Mega Force
October 5th, 2013Big name, big can. This is a Red Bull clone. It’s sweet, nice, and there’s lots of it. Other than that, there’s not a lot more I can say. I always feel bad when I can’t think of anything else to write about a drink, especially when I like it, but there we go – it’s not original but functional.
Energy Slammers
October 2nd, 2013A silver can with minimalist labelling usually means a budget Red Bull clone. Nope, not this time. Okay, so it kind of has a bit of a clone twist, but with a slight aniseed taste to it. I liked it, and it only cost a few cents too. I reckon they’d do well to rebrand it as a premium product though – I’d pay more for it especially as I now know it isn’t a clone as its packaging suggests.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Amsterdam |
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| Calories: | 48kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Dirk, Amsterdam | ||
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Strike Energy
September 28th, 2013I was expecting something different from Barr, the group famous for distributing Irn Bru. It sadly wasn’t that different, but I’m reluctant to put it in the same clone category as so many others. It definitely has the familiar Energy Drink (c) taste, but it’s more fruity, more refreshing, and less chemical than the clones generally are. Maybe I was in the right mood, but I enjoyed it. And it was only 49p for a 330ml can. With a regular can size like that, it doesn’t immediately jump out as being an energy drink – the big word ‘Energy’ on the side of the can does help give the fact away though.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: UK |
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| Calories: | 44kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
| Sold By: | B&M | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Bullit
September 25th, 2013Very cheap and widely available in Amsterdam – this tastes pretty good. It is a Red Bull clone, but it’s neither too sweet, too sickly, or too sour. I enjoyed it a lot and consider it nice enough to try again especially as it’s a lot cheaper than Red Bull itself. I would tell you more, but I’m afraid I couldn’t read the Dutch blurb on the can – so I’ll just leave you to try it for yourselves.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Amsterdam, Clone |
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| Calories: | 48kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Albert Heijn, Amsterdam | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
She
September 21st, 2013Low calorie, in a pink can, and peach flavoured. It’s aimed clearly at women, with a share of profits going to the She Charity funding projects supporting women and children. Sadly, I don’t think they’ll sell many cans unless they tweak the flavour slightly – the peach really didn’t work for me and I found it far too sharp. On the plus side it does contain things like ginseng and aloe vera… lovely.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Amsterdam, Low Calorie, Peach, Women |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Dirk, Amsterdam | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Evolve
September 14th, 2013Too 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.
Pulsar Cherry
September 11th, 2013A pleasant Lucozade wannabe with a refreshing cherry flavour. It doesn’t pack much of a caffeine kick, but it’s still more than the orange version of this product which doesn’t even list any caffeine in the ingredients. Cheap and cheerful (cherryful?)
Inca (Createam Promotion)
September 7th, 2013You 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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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, CreateamPromotion |
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| Calories: | 50kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Not for sale | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
KX Fiery
September 4th, 2013This is certainly an original drink. The fiery part of the flavour is from the main flavour ingredient of ginger, and it is very strong! I enjoyed it to start with because I’d never tried an energy drink quite like it. There are other ginger flavoured drinks, but they’re mostly quite watery – this one was strong! After less that half a can though I was struggling. The flavour is so strong that it becomes very sickly to drink, and by the end I was having to force it down on principle. The worse was yet to come because the strongest part of the flavour was collected in the final dregs at the bottom of the can. I felt like I’d gargled pure ginger juice…. it’s certainly full marks for something new though!
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Ginger, UK |
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| Calories: | 55kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
