USN Spike Energy Shot Berry
March 16th, 2019You don’t tend to see many energy shots anymore. There was a time several years ago when every brand had a ‘shot’ version. As I expected though, these Spike shots have the familiar extreme bitterness that the shots of old use to provide. This berry flavoured shot was sadly masked by that aforementioned bitterness, so all you really taste is a sour burst of liquid that makes you draw your lips back over your teeth and inhale sharply.
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| Caffeine: | 300mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Low Calorie, Shot, UK |
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| Calories: | 14kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 60ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Dark Thunder Tropical Storm
February 23rd, 2019I have to hand it to Aldi, their Dark Thunder range is going down well with me. This tropical flavour drink is much closer to orange in my opinion, but that’s no bad thing. It’s slightly on the sickly side after a large can has been downed, but it’s still tasty and refreshing over all.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Low Calorie, Tropical, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
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Dark Thunder Berry Boost
February 16th, 2019Very nice, like a mixture of strawberry and raspberry in one large low calorie energy drink. This is the second of Aldi’s large can energy drinks that I’ve tried and it’s pretty good. So far so good!
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
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Dark Thunder Zero Blast
February 9th, 2019This is the first in a bunch of reviews for Aldi’s new own brand ‘large can’ range of energy drinks. It’s not regular clone, but it is unmistakably an energy drink. It has a slightly tart and aniseed flavour to it which is pretty good to my taste buds. With a large ‘T’ on the front of the can, it’s obvious whose customers they are targeting. If given the choice, I’d go for this T over M though 🙂
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Visitors' Rating: | 4.0/5 (1 vote) |
| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Large Can, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 500ml | ||
| Sold By: | Aldi | ||
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1899 Lemon
November 3rd, 2018I’m a big fan of lemon flavoured energy drinks, especially chilled ones opened on a hot summer’s day because they are usually very refreshing. This one was so close, but the lemon flavour is just slightly too strong. It’s sugar-free (without making a song and dance about it on the can) which is I am assuming to avoid the sugar-tax imposed on high sugar beverages in the UK.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Lemon, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Morrisons | ||
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1899 Sugar Free
October 27th, 2018I have to be honest, this tastes nothing at all like its original counterpart. It’s a nice energy drink with no dodgy aftertaste and overall quite easy to drink.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Morrisons | ||
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1899 Cherry
October 20th, 2018Quite a tart yet sweet drink, remeniscent of double-dips from the sweet shop. Nice in a 250ml can but I wouldn’t want much more than that. The upside is though it’s sugar-free!
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Cherry, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 4kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Morrisons | ||
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Carabao Green Apple Sugar Free
September 29th, 2018Carabao are really pushing their brand at the moment, with posters everywhere and even TV adverts. It’s a bit disappointing though that their main ‘special’ flavours are pretty much following those of the cheaper brands, i.e. apple and orange. I’m expecting them to release a berries one too at this rate. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice drink if you like apple drinks – it’s not overpowering and they’ve got the balance right, but it just feels like something I picked up from a discount shop and not the premium £1 can it is.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Apple, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 1kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
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| Web Site: | Click here | ||
5-hour Energy Berry
July 28th, 2018With these 5-hour energy shots it really doesn’t seem to matter what flavour they say it is – what you get is a quick burst of bitter flavour down your neck followed by a pick-up a few minutes later. And that’s what really matters… you do taste the berry I guess, briefly, but it’s not important or much different to the other flavours!
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| Caffeine: | 350mg/100ml |
Tags: Berry, Low Calorie, Shot, UK |
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| Calories: | 11kCal/100ml | ||
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| Sold By: | Whole Foods NYC | ||
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