Rubicon Raw Energy Wave Edition Berry and Grape
April 11th, 2026I stumbled across a whole new bunch of Rubicon Raw Energy flavours in Home Bargains and this is the first of that bunch that I decided to try. I was hoping for a grape soda style of flavour but pretty much the only flavour I could get from this drink is the berry. It’s basically a mixed berry drink, I can’t taste any grape at all. It’s nice, don’t get be wrong, it just wasn’t quite what I was expecting. It’s very sweet, full of flavour, and hits the spot. I do wish that companies would limit the can sizes to 250ml though – any more than that is just too much to drink! I blame Monster for starting the trend of 500ml can many years ago.
Monster Juiced Viking Berry
March 10th, 2026A very interesting mix of berries. The blackberry and blackcurrant being the predominant flavours here giving an unusually sharp edge to this Monster drink – not in a bad way at all, it’s a really nice drink, it’s just more tangy than most Monster drinks. A great additional to their portfolio!
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Cherry, Large Can, UK |
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| Calories: | 35kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Sainsbury's | ||
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Shilajit Energy Mixed Berry
February 14th, 2026If you asked someone “give me something that tastes medical” then this drink is likely the sort of thing you’d get! Before I talk about the flavour though, let’s talk about the ingredients. This is called Shilajit energy and it contains Shilajit extract which is some sort of naturally occurring resin found in the Himalayas in the crack of the rocks, made from decomposed plant material. There are many supposed but not proven health benefits which I’ll leave you to Google. The drink also contains saffron, although that spice is so delicately flavoured that it’s probably only being used as a natural colouring. Finally let’s talk about Zamzam Water. I had to search for information about this because I’d never heard of it before, but apparently the Zamzam well is a holy well in Mecca. So somebody has actually visited Mecca, bottled up some of the holy water from that ancient well, taken it back to America and included it in an energy drink, albeit only at a dilution of 0.01%. Let’s move on to the flavour – it’s medical. As in you can sort of taste it’s fruity, but it’s like the flavour is there to mask whatever other ingredients are supposed to be doing you good. I really didn’t like this drink and couldn’t finish it, sorry guys! It’s like it had an underlying taste of plastic and it wasn’t good at all. Full marks for originality, but 1/5 for taste… no other energy drink has gone to the effort of collecting unusual ingredients from both the Himalayas and Saudi Arabia.
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| Caffeine: | 42mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Saffron, Shilijat, USA, ZamZam Water |
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| Calories: | 42.25kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 355ml | ||
| Sold By: | Local Shop | ||
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Furocity Berry Freeze
March 1st, 2025This is basically WKD Blue, hopefully without the alcohol though. If you’re after a flavour description then WKD Blue is the closest I can think of. It’s slightly sharp and refreshing, not like your normal blue raspberry, definitely a lot more like WKD than anything else!
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| Caffeine: | 21.5mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 1kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Iceland | ||
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Red Bull Winter Edition (2024): Iced Vanilla Berry
November 30th, 2024Look, I know, it sounds horrible… vanilla and berries together in an energy drink like some sort of fizzy ice cream concoction, but hear me out on this. It turns out that this 2024 Winter edition of Red Bull is actually one of their best tasting drinks in a long time! It’s subtly flavoured, very sweet but not sharp or tart at all. The vanilla works really well to smooth out the gentle berry flavour. Whilst it isn’t particularly refreshing, it’s a nice smooth and fruity energy drink!
Dark Thunder Ultra Berry
November 25th, 2023I’m wondering if this ‘ultra berry’ flavour replaces the ‘berry boost’ variety? It’s been so long since I tried berry boost that I can’t remember quite what it was like. I described it in my review as ‘like a mixture of strawberry and raspberry’, so perhaps Ultra Berry is a very different flavour. It’s more like a mixed berry, but on the sweet and summery side – I got blackcurrant in there, maybe some cherry and raspberry too.
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| Caffeine: | 26mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 6kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
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Optimum Nutrition Amino Energy Mixed Berry
August 19th, 2023A bit disappointing really, it’s just a boring mixed berry drink. I don’t know why I’m surprised at being disappointed with it seeing as it does clearly state “mixed berry” on the can. I think because it was on sale for £1 per can making this potentially a premium priced drink even at that reduced level I was expecting a bit more from it. It has higher than average caffeine content and a ton of informative nutritional information plastered across the can, but it just didn’t taste as unique as I’d hoped.
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| Caffeine: | 40mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
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Virtue Clean Energy Berries
July 29th, 2023Really sharp, bitter and healthy tasting… not exactly what I look for personally in an energy drink. If you drink it super cold straight from the fridge then it’s acceptable but as it warms up it leaves a bit of a strange aftertaste. Not to my liking really.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Gloucester Services | ||
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Protein Dynamix Mixed Berry
July 1st, 2023It’s a nice looking can, matt silver with a nice simple design. But, it’s a quite bitter and strong flavoured drink that’s like a strong mixed berry squash.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: BCAA, Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Home Bargains | ||
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