Full Throttle Blue Demon Energy Drink Review

Full Throttle is to Coke what AMP is to Pepsi. Just like all energy drink makers, Full Throttle has released a boat load of different flavors to try and attract more buyers. The regular Full Throttle in my opinion is not much of an exciting drink. It doesn't taste too good and it gives you the same energy boost as all other energy drinks. The only reason why I used to buy Full Throttle a few years ago was because I worked in a small town for about a year and every day on my way to work, I would pass by a Mac's convenience store. For that one year there were endless Full Throttle promotions - 2 cans for the price of one, 2 for $4, buy 1, get one half off and so on. Also the store had a Subway stand so instead of horrible, overpriced fountain drink I usually bought whatever energy drink Mac's had on sale...which was Full Throttle.

Right before I left the town the Full Throttle Blue Demon was released and another boat load of promotions arrived - "buy a Full Throttle and get Full Throttle Blue Demon for free" was my favorite one. It was smart of Coke to let you try their new product for free, because oh boy did it taste great. The label says that it tastes like blue agave, but since I cannot recall ever drinking blue agave juice, other than tequila, I can't tell that it doesn't. The Full Throttle Blue Demon has the most refreshing taste of all the energy drinks I have ever had. The taste is very well balanced, not too sweet, yet it has a slight citrus, candy-like undertone. The aftertaste is very clean and refreshing which lingers for a while. The best part about the aftertaste is that it doesn't have that generic energy drink aftertaste that reminds you for at least half an hour that you had just consumed a natural health product that will likely give you a heart attack with its ungodly caffeine content.

The caffeine content is a bit lower than its competition with 141 mg per can, but it still provides a sufficient boost that lasts for a few hours.

Scores:
Cost - $2.99 CAD for a can
Taste - 9.5/10
Energy - 7.4/10

Overall - 16.9/20

Read about the other Full Throttle drinks I have tried:

• Original

Tonino Lamborghini Energy Drink Review

This must be the cheapest energy drink I have bought, not because I only paid $5 for 2 cans, but because I paid $5 for 2 cans, I got a free glass full of it and a free t-shirt. Maybe it was a promotion, but I don't care, I got a free t-shirt. And I was going to buy this to try it even before I approached the stand and saw the "free t-shirt" sign.

It is called Tonino Lamborghini, which is probably Italian for Red Bull, because that is exactly how it tastes. I think this is where I should stop writing how this tastes like because it tastes exactly like a Red Bull. It almost even has the same medicinal ingredients - 80 mg of caffeine, but only 100 mg of taurine. So, to sum up - it tastes like a Red Bull, gives you the same energy boost and costs the same.

Scores:
Cost - 8.5/10
Taste - 8.9/10
Energy - 6.5/10

Overall - 23.9/30...yep, Red Bull

Rockstar Juiced Review

This is it, my new favorite energy drink. It tastes like a fruit juice with no traceable Rockstar aftertaste. It is not as sweet as the Rockstar Punched, which makes it even easier to drink and enjoy. The label says it is supposed to taste like mango, orange and passion fruit, but all I really detect is the overpowering taste of mango with some citrus hints. I cannot really taste the passionfruit, but that doesn't ruin the overall experience. The label also states 50% of the drink is 50% juice, which I doubt a little because beverages that contain a lot of juice usually cost more than $2.50 CAD per can. Even if the 50% juice content is not all that true, I would still buy this again as it tastes excellent.

The energy content is the same as all the other Rockstar drinks - 160 mg per can. It pepped me up enough and maintained that high for several hours.

Scores:
Cost - 8.5/10
Taste - 9.1/10
Energy - 7.5/10

Overall - 25.1/30...it's good

Rockstar Punched Review

Rockstar fruit drinks in my opinion are better tasting than the other big guys - Monster and amp. You really don't get the taste of the regular Rockstar when you buy one of their Juiced flavors, which might mean that each flavor is developed separately and not based on the regular one...absolutely no fact checking was done here.

Rockstar Punched is a bit different - it is very, very sweet. Too sweet for my taste but I appreciate the lack of the typical Rockstar taste and aftertaste. For that I would give it some bonus points. OK, onto the taste - if you have ever had fruit punch that has been sweetened
to ungodly heights then you have pretty much sampled Rockstar Punched. If you haven't had sweet fruit punch, then I suggest you go get some , add some sugar to it and have a sip. It would be much cheaper to try it that way before you commit to Rockstar Punched. Sure you will not get the energy rush, but I am focusing on the taste at the moment. I will be addressing the energy boost real soon...reaaaaal soon.

OK, time to address the energy boost. You get the standard caffeine dose of 160 mg per can plus whatever else from the sugar. Nothing else to say here.

Scores:
Cost - 8.5/10...cost only $2.49 CAD
Taste - 8.2/10...a bit too sweet for me, but some might enjoy the fruit punch taste
Energy - 7.5/10...pretty standard for a 473 mL can

Overall - 24.2/30...very good, but the Rockstar Juiced drinks are a bit better tasting

Effect energy drink review

Effect - the imported, high quality energy drink available at your local Canadian Tire gas station for the price of $1.99 CAD. The can looks absolutely great, very minimalistic...with the exception of the bunch of labels on the back, which also look quite nice.

Effect is a straight up Red Bull copy for 50 cents less. It has the same taste, color, aftertaste and caffeine content for that same energy boost as a good old can of Red Bull. Need I say more?

Scores:
Cost - 9/10
Taste - 8.9/10
Energy - 6.5/10

Overall - 24.4/30...this is how much I would probably give Red Bull, or maybe a bit less due to the 50 cent price increase

Zola Immunity Smoothie Review

I will give this a 2, perhaps a 3 out of 10 for presentation. I only took a photo of the front of the label, because the back was just cluttered with text and nutrition information. The text color, font and background also did not look good. However, it tastes expensive and it is expensive. Yes I stole that from Maker's Mark, but it is perfectly applicable. It costs $3.99 CAD...that is if you can find it in stores.

First off, it's 80% juice. That right there justifies the price somewhat. If you look at the ingredients list you will see puree this, puree that. But how does it taste? It tastes like a million bucks...ok, like $4. It tastes like something you had freshly made from scratch. It is tangy and tartary because it has not been sweetened much. It is thick, almost like puree. I am guessing a bit of water/juice has been added to make it more liquid. Every sip is a fruit explosion. There are so many different fruits blended together. The immediate aftertaste is of tangy tropical fruits, which soon fades and the taste of berries replaces it. Absolutely great, I cannot describe how good this was.

Scores:
Cost - 6.5/10
Taste - 9.9/10...I am saving the 10 for the future

Overall - 16.5/20...probably the best store bought juice I have ever had. I only wish it was cheaper

Fuze Shape Review

I decided to try out one of the Fuze drinks I have been seeing so much of lately. I have seen my friends drink these, co-workers, family and people passing me on the streets. When I was at the local LobLaws I picked up a bottle of Fuze Shape Strawberry Melon for $1.99.

At 20 calories per bottle you don't get much of course. Clearly defined strawberry and melon tastes have been sacrificed for the low level of calories. The aftertaste is very similar to the one you get from drinking Nestle/Aquafina/Dasani flavoured water, very artificial. Anothe problem with the aftertaste is how long it lasts. I really don't want to be reminded constantly for 20-30 minutes that I had a sip of a low calorie drink, which did not taste very good. OK, maybe it is the

strawberry/melon combination which is not good and not the drink. I shall see by buying another flavour in the near future. I highly doubt that this is the case because Snapple makes some great tasting drinks...with a lot more calories of course.

Scores:

Cost - 9/10...to be fair, this should be lower, perhaps 8/10 because you can buy quite a lot of drinks for around the same price that are better tasting - like Jones Soda

Taste - 5.5/10

Overall - 14.5/20...tastes like flavoured water and there are other better tasting drinks for the money