Rockstar Organic Island Fruit Energy Drink Review

This mess of a can, the only organic energy drink from Rockstar, comes to us in a sloppy, hastily slapped together package. Its green, yeah we get it, because "nature is green," with faux woodgrain like the interior of a mid-luxury car. Tons of text titters around the can, with the words "energy" and "organic" fortunately easy to find and read. Otherwise, the words read with inconsistent font, size, color, and importance.

There is oodles of sweetness here, derived from true cane sugar and pierces through the organic grasp of every sip, along side some slight sourness. You taste the intricacies of green coffee and guarana, their bitter depth cut only by the balanced sugariness, climaxing with nuances of passion fruit and mango; the fruity finish accented by a mushed punch of a myriad of fruits. What follows is a biting zenith of coarse astringency swiftly subdued by one last wave of honey. But it is the effervescence who is the backbone here: it livens the stalwart earthiness and levels off the sweetness, maintaining an experience where each imbibe never weighs mundanely on the tongue while never forgetting its homey inspirations.

Each can contains: guarana, green coffee, and in total, a 160 milligrams of caffeine. The kick, lacking many staples of your usual ingredient cocktail, preforms no differently, with a three, give or take, hour long buzz. On the whole, Organic Island Fruit is a few nips and tucks away from being a true winner. In its current form? It is still one of the better from the brand.

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Rockstar Pure Zero Lemonade Energy Drink Review

This bright yellow can is uninteresting, a simple paint job on the bland Rockstar design template. And its flavor, Zero Calorie Lemonade, is a confusing one; how is this different, without decent research, from the company's existing Recovery Lemonade and Recovery Tea & Lemonade varieties?

The lemonade is sweet and sour, and its effervescence is crusty and laconic; this certainly is not one of the popular "recovery" energy lemonades. The biting carbonation helps elevate each sip, but it fails to escape its waist-watching sweeteners and their lack of honest weight on the tongue. Erythritol, ace-k and sucralose is the threesome of calorie-free honeys, who's only impressive characteristic is their lack of artificial bite. Lemon juice concentrate, two percent of it, help give a bit of naturalism to every candied sip, but it is not enough to aid the pale texture to the tongue; each imbibe is painfully diet with no pulpy mouthfeel.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, inositol, ginseng, guarana, and 240 milligrams of caffeine. The buzz, a fairly standard formulation the brand occasionally makes use of, is the best thing here, and nearly warrants the fairly inexpensive $1.50 paid.

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Rockstar Revolt Killer Citrus Energy Drink Review

Visually congruent to both Lime Freeze and Punched Citrus, Revolt Killer Citrus represents Rockstar again stepping on its own toes. Available exclusively at Speedway Stores, yes the same gas station who brought us Shock Wave, its camouflage colored can just has too many fonts, too similar colors, and too much text.

Diluted effervescence stunts the super sugary experience here, a completely stock citrus cocktail of lime, grapefruit, and orange. The former two are braided with one another, a fairly thoughtful blending shocked into dullness by each fruit's dimensionlessness and general blandness. The latter adds the only zest to any of the too many sixteen ounces, giving each imbibe some must needed intricacy on the tongue; saving every sip from the sixty four grams of saccharine syrupiness. Its only acidity is additionally found here, a lamentable omission from a potation that truly pines for a fun tartness.

Each can contains: caffeine (240 milligrams), taurine, inositol, ginseng, guarana, milk thistle, and B vitamins. The buzz is a blast, all of the bitter chemical and excess sugar really kick it old school; crash and all. But hey, that comes with the territory. All in all, Rockstar Revolt Killer Citrus is not quite as revolting as it could be, but this "killer" could not hurt a fly.

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Rockstar Recovery Strawberry Lemonade Energy Drink Review

Rockstar is a brand that even I, someone who writes about energy drinks weekly, cannot keep up with. Is this a new variety? Gee I hope so, otherwise I am just wasting time. Visually, the can is a mess, with words, colors and images all flying in different directions that it is impossible to get even the foggiest idea what this is supposed to be. Did you know this is non-carbonated? No? Yeah me neither.

Utilizing coconut water was smart on behalf of Rockstar, as it gives mouthfuls some body seldom seen in a sugar free energy drink. Well, I say "sugar free" but in reality we have about a gram here, no doubt from the three percentage of juice, so do not go holding me accountable on such a technicality. For actual flavor we do in fact taste strawberry but very little lemonade, in fact we have only the faintest faction of citrus, a vague fruitiness that contributes acidity and almost nothing else. But it is not bad! Sips are pleasant enough, never exactly complex, but its under-demanding nature bodes well with the otherwise flat effervescence, crafting something passively engaging.

160 milligrams of caffeine, the only real reason to consume a potent potable, is hardly doing it now-a-days. Sure, you get that usual two or so hour long buzz, but so what? So many stronger cocktails exist that such a lackadaisical elixir is lacking. Overall, Rockstar Recovery Strawberry Lemonade does its job then goes home, which is exactly what I am gonna do.

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Rockstar Unplugged Passion Fruit Energy Drink Review

Rockstar Unplugged makes zero sense to me; the company has already manufactured passion fruit products previously, so what does this new drink have to offer? A smaller can? So what! The biggest point of personality is probably containing hemp seed this time around; wow man, heavy.

Pouring out an unappealing gold color, the purples and whites of the can no where to be found inside. It is not terribly great to be honest, passion fruit is on the forefront of the flavor sure, but the hemp seed oil does not play nice with anything. The texture is slippery, and each imbibe has this herbal funk that forces itself over other elements. Sourness, for example, dies within moments of the aurous elixir hitting your palate, disrespecting the produce it allegedly impersonates. By the time you swallow your pride and your current mouthful, the herbaceous suspicion just does not leave well enough behind. Your palate is now stained of the rather nasty aftertaste, and no amount of subsequent gulps can relief your poor tongue. Sucralose and ace-k are in charge of sweetness, and if I were to give the experience any positives, it would be the absence of any artificial aftertaste. Of course there is an aftertaste, but hey, at least it ain't the diet sugars' fault.

Eighty milligrams of caffeine is all we have to work with, and any kick is lacking in the potency department. With a kick lasting two hours or less, Rockstar Unplugged Passion Fruit fails at being anything more than a mediocre option in your local energy drink chill-chest.

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Rockstar Xdurance Blue Raz Energy Drink Review

What is going on here; did we not just review Rockstar Xdurance Blue Raz last week? Gotta love their insistence on constant tinkering. Their ingredient list is a bit modified this time around, but is there any more caffeine? Nope. Fewer calories? Actually there are more here, ten to be exact, so we know this is not just a minor can revision. What gives? Where they unsatisfied with the drink? I know I was.

Blue raspberry (oh I am sorry; raz) is not an actual fruit, but in the world of energy drinks, it means one thing: sweet and sour. Rockstar Xdurance gets one of those two things done, an saccharinity that would make even the most overzealous sugar(free) supporters wince at is overload of artificial ingredients. The flavoring is an indistinct hodgepodge of miscellaneous fruitiness, mostly raspberry and blueberry but it moves across the tongue without motivation or direction of its own, lead by the diet carbohydrates into the excess abyss. Sucralose and ace-k, the diet sweeteners in charge today, are not on the top of their game, fumbling the experience without acidic backup; they simply cannot handle the supplements they are expected to conceal, a duo who screams for a more potent tartness to combat the potables', well, potentness. The big question is how this version of the previously reviewed cocktail compares, and the answer is simple: Rockstar, try again.

But that kick! For three hours and some change, you almost forget the unpalatable journey you took to get there. Aside from 300 milligrams of caffeine, there are electrolytes, amino acids, B vitamins, and others. In the end, Rockstar Xdurance Blue Raz's awesome buzz cannot wipe clean the bad taste it leaves behind.

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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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Rockstar Pure Zero Watermelon Kiwi Energy Drink Review

Watermelon Kiwi is the purported flavor of this newest Rockstar, and although they have gone and updated their visuals, the whitish silver background shows smudges and fingerprints like a stainless steel fridge. The actual organization is refreshingly sparse, compared to some of the label's previous packaging (such as their Blue Ice variety), but ends up looking sterile without any real sense of style or urgency.

Rockstar has already manufactured a watermelon potation with "Pure Zero Watermelon," so it is a shame to see the company struggle again after so many years. The biggest issue is the sweetness, an stupefying sensation of synthetic sugars sucralose and ace-k as well as natural diet honey erythritol. Sips are a struggle thanks to the outrageous characteristic, your palate immediately stunned as it tries to grasp why something so sugary is so flat on the tongue. To its benefit there is something of a strong sourness, not enough to balance things out, but its presence does at least tell me that Rockstar knew that things were just too saccharine. All this of course means that the fruits involved, both the dominating watermelon and the sidelined kiwi are candied caricatures, without a hint of anything natural. Remember, these are vegetation who's depth goes beyond simply being "sweet."

240 milligrams of caffeine, several B vitamins, taurine, guarana, ginseng, and milk thistle, that is the energy cocktail. Buzz remains the brand's biggest draw, lasting three hours without any sort of crash. To end, Rockstar Pure Zero Watermelon Kiwi is drinkable, looks OK and has a rad potency. What more could you ask for? A lot more, apparently.

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Rockstar Pure Zero Blue Ice Energy Drink Review

The barbed look to this recent Rockstar extension is distracting. Resembling a Zebra who fell into a bucket of paint, the logo fights for eyes by sharing the same baby blue color as that stupid star, and the "Pure Zero" text is so unrecognizable against the black and white that it is lucky I am not calling this the "Rockstar Blue Ice" review. "Blue Ice" of course, being more text to search like an idiot across the can's real estate.

A crack of the can unleashes the ugly cologne of the archaic Zero Carb and the dismal Xdurance varieties, and our first sip confirms its blind nostalgia. Your tongue initially dismisses it as just another azygous "berry" beverage, but there is more than that: a labyrinthine experience of dense raspberry and abridged blackberry, with saccharine grape and discount apple suggestions. A glaring dearth of flair and balance has gulps drinking madly maladroitly. Artificial sugars preform with some restraint but still stain sips with its synthetic persuasion, most audibly with its aftertaste. The silver lining is its sourness, which adequately distracts from the impassive sweetness and somewhat shrouds its unnaturalness. It is a caliginous encounter of chemicals and pointlessness, a contemptuous adventure without verisimilitude that plunges straight into absurdity and ignorance and never looks elsewhere.

Each can contains: taurine, inositol, B vitamins, and 240 milligrams of caffeine. This buzz is certainly the highlight here, lasting almost four hours. To end, if you are looking for a decent energy drink, and the person at the convenience store recommends this trash, remember: there is a reason they work at a convenience store. If you discount my admonitory and pick up this drink, take a sip and it puts a smile on your face, then you likely work at said convenience store.

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Rockstar Thermo X Neon Blast Energy Drink Review

Here we have a product that fails to inspire much hope; how can someone get excited for a drink that they do not even know the flavor of? Are consumers expected to blindly exchange a buck and change for a chance at pleasure? Another source of pain is the can itself, which does not display a sense of performance despite having that text written in the middle of the aluminum. There is no motion, or emotion, anywhere.

What does this taste like? Your guess is as good as mine, but it is not pleasant, that is for certain. There are three fundamental flaws present, a trinity of badness that make for an experience not worth experiencing. Number one is the most egregious of the trilogy, and that is the flavor, which fails to stir even the slightest sense of stimulation. It is a strange cocktail of apple and watermelon, a hazy blend that avoids detection behind a murky fog of medicinal overtones. The green tea extract additionally contributes here, infusing an herbal note to the overarching astringency. Number two is sweetness, famous duo sucralose and ace-k are responsible for, but they rain down an atmosphere of chemical nastiness, the same fake sugar sting that happens anytime an overzealous hand tears open a few too many of those colored packets in a coffee shop. Thirdly is acidity, namely how there is not any to be tasted! A tartness could have distracted from the less savory characteristics, as well as given the fruits at play their only honest personality. As it is, there is nothing worth consuming here, and nothing more worth saying.

The buzz, however, is steller, lasting three and a half hours. Ingredients include: caffeine (300 milligrams of caffeine), B vitamins, BCAA amino acids, etc. On the whole, Rockstar Thermo X Neon Blast's potency cannot save its overall foulness.

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Rockstar Juiced Island Mango Energy Drink Review

Rockstar returns to the world of the wonderful mango, although its can is not something much thought was entered with. Had Target not had a large "sale" sign underneath on the crowded energy drink shelf, my eyes and you readers would have no idea this even existed. The banal white backdrop does the large pitted produce little favors, a disorganized design that demands you locate it and read it over to know what it is.

The flavor is quite the treat, a real gem in the self-cannibalizing and bloated Rockstar lineup. What is "island" about the whole thing is beyond me, but the experience ruminates on the tropical favorite only, with no explicit or exact distractions. Of course, the eight percentage of juice is more apple than mango nectar, but the former adds less flavor, instead injecting a more nuanced sweetness and soft edge to the rather potent acidity. Still, things taste like mango, nothing your tastebuds will mistake for the real deal as the opaque morsels drip down your chin, but it gets the job done. The concentrates work in conjunction with sucralose and ace-k and it is a mostly harmonious hodgepodge of honeys, with little of the nasty artificial bits perverting the aftertaste. Then we get to the effervescence, marketed here as "sparkling," but the carbonation is little more than a gimmick- it is simply very bubbly.

160 milligrams of caffeine is what we have to work with here, and it crafts a most average of kicks. Two and a half hours is all we really get, but the meager presence of true sugar helps reduce the crash. Other ingredients include: B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, and guarana. Overall, Rockstar Juiced Island Mango is better than it has any right being.

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Rockstar Juiced Pineapple-Orange-Guava Energy Drink Review

Rockstar is back at it again, this time with their new iterations of the of "Juiced" brand. Now with no added sugar and sparkling effervescence, the company is cannibalizing its own history by cramming previously separate ideas into one drink. The can suffers no doubt- oh it may get its point across, but it is a distracted mess of a design! The front is practically one large layer of text that is a slog to read through.

The flavor is absolutely nothing to write home about- honestly it is so boring it lays on the cusp of being unpleasant. Labeled "sparkling," the actual carbonation is is hopelessly dull, a muted texture that splashes your mouth without any sense of urgency or fervor. The trilogy of pictured produce barely shake hands with your palate before hurriedly waning into a weak sap your tastebuds show little interest returning to. With a sad eight percent of juice (apple, guava, pineapple and orange), the actual nectars have zero verisimilitude, limping across the tongue as an indistinguible, unharmonious hodgepodge of bad ideas. Sucralose and ace-k are in charge of sweetening, working with the four grams of true sugars administered by the aforesaid purees, but it is a dispassioned saccharinity that feels aggressively synthetic. A most critical disappointment is the utter lack of acidity- these fruits desperately declare for some sourness, I mean, they are fruits! But their calls go unanswered and gulp after gulp you find your mind wandering, wondering what they could be enjoying had they picked anything else in the store's ice box.

The buzz is another average cog in this disillusioned drink, lasting your standard two and a half hours. Each can contains caffeine (160 milligrams), B vitamins, taurine, inositol, ginseng, milk thistle, and guarana. In the end, Rockstar Juiced Pineapple-Orange-Guava is a miserable little excuse of an energy drink, and is not the way to start off 2020.

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Rockstar Xdurance Marshmallow Energy Drink Review

These "performance" energy drinks are getting out of hand. Sure they sell well so everyone throws their drink into the fridge, so to speak, but marshmallow? And sugar free! What the hell is going on? A sugar-flavored sugar-free drink?! The can does a decent job looking like the soft fluffy sweetmeat pillows, but the big push here is the 300 milligrams of caffeine. That is a tall task for the artificial sweeteners to manage, although, not as tall as the order to, you know, taste like sugar.

Well I gotta give it to Rockstar's flavor scientists, things really do taste like marshmallow, sortof. More so than I thought at least, with that familiarly sweet flavor, a blend of sucrose and corn syrup, at least to the tastebuds. On the tongue we notice not an ounce of real sugar, sucralose and ace-k leading the charge but failing to mimic that initially fluffy mouthfeel but quickly gooey texture we associate so affectionately with the campfire favorite. The whole experience is not a bad one, if viewed independently of what you are actually drinking. Might I say again, this is a sugar-flavored sugar-free energy drink! The often self-cannibalizing Rockstar brand has seemingly run out of ideas and is just grabbing potential flavors out of the cabinet. Watch out chicken noodle soup, you may be next.

300 milligrams caffeine makes for a bombastic buzz, one lasting a super solid four hours, but that is not all here. A handful of B vitamins, electrolytes, C0Q10, and BCAA aminos round out the ingredient pool, although my money is on my namesake chemical. Overall, Rockstar Xdurance Marshmallow is not terribly pleasant once you think about what you are actually drinking- chemicals manufactured to taste like confection.

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Rockstar Pure Zero Tangerine Mango/Guava Strawberry Energy Drink Review

What the hell kind of flavor is "Tangerine Mango/Guava Strawberry?" Why do we need four fruits? And if we do really need all of them, why do we need to list them all? Is "Tropical Punch" too vague? The can is a sunny mess, a bright, bubbly distraction that does not sell its tetrad of tastes.

The flavor does not really remind my tastebuds of much, the strawberry is probably the most noticeable, thanks large part due to its acidity, the only fruit that introduces anything beyond a most basic characteristic. The "mango/guava" feature is perhaps the most disappointing, a misleading pairing that tastes far removed from either of those two pieces of produce. They sip without excitement, a barely noticed duo that exist more like text on a can than flavors in an experience. Tangerine is another missed opportunity; every imbibe is without a question completely removed from ever resembling the citrus, a normally potent, powerhouse of a fruit is diluted into a dismissive, diminutive blip on the beverage's flavor radar. Saccharinity, a threeway between erythritol, ace-k and sucralose, is a rare positive here, sure, you tongue would never mistake it for actual sugar, but the lack of any artificial aftertaste is a rare sight for something masking so many milligrams of bitter caffeine.

The kick is the only real highlight, sporting a solid 240 milligrams of my namesake chemical. The buzz is quick, hitting you before your final sip and lasting four hours beyond it. Overall, Rockstar Pure Zero Tangerine Mango/Guava Strawberry has too many ideas without any clue how to execute them.

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Rockstar Xdurance Super Sours Green Apple Energy Drink Review

Rockstar just cannot leave a gimmick alone when it thinks it is a good idea; the case with Xdurance's latest flavor "Super Sours Green Apple," which is, if I can count correctly, their third attempt at the autumn favorite after "Hardcore Apple" and the sugared "Super Sours" version. The can is not too shabby- I like the honeycomb backdrop and the black and green make for a fairly good color scheme. Plus, it puts its major selling point, 300 milligrams of caffeine, right in your face.

Apple is somehow a rather popular flavor in the world of energy drinks, yet I have yet to be convinced that their balance of sweetness and acidity, or the thousands of varieties, can be properly reproduced in a can. Rockstar's Super Sours Green Apple unfortunately remains yet another disappointment. There are three things broken in this trippy exercise in excess: 1) Things are just not that sour! Sure, there is an inkling of acidity with every quaff, but nothing that earns the adjective "super." 2) The beverage's apple flavor is the utmost stock interpretation of the seeded fruit you can find. There is no depth, no personality, just pure corporate wringing of the popular produce. 3) Sweetness is tongue-numbing. Sucralose and ace-k do their absolute worst, working without passion for the fall harvest or without worry that they will stain your palate of their chemical aftertaste for hours beyond your final sip. Do you like drinking carbonated sugar free apple candy? Well then this drink is for you. Only you

300 milligrams of caffeine. This is where things get real good. The buzz is dynamite, lasting a rock solid four hours, though there is a bit of a crash as your body works through the excessive quantity of the stimulant. Overall, Rockstar's latest drink can only be recommended if you value the "energy" in "energy drink" and not the "drink."

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Rockstar XDurance Ripped Red Energy Drink Review

Another variety comes to us, from the Rockstar XDurance brand that is. Ripped Red is its name, a nebulous flavor that brings to mind either cherry or cranberry, as well as to strengthen its potency persona. 300 milligrams of caffeine rest inside this tall sixteen ounce can, an impressive amount that has been the crux of the Bang brand.

The flavor is another fruit punch, something Rockstar has already done rather well within the diet restrictions before with Pure Zero Punch. There is no actual juice to be found here, but the tastes of cranberry, lime and cherry burst out of the can and excitedly bubble across your palate- it really is a solid first impression. Additional sips only help the potable's case; by this point the acidity has curled the edges of your lips, domesticated gently by the saccharinity. Sure, it is your usual blend of ace-k and sucralose, but there is something different about the mix this time, never tasting artificial or overwhelming to your palate, surprising since there is so much caffeine bitterness to neutralize. It is far from an unusual flavor, it is one that has been done to death, but the execution here is remarkable, from its sweetness to its acidity, it is a diet fruit punch done right.

We have already discussed how much caffeine this baby contains, and boy does the kick show it. There is a good three and a half hour buzz to be had, one that does not slow down until the eventual crash- a small price to pay for such potency. The ingredient cocktail is rounded off by taurine and B vitamins. Overall, Rockstar XDurance Ripped Red is the brand perfecting its tempered idiosyncrasy.

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Rockstar XDurance Smashed Blue Energy Drink Review

I do not love the Rockstar line, hell, often their drinks downright suck, but they take risks you do not see Red Bull or Monster taking; sometimes they are brazenly self-cannibalizing. Now on store shelves sits XDurance Smashed Blue, a super-caffeinated and probably blue raspberry flavored diet drink, is one of the company's better visual offerings, refreshing the long-in-the-tooth look with a honeycomb background and non-symmetrical design.

Cotton candy, bubble gum and blue raspberry take center stage at this Rockstar rockshow, a completely unnatural tasting experience loaded with feigned fruit flavors and an artificial sugariness  so potent you would swear you are sucking on those little blue, pink and yellow packets on a coffee shop's counter (though technically this can contains just the yellow packet- and whatever color satchel ace-k comes in). Drinking like something created by a twelve year old who spends too much time outside ye olde candy store, Smashed Blue is overwhelmingly fake on the palate, from sweetness to flavors, every aspect is an assault on your senses. There is hardly any acidity, which could have cut through the paralyzing saccharinity- even the effervescence is at home bring just enough bubbles to justify the "lightly carbonated" declaration on the bottom of the can.

Each can contains a rock-solid 300 milligrams of caffeine, giving more than enough kick and almost justifying the rather rotten taste. Other ingredients include B vitamins, taurine, carnitine, creatine, and arginine. On the whole, Rockstar XDurance Smash Blue is a far more enjoyable beverage than any of the Bang drinks, despite similar four hour long kicks, and is 100% drinkable- which is exactly what I want in my energy drinks.

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Rockstar Hardcore Apple Energy Drink Review

Not going to let Monster have all the fun of releasing a fall variety, Rockstar's latest release is Hardcore Apple, easily the brand's best can in some time. Sure, it uses the traditional design we have seen time after time, but there is a good balance in its coloring, and its font for "hardcore" does meet the definition of "hardcore."

It seems every drink line comes down to making an "apple" flavor eventually, but Rockstar's attempt here is one of their more successful entries of recent memory. It is a completely generic taste of McIntosh and Granny Smith varieties, a super sweet cocktail who's extreme saccharinity overpowers the fluid's feeble acidity, much like a fresh apple would. There is zero juice here, but your tongue would be fooled if you eyes did not read that on the back of the can- things are so successfully apple that I almost felt like I needed to wash the can before drinking from it. Now, should any drink have sixty grams of sugar and 260 calories? Of course not, (non-caloric sweeteners acesulfame potassium and sucralose are even included to keep the count from ballooning any further) and although sixteen ounces is a lot for such a one-dimensional flavor, Rockstar is at their simplistic zenith here.

The buzz is pretty rocking, lasting almost four hours, of course, with all the jitters the aforementioned sugar can cause. Each can contains: taurine, B vitamins, inositol, milk thistle, ginseng, guarana, and 240 milligrams of caffeine.

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Rockstar Revolt Killer Black Cherry Energy Drink Review

Rockstar Revolt Killer Black Cherry is a joyless looking energy drink, using the same template the company has used for years. At this point only some text and colors change between releases, leaving me jaded of a design that was unappealing to begin with.

The taste here is a massive misfire, surely one of Rockstar's least successful beverages. Or at least, it is one of their worst drinks that have a normal flavor (remember, this is the company that makes a cucumber drink). Nothing works here, every aspect operates independently from each other, an under-oiled machine where flavor, sugar, acidity, and carbonation work as individuals and not as a whole. Sweetness proves to be the experience's biggest flaw, sixty eight grams of pure sugar, causing the calorie count to be a completely inexcusable 280. But it is a saccharinity that tastes dull, never quite sweet enough to combat the potation's piercing acerbity- and it is a tartness that is painfully incomplete without a harmonious sweetness. Effervescence is another downfall, slumberous bubbles barely lift the drink from feeling flat on the palate.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, inositol, ginseng, guarana, milk thistle, and 240 milligrams of caffeine. That last part is the only reason to drink this trash, as it births a wonderful three and a half hour long kick. To end, Revolt Killer Black Cherry should be killed off the Rockstar line.

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Rockstar Blackout Energy Drink Review

How this new Rockstar variety, Blackout, is any different from the original brand entry is beyond me; the can gives minimal explanation as to what the hell "Blackout" means, although that does make for a far cleaner can than the company is accustomed to creating.

The color inside the can is unfortunate, an elixir painted gold and not the namesake ebony. The flavor is mysterious, a muddled cocktail of vanilla, blueberry, and blackberry, all tied together by a humdrum saccharinity that teeters on the brink of becoming syrupy. Acidity is nonexistent, every sip lacking a certain tartness that would give its tedious taste texture- and its disturbingly calm effervescence is helping no cause. It is an experience defined by banausic characteristics and an overall plodding personality, a sometimes functional flavor that is let down by its intense apathy in taking chances. A completely generic tasting drink.

Each can contains: caffeine (160 milligrams), taurine, guarana, l-carnitine, inositol, ginseng and B vitamins. Any kick is woefully average, lasting three hours, and contains all the jitters fifty eight grams of sugar can cause. In the end, Rockstar Blackout is simultaneously both more and less than the anticipated Red Bull clone it ended up being.

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