Slightly different to the taste I was expecting – the usual energy shot flavour is one that’s very bitter with quite a nasty aftertaste, but this one was instead very sharp with a sweet aftertaste. It still made me draw back my lips from my teeth and make a hissing sound, but it was nowhere near bad enough to make me question my motives in trying the shot this time. It’s pretty high in caffeine even for a shot and gave me a boost in pretty much record time… not a drink to be taken lightly!
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Caffeine: | 250mg/100ml |
Tags: Shot, Tropical, UK |
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Calories: | 14kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 60ml | ||
Sold By: | Sainsbury's | ||
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Imagine if you can that you have managed to liquidise or juice a whole bunch of sour fizzy cola bottle sweets. And then you downed it in one go. That’s pretty much what you have with this cola flavoured energy shot. It gets full marks for originality because I have never tasted anything like this before! It needs to be sweeter though to be perfect because you still get the expected very bitter and sour taste that you get with every other energy shot. Worth a go if you manage to find one because it’s one of a kind.
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Caffeine: | 300mg/100ml |
Tags: Cola, Shot, UK |
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Calories: | 14kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 60ml | ||
Sold By: | Aldi | ||
Web Site: | Click here |
You 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 |
With 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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It says 5 hours on the bottle, but this beauty got me through a 6 hour drive along the M4 on a busy bank holiday Friday evening. As you’d expect from a shot, it’s more about the instant caffeine hit whilst minimising bladder impact than the flavour which makes it a perfect driving companion.
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Caffeine: | 350mg/100ml |
Tags: Low Calorie, Orange, Shot, USA |
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Calories: | 11kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 57ml | ||
Sold By: | Whole Foods NYC | ||
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Pomegranate flavoured drinks are alway approached with apprehension by me. I usually find them too bitter and especially in shot form. I was pleasantly surprised that this one wasn’t too bitter! Don’t get me wrong, is was still bitter, but nowhere near as strong as I’d imagined.
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Caffeine: | 169.5mg/100ml |
Tags: Pomegranate, Shot, USA |
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Calories: | 42.37kCal/100ml | ||
Size: | 59ml | ||
Sold By: | Whole Foods, NYC | ||
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Full marks for originality, but sadly this drink was one of only three from memory that I couldn’t finish. It was very bitter and tasted pretty nasty to me, I had about half the bottle before I gagged. Maybe I was in the wrong mood for it, but I had to chuck the rest away. If I ever come across the original (or any other variant) I’d give them a go out of curiosity.
Given the specific mandarin declaration I was expecting something a little sweeter than your average bitter shot, but sadly that wasn’t the case. It’s not bad for a shot but it’s still on the bitter side.