Sunshine Pomegranate Acai Sparkling Energy Water Review

Sparkling water is just a loquacious way of saying "seltzer," excess text that takes up too much real estate on the crowded can. The brand logo is fortunately large, but its thin stroke and cramped kerning makes it difficult to read, and the silver sun shining in the background is hardly noticeable against the white backdrop.

The flavor is where things truly shine, pun oh so much intended. There is a pungent punch of raw fruitiness, an ill-defined cocktail of, well yes pomegranate and acai, but also blackberry and a fleeting raspberry. Each sip is packed with overlapping layers of the aforementioned, differing potencies changing what each gulp resembles; these moments of metamorphosis are held together by a coarse acidity that cuts through the residue from years of overly sweet and basic energy drinks on your palate. There are no sweeteners here actually, an experience of emotion and not obligation; Sunshine trusts its drinkers can find comfort in such a churlish concoction without the commission of common carbohydrates. Effervescence aids this boorish demand, bashing your tongue like barbed wire as it works its way down to bruise your entire mouth. This is a very tasty but very incommercial energy drink.

We only get seventy milligrams of caffeine. Why is that? What happened to the faith it had in is drinkers when we tasted it? Oh sure, we have a bunch of vitamins and a handful of electrolytes, but a kick they do not make. Expect an hour of energy, a worthless kick to a very worthwhile flavor.

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Diabolo Loco Acai Berry Guava Energy Drink Review

A sleek crimson coloring and minimalistic text looks out of place with the kiddy visuals of the fruits down at the bottom of the can, resulting in a disconnected design. It is still superior to many of the overstuffed and exhausted looking energy drinks that often grace this site, but it is a small misstep that ends up costing the drink more than the sum of its parts are worth.

The flavor has an odd tone to it; sips are never as sweet as they should be, and the top-billed trilogy of flavors are far from acidic as anticipated. Sweetness, from the familiar blend of ace-k and sucralose, otherwise do a fine job at never tasting artificial. The flavors themselves taste about as natural as "all natural flavors" can in a diet energy drink, but there is something missing from them- a sense of urgency. Every sip is knocked back so passingly that the entire experience comes off as distant and lethargic. You take your time in your consumption, a selfish potable that demands more time than your palate is willing to offer.

Each can contains B vitamins, taurine, inositol, and caffeine, 160 milligrams of the stuff. The buzz is a recognizable two hour long one, but at least it does not end with a crash. To end, Diabolo Loco Acai Berry Guava does only a few small things wrong, but there is not enough done right to recommend it.

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Phyzix Acai Berry Flavor Energy Drink Review

This is a fun little can, one who sadly is too little for much relevance on todays cluttered energy drink shelves. The drink is of course Phyzix, a name that follows the rule that putting a "z" and "x" in your name instantly makes it cool.

The pomegranate launches into first place with first sip, a gentle flavor that is a pleasant juxtaposition to the curt carbonation. Acai is unfortunately muted here, serving more as intricacy to the aforementioned flavor more so than on its own, introducing an earthy bite to the already incult effervescence. Saccharinity is achieved via fructose, twenty one grams of real sugar, one that caters to the naturalness of the experience and not necessarily the fruits. The white grape, often a superfluous ingredient to bulk out a juice content, does just that here, and any sips it can break into it brings nothing but ribald sugariness. The experience climaxes without climax, an unsatisfying end where things simply stop suddenly, leaving a very clean aftertaste but nothing to remind you of your current potation. In the end, this is a more daring drink than the other Phyzix, but lamentably that is about all distinct here.

There is eighty milligrams of caffeine, some guarana, ginseng, green tea, maca root, yerba mate, and B vitamins, among others. Any kick is about what you would expect from an eight ounce can with the aforesaid quantity of my namesake; about an hour and a half long buzz.

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Xenergy + Tea Raspberry Acai Energy Drink Review

The purple belt and green headband works well enough with the kindred circles of the logo, forcing the brand to be spotted and read easily on a can cluttered with text. The font for "Xenergy" is chunky and the rest is unorganized and clunky, misemphasised and excessive on a bare aluminum background that just does not work.

As disimpressive as the can is, what is held inside is a surprising surprise, a raspberry heavy flavor of lovely artificiality that luxuriates in the carbonation's noninclusion. Those looking for acai are to be despondent, but the experience is nonetheless a charming example of how to do raspberry right. It is tart but never forcefully so, a sourness with an edge of realism that brings terrific nuance to a nuance. You go probably half way through the can before you recognize that the black tea, an ordinarily bitter and potent taste, only exists on the can. Slowly the leafs poke through the flavor, but adds only depth with a flavor so sweet. To end, this is not the Xenergy hoped for, but is nevertheless a pretty darn good one.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, guarana, ginseng, and 160-ish milligrams of caffeine. There have been better buzzes, from the company even, but the kick here is the industry standard. On the whole, Xenergy + Tea Raspberry Acai represents a new direction for the company, one I am not particularly excited for.

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Rockstar Blueberry Pomegranate Acai Energy Water Review

With the flavor reading blueberry first, the drink is far redder than expected. Fortunately, that is about all that bugs me here; the bottle shape is much too cliche, and the "Rockstar" struggles being also red, but I would have to spend a lot more time than these drinks deserve to discover any other criticisms.

The pinkish red beverage is surprisingly boring, considering the label is considerably excited. Does this taste like blueberry, pomegranate, or acai? No, instead we suffer twenty ounces of diluted bland basic berry abbreviation, uncomplicated and unsophisticated without a decent sweetness or tartness. They got the "water" part right, however, as that is what this tastes like. But they could not even get that part right: the burning artificial sugars cancels any refreshment to be had, and the abstract berry allegation is distracting and sips passively without passion. There is not any point in discussing each individual taste, as if there are any; this is the kind of revolting disappointment that the company is almost famous for.

There is enough caffeine here, 200 milligrams, as well as taurine, some B vitamins, guarana, and ginseng. You are forced to take your time with the tall twenty ounces, so the kick lasts longer than it should, about five hours at a mediocre strength. To end, this Rockstar should be booed off stage.

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NOS Active Acai Blueberry Pomegranate Energy Drink Review

With all the controversy surrounding energy drinks recently, it is surprising to see two of the big companies market what are essentially caffeinated sports drinks. You would think they would shy away from the gym culture all together, with caffeinated dehydration often a big concern in court. The bottle here is familiarly shaped with a much cluttered label, small and difficult to read.

Your first sip is largely unexciting; an adequate fruity beverage without personality. Blueberry certainly tasted, a decent impersonation from broad 'natural flavors,' somewhat lively and enough tart. Pomegranate is present as well, although lacking the subtle nuance expected, a stale and stock 'pomegranate' taste. Then there is the alleged acai, never explicitly tasted and is written first, and at all, on the bottle to cash in on the passing superfruit craze. There is enough realism to the sweetness, born in a lab with bit of an artificial accent. Several ounces down and a salty bite develops, expected when you have around eighteen percent of your daily intake of sodium. To end, this energy sports drink will satisfy Gatorade drinkers, but not so much energy drink drinkers.

For a twenty two ounce drink, the caffeine content is a bit low at 221 milligrams. Taurine, electrolytes, B vitamins, and green tea are also involved in the three hour long buzz. It was respectable strength, and with the slow consuming nature of a bottled beverage, lacked a finishing crash. On the whole, NOS Active Acai Blueberry Pomegranate is wholly middle of the road; could have been better, could have been worse.

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Mona Vie EMV Energy Drink Review

With 160 calories, such a small can makes sense because no one would buy a drink with 320 units of food energy. The black does what the silver of the Lite alternative could not, achieving a decent degree of pictorial luxury. The absence of visuals is acceptable when a can looks as sophisticated as it does, however the longer you look at the exclusive background color and white text, it begins to become a little boring.

The surprising dryness of the Lite variety is betrayed for a puckering sourness and more mainstream sweetness. The flavor remains still a goulash of fruits, again notably apple and grape, however the acai is far more pronounced, probably thanks to the gigantic juice percentage increase of from twenty eight to eighty, making each sip a lot more vibrant and tasty. There is a faint herbalness beneath all the sugar and fruitiness, but it is too meager a bite to escape what is overhead. There is also acerola and jabuticaba and camu camu, in addition to even more prolix fruits, but they too lapse within the more dominate. But the experience is fun regardless of its veiled complexity, and if you can suffer the ridiculous calorie count than it is well worth choosing over its partially diet counterpart.

The rather high sugar content certainly perked me right up (thirty seven grams), however with eighty milligrams of caffeine the buzz lasted only an hour or two. Each can also contains: guarana, ginseng, vitamin C, B vitamins, and all the roots and extracts you could ever want. In the end, if Mona Vie EMV cut some calories and doubled its size, then it would have a lot more potential. As it stands however, it is hard to recommend a drink with all the calories of a sixteen ounce drink with only half the energy.

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Spider Widow Maker Energy Drink Review

Spider Widow Maker's near excessive use of purplish pink keeps it from hitting all the right notes. Sure, it looks great off of the grim blackness, and it's wholly appropriate with the eight legged critter theme, but there is a bit too much of it, with even the newly implemented "$.99" insignia being encircled in the colour. But at least things do not appear cluttered, with the design being as clean as it ever, even with several new textual additions.

The flavour uses a sort of pomegranate base that's topped off with acai, who isn't bothered with enough silly details to match either whole naturalness or complete candying. We're instead presented this sort of cross of the two, with it depicting great robustness while being ever still nectarous. But the four lettered fruit isn't absent of an indirect blueberry suggestion that's analogously stalwart but unequally exotic. The aforementioned foundation is detailed more consistently, with it never achieving authenticity but never attempting to do so. It too is melliferous and proud of it, and shows influences of both strawberry and blue raspberry. Both thrive within the empty carbohydrates, though the former particularly proliferates because of its inexpert simplicity. Overall, Spider Widow Maker's taste is successful because the saccharinity livens the fruits so you notice them and never the actual sweetness.

The ingredient cocktail is listed explicitly, with all the amounts of everything involved cleanly stated: caffeine(240mg), taurine, various B vitamins, guarana, L-carnitine, and ginseng. The buzz lasted a tad longer than four hours, and it did call for some jitters. All in all, Widow Maker is a pleasing and logical extension of the line.

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Sambazon Amazon Lo-Cal Energy Drink Review

Sambazon Amazon Lo-Cal is transported in a decent can that's understandably similar to the prior two varieties. The stark but cautiously used purple complements both the logo and the remaining colours, and though the white ripple effect into the silver adds visual depth, it veils some of the white writing from being noticed. There is one hiccup, but not necessarily flaw, which is the reduction of calories from 120 to only sixty, which is surely laughable compared to most, who usually clock in at no more than twenty. But this firm restraining from drastically cutting sugar, thus calories, was hopefully done to keep the flavour from suffering.

Disappointingly, the flavour does taste impaired from the misuse of sugars. There's a strong acai grasp onto everything, but it fails to keep this hold for long, as the anticipated bitterness gains control and it chokes the flavour. Its bitter fingers dig deep into the experience, which further allows each sip to taste thoroughly and internally influenced. As you muster through the pain, you begin to distract yourself by observing the other levels of the flavour, which are surprisingly enjoyable. In addition to the aforementioned superfruit, red grape and black cherry make appearances, though the latter only preforms something of a cameo. The eventual raisin taste has no sourness and is inadequately sweetened, but it unrelentingly feels robust to the tongue despite the lack of garnishing. Overall, though one surely does get used to it all, it never becomes pleasant and finishing the can feels like an unfortunately chore.

The vitamin C, guarana, and the eighty milligrams of caffeine doesn't successfully kick the way the can wants it to, though there weren't any jitters or a crash. The two hour buzz was mild and felt impotent, and the purity of the energy was lacking. Overall, Sambazon Amazon Lo-Cal, while still retaining half of the original varieties calories, isn't worth checking out and saving the just mentioned.

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Sambazon Amazon Energy Drink Review

Sambazon Amazon Energy was found selling at a local Wal Mart, albeit only in four packs. That doesn't matter to me, but hopefully the flavour will be palatable enough to finish the other three cans. Speaking of which, Amazon's can is organized similar to several other organic energy drinks, with symbols declaring its naturalness and some nutrition highlights appearing towards the bottom rim. The purple with the dull green trimmings looks fantastic, and the balance white text between the prior two is consistent.

Sambazon Amazon clearly tastes organic, but each sip is certainly drinkable. The green tea and the yerba mate imbue a sort of expected bitterness, though the presence of full blown, caloric sugar numbs it to a mainstream degree. The "acai berry" flavour accusation is a correct one, though it is less robust than anticipated. The fruit taste consists of blueberry, grape, acai, and acerola, though the latter two are debatable notes. The last of the four is easily the deepest flavour, despite its presence as a suggestion, and the other three feel shallow and simple. The first two may taste prosaic, but they're overall pleasant with their flavouring of the earlier tea and mate. There's both sour and tartness that appear during the climax and into the farewell of the experience, and the two are tasted respectably. Each of the two grow as time continues, and they further disconnect attention from the bitterness. Overall, Sambazon Amazon's flavour is one the drinker will ultimately learn to enjoy, which may be the reason for the abundant availability of four packs.

Each can contains: caffeine(eighty mg), guarana, and vitamin C. By now you can identify that the kick was only around two hours in length, and in strength it was quite weak. Was it intended to be meager, one doesn't know, but one certainly hopes it wasn't intended to be strong. All in all, Sambazon Amazon Energy can't compete with common house energy drinks, in any regard, but it will definitely have its share of fans.

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Sambazon Amazon Jungle Love Energy Drink Review

Sambazon Amazon Jungle Love sports a real attractive can, with the obscured declining decal working well with the dominating black background. The green funky crest graphic accompanying the top most text is appealing in a strange fashion, and it's entirely applicable. It does, however, become a bit confusing when figuring out what to call the beverage, as it isn't explained what relation the aforementioned "Sambazon" has with the official title. Whether the full name is just "Amazon Energy Jungle Love" or whether it's adorned by the prior is beyond me, though in any event the whole name just barely avoids feeling contrived or needlessly long.

Jungle Love's taste is understandably lowly sweetened, and the flavour has strong exclamations of tea and yerba mate. Passion fruit, acai, and pomegranate round out the just former, and the threes' naturally mild saccharinity allows them to thrive within the confines of the product's general dryness. Pomegranate is the driving force to the experience, the passion fruit is riding shot gun, if still vaguely referencing cars, and the acai settles quietly in the back seat. Each of the three exchange their grasp of a singular tartness and sourness, and depending on who's under focus, the grip of the two characteristics varies. The last remaining sips begin to resemble an organic fruit punch of sort, which ends up being a great definition of the experience if conversing with one who's unfamiliar with the involved fruits. Overall, Amazon Jungle Love's taste doesn't circulate anything that's likely to be wholly appreciated by the common consumer, but the flavour is presented in a near mainstream etiquette that's unlikely to be utterly disliked.

There wasn't much of a kick, with only eighty milligrams of caffeine, several herbs, and a lot of vitamin C. What ever was felt lasted under two hours, and neither a crash or jitters made an appearance. Overall, Sambazon Amazon Jungle Love is predominantly enjoyable, though it's not going to be an easy sell to many.

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180 Blue Low Calorie Energy Drink Review

It's a great feeling when you find a cheap, lone, and dirty energy drink in a local convenience store(I call it rescuing), and that's the case with 180 Blue Low Calorie. Coming in a similar can to its predecessors, 180 S/F Blue utilizes a silver, yellow, and blue colour scheme that's main problem is the yellow trim. Not only does it not match the other colours, but it also doesn't make any sense why it's present. The subname is blue, so the colour blue fits, and it's sugar free, so the silver fits, which just leaves the yellow as the odd man out. The design itself is decent enough to pass as an energy drink, but some of its text, namely its name, "Low Calorie 180 Blue with Acai Energy Drink," is cumbersome to say.

180 Blue Low Calorie pours out a deep cross between red and purple, which given its blue subname, is completely logical. Taste-wise, it begins a genuine red grape cleverly and realistically stitched to a braid of pomegranate and acai. The red grape is faintly tart and its sourness is slightly cloying in nature; both of which add complexity even if they're not entirely appropriate. The pomegranate is weaker than the acai, but both are quite mild. Soon the fruits of the latter become hard to distinguish from one another, as with more sips, a sharp though shallow rise of carbonation appears. Following is a complex though unfocused blend of cranberry, raspberry, and blueberry. The cranberry is the base flavour for the blue and raspberry, both of which are much more distinct, although the blueberry is strongest. The latter two fruits lack a certain something which tarnishes their level of authenticity. The cranberry lacks a strong tartness, and the blueberry lacks a strong enough sweetness level. The experience ends with a collapse of the prior flavour and an effervescent increase of carbonation. Overall, 180 Blue Low Calorie tasted quite good and reminded me of an alternate formulation of many other berry sugar free drinks; some of which aren't as good, and some of which are far superior.

The kick to 180 Blue Low Calorie was about average. I had a buzz clocking in around three or so hours, with no jitters and it didn't end with a crash. The ingredient highlights include: caffeine(180mg), guarana, and several B vitamins. In the end, 180 Blue Low Calorie was an interesting find, but its overall mediocre quality makes it clear why it was cheap, lone, and dirty in the first place.

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Hydrive acai berry

One line of energy drinks that I never planned on finishing is the Hydrive line. Each of the two flavours in the line were mediocre, so my hopes of the line ever picking it self up and becoming a worthy member of the energy drink society were low. But when the only un-reviewed energy drinks at Big Lots were two varieties of Hydrive, I broke down and decided to give the line a second chance. Now, I've heard some good things about Hydrive acai berry, so that's why I choose it first to review.

FIRST IMPRESSION: I like the bottle of Hydrive acai berry. It's clean, yet refine. Though there is some scattered text among the bottle, there's not enough to make things cluttered. The design is the same for all the other Hydrive drinks, and I feel that this ones the best. All in all, a great looking bottle.

TASTE: I un-capped the bottle and took a sip. The flavour is definitely the strongest in the line. The initial flavour is a mixture of raspberry and blueberry. These flavours are the most prominent. Once these flavours fade, a blend of cranberry and acai take over. These are the weakest flavours, almost like they are diluted. The whole flavour ends with a tart bite. The overall taste of Hydrive acai berry isn't very sweet, which I feel is a poor decision, as it could have countered the overall tartness of the drink. Personally, I'm not a fan of the flavour. It's too unbalanced and the larger size compared to the previous ones make this the hardest to drink in the line.

KICK: Each bottle contains: Spring water, Sucrose, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, monopotassium Phosphate, 145 mg of caffeine, Taurine, L-Carnitine, L-Arginine, Niacinamide (B3), Calcium Pantothenate, B6, and Cyanocobalamin. This blend of ingredients gave me a fair to middling buzz. For around two and a half hours I felt mentally improved and pretty awake, with no jitters. The lack of sugar seemed to of caused no crash, which was nice.

FINAL WORD: All in all, I have to say that Hydrive acai berry is an average overall energy drink. While the bottle design was spot on, and the kick was more health-y than most, the taste really disappointed me. It had much potential, but sadly it was too unbalanced for my taste. This doesn't really make me excited to try and review the others in the Hydrive line, but hopefully I will someday. Now, I personally think that the reason I'm not a fan of the Hydrive line is that I'm not a fan of flavoured water, as I prefer carbonated drinks. For people like me, I can't recommend this drink, but for people looking for a better alternative to berry Gatorade, then there is no real better choice than the Hydrive acai berry ...3/5

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