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.
5-hour Energy Blue Raspberry
August 5th, 2017Shots are normally bitter and hang around on your tastebuds nastily for a while, but this one was surprisingly better than usual. It is sweet (although you can detect the harsh undertones of a traditional energy shot) and fruity, and woke me up pretty quickly. That’ll be the caffeine at work there, because this shot is sugar-free.
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| Caffeine: | 350mg/100ml |
Tags: Canada, Low Calorie, Raspberry, Shots |
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| Calories: | 7kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 57ml | ||
| Sold By: | 7 Eleven, Vancouver | ||
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Monster Punch: Pipeline Punch
July 29th, 2017When you open the can you are greeted with the unmistakable ‘tropical’ aroma of this drink. It turns out the taste is not quite as the smell suggests – it’s fruity and slightly sharp, but much smoother than say Monster Ripper.
Beaver Buzz Energy
July 22nd, 2017Once again, purchased just for the name! It’s a clone, but one with amusing packaging 🙂 Only available in Canada!
Rockstar Organic Energy: Island Fruit
July 15th, 2017Containing half the caffeine of regular Rockstar Energy drinks, this organic version is like a tropical drink but leaning towards lime quite a bit. It’s really good even if you’re not fussed about the whole organic certified labelling.
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| Caffeine: | 36mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Mixed Fruits, Organic, Tropical, USA |
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| Calories: | 45kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 444ml | ||
| Sold By: | 7-Eleven, San Francisco | ||
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Monster Energy: Gronk
July 8th, 2017I have no idea who this Gronk guy is, and the labelling on the can doesn’t do much to help me either… so over to Google and it turns out he’s a footballer of the American variety. I’m guessing there’s some sort of sponsorship tie-in here then… trying the drink out, it’s basically a slightly tweaked regular Monster energy drink, like the one with the green M on the can but probably a little less sweet tasting. It was nice to try, but really not worth the special edition labelling.
Uptime
July 1st, 2017This drink has a real premium feel to it. It’s presented in a tall metal canister-style bottle, almost like a thermal flask. Flavour-wise there’s nothing I can think of to compare it to. It’s lightly carbonated and very smooth and sweet, yet not really flavoured at all. It’s slightly more caffeinated than Red Bull, but other than that it’s near identical in its statistics. There’s also a sugar free version available but due to airline luggage weight restrictions I had to be more selective in which drinks I sampled whilst in the US!
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| Caffeine: | 40mg/100ml |
Tags: Bottle, USA |
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| Calories: | 45kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | 7-Eleven, San Francisco | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Mutant Super Soda
June 24th, 2017Mutant is made by Monster (as you can tell by the give-away M logo on the bottle. It appears to be a rival to Mountain Dew, and taste-wise it has a nice smooth and refreshing fruity tang to it in a very similar way. However it’s much stronger in terms of caffeine!
Monster Ultra Black
June 17th, 2017This cherry flavoured drink is really nice – but it does need to be drunk whilst cool. Once it starts to warm up it becomes a little sickly.
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| Caffeine: | 31mg/100ml |
Tags: Canada, Cherry, Large Can, Low Calorie |
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| Calories: | 2kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 473ml | ||
| Sold By: | Safeway, Vancouver | ||
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