Bulldog
November 27th, 2013What a nice little Red Bull clone this is. Sweet, syrupy and generally very pleasant to drink. According to the can, the brand has won the accolade of “The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: International Trade” a number of years in a row. Even though the award was for the product’s business practises as opposed to the product itself, I’m giving it the 2013 award for “The Fizzy Wake-Up Awards best Red Bull Clone 2013”.
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| Caffeine: | 31.5mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, UK |
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| Calories: | 48.8kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | 99p Stores | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Planet Energy
November 23rd, 2013Cheap tasting, watery, sour, pretty much all the things I find boring and unoriginal in a typical Red Bull clone. It does have a very slight aniseed taste to it which makes it bearable, but overall I wouldn’t bother again.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, UK |
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| Calories: | 46kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | 99p Stores | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Go Fast! Energy Shot
November 20th, 2013Bitter, but then that’s what you usually expect from an energy shot. Sadly it tastes nothing like its canned brother, but it does wake you up pretty quick.
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| Caffeine: | 160mg/100ml |
Tags: Guarana, Shots, UK |
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| Calories: | 10kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 50ml | ||
| Sold By: | One Stop | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Euro Shopper Energy Drink Tropical Orange
November 12th, 2013For only 39p it’s not too bad. More orangy than tropically I’d say, but still a little on the sharp side for my liking. It’s obviously a budget drink and both the can design and taste reflect that, but if you want something different to the normal energy drink taste then you can’t really go too far wrong with this one.
Black Sun
November 9th, 2013When the can described the product as pineapple flavoured, I was expecting a sharp and sour kick. I was surprised! This drink tasted amazing. They’ve managed to create a sweet pineapple drink which, whilst fruity and refreshing, is not overpoweringly so. Most energy drinks that attempt to sweeten their tropical themed products to avoid the sourness end up with a synthetic flavour – again, this drink avoids that too. This drink is one of my favourites in the ‘trying to taste like a proper fruity drink’ category.
B52
November 6th, 2013Awesome name! Disappointing execution 🙁 If you’re going to name your energy drink after a massive bomber, you should at least go to the effort of altering the flavour slightly. It seems like they’ve developed a great design and concept, then filled the can full of “Mixture A: Generic Energy Drink”. Nearly there guys…
Black Energy Zero Sugar
November 2nd, 2013Usually you can taste the sweeteners in a low calorie energy drink especially when compared to its full fat cousin. This time, they’ve done an excellent job in making a zero sugar version taste just like the original. Other than that, I’ll refer you to the review of the original Black Energy because the drink is pretty much identical, including the Mike Tyson endorsement.
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| Caffeine: | 32mg/100ml |
Tags: Clone, Low Calorie, UK |
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| Calories: | 3kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 250ml | ||
| Sold By: | Tesco | ||
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Strike Energy
September 28th, 2013I was expecting something different from Barr, the group famous for distributing Irn Bru. It sadly wasn’t that different, but I’m reluctant to put it in the same clone category as so many others. It definitely has the familiar Energy Drink (c) taste, but it’s more fruity, more refreshing, and less chemical than the clones generally are. Maybe I was in the right mood, but I enjoyed it. And it was only 49p for a 330ml can. With a regular can size like that, it doesn’t immediately jump out as being an energy drink – the big word ‘Energy’ on the side of the can does help give the fact away though.
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| Caffeine: | 30mg/100ml |
Tags: UK |
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| Calories: | 44kCal/100ml | ||
| Size: | 330ml | ||
| Sold By: | B&M | ||
| Web Site: | Click here | ||
Evolve
September 14th, 2013Too sweet, metallic tasting, and leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. I can’t recommend this brand unfortunately – it’s just a bad Red Bull clone and as it’s supplied in a large can, there’s also a lot of it to get through. Too sickly to be enjoyable.
