Gas Monkey Light Energy Drink Review

Start your engines, because here comes the final Gas Monkey my not-so-local gas station carried. It is the sugar free variant of the original variety, but the once interesting design struggles atop the bare aluminum background. Sure, all the black and green stands out, but there is an undeniable inexpensiveness here.

Again Gas Monkey struggles a bit with the flavor, this time a disordered mix of apple, pear and vanilla, all medicinally enameled as well as tasting cheap and unfulfilling. They never appear at the front of any imbibe, always feeling distant on your taste buds, as if drowned in all the effervescence. It is the sweetness that causes the overwhelmingly unsatisfactory, sure, honey is listed as the fifth ingredient, but every eight ounce serving remains sugar free, leaving sucralose to sweeten all by itself to ill effect. It is a lonely synthetic sugar, one that begs for either ace-k for assistance or a better experience to work on. There is an ineffectual acidity as well, doing the flavor trilogy no favors nor does distracts from the frustrating saccharinity. Every sip is underseasoned and underdeveloped, leaving your palate barren of enjoyment.

Each can contains: B vitamins, ginseng, inositol, guarana, and 160 milligrams of caffeine. Lasting two hours before subsiding, the buzz is pretty standard, but after a drink like this I'll take it.

Gas Monkey Tropical Energy Drink Review

Gas Monkey Tropical is a drink I swear I reviewed before, though my archives show no mention of this variety. My database shows no review, published or in draft form- maybe I am going crazy? Naw, I will be fine.

The can is crazy, a wacko looking primate with a wicked green tongue really is not the most appealing looking design, but hey, you will have a tough time forgetting it! What it does it does better than most, and that is stand out in the crowded shelves of your local grocer's chill chest.

The flavor is exactly what you expect from a drink labeled "tropical;" with tons of influence from lemon and passionfruit. There are softer notes of pineapple and guava, all resting on a murky underbelly of other, less defined interpretations of other exotic produce, tamed by all the commotion sips are packed with. For sweetness, Gas Monkey uses sugar and honey, though at fifty two grams of the caloric additive one does wish they used some artificial sweeteners to reduce that number down to a less gut-busting quantity. Acidity is well defined but on the verge of becoming overwhelming, playing out like a piece of sour candy, and can be hard to stomach the entire sixteen ounces.

240 calories, many B vitamins, ginseng, guarana, taurine, inositol, and 160 milligrams of caffeine. The buzz is probably the most conventional bit here, lasting your usual two and a half hours with a rocking sugar rush. Overall, Gas Monkey Tropical is both familiar and unusual, and if you find a can at your local Big Lots as I did, pick one up.

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Gas Monkey Energy Drink Review

Black and green color scheme makes for a far from attractive can, even if the mad monkey is a hoot and a half. The flavor I'm guessing is Red Bull clone, giving the use of an animal in the name and the lack of any flavor indication, but we will not know until we crack open the screaming simian.

The flavor is quite far from the Red Bull clone I denounced it earlier- this is a full-on apple extravaganza. There is not an ounce of real fruit taste in any of the sixteen offered, a complete exploitation of your childhood sweetmeat apple candy, and the success of Gas Monkey depends on your tolerance of super saccharine, and aggressively acidic flavors. To be honest, it is not too shabby, I suppose I was just in the mood for some liquid candy today.

Each can contains 160 milligrams of caffeine, which provides you the most generic kick imaginable. It is a shame, too, as both the can and taste are rather extreme exercises in personality. Other ingredients include: B-vitamins, taurine, guarana, ginseng, and inositol. To end, Gas Monkey is a disappointing entry in your market's chill chest.

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