Ghostbusters Oxyshred & Slime Energy Drink Review

Considering the age of the Ghostbusters license, making a very much not for kids energy drink does not seem so wrong; I mean, fans of the property when it first came out have been of drinking age for years. And the shrink-wrapped can goes straight for the nostalgia; even if Slimer is not who I would associate with the word "caffeine," it fully exploits its commercial novelty.

Pouring out the most artificial green this side of a candy shop, so far, so good. Then I stuck my nose up to the freshly-cracked can, and a big whiff had me immediately rip the opening from my face. I am not sure if I expected Granny Smith apple or something, but the aggressive passion fruit from the likes of NOS wafting from this viridescent elixir was not on my expectations list. The flavor is not like any of the above though, an odd combination of vanilla, lime and blue raspberry, though your tongue struggles to truly get to know any of the trio thanks to an absolutely assertory acidity. It all makes for an experience, right down to a slightly powdery texture, that resembles the physical act of munching on the confection SweeTARTS, but only just. What a bizarre little energy drink this is.

The 180 milligrams of caffeine lends itself to a nice two and a half hour long buzz, though it would be unprofessional of me not to mention how each can also contains: l-carnitine, B vitamins, vitamin C, taurine, guarana, and several others. Those are all fine-and-dandy, but that taste, man, what a trip.

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My Hero Academia Plus Ultra Energy Drink Review

I have no idea what "My Hero Academia" is, except what a quick Google search tells me. And despite being an energy drink, I most certainly not the target audience here. The visuals are pretty spiffy, bright and colorful, but what does it matter what I think?!

If there was ever a power potable who's primary flavor was high fructose corn syrup, this would be it. Thirty nine grams of the sweet stuff, that is almost eighty percent of your daily intake mind you, immediately clogs the back of your throat, simultaneously gummy and grainy. It is a pretty wild mouthfeel that offers zero benefit to the drinker except to remind them of the empty calories they are imbibing, but oh well. As for what this actually tastes like, even an experienced palate such as my own struggles to identify anything inside the saccharinity- I sipped and gulped to no avail. Then suddenly, with about a third left inside the shrink-wrapped can, an extremely mild case of blue raspberry begins to break out from all the sweetness. Not that it matters though, because the few remaining ounces finishes unceremoniously. What a fitting end.

100 milligrams of caffeine, some vitamins, taurine, ginseng, and guarana makes up the ingredient cocktail. It produces a most basic kick, lasting two hours if I am both tired and generous. In the end, My Hero Academia Plus Ultra is an energy drink, and that is absolutely all you can say about it.

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G Fuel Mortal Kombat 11 Ice Shatter Energy Drink Review

Despite parents' intentions, kids will play Mortal Kombat. It's "M" rating only keeps honest people honest, which makes their G Fuel energy drink spinoff all the more difficult to wrap my head around. It is true that better role models for children have had their own potent potable (Bob Ross, Sonic The Hedgehog, etc.,), but there is a danger inherent in what they are doing here, and I am not sure that the energy drink market is ready for that responsibility.

The flavor here is pretty good, considering there is 300 milligrams of caffeine and a host of peculiar supplements to mask. It is blue raspberry to its most candied effect, so much so you would swear your teeth are rotting with every imbibe. Of course, all we have is the standard sucralose and ace-k, but they inhabit the essence of honest sugar, no doubt aided exponentially by the acidity, which here is strong and unrelenting. It is an ever-familiar experience of canned confection, one that every reader here has had a sip or two of. You gulp and you gulp but never does the drink depart from this domestic destination, and that is just during this hot and humid months. As you lap up the liquid, there is a certain sense of satisfaction from a decent balance of sweet and tart. What does any of this have to do with Mortal Kombat? Beats me.

Potency remains the brand's most notable characteristic, a three and a half hour long kick that hits just all the right notes. It is neither a jittery one nor end with a crash, capturing exactly what one wants from a modern-day energy drink. Overall, G Fuel Mortal Kombat 11 Ice Shatter does not, a-hem, shatter expectations.

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Dragonball Z Warrior Power Energy Drink Review

I have never watched Dragonball Z anything- I am not the target market for Boston America Corp's energy drink adaptation of the franchise. I could not tell who that character is on the shrink wrapped label, nor could I tell you if it makes any sense for the brand to be turned into a potent potable.

The flavor is an odd mix of bubble gum, cherry and apple, all buried beneath an insatiable sweetness. They disrespect nature despite the "natural flavors" listed on the ingredients index, never amounting to anything your tongue bothers to really investigate outside a most cursory observation. Thirty nine grams of high fructose corn syrup is left unchecked by the experience, rotting your teeth with the taste of unsupervised saccharinity. Though there is some sourness, it takes a backseat to the sugar's grasp on every sip, poking its acidic head through only as the saccharine fruits climax and crash into an abyss of nothingness. This clean finish is the only place where you can taste the tartness, a shame considering its relative playfulness.

At twelve ounces, we get only 100 milligrams of caffeine and a host of B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, guarana and inositol. It is a basic blend, providing a most standard two hour long kick. In the end, Dragonball Z Warrior Power is an energy drink in its most basic form.

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Beyond Raw Lit Jolly Rancher Blue Raspberry Energy Drink Review

Sugar free energy drinks have a fetish for candy flavors, however none are as brazen as Beyond Raw Lit, which has the actual Jolly Rancher license! Why a children's product is featured on a very caffeinated, very adult drink is beyond me, pun intended. The can fails to make much of an impression otherwise, with a large block of huge text that read without visual flair. The background is a murky swirl of blandness, and despite its potent ingredients, it uses the term "dietary supplement" instead of the more common "energy drink." Sure, it fits both descriptors, but let us be honest here, no one ever says "I'm tired- I really need a dietary supplement right now."

The flavor surprised me, honoring its sweetmeat branding with a sourness that touches every part of your tongue. The lower right of your lips curl slightly with every imbibe, a joyous exercise in acidic involvement. Things do in fact taste of blue raspberry, that false fruit flavoring dominating the experience with zero interruptions from the zillion of supplements buried beneath; you really do feel like you are sipping candy. For sweetness all we get is sucralose, missing-in-action is its usual ace-k brother, but it is never missed. Gulps are tart for the sake of the characteristic, and no amount of sugariness, sincere or substitute, could ever change that. Is that good or bad? Does it matter? Beyond Raw excels in its niche category occupancy, never regarding your palates tolerance for such a thing.

250 milligrams of caffeine, l-alanine, l-citrulline, and extracts make up the energy cocktail, crafting a three plus hour long buzz. It is a brutish, ungraceful kick that hits fast and hard, and leaves your body as quick as it came. Overall, Beyond Raw Lit Jolly Rancher Blue Raspberry skates by on its relentless dedication to its core principles that defies opinion.

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G Fuel Wumpa Fruit Energy Drink Reviews

Licensed consumable company Boston America Corp. is not involved in this video game adaptation, which means one thing folks: this is a G Fuel. Crash Bandicoot is the property of choice, and the fruit is the mysterious "Wumpa Fruit-" and you know you are in trouble when the assumed flavor is based on an imaginary collectable. But the can is an appealing example of disarray, with lots of bright colors and visuals that, if one thing, caught my attention as I walked past the potent potable cooler at my local gas station.

The crystal clear elixir layers on a cheap taste of peach and granny smith apples, a very artificial interpretation of the poor produce involved. There is little separation between the two individual portions, hitting the tongue as a single clumsy flavor. It is a shame too, as their identical sugariness ends up just being too sweet. Acesulfame potassium and sucralose, your neighborhood synthetic sweetener system, are left unwatched and rule the experience, and despite malic acid clocking in as the second ingredient, sourness is minimal player in all this. A more forceful tartness could have pushed this simplistic endeavor into the realm of better energy drinks, but what we have here instead a very basic, uninspired product that neither insults or inspires the consumer.

300 milligrams of caffeine is the best thing here, crafting a three and a half hour kick that does not ask if you are ready. Other ingredients include a few vitamins and extracts, but come on be honest, we came here for the caffeine. In the end, G Fuel Wumpa Fruit is a surprisingly competent little energy drink.

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Bob Ross Positive Energy Drink Review

For whatever reason, the folks at Boston America Corp. felt that the famously restraint, calm TV painter Bob Ross would be perfect for an energy drink. Though they get points for the wordplay ("positive energy" drink), the can is an awful shrink wrapped product, feeling cheap in your palm and looking just as bad- hell, the label is not even on straight!

Your first sip is pure sugar, thanks to an excessive forty grams of high fructose corn syrup. The addition of some synthetic sweeteners could have rescued the desensitizing saccharine exploit, though their primary achievement would be to stiffen the mouthfeel. The texture is loose, slimy, clumping up towards the rear of your throat and coating your palate and teeth with a pale blue hue that is sure to result in your dentist's disapproval. The actual flavor is a playful blend of blue raspberry, citrus and vanilla, almost like a candied Red Bull clone. But that brings us back to the fundamental obstacle here, and that is the sugariness. Each gulp hits you with a quick blast from the empty carbohydrates, and this cheap sweetness is all you will end up tasting for the rest of the day.

Each can contains a sluggish 100 milligrams of caffeine, which is less than ideal for a twelve ounce energy drink. Other ingredients include B vitamins, ginseng, guarana, inositol and taurine. The developing buzz lasts about an hour, though it honestly appears more as a crazy sugar rush than anything. To end, Bob Ross Positive Energy Drink contains no happy little trees. Just sugar.

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Garbage Pail Kids Adam Cherry Bomb Energy Drink Review

Garbage Pail Kids is far from the first media tie-in I would want to drink; they are nasty little things! Though the parody series picked a pretty generic one for their energy drink expansion, "Adam Bomb," now appropriately (and cleverly) named "Adam Cherry Bomb," the packaging remains pretty unappetizing- mmm, don't you want to sip on something with an exploding kid's head?

The flavor is, well, surprisingly decent. Cherry is the star of the show but zealously idles on the rocky cusp of being shadowed by the sweetness, forty grams of high fructose corn syrup (for those of you watching your intake this Holiday season, that is 80% of your suggested daily value). Things are sweet, but the stone fruit rolls over and soaks in the glory of the gummy, viscous saccharinity; it loves it, like a flower in the sunshine. Acidity is somehow able to break through the the combative sugariness, granting imbibes a blunt but brief burst of tartness. It is an experience that almost does not gels, but somehow ends up being very drinkable.

In addition to 100 milligrams of caffeine, B vitamins, guarana, taurine, ginseng, and inositol making up today's energy blend. It is a complete waste of ingredients, a mediocre chemical cocktail crafting a mediocre kick, lasting an hour and a half at most. To end, Garbage Pail Kids Adam Cherry Bomb is a roller coaster of good and bad. Mostly bad, but unpredictably adequate when good.

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Mtn Dew Sangrita Blast Review

Another former Taco Bell soda exclusive, Sangrita Blast can now be bought at your local mega mart. Its can is standard for a soda, however this Dew version is a pinkish red with some urban graphics and unnecessary text underneath the variety's name.

Its flavor lacks much of the "Dew" the brand is somehow famous for, with an overreliance on an indistinct, bedimmed brew of cherry, guava and orange. Any of the company's trademark taste is restricted to a sluggish lime and lemon bite, weighed down by the beverage's heavy sugary syrupiness. It is a dissonant experience, one with a porcine dulcitude but gossamery taste; your palate is coated by a dense film of sugar but with little flavor inside. Tartness and nuance is exchanged for sordid saccharinity, HFCS and sucrose makes the forty three grams seem like an underestimate. The effervescence is truly disturbing; perfunctory carbonation that languishes on your tongue, seemingly fizzing out before it can even transport the supine savors from the can to your trembling tongue.

Each can contains: a lot of sugar, 160 calories, and fifty four grams of caffeine. Its terrible taste is not worth the belt-breaking carbohydrates, although this is nothing new for the brand. Overall, Mtn Dew Sangrita Blast is just another misguided and ignoble release.

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Mtn Dew Baja Blast Review

A Taco Bell exclusive for years now, this obscure Mtn Dew variety really only came to my attention during a rogue trip to the "Mexican" eatery. Because of this, there is nothing to report on visually, aside from the largely white paper cup delivered via drive-thru (not unlike the lady on the other side of the window; large and white).

Dirty sweetness gives the artificial and achromatic flavors of melon and lime enjoyable sternness, and the beverage's effervescence, pungent and crude, only augment this phenomenon. Coming out of the fountain, there is a noted lack of syrupiness, a positive absence of an almost trademark quality of the soft drink brand. There is only a mild tartness, but it plays well into the experience's sugar focus, however each sip tastes the same. From my medium sized paper cup, the only thing I ever noticed different from my first straw suck was the decided taste of ice kissing the humid air.

Per sixteen ounce, there is only seventy two milligrams of caffeine. It is the brand's usual, but in the days of energy drinks and bottled coffees, there is little room for the once highly, now mildly, caffeinated soda. There is an intense novelty here, something the brand constantly strives for yet inconsistently succeeds at. So yes, this time they were successfully novel, little praise which is big for the brand.

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Pac-Man Power Up Energy Drink Review

Shrink wrapped with a cheap design, this bizarre Pac-Man vendible ran me two bucks. Purchased out of pity instead of purpose, this inappropriately childish label is clean and easy to read, but looks hastily made without interest. And actually, it resembles the third game by Namco more than any other.

This blue bubbly beverage has a blue raspberry and bubble gum taste. There is some sourness to the fruit and super sweetness from the other, fantastically false flavors in this innocent energy drink. The tartness demonstrates a surprising ounce of depth with deadened red rasp and cranberry nuances. But that about makes up every sip in only a few brief sentences, an otherwise ineffective experience brought to higher grounds thanks to its refreshingly simple and unassuming balance of tastes.

We have caffeine, taurine, guarana, inositol, guarana, and B6 and 12 vitamins present, providing the kick standard of eight ounces, perhaps weaker. There was an absence of jitters and no crash, but the strength was mediocre and lasted only an hour or so.

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Health Energy Potion Review

Health is the third of its kind for me to review, and the opaque nature of the fluid stubbornly prevents one from easily taking a photo that advertises the logo. The just mentioned insignia is the only graphic on the design, and this uncluttered aspect works well with the attempted theme. The bronze sword could symbolize religion, with its strong resemblance to the cross, and while the intended audience will likely enjoy this mild depth, it's not really worth my time digging deep into.

My mind ignored the unappealing scent that caustically kissed my nose, and the first sip was then experienced. The flavour is far more enjoyable than the odor, with a major focus on the interaction between apple and cherry. Both fruits are represented in horribly abridged form, and the two are an awkward cross between genuine and candied. There's generally a strong sweetness, which when combined with the lack of any real authenticating characteristics gives each oft red fruit a synthetic feel, but a nether organic taste imbues an unwanted natural aspect that's both poorly constructed and inappropriately detected. Sourness can be observed, initially, and it's extremely mild and short lived, and it seems to of been placed only to partially deny the examination of an unpleasant chemical harshness. It's certainly faint, don't get me wrong, but it adds to the constant tarnishing of the incomplete verism. There's the occasional spicing of cinnamon that can be distinguished, sadly though its presence does next to nothing in terms of complexity. Overall, Health Energy Potion's flavour is only a few notches above terrible, and is frustratingly disappointing.

Each shot bottle contains: caffeine(160mg), various B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, and vitamin C. The kick was three plus or so hours, with no jitters, and it was fairly quickly felt. All in all, Health Energy Potion's convoluted and contrived taste makes it the worst yet by the company Harcos.

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Mana Energy Potion Review

Mana Energy Potion is intended for gamers, who sadly are the only one's who are likely to fully appreciate the consistent theme, let alone even partially understand it. Visually it's much like the previously reviewed love potion, with its similar stout vial and mostly bare design. I like the look of the product, even if I'm not exactly the suggested clientele, and perhaps my only problem with the actual label is that since it's shrink wrapped on, the graphics and text often squish and create unfavourable results.

Sour with both a grainy and a powdery mouth feel, the Mana's taste is mostly a blend of various one dimensioned flavours. Blue raspberry is certainly present, and thanks to the fluid's relentless sweetness, it resembles the sugariest of candies. There's a pineapple-like sharpness then noticeable, however the taste to the fruit remains nothing but a mild innuendo. Both lime and lemon can be identified, and the two play pleasantly with the aforementioned sourness. The dyad of citruses also produce the only degree of authenticity that the beverage is capable of radiating, but they're undesirably perceived only faintly. The prior duo's abbreviations' are brought about chiefly by the product's adamant sugariness, which becomes overwhelming even with its small size. The last few sips are predominantly languished due to the just former, and they're reached rather quickly since the drink offers only a handful of them. I would like to note, however, that the antecedent grainy and powdery texture is dually beatific and strange, and it's really the only thing to be praised. Overall, though an obdurate saccharinity is far more enjoyable than any inappropriate bitterness, my palate just didn't cotton to Mana Energy Potion's flavour.

Mana imbued me with a solid three plus hours of energy. It was surprisingly the source of many subsequent jitters, though there wasn't much of a crash. Each bottle contains: caffeine(160mg), various B vitamins, and taurine. Overall, Mana Energy Potion will be bought by those for who it's intended to, regardless of my middling opinion of it.

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Blood Energy Potion Review

Though it's as gimmicky as its zombie relative, Blood Energy Potion certainly has one of the most unique containers I've seen in my many years as a critic, and there's no reason for me to preach reasons when you can see for yourself. But what I will discuss is that I commend the focused humor that's consistent in its false expectation that vampires exist and are looking for an alternative for homo sapien blood. Another thing I personally enjoy and feel is worth noting is that the artificial blood actually looks more convincingly realistic than it does in many horror films.

The flavour is billed as fruit punch, which is probably one of the best ways to describe it. The fluid tastes of cherry that's less sweet than many before it, however it does withhold a saccharine climax that's restrained in that it compliments the fruit without becoming too much. Green grape flavour, as well as a mild tickling of cranberry, follow the prior, and the first of the recent fruits often mutates into resembling something more along the lines of red grape. The addition occurs during the aforementioned dulcet capsheaf, which allows the complex grape to enjoy a fair candy complexion. The cranberry is observed along side an appropriate tartness that, along with the previously mentioned sugar apogee, creates a surprisingly authentic experience similar to the popular cocktail interpretation of said fruit. Lime is faintly noticed and is exposed lounging within the former's tartness, and it too pleasures from the sweetness. A guava flavour ingrains itself into the latter of the flavour, however it isn't granted time to ripen or mature into much other than a note. The antecedent description is based on cold Blood, which is the way I'd recommend drinking it. When warm, the flavour's sweetness is more prominent outright, and now noticeable is an iron aftertaste that's appropriate only because of the blood theme, and not because it enhances the taste. All the fruits taste heavily abridged and are minored significantly, strength-wise, when the temperature is kindred to ours. This means that only the cherry is noticeable, which causes the experience to taste more pedestrian than it is when cold. Overall, if you're going to drink Blood, then I would advise to drink cold so that you taste a decently complex flavour.

Each pouch contains caffeine(eighty mg) and many miscellaneous ingredients that are of less importance to me. I received a kick lasting only around two hours, and it was jitter and crash free. In the end, Blood Energy Potion is certainly a unique energy product, although I can't see it seriously becoming a player in the market. But there is one thing that I want to stress, however, and it's that a clever gimmick is a more inspired attempt at notoriety than a simple reproduction of the same flavour we've all had many times.

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Zombie Blood Energy Potion Review

Zombie Blood comes in a unique, though ultimately gimmicky, pouch that highly resembles what real blood may come in. There's an ample level of text found upon the bag, however all the writing aids in obtaining the intended novel effect, rather than simply distracting the eyes who are attempting to read it. The living dead's life fluid is green here, although I would have appreciated being able to make the blood red instead of green, like in the old Resident Evil games.

There are two ways to enjoy Zombie Blood: refrigerated and at room temperature. When at the latter the fluid's taste is a simple approximation of lime, who's candied by a sweetness that has a slight grainy texture. The little green fruit lacks an appropriate sourness and a stern demeanor, and as a whole the flavour is more alike what you'd find in a frozen ice pop than a fresh ripened lime. Every few sips withholds a metallic taste that is entirely improper with the actual flavour, but it does help support the whole blood theme. When the green solution is cold, however, an abridged and weaker metallic taste is found faintly within each sip, instead of periodically. The lime flavour, though still far from what I'd call authentic, tastes a bit more robust as the sweetness is less prevalent when chilled, and because there's an addition of an anemic sourness that just isn't present when at room temp. The algid blood lacks the grainy texture of the previous, which must of made the liquid is easier to drink; I finished the gelid nectar far quicker than I did the warmer three point four ounces. Overall, if you're going to drink Zombie Blood at all, then I recommend drinking it frore.

Each pouch contains: caffeine(eighty mg) and a whole slew of various electrolytes, but like always all I really care about is the less than impressive amount of my favourite white powder. I had only an hour and a half of mild energy; I did not have jitters, I did not have a crash, and I was not impressed. All in all, in my eyes Zombie Blood is nothing but a mediocre energy product that has a surprisingly sustained gimmick.

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Energy Love Potion Review

If the apple of your eye did not become your valentine yesterday, then you may have another chance with Energy Love Potion. It comes in a bottle that's shaped much alike a vial, and it sports a heart and withholds a light pink coloured fluid. The latter two are present for obvious reasons but are well implemented, and both combine with the large "Love" logo to create a well balanced theme. I do feel, however, that the design becomes somewhat cluttered, not text wise, but because of the imagery busyness that's behind the aforementioned heart.

Abundantly sweet, the initial taste is of strawberry, though it's more of an artificial approximation than anything. The high level of sugar is successfully able to complement the candied nature that the fruit attempts. The sugariness is almost syrupy, though it is mostly detected during the phial's contents first interaction with your palate. The antecedent mouth feel also greatly obscures a chemical harshness that's unanimously recognized in drinks of such small size; it's still espied but it's surprisingly veiled given the product's potency. Both subjacent and trailing the strawberry is a cherry who's tangy and carefully sweetened, allowing the fruit to be authentically represented. The cherry is unfortunately short lived and thus isn't given enough time to fully blossom, though that doesn't dictate that the flavour taste superficial or underdeveloped. Mango notes are mildly noticeable during the cherry's presence, and like the strawberry it attempts confection thanks to the vast saccharinity. Guava intimations are also demonstrated during the this time, however to a much lesser degree than the prior mango. All in all, Love Potion's criminally small size of under two ounces is likely to cause the contemplative flavour to go unappreciated.

Each flasket contains: caffeine(ninety mg), multiple B vitamins, taurine, and ginseng. I had around two hours of decent strength energy, with no jitters during or a crash afterward. All in all, as Energy Love Potion is currently, it's a solid enough product, however for such a complex flavour it's a shame that a larger size is not available.

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Strontium Energy Powder Review

Strontium is one of the several varieties available in the Nuclear energy powder line, and they all come in a tube rather than a sachet that houses other energy powders. The decision to utilize tubing makes sense, I guess, as each variety is named after a chemical and if high school chemistry taught us anything, it would be that test tubes are the only way to hold chemicals, outside the flask. Strontium's container is clear, exposing the red grainy substance, and this along with the red cap attempts to create a visual signal that the supposed flavour is strawberry. The packaging also features a yellow sticker that holds the bare necessity of text(name, bar code, ingredients, etc.), and while clutter is expected given its small size, the label is surprisingly clean and it easily stresses both the novelty of the product as well as keeping a playful seriousness.

Strontium Strawberry is successfully able to mask the natural bitterness of caffeine while also presenting a palatable flavour. It begins with a sourness that's overt in a fashion not all too different from your typical sour candy, and the initially coarse texture smooths out quickly once it meets the saliva. The actual taste is first identified proceeding the sourness and is obviously of strawberry, and while the sour degree instills a strong confection presence, its high sweetness also aids in this honeying. It isn't confounding that the genus fragaria flavour disregards tasting natural, however the taste is well rounded in the sense that the sugariness is strong yet respectful of the flavour it garnishes. The disconcerting thing, however, about the overall taste is that the strength of the strawberry is so mild, almost taking a backseat to the sour and saccharinity, but it adduces a zaftig quality that's meritorious. No other fruits or flavours advertise other than the strawberry, and while there wasn't any notice of bitterness or unpleasantness before or following, the sweetness did become somewhat cloying as the eight grams of powder left the tube. Overall, Strontium tasted robust and each grain of powder provided pleasure, however I have trouble keeping the curved ended tube upright. But while that doesn't exactly have much to do with flavour itself, it was certainly a problem once I opened the product to experience the taste.

Each tube contains: caffeine(ninety mg) and, well nothing really but caffeine, which is partially forgivable given the achieved veiling of its taste. I say partially as I've had more potent powders as well as weaker ones. I felt only about two hours of energy, perhaps less, and I did feel minor jitters. I did crash, however it may of been because of all the sugar. In the end, Strontium Energy Powder wasn't the best looking, tasting, nor was it the most powerful energy product, but of its kind, I would acclaim it as the more well rounded of the three that I've come across.

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Donkey Kong Jungle Juice Energy Drink Review

Donkey Kong Jungle Juice comes in a small eight oz. shrink wrapped can that's boring and is commonly overpriced. $2.99 was spend at my nearest novelty shop on Jungle Juice, and visually it's far from worth that retail price. But perhaps the biggest problem with the can is that it doesn't outright claim to be an energy drink. The pink and the use of the term "juice" implies much different than your typical caffeinated product, and with a character known well by children drawn in a cartoon-y style, I feel that Donkey Kong Jungle Juice should have exaggerated the fact that it's an energy drink and not something for his younger fans.

Donkey Kong Jungle Juice begins a banal melon influenced lime that's adorned partially by subtle trailing mango notes. The fruits are cursory and ignorant of any depth, and none are fortunate enough to have any tang, sour or tartness. The lime is supported by a subjacent lemon that's equally as shoal and it lacks an authentic or even a synthetic sourness. The melon has a strong watery blandness, but instead of this resulting in the taste mirroring that of watermelon, it unfortunately just tastes aquatically diluted. The mango is insignificant wholly and while it remains mostly capricious within the experience, it has a slight preference towards the tail end. Thankfully focusing on a slight graininess opposed to syrupiness, there's a brusque but brief rise of sweetness that's unstimulating and leads directly to the ultimate closing of all the former. Overall, Jungle Juice's taste is a bland derivative of the unimaginative.

Caffeine(120mg), inositol, taurine, ginseng, guarana, and several B vitamins are the highlights of Jungle Juice's ingredient cocktail, and this blend gave me an impressive kick for an eight oz. drink. I had a solid two plus hours of energy that was jitter free, and it didn't result in a crash. In the end, Donkey Kong Jungle Juice just boils down to a a poor way to spend $2.99.

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Duff Energy Drink Review

Being licensed from the cartoon series "The Simpsons," Duff Energy Drink is based heavily upon the fictitious beer featured in the show. But regardless to whether or not using a well known fake beer can to house an energy drink was a smart idea, it's at least one of the manufactures most inspired cans(given most have shrink wrapped labels and/or are only loosely based upon the licensed property). But personally, I feel the design is a mixed bag, as while I do like the retro vibe it gives, it just doesn't look right as an energy drink. Plus, the name "Duff" doesn't convey energy nor does it really sound like something I'd want to drink.

To me, the only flavour that makes sense to use is root beer, but instead Duff goes for a more orange focused flavour. It begins with a super sweet orange that's meshed seamlessly with an equally sugary cherry. The latter is far weaker than the prior, but it's strong enough to avoid being viewed as a note. The orange has a slight chalky sourness to it, and while it helps to tone down the strong sweetness a bit, its powdery quality is out of place. Underlying the experience is a light tartness that is subdued mostly by the sourness during the orange, but grows more pronounced during the shift to cherry. Neither fruits have any real degree of authenticity to them, and both taste like they were ripped right out of a candy store. Following is suppressed mango absorbed in a strong bubbly carbonated ascent. The mango is sharp and considerably artificial, and its level of sweetness is even higher than that of its predecessors. Once it ends, a hyper condensed adaptation of the experience is unpleasantly left in a syrupy coating across your mouth. Overall, Duff Energy Drink, while drinkable and not half bad, doesn't break new grounds taste wise, and it just screams to be root beer and not orange flavoured.

Duff Energy Drink's ingredient cocktail is that of average, consisting of: caffeine(120mg), taurine, inositol, ginseng, guarana, and several B vitamins. I had energy fairly immediate after I finished the can, and there were slight jitters. The buzz lasted just over two hours, which is when I promptly crashed. All in all, while Duff is a decently inspired novelty product, at the same time it's nothing more(and often less) than a run-of-the-mill energy drink.

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