G Fuel Snow Cone Energy Drink Review

It has been a few years since I have been to a fair or festival, but snow cone itself is not a flavor. So what does G Fuel here expect customers will surmise this potent potable tastes like? Should I keep it in my freezer? This is such a silly little drink.

There is a brief, solitary moment to G Fuel here, several seconds in, that had me smiling, shocked at my own low expectations the visuals help establish and looking forward to another gulp. Cherry, lime and blue raspberry all appear in their most childlike expressions, pounding the palate with zero understanding of how produce works in the real world. (And, I hear one of the three is not even a real fruit!) But soon, it would happened. This is an unpleasantly still beverage, despite carbonated water being marked first in the ingredients, as if a melted mouthful of snow cone dripped out of one of those paper pyramid cups and onto my trepidatious tongue. This means sixteen ounces of underwhelming textural stimulation, which would not be such a big deal if "it" was not still to come. If you in the audience were thinking "sweetness," then gosh darn it, you were right; sucralose and ace-k are simply not up to the challenge of crafting a competent saccharinity today, instead tasting like chemicals and falsehoods. And it is here where the artificial turns into the aggressively unpleasant, taking over the fruity fun from before. Any competent cocktail would have given us some acidity to help distract from how lousy it really is, but alas, this is no such sufficing soft drink.

300 milligrams of caffeine!? That is a lot and my body was all for it, even if the journey was a vulgar one. But it did not need to be this way; does G Fuel not want to look good and to taste good? Do they want to suck? Because this one does.

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Red Bull The Summer Edition Sudachi Lime Energy Drink Review

Red Bull really is running out of primary colors to use for their energy drinks: this is the same can as the company's Yellow Edition! It is an interesting choice, not just with the possibility of brand cannibalization, but also since Sudachi limes are, you know, green. But hey I am excited, not necessarily for this product, but because it being barely summer means it is practically almost autumn, which means Peeps should be back on store shelves soon.

Those wacky Red Bull chemists have done it again: this is the most accurate a "lime" potent potable this tongue has ever experienced. Sips roll out from the twelve ounce can with a calm confidence, singularly focused on the round piece of produce and respecting how Mother Nature crafted such a delightful little fruit from Japan. The lime itself is both sweet and sour, but wisely eschews going all-in with a candy store impersonation. Rather, the flavor lets its saccharinity and acidity speak, balanced brilliantly with an earthy underscore that keeps things grounded. But what really seals the experience's deal is the carbonation: your mouth flooded with so many teeny tiny little bubbles, soft like an foam but reproducing aggressively until that empty cavity in the front of your head is absolutely full of them. This is not just another commercial cocktail of citrus confectionery- this is an energy drink of maturity, one that asks you to think about the contents inside its metal walls instead of being simply an empty vessel to liquid caffeine.

Speaking of which, I wish we had more here. Just 114 milligrams of my namesake chemical is hardly enough to get my gears turning, the buzz lasting an hour and a half, and that is me being incredibly generous. Oh sure, taurine, vitamins and the likes are also here, but why go through the trouble of making such a great and interesting tasting drink only to fail the energy part?

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Joker Cherry Lime Energy Drink Review

Joker Cherry Lime is a flavor created specifically for its exclusivity to Circle-K, however, its can is nothing more than a palette change different from the rest of the line. That is a good thing, as the can remains remarkably clean and easy to read despite its swirly backdrop and the large chunk of writing at the bottom left.

An airy effervescence ambushes the palate with a languorous lime conglomerated with an exiguous cherry taste. The deuce of sapors are absent of any chemistry, both egregiously without the anticipated sourness. Sweetness is a triune of modified sugars, HFCS, sucralose and ace-k, an unfortunate triptych with the artificial honeys lacking the grandiose of the true carbohydrate, and what there is of honest calories approaches its job with too much trepidation to ever be convincing. Every sip lacks the substance of sincere sugar the flavors beg for: you should feel the heft from the sugar, but somehow diet wins out. With the carefree carbonation playing ignorant to their lusts, the whole thing just sorta collapses under its own weightless weight.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, caffeine (160 milligrams), and inositol. The buzz is mediocre, lasting about two hours and ends without any crash. In the end, the Joker line has never been the greatest line, but even with that in mind, this Cherry Lime variety still leaves you crestfallen.

Rip It Tribute Zero Sugar Energy Drink Review

Sporting a slightly spruced up metal transport, with mildly adjusted colors and visuals, the biggest difference to Rip It Tribute's diet cousin since we last saw it is the swap from "sugar free" to "zero sugar." I suppose the new term markets better, but it is too large, too stylized and too out of place with its font choice and angled text; for a can covered in camouflage, it sure sticks out like a sore thumb.

Rip It Tribute barrels out of the can and immediately dies an unceremonious death, mouthfuls are sporadically sour, for sure, but they lack any mouthfeel, cruising past the palate and down the hatch like a generic seltzer drinks when it is the only thing left to sip. The mandarin orange is the sweeter of the two fruits, but its reliance on sucralose and ace-k leaves things with a weightless texture and an artificial aftertaste; my tongue was never fooled into believing anything other than synthetic sweeteners were summoned. The lime is where the acidity lies and I wish the beverage leaned heavier into the tartness realm, if only to help it stand out. Carbonation is at least cocksure and helps the experience live a little, but this is sixteen ounces of missed opportunity to right a slight wrong committed to The Caffeine King on May 25, 2019. Instead, the world-renowned energy drink critic again suffers mildly.

Much like the can and taste, the buzz here is stuck in the potent potable past. With 160 milligrams of my namesake stimulant and a familiar blend of vitamins, taurine and others, the kick is a functional two hour long but entirely stock one. But do not get me wrong here, Rip It Tribute Zero Sugar is generic as hell, but it is cheap, drinkable and contains caffeine- that alone is worth something.

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Starbucks Baya Raspberry Lime Energy Drink Review

Baya is back with variety number two, Raspberry Lime. The does the fruits justice, a pleasant combination of pink, green and blue, though the latter is a mystery unless the fake "blue raspberry" flavor is crashing the party. Yet text clumps up towards the bottom, with advertisements like vitamin C's inclusion as if its a rarity in the energy drink spectrum. It very much is not.

Like the brand's Pineapple Passionsfruit before it, Baya Raspberry Lime has a curtness issue. Sips are cacophonic, pummeling the palate with a unrefined carbonation and blunt punch of herbal funk. The benefit here is the acidity, an element equally sharp but present for the nectars it represents. Both raspberry and lime can be found on the tongue, but the twelve percentage content of juice is diluted by the presence of white grape, resulting in imbibes bringing blind sweetness to combat the otherwise terse acidity. Lemon is also listed, no doubt helping the potable's potent tartness, but my tongue feels mislead by the time the gulps are all gulped from the twelve ounce can.

The 160 milligrams of caffeine we have here is a fine amount, a far cry from the hyper-strength drinks that are so common these days, but that is OK. Not everyone needs that much energy, and the kick here is only two hour or so long. In the end, Starbucks Baya Raspberry Lime does not defy expectations, but the important thing to remember is: I had expectations.

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Ghost x EDC Electric Limeade Energy Drink Review

Call me a curmudgeon, but I had to look up what "EDC" was for today's review. Hey, I am not proud of it, but we believe in honest reviews around here.

The label on this shrink-wrapped can disorganized for the sake of appearing "wild" and "full of personality." In reality, it feels like the packaging for a sketchy delta-9 blunt a gas station would overcharge for. I have no idea what any of the visual elements have to do with "limeade," the alleged flavor; if my lime sprouted purple and green mushrooms, I would probably ask for a refund.

I am a pushover for citrus, lime in particular, but Ghost here fails to showcase the fruit's primary characteristic: sourness. Instead, mouthfuls are so sweet my palate began to have flashbacks to me as a stupid kid putting those synthetic sugar satchels in my mouth; this really is not terribly pleasant to sip through. Sucralose and ace-k are in charge of the sweetening and they go so far overboard you soon begin to forget the clear cocktail is supposed to be a limeade. Tartness is almost immediately cut-down by the fake carbohydrates, and all subsequent gulps just introduce more of that gross artificial saccharinity. Really, it becomes about all you can taste- where is the acidity!? Carbonation is equally disappointing, feeling like an obligation rather than a critical element of the experience.

We do get a rad 200 milligrams of caffeine, alongside familiar faces like taurine, vitamins, etc., which makes for a three hour long buzz that is easily the best and most consistent thing about Ghost x EDC Electric Limeade.

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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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Prime Lemon Lime Energy Drink Review

I am sorta a pushover for soda-inspired energy drinks, though I would take root beer or cola over lemon lime, but I cannot fault Prime for at least entering that arena. The bright green only halfway meets the expected visual criteria, as the simplistic design fails to feature any yellow- I mean, think of the poor little lemon!

By using artificial sweeteners sucralose and ace-k, there was never a chance that this would resemble any fruit as it is found in nature, so its soft drink influence makes all the more sense on the tongue. Your first sip scratches you right where you itch, a sweet and sour avalanche who's absence of complication has you forgetting that this twelve ounce can does not feature the word "Sprite." The citruses lack any nuance, their flavor profiles basic to the point of near boredom if not for the texture. Mouthfuls feature a kind of powdery quality, and its accompanying carbonation is gentle yet firm. In modern internet talk, the TLDR is, yes, this tastes like soda.

We have a very solid 200 milligrams of caffeine, but also some inositol, electrolytes, vitamins, and stuff like that. Yet it is that spunky stimulant that I care about, and the resulting three hour long buzz is a pretty good one. In the end, Prime Lemon Lime aims low then knocks it out of the park.

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Alani Nu Kimade Energy Drink Review

The latest member of the Alani Nu brand features bubble letters so hard to decipher that it makes you wonder if it is even worth the effort. Even if I could look past the difficult-to-read text, what even am I looking at? Everything is the same few shades of purple, and I dunno who this "Kim K" is, but why are do they have their own energy drink but not the great Caffeine King?!

"Kimeade" must be an unplayful play on limeade, but fortunately the elixir inside these ugly aluminum walls pretty much lives up to that classification. Sips are more acidic than they are lime, the citrus hardly putting in the effort to deserve such a seductively persuasive sourness. Sucralose and ace-k sweeten but even all the might of two of arguably most famous synthetic sugars cannot withstand the strength of the tartness on display here. But even when clocking in at only twelve ounces, sips lose their luster when all they have to say is the same thing; perhaps the use of honest carbohydrates could have helped push this one over the threshold of "OK" into "great?" It is a good question, but why bother wasting your life away thinking about the "what ifs?"

200 milligrams of caffeine is the real reason to consume this, causing a kick lasting an easy three hours. Other ingredients include vitamins, taurine, ginseng and others.

By the time I got this far into this review, one quick interwebs-search disclosed who the mysterious "Kim K" is. And in all honesty, this probably tastes better than they do.

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Raze Baja Lime Energy Drink Review

Raze's website tells me it's "the #1 rated energy drink," which cannot be true, I mean, I was not consulted. How could it be accurate!? Anyway, the can is busy to the point of distraction; its background and color scheme are OK in theory but break under the weight of unnecessary text.

Sucralose and ace-k are in charge of the sweetness and are on some of their best recent behavior; what they lack in physical presence on the palate they make up for it with an absolute absence of artificiality. As for the flavor itself, we have lime and melon for a taste not wholly unlike Mtn Dew Baja Blast. And honestly, it is no better or worse than that potent potable, save for the slight sense of surprise my palate had; I mean, were you expecting such a clone? But I digress, for what Raze is unable to accomplish is a good acidity and sense of momentum. Sips just land on the tongue and sit stillborn until you force it down the hatch, a passive experience lacking, ahem, energy.

For all its misgivings, the buzz here is pretty great, thanks to 300 milligrams of caffeine; expect three hours full of some jitters. Other ingredients include electrolytes, BCAA's. taurine, and things like that. Overall, Raze Baja Lime is not too shabby.

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Rowdy Cherry Limeade Energy Drink Review

Rowdy, what a great name for an energy drink. Unfortunately the can inhabiting the branding is very average. Text just sits on the solid white background, reading without any sense of movement. On a completely other level, how could you name a power potable "Rowdy" without getting the Rowdy Roddy Piper license? Blasphemy!

I am a pushover for experiences like this, one that throws balance out the window and is tart, tart and more tart. But what really sets the potation apart is the how the acidity is handled; cherry initiates things with a subtle seeping of sourness, with a touch of sweetness keeping it from really rocking your palate. Lime then crashes the party, disregarding the soft saccharinity in favor a hard acme of additional astringency, the kind that puckers both your lips and tongue. The sip then leaves your mouth without any real trace, a surprisingly clean finish to the evolving elixir. There is only eighteen grams of carbohydrates, working with allulose, erythritol, monk fruit extract and stevia, a quadrilogy of diet sugars who's usual aftertaste is lost in the cacophonic climax. In truth, the fruits barely register as anything found in nature, but Rowdy wisely keeps your tastebuds on their toes so much that you either never really notice, or even care.

The two and a half hour long buzz is standard stuff, thanks to an entirely standard 160 milligrams of caffeine. Other ingredients include B and C vitamins, electrolytes, and l-theanine. Overall, Rowdy Cherry Limeade makes its Caffeine King debut with a bang.

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Ani Lemon Lime Energy Drink Review

Sometimes the local Walmart surprises me, like when a shelf across from the dried fruit rested Ani Energy. The flavor this time is lemon-lime, and its can showcases a muted personality consisting of a bright green background, some text and a kiss mark in the logo.

Cane sugar, sucralose and ace-k handle the sweetness, six total grams of the first finds perfect balance with the two following; it handles both saccharinity and texture with elegance. Sips are light on the palate, gone is the common gummy gunk that terrorizes so many energy drinks, and the small involvement of actual carbohydrates hides most of any synthetic aftertaste. As for the two citruses, they are showcased with all the grace of any such flavored soda, with minimal acidity and not one moment passes where you would mistake this as containing actual juice. No such nectar is involved according to the nutrition label, and as such imbibes pass without much interest. This is such a common flavor profile juxtaposed a fabulous little sugariness that you gulp in disbelieve and disinterest.

The back of the can is pretty proud of its paltry seventy five milligrams of caffeine, calling out comparison to the "200 - 300 mg from the big guys." Maybe they are right? Perhaps we are all consuming too much of my namesake chemical? Ehh, I doubt it. The buzz lasts about one hour, a touch more perchance, with other ingredients including B vitamins and taurine. Overall, Ani Lemon Lime has a vision and sticks it, even if I do not necessarily agree with it.

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Zoa Zero Sugar Lemon Lime Energy Drink Review

Lemon Lime, a relative rarity in the realm of energy drinks, is Zoa's next flavor, and arguably the one I am most excited for. Not because of the can, mind you; the more I look at it, the more text I notice. It is not packed to the brim with words, but the silver coloring of both it and visual elements blur together into one big mishmash of unnecessities.

Then why am I excited? It is easy- this is definitely not going to be a Red Bull clone!

This product contains no juice. There is no sugar. Yet the taste is impressively full on the tongue, both fruits showcasing decent depth and dimension. There is no mistaking these as fresh from the tree, but the "natural flavors" listed in the ingredient list do their job in spades; bolstered by a tingling sourness that invites your lips in for another sip instead of puckering them. The end result is something not unlike diet 7UP, but there is one other thing to consider, and yes, it is that aforementioned nuance. It is less soft drink and more herbal supplement, a sort of earthy pinch that suggests something other than your typical soda contribution. It makes for an experience that is a bit more mature than what your palate may expect, one that makes you think somewhat as you guzzle ounces from the hollow metal transport, and there is something to be said about a potable that makes you ponder.

Expect a two and a half hour long kick, a buzz that really does not offer any surprises. Ingredients include 160 milligrams of caffeine, a host of vitamins, antioxidants, extracts and electrolytes. On the whole, Zoa Lemon Lime makes me hopeful that their next flavor will be another pop inspired potation.

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Sparkling Ice + Caffeine Triple Citrus Review

Seltzer energy drinks make a lot of sense, although today's featured presentation does not call itself an energy drink. Why not? Contains caffeine? Check. Vitamins present? Check. Comes in a sixteen ounce can? Check. Upon first glace, this is an energy drink, but it does not market itself as such. Perhaps they are trying to avoid the baggage that comes with the soft drink genre, but who knows?

The flavor is full-on seltzer, an experience instantly familiar to anyone who has grabbed a can of the hip new drink. "Triple Citrus" reads of the can and it is not a lie- lemon, lime, and orange are all tasted right away. This triple-threat of neon colored fruits commit to a balance that allows for each individual plenty of time on the tongue to persuade it its way. This impersonation of depth is enough to carry the entire sixteen ounces through completion, aided by an acidity that could have been a touch tougher, but hey, at least we have some sourness. Sucralose is in charge of sweetness, the lone synthetic sugar benefiting from the inherit coarseness of its sparkling origin- there is only a most mild aftertaste blended into the crass carbonation.

There is only seventy milligrams of caffeine per can, a suspiciously low amount for a beverage of this size. The buzz is not spectacular, in fact, it is pretty tame experience. Lasting only an hour, energy drink junkies will not be pleased. Overall, Sparkling Ice + Caffeine Triple Citrus is a pretty decent time, but it struggles with its own identity.

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Sunshine Citrus Lime Sparkling Energy Water Review

The Sunshine brand is back, with three new varieties sporting a new gimmick, sparkling water. The idea is a good one, combining the juggernaut energy drink category with the popular seltzer stuff, yet the design here communicating very little about its caffeinated nature. Oh sure, it reads "energy" in the middle of the can, but the happy-go-lucky attitude does not insinuate its potential potency.

The flavor is an absolute joy, each mouthful demonstrating restraint from both aggression and commercialism. What sets this apart from most products you see promising "sleep in a can" is the complete lack of sweeteners, natural or artificial. Sips fool the mind into looking at their palm for a fresh peel of citrus only to find a twelve ounce can. This refreshing bite works for the exhausted palate, crisp and refreshing on a sunny day, but the unprepared consumer could easily find themselves feeling fooled by the ambiguous artifice. The flavors themselves have some sweetness fortunately, particularly with the lemon, the produce that launches the opaque experience before succumbing to the onslaught of the namesake lime. This powerful puck of piquancy flourishes in the abrasive bubbles of the sparkling effervescence, where your mouth curls from the sourness and your tongue seeks an escape from the unusual pacing and performance of the potable.

This is where things fall apart: each can contains just seventy milligrams of caffeine. D, A, C, E, and numerous B vitamins do come to us with 100% of their daily value, but the hour long buzz just is not as curiously demanding as the taste.

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Rip It Tribute Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

Three years since reviewing the original Rip It Tribute, the brand is back without any of the sugar. The can remains largely identical but the new white backdrop has the design looking clumsy and exceedingly difficult to read. The flavor, Active Mandarin Live Wild Lime, is another pain point, making little sense- was "Mandarin & Lime" just too simple?

The flavor has little functionality flavor, drinking more like a soda than most other energy drinks. It focuses on the sugariness of the fruits more so than any characteristic, including acidity, which is a shame. I am all for some candied renditions of classic produce, it ultimately is not done well. Nether citrus has any depth, a diet depiction that sips without much skill or motivation. But the biggest knock here is the sweetness. Ace-k and sucralose is the sham sugar system of choice, any of the potable's potential verism sundering to this lethargic saccharinity. A peppy effervescence helps distract from the underwhelming sugars, but only gets the experience so far.

There is a medium-strength kick here, lasting two and a half hours, give or take a minute or two. Ingredients include: taurine, guarana, inositol, B vitamins, vitamin C, and 160 milligrams of caffeine. In the end, Rip It Tribute Sugar Free is an inexpensive energy drink that offers very little past your usual budget beverages.

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Realtree Outdoors Emerald Ice Energy Drink Review

The Realtree Outdoor varieties just keep on coming, with the latest being Emerald Ice. It is a nebulous flavor indication, a frustrating theme for the brand; how do I, average Joe the energy drink drinker, know what "Emerald Ice" will taste like? Do I simply make the plunge and fork over a few bucks? On a side note, the back of the can continues the line's tradition of having ridiculous statements, this time it reads "I like cold wind in my face." I am sorry, Realtree, but I prefer decent looking drinks.

Lemon lime is the proposed flavor, and it is a surprisingly competent attempt upon first sip, though far from entirely successful. High fructose corn syrup does the sweetening, but this soda-inspired elixir benefits from its inherent syrupiness, giving things a very honest soft drink experience. But the fifty six grams of sugar creates a languid libation that dissolves into tasting purely of sugar by the time your third or forth quaff splashes your palate. It is a shame, as the actual taste was quite charming, a citrus cocktail uniquely paced with an acidity that straddles the line between natural and candied. By the time the saccharine sixteen ounces sit at the pit of your stomach, the last few drops are gritty, grains of the empty calories give the cloying cooler brief relief from the muculent mouthfeel.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, and caffeine. The back of the can does not bother with the quantity of my namesake, unfortunate, however the kick itself is less than impressive, lasting two hours with some jitters. In the end, Realtree Outdoor Emerald Ice lives curiously on the cusp of being decent, but a myriad of mistakes drag the overall product down a few pegs.

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UpTime Energy Drink Review

This tall black can is formidable, a heft that feels great in your palm with a pleasant matte finish. It beats around the bush calling itself an energy drink, because that is what it is, instead saying silly things like "energy supplement" instead of the more traditional declaration, but with a design as unique as this, I will let it slide.

UpTime is a citrus cocktail at heart, a traditional tasting blend of orange, lemon and lime, something that the can claims and my tongue verifies. It is a wholly generic trilogy of fruits, but there is a reason why this blend is bottled so often- it tastes good. Thirty nine grams of cane sugar does the sugaring and it does its job fairly well, slightly grainy but a texture welcoming against the syrupy nature of most drinks. Most enjoyable here is the tartness, an acidity that is almost puckering and balances out the cogent saccharinity. I have experienced this drink in others too many times, and so have you most likely, but it reaches the heights of its low expectations.

Each can contains: caffeine (142 milligrams), taurine, ginseng, ginkgo, among some others. The kick is weakest aspect of UpTime, not as devoted as its can and far more familiar than its flavor is, but it gets the job done. Just do not go expecting much aside from a two hour long buzz.

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AMP Organic Citrus Energy Drink Review

It has taken dozens of varieties, but the AMP line has finally branched into the organic subgenre of energy drinks, exclusive to 7-Eleven stores. The can to these natural versions is smaller than your traditional energy potable at twelve ounces, and the brand's design struggles to fit all the text, detail and images it finds important on such small real estate.

There is no juice here, but the flavor is quite tasty. Forty nine grams of cane sugar oversweeten, but its graininess gives every imbibe a sort of textural nuance that is such a refreshing departure from the company's usual syrupiness. The citrus here is gentler this time around, a balanced blend of both lemon and lime, but the fruits themselves never taste distinct from the generic citrus blends offered from non-organic drinks. There is a hard edge to each sip, however, presumably from all the lack of your usual preservatives and all the organic ingredients, but it works here, its paltry twelve ounces offering the potent flavor in a shorter punch than usual sixteen. An overall delightful little experience.

Each can contains just 120 milligrams of caffeine. That is it for energy. Talk about getting right down to the point! Oh sure, there is a lot of sugar, and 200 calories to boot, but in a world where other supplements purport around as "energy" inducing, AMP Organic Citrus goes right for the stimulant that has been consumed since the 15th century. That I am a fan of.

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Rip It Tribute Cherry Lime Energy Drink Review

One of two "Tribute" varieties, this Rip It sports a excessively patriotic can that is a mild refresh of the usual company design. It is revivifying to see something different from the long-running brand, however, the camouflage look on its sister drink is more appealing.

Fifty two grams of sugar, all high fructose corn syrup, and sucralose sweeten things here, and somehow avoid coming off too gooey or saccharine. The flavor is a complicated interweaving of the namesake, with citrusy bite launching the experience, with a heavy splash of cherry immediately afterwards, only for a tart climax of lime; probably the only blunt depiction of the acidic green fruit. But the misstep here is the carbonation; every sip settles languidly while its flavors party on your tongue- flavors who demand a more excited effervescence. Otherwise, it is your usual cherry lime energy drink, fortunately one of the cheaper ones.

Each can contains: taurine, inositol, guarana, vitamin C, B vitamins, 200 calories, and 160 milligrams of caffeine. It is a decidedly old school kick, a jittery one that ends in a crash but unbashfully so. In the end, Rip It Tribute Cherry Lime is a decent way to spend a buck, but even in its own line, there are better ways.

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