Toxic Waste Energy: Watermelon Sour
August 8th, 2026I mean, sour is not really the right word for it. It’s just a tangy watermelon flavoured drink but with premium branding on the can. This is the second Toxic Waste drink, the first one was the Blue Raspberry one, and whilst this is a nice tasting drink it sadly doesn’t meet the sourness expectation just like that other flavour.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Sour, UK, Watermelon |
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| Calories: | 20kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Budgens, Egham | ||
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El Jefe Energy: Diablo Punch
August 1st, 2026I am definitely getting a cherry taste from this punch drink. I’m not sure what other fruits are in this punch but cherry is the overwhelming main flavour! Very sweet, not that refreshing, but quite moreish!
El Jefe Energy: Phantom Lemonade
July 4th, 2026This is a very sweet “lemonade”. Yes, I’ve put that in quotes because it’s certainly not like any lemonade we get in the UK. It’s more like the citrus flavour from Mountain Dew White Out, if you’ve ever tried that US import. It’s quite sickly and no that refreshing, but it does taste good!
Monster Energy Electric Blue
June 20th, 2026It’s blue raspberry! Well, what else would it be when it’s called “electric blue”!? This is a US import drink which I discovered in Budgens in Egham, UK and cost quite a bit as a consequence. I was a bit disappointed really – it’s a very sweet drink and doesn’t have the usual Monster taste that you’d usually expect. Just a basic blue raspberry drink on the tangy side. There are much better Monster flavours out there.
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| Caffeine: | 33mg/100ml |
Tags: Blue Raspberry, Large Can, US |
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| Calories: | 44kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 473ml | ||
| Sold By: | Budgens, Egham | ||
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Monster Energy Ultra Punk Punch
June 13th, 2026This is essentially quite a light tasting tropical energy drink. It’s slightly tangy, much less full-on in taste than their original Ripper flavour. It’s not too sweet, but also a bit meh overall, sorry to disappoint! Ok as a one off, I probably wouldn’t rush to get it again, not because it’s bad, just because it’s nothing unique or new.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Low Calorie, US |
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| Calories: | 2kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 473ml | ||
| Sold By: | Premier Superstore, UK | ||
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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble – Sour Apple
May 9th, 2026Yes, it’s Apple, no it’s not sour. It’s quite a mild apple flavour to be honest, nowhere near as strong as an apple squash for example – more like a watered down sweetened apple juice. Plenty of caffeine so you’ll get your kick, but probably not the most refreshing flavours in the range.
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble – Cherry Fizz
May 2nd, 2026It’s cherry flavoured that’s for sure, but not in-your-face so. The smell is stronger than the taste – it’s quite a mild cherry flavour and certainly not sour like the ‘fizz’ part would suggest. It’s sweet and smooth, not too sickly. I’d say they probably have the balance of the cherry flavour about right for such a large sized can.
Rubicon Raw Energy Wave Edition Peach and Apricot
April 25th, 2026It does the job. A large can of caffeinated tropical flavoured drink… it’s sugary tasting, quite artificial, but really very nice and not too sickly despite that. Difficult to say much more about it really, it doesn’t stand out – very middle-of-the-road, inoffensive but not extraordinary.
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.
