Monster Energy Electric Blue

June 20th, 2026

It’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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(2.2/5)
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Caffeine: 33mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 44kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Budgens, Egham
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Monster Energy Ultra Punk Punch

June 13th, 2026

This 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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(2.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 2kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Premier Superstore, UK
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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble – Cherry Fizz

May 2nd, 2026

It’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.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 20kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Home Bargains
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Rubicon Raw Energy Wave Edition Peach and Apricot

April 25th, 2026

It 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.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 21kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Home Bargains
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Rubicon Raw Energy Wave Edition Berry and Grape

April 11th, 2026

I 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.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 21kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Home Bargains
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Monster Juiced Viking Berry

March 10th, 2026

A 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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(4.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 35kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Sainsbury's
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Lucozade Alert Blue Rush

February 7th, 2026

It’s WKD Blue! Pretty much exactly the same flavour spot on… so that’s blue raspberry I believe. It’s really nice when cold, refreshing and of course overly sweet as you’d expect.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 17kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Local Shop
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Monster Energy Lando Norris Zero Sugar

July 8th, 2025

I’m assuming that this drink will help me drive really fast, and if combined with Monster’s Lewis Hamilton drink then all sorts of crazy shiz happens. Lando’s flavour is a very fresh and crisp melon flavour. As you would expect with any Monster drink, it’s extremely smooth and manages to balance sweetness with the tang of the fruit just right. Difficult to fault a Monster drink as usual!

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 2kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Local Shop
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Monster Ultra Strawberry Dreams

July 5th, 2025

It’s quite sickly, but very nice and extremely sweet. It’s undeniably a sugar-free drink, it has the usual mouthfeel from the sweeteners in it and that does detract somewhat from the strawberry flavouring. I am normally a fan of sugar-free drinks over the full fat versions but I reckon that this particular drink would have benefited from being full of sugar instead – I just think it would have been much nicer flavour-wise. As it is, it’s an easy going drink, very pleasant, would buy again, but could be improved.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 2kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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