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April 3rd, 2013Another French energy drink, which I believe I have also seen in Spain, Germany, Italy and Croatia but NOT the UK! It’s really nice and very different so gains points on originality. The colour is bright red and the taste, I think, is raspberry. I say ‘I think’ because I’m not 100% sure – I didn’t get the raspberry breakthrough until I took a sip after munching a double chocolate cookie and suddenly had a chocolate and raspberry moment (those two flavours go together very well FYI and create quite a memorable lasting taste). Wake-up-wise it packs a standard 32mg/100ml caffeine punch plus Guarana so you’ll know you’ve had one. Top marks and I hope they bring it to the UK soon – I’ll post a news article if I hear anything.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: France, Guarana |
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| Calories: | 57.1kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Carrefour, France | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Blue Bolt Cherry and Blackcurrant
March 30th, 2013An interesting combination – I think that Sainsbury”s have just taken a summer fruits cordial, added some carbonated water, and dropped a couple of Pro Plus tablets in to the concoction. I’m not sure this is a necessary addition to the own-brand energy drink market but all the supermarkets seem to be trying to out-do each other at the moment.
Rockstar Super Sours Bubbleburst
March 23rd, 2013Hmm… I was concerned that it would taste like those cheap tubs of bright blue ‘drink’ you get from corner shops everywhere, and I wasn’t far wrong. It tastes of bubblegum, and is not very sour either which was disappointing. Having said that, I did enjoy it though! Given the name ‘super sour’, both this and the green apple flavour are far too tame in my opinion. Rockstar should have gone all out and made them proper sour so as your lips and gums peel back over your teeth. Then I’d have been really impressed.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Guarana, Large Can, UK |
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| Calories: | 59kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Lifestyle Stores | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Rockstar Super Sours Green Apple
March 16th, 2013Rockstar does it again with their original ideas. Whilst not particularly sour, it is reminiscent of the apple sour sweets you used to get when you were a child but much more palatable. I was concerned that a sour drink would be more suited to a smaller can but I was wrong – this drink was moreish and refreshing. Top marks all around!
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Apple, Guarana, Large Can, UK |
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| Calories: | 59kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Lifestyle Stores | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
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.
