Rockstar Xdurance Blue Raz Energy Drink Review

Rockstar sure does love making Blue Raspberry drinks, having reviewed drinks back in 2013 and 2009 with the exact same flavor written on the front of the can! But the design today lines up with other variants in their Xdurance subline, one who's biggest achievement is having the words "300 mg of caffeine" written in super chunky text on the front of the aluminum. Sure it is a bit on the nose, but it is at least proud of the artifice.

Since my 2009 review of the brand's aforementioned Rockstar Zero Carb, I have grown an appreciation to that drink. How it balanced tartness with artificial sugars, it is always a tasty delight. Which is why the company's latest diet blue raspberry drink is such a disappointment! There is simply too much sweetness, your palate not just stained but sodden of the synthetic sweeteners sucralose and ace-k. They prevent any detection of the namesake fruit, a spoiled, unripe demonstration of the candied produce product- imagine if they started making fruit-flavored packets of Splenda, and you just dumped two in your mouth. The only light in the tunnel is some acidity, a deafened but still present tartness that can only break through the false sugar exploits every few sips. It is not much, but it is something.

If there is one thing this drink gets right, it is the kick. 300 milligrams of caffeine provides an awesome four hours of energy, a bit of a reckless kick that of course ends with a bit of a crash, but what did you expect? Other ingredients include: B vitamins, BCAA amino acids, and CoQ10. On the whole, Xdurance Blue Raz may be pretty terrible, but it is far from the worst energy drink, this year, of all time, or even from the Rockstar branding.

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