Jubin

I got this gel sponsored by my doctor, and she got it from http://www.diabeteswereld.nl/. Thanks again!

The Jubin gel weights only 40 grams and contains 32 grams of sugar. On the side of the package there are stripes to indicate how much gel you got left (0 to 40 grams). The gel itself is transparant.

When I first tasted it it was just like my experience with the Maxim energy gel citrus fruits. Both gels do have the pure citrus flavor with a aftertaste wich is very short. But when I was half way on this, Jubin, gel, I knew the differences. The Jubin gel's taste isn't as strong as Maxim's gel, and the aftertaste is even shorter (well, there isn't a real aftertaste at all).

The main goal for this gel is to get your bloodsugar back (up) to normal levels. This can be done the fastest way with sugar (glucosesirup in this case). But sugar gives energy as well: from this sugar (glucose) we make glucoronolactone, which gives an energy boost. I didn't feel it that much, but it worked for it's main goal: raising your blood sugar fast to a normal level.

Burn Intense Energy Shot

I referred to Soria Natural Fast Liquid Energy as the first energy shot I've ever had, but I'll call this the first REAL energy shot I've had.

The shot comes in a 50 ml bottle, it might not seem that much, but it's enough to give a real buzz.
The bottle is all black, and the graphics are kept simple, but still they're effective and easily recognised as a Burn product.
On the front there's (obviously) the Burn logo, and the back of the bottle displays the nutrition facts and ingredients per unit.

Before I got the shot I heard that it's recommended to take just 1 of this shot a day, and maybe 2 if the drinker will sport intensively.
When I got the shot and tried it I found out why...
On the other cans and bottles in my collection there's always the same message: High caffeine content, but most of the time it's not really to be noticed in the drink itself. The caffeine content of those drinks is relative low to this shot.

In this drink, however, the caffeine is highly noticable, mainly because the amount of caffeine is way higher than in the standard energy drink.
The drink tastes almost like pure caffeine, with a touch of strawberry flavor (the strawberry flavor is in all of the Burn energy drinks, see Burn and Burn Intense Energy).

Because of the relative extremely high content of most ingredients*, it's not surprising that the drinker will get an extreme amount of energy.
This effect, however, doesn't last that long, I think this energy shot is ment to be drunk by sportsmen who need much energy for a short time, sprinters in particular.

I think this energy shot is great, both in taste and buzz, and the bottle doesn't look bad either.
But there's on thing that stops me from taking it often: the price.
€1.99 has to be paid for this drink at the local gas station, and I think that is way to expensive for such a small bottle.**

*comparing the Burn energy shot (50ml) with the regular Burn energy drink(250ml), per unit:

ingredient: .......shot: .......regular drink:
caffeine ...........80mg ......80mg
B3-vitamins .......9mg .......14,5mg
B5-vitamins .......3mg .......4,75mg
B6-vitamins .......1mg........2mg
B12-vitamins ......0,05mg....0,1mg
taurine............. 200mg ....0,4% = 100ml (= 100mg?)
glucoronolactone ..70mg .....0,24% = 60ml (= 60mg?)

** Caffeinpower: I'll buy some for camps when I stay awake till the late hours (or maybe better said: till the early hours), or sometimes stay awake the whole night. Another possibility when I buy this shot is for when I have to sprint at school, or get somewhere in a very short amount of time by bike. But I'm not going to buy it for longer efforts, like a judo training of 1 till 1,5 hours, . I'm not going to buy it as an everyday drink too, because it's too expensive and too small to enjoy over a longer amount of time.

Monster Lo-Carb

Price: €1,19, €1,39 or €1,49 (depends on where you get it)
Contains: 0,5L

This drink is the 'Lo-Carb' blue 500 ml. Monster. At first: the can. I really love the looks of the Monster cans, they kept it pretty simple but they still look great. The drink is really good as well; it's certainly not a Red Bull clone and has it's own, unique taste. I don't know what makes it so different, but it is good. It has a slight lemon flavor, but not the Red Bull-lemon. It's different. The only thing that disappoints me about the Monster Cans is the price.
Sadly, they're €1,50 a piece.

Energy Drink X light

There is not a obvious name for this drink. Only 'Energy Drink' and 'Light' in a big 'X'-like thing. So I made Energy Drink X light of it. If I'm wrong, and someone knows the official name, please tell us by using the guestbook.

The can has a overall silver-baby blue look. It looks a little cheap, but the drink was cheap. So that's a good match, right?

The drink itself is less sour and less sweet and Red Bull. It is less carbonated as most energydrinks as well, but there is some CO2. The overall taste is lemon-like.

My conclusion is that this drink is just a Red Bull clone, only less sweet, less sour and less carbonated. Female friendly is the perfect word probably.

ISOstar High Energy Acti Food peach

The second gel of the Acti Food-series is peach-flavored one. The basis is probably the same (gel, slight cinamon flavor etc).

I was right with that expectation. It is the same very sticky gel, only with an other flavor. A good peach flavor, with little pieces of peach. It has the cinnamon add as well, wich did fit perfectly with the apple flavor, but doesn't with the peach.

I don't like this one that much, because of the small pieces of peach, and the little f*cked up flavor.

Vluggertje

Price: €4,49 (six-pack)
Contains: 0,02L
Alc./Vol.: 14,9%

Vluggertje, a nice name with a double meaning (in dutch) for this little shot (translate Vluggertje to English and you'll get something like Quickie).

It's a mix of energy drink and vodka, and it contains 14.9% alcohol.
They're usually packed in six packs, which usually cost about €4.50
The drink has a nice shade of blue, which really gives the alcoholic mix impression.
The're are two stickers on this small bottles, the front sticker displays a roadrunner (I guess because of all the things speed-related to this drink; it's gone in one single sip, and it contains energy drink), and the sticker on the back shows the ingredients.
The drink itself is pretty good, you can barely taste the energy drink because of the alchol, but I don't mind.
You really feel it burn in your throat while you drink the entire bottle in one sip.
I really like these drinks, the only downside is the price, but I'll be definately get them when they're in discount again!

Lucozade

The Lucozade from the UK. I got the smallest bottle and the 1L bottle. both are the original flavor.

The smallest bottle can be carried easy in your jacket, it's small, but drinks good, and contains more fluid as a regular can.

The 1L bottle is easy to carry in your backpack. It doesn't weight alot and drinks good as well.

Both cans are shaped perfectly in my opinion. And they are pretty solid as well. You can drink easily from them.

Enough about the bottle. The drink has an light orange colour. But the drink tastes like citrus, with a little orange or something. It's not the same citrus as the Nalu. It's different, but I don't know in what way.

Anyway, it's a good drink, good bottle and not that expensive.

Burn

I know we've made a review about Burn already. But it's time for one about the small can.

The small can had the same logo (of course), and the same font.

The back of the can is made pretty special with the text in the shape of a flame.

The drink itself is awsome. It's a uber sweet strawberry flavor. It's red coloured, which fits great with the strawberry flavor and the flames.

Zero Kilo

Zero Kilo, an energy+fat burner. Wondering how good it is.

The first this I noticed on this can, is that it is a regular silver can with a sticker around it. It has a summer look, so it fits good with the weather we're having right now.

The drink smells like fruit, a fruit mix. It has an orange juice colour and tastes like orange fruits. It's non carbonated.

All this, about the drink itself, makes it a very good drink. Totally different as the ones I'm used too.

Download Energy

Price: €0.79
Contains: 0.25L

Download Energy, the name makes me excited already.
Let's see...

Packaging:
This can contains 0.25L, which doesn't really stand out from the rest, but I don't mind.
The graphics contain of a black background with some yellow details.
There are two yellow bands; one on the top and one on the bottom.
Both of those bands contain the drinks' slogan 'Upload your mind, download your energy.'
In the middle of the can, there's another yellow area with edges that attempt a ripped-open effect.
That effect doesn't really work in my opinion, an oval or regular band probably would have looked better.
The yellow area in the middle contains the 'Download Energy' logo, which basically consists of a dynamic embossed 'D' , and 'Download Energy' written in an italic font.
Last but not least: the background is not entirely black; it contains several silver-colored ones and zeroes that represent binary counting, a nice touch on this can.

Slogan:
As mentioned in the packaging, the slogan for Download Energy is 'Upload your mind, download your energy.'
I quite like the slogan, it's inventive and suits the name.
Good job, Download.

Taste:
I poured this one into a glass, only to notice that this is once again a caramel-colored drink, so nothing special here.
The smell, however, is something different.
Though the basic smell is the same, but you can really notice a strong caffeine smell.
There's not that much carbonation, when you pour it into a glass it will hiss for a second or two, but after that there are only few bubbles left.
When I tasted this drink I also noticed the influence of the caffeine, just as with the smell, but asides from that, the drink is just a (to say it in CaffeinPowers' terms) Red Bull clone.
It's not a bad one though, it's certainly drinkable, but not recommended if you want something special.

Kick:
This energy drink contains 32 milligrams of caffeine on 100mL, the exact same amount as the Energy Slammers, so the impression of extra added caffeine was just an illusion created by the smell and taste.
After I drank it the energy started to kick in slowly.
It's constant so not jittery, but the energy will not last that long: only about an hour.

Price/Quality Ratio:
Normally you'll pay about 79 cents for this drink, which is a pretty avarage price.
It's suitable for an avarage drink like this; not too good, but not too bad either.

Barts Energie

Price: €2,-
Contains: 0,25L

Barts Energie, from Bakker Bart. The can is pink with some active people on it. Pretty gay imo. Hopefully the drink itself is better.
Well, it wasn't. It was a little more sour as a regular Red Bull, but that's it. It did cost me €2, for a Red Bull clone and that's too much for such a drink.

Review by EnergyFreak:

The can looks gay, really gay, I think it might be the color that does the trick (hmm... maybe). There is a reason for that: Bakker Bart uses Pink in the logo (but the color is still gay).
The drink and it's price didn't correspond well with eachother, €2 is too much for such a standard energy drink.

Trekpleister Energy Booster

Price: €0,30
Contains: 0,25L

I got this energy drink at the pharmacy called Trekpleister. I really didn't expect Trekpleister to have an energy drink. The first positive thing about this drink is the price; only €0,30 for a can, so even I could afford it! The second positive thing is the can: it has a nice shade of purple with some lightning bolts, it looks pretty good in my opinion. And the drink (last positive thing) tastes very good, especially when you only paid 30 eurocents for it. It has the rather standard energy taste, but with some added sweetness which really completes it. So my overall opinion? It's a good energydrink; it's cheap, it tastes good and the can looks good in your collection. I will go to Trekpleister from now on when I want an energydrink and I've got only 30 cents to spend (but I will still be getting Slammers when I can't find a Trekpleister).

Monster

Price: €1.19, €1.39, €1.49, €2.29, €2.50 (depends on where you get it)
Contains: 0.5L

Let's review the regular version of this kick-ass energy drink brand.

Packaging:
The 500mL can is almost entirely black and the only 'decorations' are logos and nutrition facts.
It has a striking simplicity over it that I really like.
Monster's cool green claw logo is the eyecatcher on this can.
On the top the active ingredients are displayed, seperated from eachother by green plusses.
Underneath the claw logo there's the 'Monster' writing, which is present on all monster cans, and 'Energy' written in green.
I like how everything fits within the three-color scheme (black-green-silver) and the simplicity completes this can.

Slogan:
Monster's slogan is 'Unleash the Beast'.
It sounds cool to me and it fits within the Monster theme.

Taste:
When I poured this drink into a glass I noticed the classic caramel color (maybe a bit lighter, but I don't know for sure because I was stupid enough to pour it into a blue-tainted glass) and it had a small layer of foam on the top.
Even from the smell I could already judge that the drink would be very sweet.
I was right, when I took the first sip the first thing I noticed was the sweetness of the drink.
It does not taste like any other energy drink I've tasted so far (aside from the other Monsters).
The drink has it own unique taste and it certainly does not go with the flow by trying to taste like a Red Bull.
It's also subtally carbonated, but though it's kept subtle you'll still belch loudly after 4 sips in a row.
Sadly, I think it's the combination of the carbonation and the large amount of fluid that makes you feel sick when you're having more than one can.
But still, this drink really is something different, in a positive way.

Kick:
Monster never seems to disappoint me when it comes to the buzz.
The drink certainly gets me up in the morning and gives a nice, constant amount of energy.
I think it's the guarana that does the trick; you feel energy, but it's subtle so you will not act hyperactive or something.

Price/Quality Ratio:
As you can read on the top of this review the variety of prices for Monster is rather big.
The most common price is €1.49, and that's fine with me, since the drink lives up to the price.

Bad Dog

Bad Dog, the name is cool and so is the can. The can is silver, like most Energydrinks, and has a badass blue-yellow pitbull on it. The drink itself tastes good, a little sweeter than the avarage drink (commonly known as 'Red Bull clone'), but it works.

Kremlin Energy

Price: €2,25 (includes deposit)
Contains: 1,5L

Finally another 1.5L bottle. Kremlin energy. With my crappy french I could figure out it has a strawberry flavor. Knowing that, I was excited like hell! An huge bottle of energy drink with a strawberry flavor! Awesome!

On the way back home, I opened it and drunk a little of it, I think just 100mL or something. I knew enough, it's a great drink. It's well carbonated, and has a very sweet strawberry flavor. The only negative was that my mother didn't want to go back to buy me some more bottles...

It's definitely not a Red Bull clone, it's a whole new kind of drinks. I think the same way about this drink as I do about Monster Ripper or Rockstar Juiced, just awesome, a little expensive, but worth the money.

I haven't finished the entire bottle yet, so I can't tell much about the kick it gives, but I'm pretty sure it will be huge if you drink a full 1.5L of this stuff.

Carabao

Price: €0,69 (bottle), €0,79 (can)
Contains: 0,15L (Bottle), 0,25L (can)

Carabao,

I bought those two at a new local shop that sells Asian import products (a toko). I was pretty surprised when I saw they sold a small 8.4 fl.oz can and a 5.07 fl.oz glass bottle. I couldn't make up my mind wich to choose, so I bought both, together with a M-150 bottle and a Wonderland Ginseng drink.

When I got home, I couldn't wait, so I opened the small, green can. The smell was great, like a clear lemon. When I tasted it, I reacted like: 'woo, great flavor!', and it sure is. A very strong lemon drink comes into your mouth, just awesome! With that, it's non-carbonated, so the taste isn't ruined with bubbles. It's no Red Bull clone for sure! Probably one of the best you can get. I couldn'tt wait to open the glass bottle, but I had to, I had 4 energy drinks that day, and that was enough.

After about half an hour I felt the buzz kicking in. This is the first 'real' energy drink I've drunk, so I was pretty surprised it really worked.

Energy Slammers

Price: they differ per shop, but they're always around 30 cents.
Contains: 0.25L

The Dutch most popular energy drink, it's cheap and available in almost every supermarket.

Packaging:
This 0.25L can has a very easy design.
The body is mainly colored silver, with a red band on the top and one on the bottom.
'ENERGY' is written vertically in black, and the 'R' and the 'G' are seperated by some kind of logo.
I suppose that this must be the Slammers logo; it consists of five red lightingbolts, placed in some kind of circle and rotating clockwise.
The same logo is repeated on the backside; near the ingredients there's a black square with the lightningbolt-logo in silver.
At last, there's still some text on the can.
Underneath (or next to, since it is place vertically) the word 'ENERGY' there's the text: 'SLAMMERS REFRESHING POWERDRINK WITH THE UNIQUE ENERGY TASTE.'

Slogan:
I assume that the slogan is 'WITH THE UNIQUE ENERGY TASTE', and i only assume that because no other thing that looks like a slogan is to be found on this can.
That slogan is not very inventive, and certainly not true.
This drink has anything but an unique energy taste (check the next subject).

Taste:
The drink is caramel colored and smells like every other non-unique energy drink.
I was expecting something like a Red Bull and that was right to a certain extent, but this drink had something different to it.
It's very sweet, in fact I could swear that I taste something sirup-ish in this drink.
I must say that it's not a bad drink, and I can understand why so many people buy them in big amounts at a time, but 'unique' is too big of a word.
The can is exaggerating!

Kick:
The drink contains 32 milligrams of caffeine per 100 mL, which is quite standard for an energy drink.
The kick, however, really isn't something to write home about; decent, but far from the best ever.

Price/Quality Ratio:
The drink itself is decent.
But for 30 cents, it's great!
I've never seen anyone buying just one at a time, and why would you, if you can buy such a decent drink for such a low price?

Blue Bastard

Price: €0,45
Contains: 0,25L

'Awfully cool taste'. The small slogan what is on the can. It's something else as 'Serve chilled', great!

The can has a lovely pitbull on it, in silver colour with blue lines and white spikes. The can itself is black with grey, so not 100% black. The whole can has a blue/silver feeling, wich contrasts nice with the yellow 'blue bastard' text.

The tast on the other hand isn't that great. Another Red Bull clone... Still, I'm happy, It doesn't taste bad for the €0,45 I paid for it. In fact, when I get get those, I'll buy 24 of them. As a little variation between Bullit, Rodeo and the bigger Monsters and Rockstars.

B-52

B-52, the first energy-bottle I saw in my life. So I bought it right away.

5 Minutes later I knew I had to deal with another Red Bull clone. Besides that, it is cool to have an energy bottle between your cans. Further it ain't special.

Kamikaze

I got this 275ML can from the Czech Republic. If everything goes right, I'll have one with English text soon, because I don't understand what's on it, and they booth look great (they are not the same).
The can itself has a very easy design. But i still like it. The major reason for that is that my nickname on most forums and in most games is Kamikaze. That's also the major reason why I bought this one. This is one of the cans which made me collect energy drinks.
The drink itself has a very special taste. It is not a Red Bull clone. It has a taste what reminds me of cinnamon.
The can has a price on the internet that is about $2-$3, but it is worth it. At least if you want to enjoy a good energydrink, and not another cheap Red Bull clone.