Alani Nu Witch's Brew Energy Drink Review

I am not sure how this is any different from the last time Alani Nu Witch's Brew appeared here on The Caffeine King, aside from a new can and a few more milligrams of this or few milligrams less of that. The design this time around looks just as "Halloween" as before, though the darker green logo is hard to read against the dark purple backdrop.

Cracking open the can unleashes an odor so thick with Granny Smith apple that you begin to wonder if they just shoved an entire piece inside. Sadly no, there is no actual juice here, but the flavor is a good one, an acidity exercise in pushing the palate deep into the realm of diet candy shop cocktail concoctions. The aforementioned variety of the autumn fruit favorite is tasted alone and it loves its solitude, if I close my eyes I could picture myself on muddy grounds picking fresh green orbs off of the tree late October, nectar dripping down from my lips as I crunch hard into its bright white flesh. Then I snap out of it, I mean, I am sitting at my dinky little desk, far from the orchard. There is no caramel here, in case you were frisky for info like that, but hey, I have always been more of a candy apple person. The acidity is perfect and puckering, but it is how it completely keeps your tongue from detecting the use of sugar-free sugars erythritol, sucralose and ace-k. The texture might not have much heft, but so what? There was never a sip in the twelve ounces offered that made me think of my waistline.

OK I lied, I have never had a candied apple. But I have experienced Alani Nu's energy formulation before: this is the same ol' two and a half hour long buzz as any other. In addition to 200 milligrams of caffeine, we have also taurine, vitamins, guarana, you know, the usual suspects. Overall, this is a tasty remake of something that tasted more or less the same.

company site

Full Throttle Original Citrus Energy Drink Review

"Why?" That is the question I kept asking myself after plopping this most recent remake of OG Full Throttle in my Walmart cart. Why remake it again? This is the third time as far as I can tell. Why the white can? After all, it is a color normally reserved for diet drinks. In any event, the visuals are clean, focused, and striking; this is how to do a patriotic potation right. Ol' Glory, Rip It Tribute and True Eagle take note.

"Original Citrus" reads the top of the design and my tongue confirms that declaration, and was on board for every ounce. It is bold, exciting and refreshing, utilizing sweetness and acidity in near perfect balance. Consisting of lemon mostly, it is elevated by nuances of lime and pineapple. The blend is far from creative but it does not have to be; I am a pushover for this cocktail genre, and my palate relished this light, crisp and pure experience. Utilizing high fructose corn syrup almost makes sips syrupy, but actual sugar gives imbibes a stiffer texture. We have fifty five grams between the two carbohydrates for a total of 230 calories per can. It is a lot, to be sure, which limits the commercial appeal; in a world where drinks like Bang dominate the energy drink cooler, Full Throttle needs to go on a diet.

Just 160 milligrams of caffeine can be found here, a standard amount of course, but it did not have to be. The resulting kick lasts just two hours, but despite all the sugar, there is not much of a crash. Overall, Full Throttle Original Citrus tastes just fine, but that is not always enough.

company site

Steaz Berry Zero Energy Drink Review

The Steaz company is back, with that comes a brand new can. Its an OK design, a very clean package, but lacking the svelte look of the previous redesign. I do appreciate the little fruit and herb illustrations however, but things here lack the edge is 100 milligrams of caffeine demands- drawings have the aluminum walls looking childish.

Flavor-wise, this is surprisingly palatable, though there are a few rough patches. The biggest no-no is sweetness, definitely. Erythritol and Stevia are the sugar duo here, but they are bogged down by the weight of the tastes of all the supplements and herbs- the yerba mate and green tea in particular washes the benign berry flavor away with their biting bitterness. Now I am all for a unique experience, a flavor less sweet than the thousands of other products, but close your eyes and you would swear every imbibe was from a generic "unsweetened canned green tea." What you can taste of the nebulous "berry" moniker is pleasant enough, but where as the earlier diet Steaz had a taste rich in acai nuance and apple influence, as well as hints of vanilla and lemon, the Steaz today is a one-note blueberry beverage. But it is diluted to the point of blandness, only exacerbated by the aforesaid acridity. The carbonation is wholly agreeable though, never strident and sips with relative ease; I feared a harsher effervescence from the "sparkling water" listed in the ingredients.

Kick-wise, there is a lot to like here, granting a clean boost with 100 milligrams of caffeine. It is short lived, but what energy you can extract here is quite nice. Each can also contains: B vitamins, vitamin C, yerba mate, guarana, and green tea. To end, Steaz Berry Zero has been reviewed here twice before, but despite all the revamps, I would never choose it over other organic energy drinks.

company site

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.

company site

Alani Nu Winter Wonderland Energy Drink Review

What is different this year with Alani Nu's Winter Wonderland drink? According to my research on the interwebs, just some milligrams less salt, a gram fewer carbs and things like that. Taste? I have no idea. I do enjoy the can itself more this time around, especially the snowman wearing a seashell bikini top, though disturbingly I do not see them wearing a bottom. Maybe it is a bra? Oh, I got it: the rest of the ensemble is on their Christmas list!

I was not all that enthused when this drink sat at my desk in 2024, but the incongruous coconut afterglow is now less prominent, letting the flaccid fruity fusion really rock the experience. That does not make it good, necessarily, but one can easily crush a can without concern. Granny smith apple, red grape and a slushy of citrus, principally grapefruit, is what my tongue finally pinned down, though many ounces into the twelve offered, the blend gelling into a cohesive, if confused, cocktail. No one piece of produce patents the potable, causing each mouthful to be a bit heavier on one versus the others, so that you sip quietly, pondering what it is exactly you are tasting at the moment. There is a good acidity, which helps ease the indeterminate crew of flavors down the hatch of apprehensive palates, and the familiar blend of sucralose and ace-k do a good job masquerading as honest carbohydrates. The loose body gives away its diet reality, but the energy drink is over by the time that sets in. Could this all be in my head? Is it possible my taste buds matured over the past year or so, now able to appreciate the oddball beverage- ha, not likely.

The 200 milligrams of everyone's favorite stimulant now inside me is exactly what The Caffeine King ordered. Lasting three hours, give or take a moment or two, the buzz helps wrap up this potent potable in a warm blanket of adequacy. Good show, Alani Nu, you are not on the Naughty List this year.

company site

Stewart's Shops Impact Energy Drink Review

My lawyers, Itchy and Twitchy, have forgotten the award winning review where we first met, over a decade ago way back in 2015 with The Caffeine King's review of Stewart's Impact. I certainly won the Pulitzer Prize for that one. The can has slimmed down and gotten a fresh paint job, but does the same sour nastiness remain within these newly refreshed metal transport?

Here we have a Red Bull clone that, in today's world, has me almost nostalgic. My palate misty eyed all over as the sentimental soft drink suppresses my better judgement beneath blind memories of my golden years. It is a great first sip, refreshing even! But this is still a Red Bull clone, a fact it is most proud of. Granny Smith apple is the nucleolus of the flavor profile, acidic like a battery and surrounded by shallow nuances of vanilla; the usual citrus suspect completely unavailable here. No lime, orange or even lemon can be found as the heavy elixir washes across your teeth, rotting them as your dentist cackles in future monetary delight. Sucralose, theoretically here to keep the carbohydrate count down, means little when there are still forty grams of the caloric sugariness. It has a decent mouthfeel but it devolves into grainy syrupiness only a few gulps into the twelve ounces on offer. Not that any of this matters, I sipped and gulped and mostly enjoyed myself. Lawyers be damned.

The energy blend is 218 milligrams, but I do not just mean of caffeine: this includes my namesake chemical, alongside guarana, inositol, ginseng and taurine. Hey, Itchy and Twitchy, is that legal? Is that allowed? Is that allowed? Is, is that allowed?? Slap!

Summit Red Thunder Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

Aldi's Summit brand of energy drinks returns with a refreshing of their "Red Thunder" drinks. Today's offering is their sugar free flavor, which back in 2011, failed to escape its Red Bull clone shackles. All these years later and a new design later, I am still visually unstimulated. The baby blue background fades from sight in a sea of other potent potables, a packaging filled with text but no personality.

I do love a good Red Bull clone, and Red Thunder Sugar Free is about as close as you can get to "perfect." Well, perfect considering it is a remake of a store-brand imitation. Apple is the center of the experience, with a puckering sourness that helps distract from the oh-so familiar diet sugar mix of ace-k and sucralose. The two sweeteners are on their best behavior, not having to do much except not overextend their reach. Vanilla and bubble gum make an appearance but seldom perch anywhere but the back of the tongue, insinuating complexity without really participating with the core fruit flavor. What does any of this mean? Well, it is a fine tasting little caffeinated cocktail; next time I will just write that and leave the thesaurus on the bookshelf.

Each can contains B vitamins, taurine, and eighty milligrams of caffeine. The buzz is not particularly impressive, until you remember that practically no energy drink comes in the antiquated eight ounce cans anymore. Overall, Red Thunder Sugar Free is about as good as an off-brand product can be.

Jolt Cola Energy Drink Review

We have experienced Jolt Cola here a few times on The Caffeine King, as recent as 2019, but never when "powered by Redcon1." I surmise that today's Jolt bolts on artificial sweeteners to its nostalgic appearance, making moot its old slogan: "all the sugar and twice the caffeine." Ah ah ah, Dennis Nedry, you did not say the magic word: diet.

There is a lot of caffeine, at least, a sixteen ounce serving clocking in at 200 milligrams, but that means diet sweeteners sucralose and ace-k need to work overtime to try and make this functional flavor function. Sips have all the complexity of Diet Pepsi, vanilla spiked with a touch of cinnamon but otherwise chronically underspiced, the caramel colored cocktail lacking the little something something that only the artisan soft drinks demonstrate. There is hardly any citrus to the experience either, a most vague and distant orange lurking lethargically in the background of mouthfulls at an inconsistent clip. But this is not bad, the stimulants shoved inside hardly breaking through, letting a most average soft drink be sipped with unobtrusive ease.

You know all I care about is my namesake chemical, and the aforementioned amount scratched me right where I itched. Vitamins and others also show up but are barely registered by my body, but you might care, and good for you. Overall, Jolt Cola is back, and let us hope it is for good now.

company site

Mega Energy by Lidl Energy Drink Review

Lidl's Mega Energy is, well, an energy drink, and it is awkward to read the word "energy" twice on an otherwise sterile can. At least it is not shrink-wrapped, but it is painfully generic, a green explosion that amounts to zero personality on the otherwise black backdrop. Is it any different from the same-named drink from 2018? The world may never know.

Well, it is a Red Bull clone, what did you expect? It is what I expected after all, a person who has experienced oh so many potent potables before. It is not a bad one fortunately, a bit too sweet to be honest, but considering this retails for less than a dollar, I have paid more for worse tasting things. Vanilla and apple are the nucleus to the flavor, containing a heavy chemical influence making for sips that taste straight from the science lab instead of mother nature. Cutting through the sixty four grams of sugar (and 270 calories) is a hearty acidity and a relatively creamy texture, neither quite strong enough to prevent the feeling that this golden bubbly cocktail is going right to my hips, but there is something here. Capping off each imbibe is bubble gum, the final feature of the famous profile it pillaged, leaving behind an aftertaste that lingers a bit too long. There are some problems here in Lidl's sixteen ounce produce, for sure, but this is ain't a bad budget beverage.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the reduction from 160 milligrams of caffeine to 140. Why bother? The buzz does not suffer much from the stimulant slimming, still lasting about two hours or so. Other ingredients include taurine, B vitamins, inositol, ginseng and guarana extracts. Overall, Mega Energy by Lidl only disappoints if you have any expectations.

Go Fast Energy Drink Review

Go Fast is an energy drink that pops up without notice at various stores, mostly discount ones, but also vitamin and health ones. For fifty cents, I figured it was time to reevaluate this product, having not expressed my thoughts on the potation since 2008. Its can remains largely the same, only this time larger, which gives the prolix text some space to breath, but not much. It is simply too busy for its own good- perhaps this is why it littered the shelves of the local surplus store?

An exercise in excess, Go Fast screeches past being "sweet" and into unadulterated saccharine territory. Fortunately for palates, sucrose and honey are used, providing a bit more depth to the painful emphasis on empty calories than some. Piercing the sugariness is a shot of bitterness, either from all the "supplements" its can gloats about, or due to sitting on salvage store shelves for so long. It is a breathtaking break from the monotony, or at least until the sweetness is trampled by the acridity and the experience dilutes into a metallic and mineral mess. The flavor itself lives in the backseat, a decent Red Bull clone inhumed by the sour and cloying nature of this bargain store beverage.

Each can contains: taurine, ribose, ginseng, guarana, inositol, milk thistle, B vitamins, and 162 milligrams of caffeine. It lists this ingredients clearly on the back of the can, a refreshing change from the cryptic mumbling of most mega brand drinks.

company site

Java Monster Vanilla Light Energy Coffee Review

What am I doing here? Java Monster Vanilla Light was a disappointing entry in the line, so why revisit it? It have a few more grams of caffeine? According to my original review it does. But is that all? Well, who knows, but we do see its can has not gotten better with age. It is no different, save for some new text here and old text moved there. The dreary white hurts eyes who look for too long, clean but of bleached melancholy.

Your mouth is impressed at first contact with the Caucasian concoction, albeit briefly. Each diet sip does not grip the tongue as it leisurely paints palates of a creamy nuance. Instead each sip skims the tongue, its attenuate viscosity guaranteeing against any ounce of lard from locking on to the muscle and staining it of its pined unctuousness. Any vanilla is lost in the wateriness, deceiving documentation behind the barely sweet sweetness and fatless fattiness. Sure, there is some fat here, a surprising three grams, two even being saturated, but saturated in what? Water?! A depthless drink, a dull diluted drink without climax, a disgustingly deficient experience of how never to make an energy coffee. You want a low calorie coffee? You drink it black.

Each can contains vitamins, caffeine (185 milligrams), taurine, ginseng, inositol, guarana and others. Any energy should last just south of three and a half hours, a pretty solid kick for any brand. On the whole, Java Monster Vanilla Light is the kind of awful you would not feel bad about pawning it off onto unsuspecting friends to vomit up. Its almost a "so bad it is good" sort of experience, except for drinks, if it is bad, it is just bad.

company site

No Fear Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

Is this a re-review? I am not sure; last reviewed twelve years ago, No Fear Sugar Free appears only a slight can redesign different. It was a fairly sharp looking drink then and that remains today, with the baby blue insinuating its diet origins while never reducing its look to that of a child's soft drink.

Draconian sweetness blasts onto your tongue upon first gulp, bringing a tart misconstruction of passion fruit along. The artificial saccharinity is savored at the same time as the punch of sourness, an experience where you notice and wince from both. It is there the fruit sits on the palate, an ersatz taste deeply steeped in grape and apple filler who synthetically buff out every impassioned imbibe; the former boosting the existing sugariness to the level of a kid's potation, and the latter augmenting the ardent acidity to the point of disgust. Going up a floor greets guava and raspberry, subtle soupcons of something significantly more creative than the sips we have and continue to take. Everything comes to a dejected desistance, with the anonymous advent of grapefruit as you swallow the last few swigs. No Fear Sugar Free is bizarrely structured with an even more ludicrous tempo, but for all the unoriginal drinks out there, I will take it.

A mediocre two hour buzz is all you get from this blue and black can, serendipitously without any crash afterword. Each sixteen ounce serving contains: B vitamins, taurine, inositol, caffeine (140 milligrams), guarana, l-carnitine- and l-arginine. On the whole, you should not fear No Fear Sugar Free, but you probably should avoid it.

Rockstar Xdurance Blue Raz Energy Drink Review

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

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

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

official site

Full Throttle Original Citrus Review

There is no reason for the Full Throttle brand to exist, a dinosaur of an energy drink that can today be found hiding in shame in the bottom corner of your local dumpy convenience store, if you are so lucky. The packaging, mind you, is appealing since its redesign, but with only two varieties available, the line is simply not competitive.

The flavor is sugar and citrus, it is as easy as that. Of course, it is more complicated, but your tongue is seized instantly by an invasion of sweetness that wipes clean any delicacy the potation was going for. If we dig deeper into the nebulous "citrus" moniker, you can pick out lemon, peach, guava and pineapple, all perfunctory excuses of more nuanced nectars. But there is depth! It is just a shame you need to spend so much energy to discover them. Acidity is also strong, a tartness that would make some sour candies blush. It is a good thing too, since the saccharinity is so needlessly potent that your palate relishes the relative relief. Overall, Full Throttle Original Citrus is no good, a canned caffeinated cocktail antique of the energy drink stone age.

160 milligrams of my namesake is all we get, a perfectly fine amount that results in a perfectly fine buzz, but that is it? Just two hours? It simply is not ambitious. To end, Full Throttle Original Citrus is drinkable, decent looking and kicks well enough. But that is not good enough.

official site

Monster Rehab Tea + Lemonade Review

2021 is the year of revamps, with Monster touching up their Tea + Lemonade Rehab flavor. The can is a stark contrast to the original's distracted, murky visuals in favor of a bright, bold demonstration of how to tell the consumer a lot of information with minimal text.

These re-reviews are done without the older potable for comparison, but my tongue likes what it tastes today. Tartness hits your palate right out of the gate, a sourness that complements the obvious citrus presence. The acidity does not linger, leaving your tastebuds shortly after its initial introduction, refreshed once you lift the can up for your next sip. Sweetness, the same three grams found in the original, picks up to balance things out thusly, achieved via glucose, sucralose and ace-k. For the actual flavor, it is all that little yellow fruit all the time, the tea, black tea, making its appearance in the form of an earthy bite, the climax of the experience who is a bit too tame and timid to really push the potation into the realm of a proper prepared Arnold Palmer. Still, it quenched a thirst I did not think I had, and as summer approaches, fans will no doubt lap up this lemony libation.

The bad news is the reduction in caffeine, from 170 to the current 160. It is mind-boggling that they would hyphen the whole point of an energy drink, but alas, here we are. Other ingredients include: B vitamins, taurine, l-carnitine, inositol, and milk thistle. Expect a two hour kick, nothing more to really say about it.

official site

Monster Khaotic Energy Juice Review

"Khaotic" appears to be a remake of Monster's earlier juiced effort "Khaos," with the rear of the can mentioning "... it was time for a little makeover of the classic." Apart from the murky origins, the visuals are quite nice, a fun, if busy, slab of aluminum loaded with butterflies, paint splats, and other nebulous imagery.

The flavor takes me back to a simpler time, yes, I am talking about the "energy drink stone age." Back then, power products contained an upwards of fifty percent juice, and tried outdoing the competition with its can size and caffeine content. But in today's world, we have a sad ten percentage of nectar in a standard sized can, with an "acceptable" 160 milligrams of my namesake chemical. The website lists the flavor profile as "orange citrus," a true but misleading statement. What your tongue will notice are strong overtones of passionfruit, guava and pineapple, edging aside the core orange center. It is strange, considering how the first two are nowhere to be found on the ingredients list, and instead apple, white grape and peach appear. That itself is not the problem- the sugariness is. It is sweet on sweet on sweet, with no acidic relief from the onslaught of saccharinity. By the final gulp, you undo your belt and feel a strong urge to brush your teeth.

Alongside the aforementioned caffeine, we have the usual blend of B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, and inositol. Expect a two and a half hour long kick, with slight jitters. In the end, Monster Khaotic Energy Juice fails to properly honor their heritage.

official site

Full Throttle Blue Agave Energy Drink Review

This is the third time the Full Throttle brand's Blue Agave variety has graced my site, 2008's "Blue Demon" being the first, followed by 2010's drink of the same name as today's version. Its can now is the best by a long shot, filled with distinct visuals and a sharp, simple color palate.

I opened the can and took a sip. The flavor is less potent than the can's hardcore artwork suggest, but curt enough not to ever taste elegant. Blue agave is a generous description of the actual flavor here; it is more blue, black, and raspberry than anything else. Acidity is pungent and wonderful, puckering first your lips and curling all the way back to the rear of your tongue; this truly is a tart experience. High fructose corn syrup, the potables sole sweetener, does the job with the mentality of a drink in the early 2000's- saccharine, syrupy, and satisfying. Every imbibe delivers the weight only caloric sugar can, and there is a slight build up of the drink's fifty eight grams of the stuff clogging your palate. A marvelous beverage? Far from it, but it is a fun time-capsule back to when the Coca-Cola company had any chance in the energy drink market.

Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, and 160 milligrams of caffeine. The boost lasts two hours, a completely humdrum buzz that is not as "hard working" as the text of the can suggests. In the end, Full Throttle Blue Agave is a step in the right direction for the line. A better kick would be two steps.

official site

Red Bull Zero (New Taste) Energy Drink Review

Red Bull Zero receives a mild refresh after about eight years since its original debut, sporting approximately the same can and identical caffeine quantities, though there is now an alleged "new taste." Why the company revamped so little here is beyond me, but the design today is at least easy on the eyes, or at least, easier to film with today's surplus of cheap megapixels compared to when things were first reviewed here.

Without a sample of the original brew here for a side-by-side comparison, but the flavor here is not just long in the tooth- it is wearing dentures. It is your usual Red Bull illustration here, an unsophisticated bedding of lemon and bubble gum dominate every imbibe. Vanilla and apple are bit players in the world of Zero's restructuring, newtured nuances that swiftly become lost in the sea of familiarity. Yet there is an earthiness that bubbles up through the familiar soil, joined unjustly by a metallic staining, no doubt due to the indelicate taste of guarana and the aluminum walls of the twelve ounce transport. This post-sip-perversion does not quite destroy the drinkability, an irritation interrupted by a most agreeable acidity, but your tongue can only be distracted so quickly and for so long. The last element here is the sweetness, ace-k and sucralose doing a most unimpressive impression of honest sugars at their best day on the job, tasting acutely artificial despite the duo demoing more restraint in other potables. Thus Red Bull Zero is less "new taste" and more "old, lame taste."

A buzz lasting just two hours in today's world is lackluster, especially when it comes at such a premium price. Ingredients include: caffeine (114 milligrams), B vitamins, and taurine. In the end, Red Bull Zero (New Taste) looks, tastes, and performs like it did eight years ago. What is so new?

official site

Blue Sky Juiced Energy Drink Review

Blue Sky's Juiced Energy looks identical to what did nine years ago, save for this being the smaller variety. Everything is painfully ancient, an almost generic looking produce that should have died off of shelves years ago.

Potent graininess thrusts the fruit cocktail onto your palate, mostly apple and pineapple flavored despite white grape, peach, pear, tangerine and orange juice bulking up the fifty percentage of juice on the ingredients list on the back of the tiny can. The lost citrus adds just enough acidic humanity to the otherwise blandly sweet experience, one tasting purely of sugar nectar for most of the eight ounces. Carbonation lifts this deadened cruise through the fruit aisle beyond what it deserves, elevating this disappointing myriad of produce into the realm of decorousness.

Each can contains: caffeine, inositol, B vitamins, taurine, and ginseng. It is your standard blend from years past, a relic of hour and a half long kicks with sugar jitters. Overall, Blue Sky Juiced Energy is a fun reminder of what the energy drink market used to resemble, and may be worth the trip down memory lane.

official site

Mati Citrus Healthy Energy Drink Review

More Mati comes to us in the form of a reformulation, among the changes fewer calories (clocking in at forty, five behind the original), slightly more juice, and less caffeine. The can has grown up a bit too, losing its cartoony fruits for a more detailed depiction, but only the watchful eye could really tell the difference.

As a fan of the original, Mati Citrus 2.0 does little fresh with the flavor profile it updates. The slight increase in juice, up two percent from the original thirty, compensates for the few grams less of sugar- this beverage is a smoother sipper, with a less coarse texture and a more energetic effervescence. The problem here? Beneath all this renovation may be a more approachable potable, but where is the creativity of the first one? This is too "me-too" tasting. Do not get me wrong: I would drink Mati Citrus again, no hesitation, but the original's potent idiosyncrasies are lost in twelve ounces of commercialism.

Each can contains 115 milligrams of caffeine, and some vitamin C. Though I applaud them for adding the actual content to the back of the can (as opposed to scouring the internet for an amount), there is less of my namesake stimulant to go around. It is negligible however, as the kick remains at around two hours in length.

official site