretty nasty to me, I had about half the bottle before I gagged. Maybe I was in the wrong mood for it, but I had to chuck the rest away. If I ever come across the original (or any other variant) I’d give them a go out of curiosity.
Arizona Water Melon Natural Energy
October 14th, 2017I discovered this at an import store in Glasgow. There were a number of flavours available but I didn’t have the room to carry all of them so plucked for this number. It’s ok, but very sugary – the flavour was bitter but interesting and I’d love to give the other flavours a go if I stumble into them again.
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| Caffeine: | 33mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, USA, Water Melon |
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| Calories: | 39kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 458ml | ||
| Sold By: | The Big Candy Store, Glasgow | ||
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Red Bull Purple Edition Sugar Free
August 19th, 2017It’s sugar free! That’s the best bit to start with. It’s flavoured with Acai Berry, and that’s a difficult flavour to pin down in terms of a description but I’ll try. To me it tasted like mixed berries (raspberries, blackcurrants) with a slight bitterness and tang added in similar to what you’d get from a tropical drink. Because this was an American drink, it was in a larger can than we’d expect in the UK, but I liked this drink overall and I hope that Red Bull start bringing their new editions over here.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Acai, Large Can, Low Calorie, USA |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | 7-Eleven, San Francisco | ||
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Red Bull – Edicion Limon (Lime)
August 12th, 2017You can definitely tell that this is a premium lime flavoured drink – it lacks the ‘lime cordial’ taste of most of the other cheaper brands. Sadly, I didn’t find this very refreshing though which is a real shame. I could also only find this in Spanish, so I’m not sure if there’s an English language label out there either, but whatever the case it’s a member of the Red Bull family now.
