Cypher Ponche De Fruitas Energy Drink Review

Before I even could hold this sixteen ounce can in my hand, its black background and bright red highlights immediately nabbed by eyes from its sterile nearby neighbors in the crowded energy drink cooler. Upon closer inspection, my digits were let down the second my palm wrapped around the metal: the visuals are shrink-wrapped on, a thick, unsatisfying feel did not need to be so.

Something smells wrong here, a fruit punch should be potently scented, but this reeks of spoiled produce on the cusp of fermenting. If you can somehow get past the odor, the liquid that barrels out is astringent to the point of disgust: this is an awful tasting energy drink. The can claims this "drinks like a juice," but my tastebuds know a lie when it sees one- this drinks like medicine. There is a brief moment, a single, solitary moment when your tongue can in-fact taste something that resembles the purported punch, cherry, guava and lime mostly, a decent enough blend that is as basic as they come. Such simplistic sapors would ordinarily be a point of contention for some, but just wait until you taste what is next. Any goodwill achieved is dumped down the drain the moment this crimson cocktail connects with your lips. It grabs your entire mouth, wringing it of moisture and comfort like sipping millions of microscopic knives. The ingredients list is a big one, somehow involving both protein and fiber, but my guess as for the unbearable bitterness is just how many supplements are crammed inside; even the 260 milligrams of caffeine, something my palate repeatedly pines for, is looked upon with the raised eyebrow of suspicion and full-body rejection. This will no-doubt be the scariest thing you drink this Halloween season.

The energy mix is a good one at least, a three and a half hour long buzz I got still not nearly enough to make up for how bad this tastes. In addition to my namesake chemical, we also have the familiar sights of C, E and B vitamins, as well as funky ones like copper and zinc. I like bizarre blends like this, but only when they do not interrupt the process of ingestion; Cypher Ponche De Fruitas would work best as an IV drip.

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Phorm Screamin' Freedom Energy Drink Review

We do not get all that many patriotic energy drinks here on The Caffeine King; perhaps the American way to get buzzed is with some coffee? But I digress.

Phorm is the name and I am a bit ashamed to admit it took a good few seconds before I could pronounce it- the can is otherwise pleasantly clean, but as I verbally struggled, all I could think about was my time in grade school. That is not exactly what energy drinks should remind one of.

A pet peeve of mine is when a colorful can, and flavor like fruit punch, pours out crystal clear. I am sure food dyes are unhealthy, though I am no doctor, but the little kid in me, hooked on bright shades of my favorite primary and secondary colors, takes over sometimes despite my best efforts. Cherry, lemon and blueberry are listed in silver text on the white portion of the sixteen ounce can, and one certainly does taste that, but things are slightly off-centered. There is an acidity here that is just wrong here, a lactic tart tang that hits your taste buds like a watery yogurt. And this perplexed puckering do those fruits dirty, quickly becoming all you can think of when this bubbly beverage rests on your palate- all this ultimately ruins what could have been an enjoyable, if ordinary, caffeinated fruit cocktail. It is really a shame too, because the carbonation is terrific, an airy, almost foamy effervescence that elevates every imbibe to textural ecstasy. And the sweetness, the familiar duo sucralose and ace-k, while lacking the physical weight on your tongue, never feels synthetic. This is a conflicted, confused potent potable that fails to properly represent its country.

With 200 milligrams of caffeine, the buzz is easily the best thing here. But a three hour long kick is only "so" nowadays, with many others offering more of my namesake chemical. But this is 'Merica, where our energy drinks wear our nation's flag and are made with domestic and international ingredients.

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Prime Tropical Punch Energy Drink Review

Prime is a better looking energy drink than it has any right being, from its easy-to-read text to sublime name to minimalist visuals, I like it. But today here we have a bright crimson can and an alleged flavor of tropical punch instead of fruit punch. Not that there is necessarily any difference, or anything wrong with that, but my logic-senses are tingling and I hate it when that happens.

The flavor is everything you want from a punch but nothing else, the likes of guava, pineapple, lime and orange all come barreling out of this twelve ounce can. What they lack is subtly they make up for with honesty: it is true all we get is "natural flavors," with the closest thing to actual juice here being coconut water, but there is not a sip that is gulped that does not mimic the fruits with the verve and verisimilitude of honest nectar. Ace-k and sucralose do the sweetening and do it well, sure no tongue could ever mistake them for actual carbohydrates, but they never tasted artificial here, which is a win if they ever needed one. But like the rest of the Prime line, what sets this experience apart from, oh let us say "Zoa Fruit Punch," is the sourness, which is powdery, plucky and puckering. It makes each mouthful a joy, and if this came in the larger standard-issue sixteen ounce can, it would only be a benefit.

200 milligrams of caffeine is just what my body needed, and Prime delivers (no, not that Prime). The buzz lasts a solid three hours, and yeah sure I have had better, but not many. Other ingredients include B vitamins, taurine, inositol, things like that. It is hard to write a truly impartial review, but even I would be skeptical on my rather glowing endorsement here, but I assure you, this really is that solid.

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Gorgie Sparkling Paradise Punch Energy Drink Review

I love it when an energy drink has "best served chilled," or some variation of that on the can: like who is out there imbibing on warm potent potables?! In any event, Gorgie's can here is shrink-wrapped on, which feels especially cheap around the top-most lip, where it runs the risk of slicing open my poor mouth parts. Oh well.

There is hardly a flavor I prefer over fruit punch, maybe lime or perhaps pineapple, and Gorgie's scent scratches me right where I itch. But as for flavor, there is a cardinal sin committed: mouthfuls climax in a watery torrent of blandness, carbonation quickly fading to insinuate the sensation of sipping on a still flavored water. The effervescence is easily the biggest issue here, as even when you take that initial gulp, you wonder if perhaps the words "filtered carbonated water" is a misprint on the ingredients label- it is that flat. The fruit punch portion of is surprisingly good though, with all the usual suspects like cherry, lime and guava, nothing supremely surprisingly here, but it gets the job done. I cannot get over the bland finish though, knocking this drink down a few pegs below decent.

The 150 milligrams of caffeine we have here is a nice touch, granting a solid three hour long buzz. We also have various B vitamins, but I ain't "The B Vitamin King."

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Zoa Dwanta's Holiday Punch Energy Drink Review

My brother-in-law, a big fan of Zoa Energy, affectionately refers to them as "Dwayne's," and now, well, here's Zoa "Dwanta's" Holiday Punch. It is a Festivus miracle!

Anyway, the can here is not exactly "good" but it is playful and pleasant, and honestly, I am kinda just happy that there exists a Christmas energy drink outside of, oh I dunno, Red Bull's yearly "Winter" drinks. But the Santa-with-muscles looks about as much like Dwayne as I look like said brother-in-law.

Of course, everyone knows that on The Caffeine King we have already reviewed the company's "Tropical Punch," but without a can for comparison, who knows if this is simply a repackaging. It certainly smells better than that beverage did, with an indistinct fruitiness that is more playful than spoiled pouring out from the open can. The flavor is front-loaded with cherry, backed up by guava, cranberry and a touch of lemon. I wish the latter brought with it more acidity, but hey that is on me: I did not put it on my holiday wishlist. Sucralose and ace-k sweeten but there is this herbal funk that occupies a large portion towards the back of your tongue, something more in-line with monk fruit extract or Stevia than the synthetic sugars we have here. But with just twelve ounces on offer, the aluminum transport is depleted just before it becomes an issue. But it is a taste that should not be here, unless Dwanta here is insinuating I have been naughty this year.

160 milligrams of caffeine is... fine, I guess, but The Rock is supposed to be this big, larger-than-life personality that I honestly doubt such a standard quantity of the stimulant would do much for him. Or for me for that matter, but hey, what do I matter? I am just the critic. Humbug.

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Zoa Tropical Punch Energy Drink Review

I hate it when energy drinks shrink in size. Inflation? Who knows and that is not exactly the point. Consumers have expected sixteen ounces up until recently from Zoa, but now were are stuck with a measly twelve. I would care far less if the visuals were appealing, but the bright blues are just too mild for founder Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's muscular personality.

The flavor is fortunately better than the brand's earlier "Fruit Punch," but that is faint praise considering how awful it was. Without any actual juice, the likes of pineapple, passionfruit, guava, and orange crash on the palate without much in the way grace or any real purpose. They are clunky and awkward together, lacking a centralized core, a single flavor or characteristic to bring cohesiveness to the short-lived experience. I wish acidity was the binder, as it is initially bright and lively, but before your tongue can make its way through all the parts of the punch, it dies into a weak sauce sourness. That is dually a shame, as the sweetness, sole sweetener sucralose, needs something to combat the slight falseness it introduces just by existing. I wish this tasted better, I really do.

160 milligrams of caffeine, the same as when the line was canned in larger cans, the two hour long kick kicks well enough but is unspectacular. Overall, Zoa Tropical Punch does not taste, look or perform as well as it should.

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C4 Fruit Punch Energy Drink Review

Black and red with silver trim, C4 Fruit Punch makes a solid first impression, or at least a bold one compared to the brighter, if not more fun looking potent potables it neighbors on the energy drink shelf. But the can here is busy, the thin stroke for the logo making it more difficult to note the brand than it should.

Pouring out clear instead of the predicted crimson, C4 Fruit Punch tastes just OK, the 300 milligrams of caffeine proving to be too big a challenge for the diet sweeteners sucrose and ace-k to obscure properly. This cuts down on the time the actual flavor has on the tongue, as the liquid quickly becomes medicinal, with an aftertaste of chemicals that compounds with every subsequent sip. As for the fruit punch itself, there is a solid cherry base, with a pleasant punch, pardon the pun, of pineapple, guava and lime. But there is a missing link here, an element this excessively saccharine elixir oh so desperately needs: acidity. What sourness we have is passive and pushed aside by the sugar free sugars, which kinda misses the point. Your thirst should be quenched, but it is not, so you sit there, crestfallen by your choice of cockstail.

But that kick! The buzz is rock-solid, lasting three and a half hours easy. Additional ingredients, and there are a lot, include vitamins, taurine, amino acids, and others. Overall, C4 Fruit Punch has the potency that folks probably are looking for. It is just a shame that, like this drink, they do not have better taste.

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Adrenaline Shoc 04 Fruit Punch Smart Energy Drink Review

This can to our right is quite the looker, free of clutter and embracing the art of simplicity. Your eyes are given room to soak in the starkly uninterrupted red backdrop, unsure how to handle themselves without the usual busyness. Spot this in your local store's chill chest however, and a problem emerges; the edge holding the cans in place can completely obscure the logo here, as it did for me, so at first glace this is just an empty piece of metal.

The flavor is most certainly fruit punch, but not for the better. The produce at play today are a most generic bunch, mostly cherry, apple, and lime, with a slight undercurrent of guava. Absent are many of the usual suspects, such as pineapple and passionfruit, making for an experience that just tastes "off," a simple dish mislaid of crucial ingredients. What is most missed is the acidity those pieces of nectar would introduce, resulting in a sourness that crumbles beneath the imposing weight of the artificial saccharinity combatting the herbal grossness of all the supplements inside. Sucralose and ace-k, the default diet sugar duo, have their work cut out for them but fail, focusing not on correctly sweetening the flavors. Instead the team fights a cascade of caffeine, amino acids, and other additives, disregarding how it impacts the drinker's appreciation of the vegetation just as long as they do not notice any bitterness. It is a strange mix of ideas, as it ignores the drinker while simultaneously trying what is best for them.

The energy here is probably why anyone would pick up a can; 300 milligrams is a cool amount, and the buzz received is no slouch, lasting three hours. Overall, Adrenaline Shoc 04 Fruit Punch works against itself and the consumer. The drinker ends up losing, but not by much.

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Zoa Fruit Punch Energy Drink Review

Why the Zoa brand, after numerous varieties in the standard sixteen ounce size, decided to opt for the smaller twelve ounces this time around baffles me; how can I not feel like I am getting the short end of the deal? Maybe they sell two sizes for different people, but that does not change the fact that this was the only one I found. Its design remains decent to look at, a strong sense of personality breaking through all the usual energy drink fluff.

The funk of spoiled vegetation fills the air as soon as you crack open the can, the kind of odor I thought energy drinks stopped producing decades ago. Sips do not fare all that much better, a dense dance of deadened taste that smack the palate with earthy overtones and zero sense of nuance. Grape, guava, apple, cherry and passion fruit make up the busy profile, but just because there is a lot going on does not mean it is balanced, or any fun on the tongue. The individual fruits are static caricatures who crash down linearly until it is time for your next imbibe; they offer no personality outside their stock obligations, instead stitched together into a single monster flavor with an unvaried sweetness and sourness. But it is the effervescence that bothers me the most, a harsh explosion of bubbles that almost hurts as it goes down the hatch, never encouraging you to continue through the remaining ounces.

120 milligrams of caffeine makes for an OK kick, lasting two hours. Other ingredients include numerous vitamins but let us be honest, you are not here to know how much riboflavin this has, and I am not "The Vitamin King." Anyway, Zoa Fruit Punch punches above its weight class and gets knocked out in the first round.

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Welch's Sparkling Fruit Punch + Energy Drink Review

Juice giant Welch's enters the energy drink market with surprising class, at least as far as the can is concerned. The black to red gradient is a nice touch, and despite all the text, it gets its point across- this is a popular nectar company with caffeine. Unfortunately, the brand recognition is misplaced- I have never been making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and said "you know, I wish they turned this grape preserves into an energy drink."

We have a solid twenty five percent juice here, but gosh, why do we need sixty one grams of sugar?! High fructose corn syrup is the second ingredient, coming before even the nectar, which is a disappointing blend of apple, grape and cherry. The actual flavor does benefit from aforesaid blend of liquid squeezed from the fruits, but it is missing a strong acidity to cut through the sugariness. Oh sure, I see "citric acid" on the back of the can, described as "for tartness," but we need something more zealous here, because to be honest, things do not taste much like a juice cocktail. Things are aggressively saccharine, coating your palate with the slippery sweetness that destroys any potential naturalness- this is Welch's attempt at a commercial kid's soda, only with caffeine.

Well not too much caffeine- we have just eight milligrams of the lovely stimulant! Why so little!? There is so much sugar, so many calories (260), how come we settled for so little caffeine? The buzz is about what you would expect, lasting an hour, perhaps a touch longer. Overall, Welch's Fruit Punch + Energy has the looks, but that is about it. It is a shame really

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Outlaw Fruit Punch Energy Drink Review

Outlaw returns, with a shrink wrapped can sporting a new design and formulation. Fewer calories and reduced caffeine, it is a compromise as the brand takes a complete u-turn from its heydays as a cowboy themed potable.

The fruit punch flavor, with just ninety calories, does a pretty decent job in the grand scheme of things. Your usual suspects are out on patrol today with guava, pineapple, lime, and mango; it is unsurprising company. Saccharinity is where the experience shines, twenty grams of pure cane sugar, along with sucralose, try their best within the restricted creativity of the flavors they sweeten. But the biggest knock against the potation as a whole is a two-part problem: the climax. Or rather, the lack of one. Your sips crash down without celebration, sip after sip the liquid fizzles out of memory by an overarching watery characteristic that cleans your palate of any good time your taste-buds just had. The second disappointment with the ending is the missing acidity, something your tongue pines for with each imbibe; the drink screams so loudly for a tartness that you can practically hear their cries for some sourness.

Each can contains a solid 200 milligrams of caffeine, down fifty milligrams from the product's original incarnation. Other ingredients include B vitamins, yerba mate, ginseng, and guarana. Overall, not a bad effort, but I have had better.

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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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Outlaw Fruit Punch Energy Drink Review

Bright red helps the banal design of Outlaw stand out, but it continues to struggle to not look like a store-brand beverage from a decade ago. It is clean and easy to read, sure, but then again, what is the word "original" doing here? Is this the "Original" Outlaw, or are you claiming this is the original energy drink?

Sugar and glucose do the sweetening, in addition to the zero-calorie sucralose. They do an admiral job, giving the flavor a weighted mouthfeel and slightly grainy texture. Oh, the flavor, that is right, knew I was forgetting something. That is because this is the same fruit punch blend I have tasted since the energy drink since the energy drink stone age. You know the one, you taste cherry, guava, pineapple, and lime. Its acidity is a bit underwhelming but there is some sourness. It all makes for a completely generic fruit punch.

250 milligrams of caffeine top off a pretty solid kick, the best thing about this drink. Other ingredients include taurine, ginseng, guarana, maca root and l-carnitine. Overall, Outlaw Fruit Punch is as generic as an energy drink can get, circa 2005.

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Realtree Outdoor Hydration Country Punch Energy Drink Review

This five-calorie potation is not too hard on the eyes. I mean, sure, its corporate "outdoors" look is forced, but that is okay, I have learned to stop caring. What do I still care about then? For starters, three fonts is too much; perhaps your designers should stop hunting and start working. And I have met plenty of "outdoorsy" people, and I have never seen one of them write in cursive.

Every sip lacks the potent saccharinity the fruity cocktail demands; sucralose works alone here, but this is why it never should. The effervescent famine helps the weight of each imbibe, the sham sugar having none of the heft of its caloric cousin, and its crawling density almost pacifies the sugar's melancholic absence. But the poverty of carbonation is less of a virtue than anticipated for this Realtree attempt, no matter the wonders it does for the dull taste. The experience needs desperately some levity, something to freshen up the adamant lugubriosity, and the bubbly deficiency only throws thirty pound weights on an already slow turtle. Flavors are scarce, the guava, pineapple, cherry, and lime, you know, the usual suspects, are crushed and muddled into a deplorably one-dimension cocktail. There is zero depth, no jazzy kick, playful nuance, or even obligatory acidity- just a flat taste of fruit punch by someone who probably never tasted fruit punch... or even punched a fruit.

Each can contains: taurine, B vitamins, and caffeine. The buzz at least does its job, kicking for roughly an hour and a half or so. In the end, Realtree Outdoor Hydration Country Punch is not only loquacious; it is laborious.

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Arizona Fruit Punch Natural Energy Drink Review

This big purple can is wall to wall with writing, a large font that makes things easy to read, yes, but any personality, any design or visual interest is blurred behind the tower of text. The color choice of purple is a questionable one, considering the supposed flavor of fruit punch; the traditional punch is a bright red, though I am all for something a bit against the grain here.

The smells of fermented juice cascade out of the can, the cloudy heliotrope colored cocktail unimpressively decants from the shrink-wrapped transport. This Arizona fares far better upon opening gulp, a sharply tart liquid that splashes your palate with vigor, your entire mouth nearly wincing in surprise from the acidic cooler. The actual blend of fruits contains the usual suspects: mango, apple, pear, green grape, and pineapple, but it is a listless creation. Rather than tasting like a complex flavor, composed of many individual flavors, here everything is tasted adjacent each other, one after the other, giving the potation its only character. Things are non-carbonated, which give sips a heavy profile; the mouthfeel's corpulence comes from the coconut water, a thicker texture than anticipated, and something effervescence could have lightened up.

Each can contains B vitamins, vitamin C, guarana, teas, and 120 milligrams of caffeine. Potency is a bit weaker than you would want, but its a decent, hour and a half hour long one. On the whole, Fruit Punch Energy ends up being on the stronger entries from the Arizona brand.

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NOS Rowdy Energy Drink Review

It has been awhile, NOS, two years to be exact. Its can remains largely identical to other varieties, however this time the flavor is no where to be found. Rowdy?! Is that the flavor? Or is this a revamped version of the brand's original taste? You know what would have solved this confusion; writing the flavor on the can.

Surprisingly, the flavor is a fruit punch, and a shockingly good one at that. It is a cocktail of cherry, guava, orange, pineapple and lime, and it is not a drink of divine depth. The pentamerous union lacks the nuance of more complicated punches, and from your first sip to your last, everything tastes the same. But what shines here is its liveliness of the fruits here; they are bright depictions with tons of tartness and even more sweetness. That sugariness, fifty grams of high fructose corn syrup and sucralose, comes across as a tad syrupy, but that is okay- providing imbibes with a texture so childish and unpretentious that would swear the translucent cooler dripping down your neck was from that small carton you drank in the school playground with a bendy straw.

Each can contains B vitamins, taurine, inositol, and just 159 milligrams of caffeine, making the kick more unfortunate than the aluminum transport. It lasts a disappointing two hours, and feels like it is mostly a sugar-rush. All in all, NOS Rowdy is an uneven way to experience a fun fruit punch.

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Joker Fruit Punch Mad Energy Drink Review

This Joker is a little red in the can; looking almost identical from the original variety, save for the color swap and two addition words. It is a decent drink visually, a fairly fun, if not a tad corporate, potable now exclusive to Circle K convenience store shelves.

Tons of high fructose corn syrup cascade onto the tongue, a surprising saccharinity, one with a thin texture and pleasant weight for such an overabundance of the treacly sweetness. Carbonation is among the best characteristics every sip offers, an excited effervescence that bubbles like a child's pop should, and, let us be honest, fruit punch is best tasted as a kid. Flavors are your standard: orange, pineapple, guava, and cherry- they bulk up most sips. Some lime puckers up many imbibes, brightening the beverage with its sharp, fresh tasting tartness. Additionally, a touch of grape, mostly white, breathes its breath into the experience, adding only bland sweetness and slight depth to the aforementioned acidity. Overall, this Joker is not bad- actually, it is pretty tasty! But it lacks the creativity that would have starved off the "generic" aftertaste of every sip.

Each sip contains: ginseng, inositol, guarana, taurine, 240 calories, and 140 milligrams of caffeine. The latter is most disappointing, considering the taste and look of the drink had an inescapable cheap quality to it, and this disappointing two hour kick is no better.

Juice Monster Pipeline Punch Juice Drink Review

This former 7-Eleven exclusive is one of the company's several fruit punch varieties, however this one tosses actual juice into the mix. Its can is decidedly less dynamic than either the Mad Dog or Ballers Blend punch predecessors, an all-red attire that lacks any attitude or color variation. What you see is what you get, and what you get here is a red can.

The cracking of the can unleashes an affable aroma for its modest sixteen percentage of juice. The star of the show is guava, with lead backup performers pineapple and orange, and featuring guest vocals of passion fruit and apple. Sips predominately have a thick, grainy texture to them, thanks no doubt to the lead fruit. The armored vegetation and the citrus supply a relentlessly mild sweetness, and a touch of intricacy thanks to the respective produce's own idiosyncrasies; a certain, one-dimensional sharpness and a bright simplicity. The last two greengroceries are the best and worst portion of the experience; the purple granadilla imbuing a equivocal sense that there is more to each sip, encouraging another. The autumn harvest drinks as filler, wasted potential without euphony or reason outside bulking up the juice quantity. Things are unanticipatedly distinct here, certainly not as crepuscular as either the brand or the boring array of fruits involved in the tepid juice percentage. So what does that mean? It means Monster, you done gone good here.

Each can contains: 200 calories, forty six grams of sugar, some B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, guarana, inositol and 160 milligrams of caffeine. The buzz is not as bright as the flavor and is instead as dull as the can, lasting two and a half hours. Overall, Juice Pipeline Punch is similar to not only other drinks, but also other Monsters, but that is okay. For a drink hailed as a limited edition, it is not too shabby.

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Spider Pucker Punch Energy Drink Review

Pucker Punch is the latest flavor in this almost forgotten arachnid line of energy drinks, obviously the obligatory fruit punch variety. Its can is a bright red and fits the bill for the aforementioned flavor, but gone is the edge of the brand, the hardcore aspect is traded for its new, luminous coat of paint.

A zero percentage of juice matters none in the flavor to this new Spider variety; vibrant sweetness, a bold cocktail of vegetation, and yes, a puckering tartness. Cherry, lime, and tangerine are the forerunners of every sip, a potent opening trilogy blended almost seamlessly with no one fruit taking command. Pineapple and guava are flavors enviously tampered and tasted a notch below, a duet that brings the depth expected from any good fruit punch. Saccharinity needs to be addressed; there is (only) thirty grams of the sweet stuff to sweeten the stuff, leaving sucralose to pick up any slack. It does, the two do their job with enough pizzazz and without any syrupy or artificial bite. Overall, Pucker Punch fails to reinvent the wheel, but it did not set out to. Instead, this is a mid-calorie, tasty punch made better by its ninety nine cent price tag.

Each can contains: 120 calories, taurine, l-carnitine, ginseng, guarana, green tea, and 240 milligrams of caffeine. That last part really tickles my innards, crafting a three and a half hour buzz almost unheard of for a reduced calorie drink. In the end, Spider Pucker Punch's potency, inexpensiveness, and pleasant flavor forgive its mediocre appearance.

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Arizona Caution Fruit Punch Energy Drink Review

Another Cation drink from Arizona, this time Fruit Punch. Its can is silly despite the "extreme" plastered across and the "RX" logo, several ounces too small and many grams of caffeine too low.

The scent has a thick organic edge, a pungent aroma that burns through the otherwise stale fruit punch perfume. It does not taste much better; a dense texture that crawls across your palate as you gulp. The vitrified twelve ounces are dominated by strawberry and pear, a musty blend lacking both the verisimilitude or the sweetness to be either a natural or a candied, respectively, take on the fruit punch sobriquet. Pineapple and cherry add depth to to each sip, protracted savors lacking refinement, but serendipitously give each mouthful the illusion of nuance. HFCS leave behind a slippery syrupy film as you swallow, and obese and unpleasant slime rich in an abridged aftertaste of this disappointing Arizona potable.

Each can contains: some B vitamins, taurine, caffeine (115 milligrams), inositol, guarana, ginseng, l-carnitine, and milk thistle. The buzz is pretty petty, lasting an hour and a half and is of unspectacular strength. Overall, take the "caution" in the name as a warning.

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