Red Bull – The Blue Edition (2013) Blueberry
March 2nd, 2013Red Bull are full of surprises. I thought this would be my favourite of the three new editions. As it happens it isn’t – it’s good, don’t get me wrong on that, but it was a tad too sharp to be my favourite. So far, the Red edition is holding first place. The drink is tart and fruity, but very sweet. Slightly too sickly if I’m being honest but it still gives you the standard Red Bull kick. It tastes premium and is a good fit in the Red Bull range – I can’t say it’s all that original because I’ve tried blueberry energy drinks from the US before and it’s pretty similar to those.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Blueberry, UK |
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| Calories: | 45kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Asda | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Red Bull – The Red Edition 2013 (Cranberry)
February 23rd, 2013The Red Edition of Red Bull has been flavoured with Cranberry. Now, I don’t normally enjoy cranberry flavoured drinks, finding them bitter and leaving a bad aftertaste. Red Bull have managed to overcome that completely. What you experience is a flavour like no other energy drink. It has no typical energy drink background flavour, but instead has a very sweet and fruity cranberry taste with absolutely no bitterness at all. Of the three new editions, this was the first I tried thinking I’d be getting the worst one out of the way to start with. I was very surprised and really enjoyed it – one of my favourite energy drinks now.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Cranberry, UK |
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| Calories: | 45kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Asda | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Euro Shopper Energy Drink Berries
February 16th, 2013This was pretty good. Euro Shopper have branched out predictably from their standard Energy Drink offerings to include two new fruity flavours. This one tastes of berries and is generically fruity yet very nice. For 39p, you can’t really go wrong and as with the other Euro Shopper drinks it’s worth a go.
Tesco Energy Drink Sugar Free
February 9th, 2013Just like the full-fat version, the sugar free Tesco own-brand drink is watery and lacking in flavour. It’s cheap, but in this price range you’d be better going for for the Aldi, Lidl, or Euro-shopper own-brands.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
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Tesco Energy Drink
February 9th, 2013A rejuvenated effort by Tesco to enter the own-brand energy drink market. Their previous own-brand, Kick / Kx, was quite a bitter tasting drink. This time, they’ve lost the bitterness, but ended up with something quite bland and watery. It’s perfectly drinkable and pleasant, but is lacking in flavour.
Cougar Double Shot
January 26th, 2013I had very high hopes for this drink after trying the normal Cougar Lifestyle Shot. It is billed as being the same flavour and size, but with double the amount of caffeine and all of the other active ingredients. Let’s start with the good points – it wakes you up better than any other shot you’ll find. Sadly though the extra power comes at the cost of taste, and the extremely nice flavour of the original shot has been lost by the taste of all the extra ingredients.
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| Caffeine: | 333.3mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 0kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
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| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Focus Energy Shot
January 19th, 2013This tastes okay really… still a tad on the bitter side but mostly it tastes like strawberries and sweet fruits of an unknown origin. It packs quite a punch but is also on the expensive side… quite why energy shots cost a lot more than their carbonated more voluminous canned cousins I don’t know. Anyway, touted as ‘fruity’ flavoured, you can certainly buy a lot worse, but it doesn’t make the top half of the list either.
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| Caffeine: | 90mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 6.7kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
| Sold By: | Holland and Barrett | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Quick Energy – Orange
January 12th, 2013Another nasty tasting bitter orange energy shot! It works well because I was at maximum alertness for a good few hours, but I also couldn’t get rid of the taste during that time either.
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| Caffeine: | 297mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Orange, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 8.5kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 59ml | ||
| Sold By: | Holland and Barrett | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Neuro Sonic
January 5th, 2013This is the other Neuro branded drink to contain caffeine alongside Neuro Trim. This one is aimed at improving your mental agility… mostly it just jerks you straight in to awakeness with its above average caffeine content. The odd shaped bottle does nothing to improve its image either, and the flavour is bizarre. It’s acceptable but not amazing, and given the price of the drink I’d say you are mostly paying for the brain boosting claims and lava-lamp shaped bottle. Probably not worth a second go for me.
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| Caffeine: | 35mg/100ml |
Tags: Bottle, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 8.5kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 430ml | ||
| Sold By: | Boots | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
