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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Rockstar Super Sours Bubbleburst

March 23rd, 2013

Hmm… 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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(3.9/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 59kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Rockstar Super Sours Green Apple

March 16th, 2013

Rockstar 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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(4.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 59kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Mountain Dew Sugar Free

August 11th, 2012

Finally, the great flavour of Mountain Dew, without the calories that go with it. Sadly, this is a low calorie version of the UK version of Mountain Dew (dubbed Mountain Dew Energy), but nevertheless it’s nice and refreshing on a hot day. The flavour is identical to Mountain Dew Energy – I couldn’t even tell that they’d used sweeteners instead of sugar, so the flavours they added must be pretty potent.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 19mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 0.6kCal/100ml
Size: 440ml
Sold By: Hillend, Llangennith
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Crunk Grape-Acai

June 23rd, 2012

I was taken straight back to my childhood when I took a sip of this one. Many years back, on the way to school, we used to buy zillions of packets of some sour ball sweets (can’t remember the name). We’d have daily competitions of who could fit the most in their mouth before gagging… oh the memories. Anyway, this drink reminds me of the sour grape flavoured sweets we had. Might not be the nicest tasting but the memories filled in the gaps! If you can find a can, try it and maybe you’ll take a trip down memory lane too.

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(4.1/5)
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Caffeine: 40.6mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 50.7kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Filco
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Relentless Apple and Kiwi

May 19th, 2012

I don’t generally like the taste of apples, either the real fruit or the synthetic flavouring version…. so I tried this drink with a low opinion already formed. It actually surprised me because I now want to get another can of this. The flavour is light and sweet, but not too sweet. It’s fruity and moreish, and packs quite a punch of wake-up-ness – I really enjoyed this new Relentless variety, and it’s definitely original – there’s nothing out there I can compare it too even if I look through my list of USA drinks… This one is unique to the UK for the moment so go buy it and try it and help it stay on sale!

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(4.2/5)
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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: W. H, Smith
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Monster Rehab Rojo Tea

May 12th, 2012

After the Monster highlight that was the Lemonade + Tea version of Rehab, I expected this one to be great. Sadly, it tasted like someone had dipped an old teabag in some cranberry squash. Bleurgh. It was sweet, and could have been refreshing, but the stale taste of tea with every mouthful was sickening. Having said that, full marks for originality because no-one else has been stupid enough to make this daft combination.

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(3.3/5)
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Caffeine: 37mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 2kCal/100ml
Size: 458ml
Sold By: J D Wetherspoon
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Crunk Mango-Peach

April 28th, 2012

This drink is very strong in flavour and caffeine. It’s not to my taste as I found it far too fruity. It’s a tropical drink really but without the pineapple twist that you usually get. Not my favourite Crunk really but I had to try it of course! It contains the usual proprietary Crunk mix of random aphrodisiac ingredients which I’m sure they’ve invented the names of (legal disclaimer: they haven’t, the names are just strange).

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(2.7/5)
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Caffeine: 40.6mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 50.7kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: Filco
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