Pit Bull Cranberry and Pink Grapefruit

August 7th, 2013

What I like about trying different energy drinks are the moments when a flavour sends me back in time. Pit Bull Cranberry and Pink Grapefruit has answered a question I’ve had for many years – When I was 18 and discovered alcohol, there existed a drink known as Red. This was a caffeinated alcopop popular with students around the country at that time with an unknown fruity flavour. For me and my friends this drink was the tipple of choice on many weekends, but we never did find out what the ‘fruit’ flavour of Red was. Well, now I think I have the answer because this particular Pit Bull tastes how I remember Red tasting. It’s a good combination without any bitterness of the other Pit Bull drinks I’ve tried and I’m finally impressed with flavoured Pit Bull.

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(4.2/5)
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Caffeine: 33.3mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 41.6kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
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Revive & Survive

July 24th, 2013

A large silver can with writing on, screaming out at me as a budget drink. Yup, it’s another clone but a very sweet one. This one was so sweet it made my teeth feel fluffy which can’t be a good sign. Taste-wise I’d buy it again but I don’t think it’s that good for you!

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(2.8/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 43kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Hillend, Llangennith
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Rip It – 3-Way

July 13th, 2013

Putting the name aside, I’ll try to review the drink on its own merits! Looking at the picture on the front of the can I’m lead to believe that the three fruits involved in this drink are strawberry, blueberry and blackberry. It does taste quite nice mixing those together, but the overall effect is to make it taste like it should have been frozen and served in a long plastic tube on a hot summer’s day. Colour-wise it’s the same, with Rip It seemingly taking inspiration from Mountain Dew in their use of bright colourants in their drinks. 3-way is a bright blue! It’s not the best in the range, but it certainly gets high marks.

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(3.8/5)
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Caffeine: 42.5mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 41.6kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
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Pit Bull Cherry and Lime

July 3rd, 2013

I’m really not convinced on the combination of cherry and lime in this drink. The cherry flavour comes through, but it someone severely soured by the lime making it quite a bitter experience. Having tried the original Pit Bull, I could sense a theme as the underlying taste of the original was evident in this drink too, however I don’think it works as a mixer with other ingredients. Still, there are other Pit Bull cocktails to try and they could turn out to be wonderful so I shall withhold my judgement on this brand until then. Personally, I won’t be trying this again because there are many more nicer tasting drinks out there.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 33.3mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45.8kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
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No Fear: Motherload Apple

June 1st, 2013

Labelled as The Mother Load in a resealable can, this is just another fizzy apple squash tasting drink. It’s not a different as the Rockstar sour apple, but it’s palatable and packs quite a punch in the energy department. Apple is the new tropical – once one manufacturer does it the others follow suite so I expect to see many more apple flavoured energy drinks appear over the next few months.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 49kCal/100ml
Size: 485ml
Sold By: Asda
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Relentless Lemon Ice

May 11th, 2013

A really smooth a refreshing lemon drink. Not too sharp or sweet but just right. It’s like the posh cloudy lemonade you can buy in posh supermarkets… Nothing at all like the brewed tasting original Relentless flavour. It does have quite a kick to it, possibly because it is so smooth and moreish that you drink it very quickly.

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(3.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 48kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Monster Rehab Green Tea

May 8th, 2013

It tastes like tea. I don’t like tea therefore I don’t like this drink – but I had to try it because it exists! There’s some fruit juice in there too, but you can’t taste it – you just get an overwhelming taste of tea.

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(2.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 10kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: WH Smith
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Monster Rehab Tea + Orangeade

May 4th, 2013

I’m still not convinced on the use of tea as a suitable ingredient in energy drinks. Luckily, the orangeade flavour of this one mostly masks the tea flavour. It’s still there, brewing (see what I did there) at the back somewhere, but the orange-ness is a welcome overtone. Personally though, if you want an orange flavoured energy Monster, get Monster Khaos.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 11kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: WH Smith
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Rockstar Xdurance Tropical Orange

April 27th, 2013

Bleurgh, another tropical drink. As expected, it’s sharp and sickly. Sorry Rockstar, I don’t like it.

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(2.5/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 56kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Asda
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