5-Hour Energy - Pink Lemonade Review

Cost: $2.99 Cost Per Ounce:$1.50 Active Ingredients:Caffeine, Taurine, B-Vitamins Taste Rating:9.2 Kick Rating:9.5 Final Judgment Rating:9.5 Energy Drink Ratings Explained

5-Hour Energy - Pink Lemonade Review:It has been quite some time since I have posted a new Energy Drink Review... In fact I was actually contemplating retiring from reviews for awhile since I have really not had the time to keep up religiously like I used to. Even with my email box full of review requests I couldn't muster the time to do any new reviews. That is until I saw the new Pink Lemonade 5-hour Energy in Upper Michigan while on my way out to the backcountry for a couple days. The bright pink bottle seemed like it was glowing, bebkoning me to buy it, in fact I swear it was calling my name even before I turned into the gas station. Upon further inspection of the 5-hour Energy Pink Lemonade bottle I see that it is tied to the Avon Foundation for Women Breast Cancer crusade and that 5-hour will be donating a minimum of $75,000 to the charity. Pretty sweet, but upon furthe inspection of the 5-hour website I see that they will be giving $0.05 for every bottle sold to the Avon Foundation. That may not sound like a lot, but if you have seen any of their latest commercials, you will remember that they sell 9 million of those little buggers per week and since 5-hour Energy will donate five cents through December 31, 2012 that amount could add up quick. The addition of the new Pink Lemonade flavor means that they now have 9 different varieties for you to choose from... 6 original strength, 2 extra strength and a decaf. So hypothetically let's say that the new Pink Lemonade sells 1 million bottles per week... donation period lasts for 12 weeks. So 12 million bottles at five cents would mean a donation of $600,000. Now that's hypothetical, but the strength of the product and success of past new flavors leads me to believe it is entirely possible. Well enough fluff, let's move on to the review to see if the new 5-hour Energy Pink Lemonade was worth coming out of semi retirement for...

5-Hour Energy - Pink Lemonade Review: Taste Well the last flavor that 5 hour Energy came out with was extra strength grape and the flavor seems to have been well received by the market as well as with this reviewer. Now it is fairly obvious that the new Pink Lemonade is geared towards the female demographic, but hey I am more than man enough to try out the new flavor. And boy was I glad I did. The new shot tastes exactly like what you would expect a Pink Lemonade flavored drink to taste like... Pink Lemonade. Well hello Mr. Obvious, that was so enriching of a taste review. Well hard to describe a Pink Lemonade flavor I guess. I can tell you that it is not a sweet Pink Lemonade, but that the Lemonade flavoring is quite strong. As far as a medicinal aftertaste there was absolutely none. After 8 years of being the leader in energy shots, I think they got the flavoring down pat! This is by far the best tasting shot they have come out with...although the pomegranate is a close second. Taste Rating 9.0

5-Hour Energy - Pink Lemonade Review: Kick Well I normally take energy shots before some kind of physical activity and since I was on my way to a backpacking trip the new shot would be put to the test immediately. After a 4 hour drive I arrived at my destination... stiff from sitting and a little tired from the drive I cracked open the bottle and in two sips I quickly finished the shot. Now I was ready to take off on my 22 mile hike to get to camp. In the terrain the hike would take me about 6 hours. All I can say is I am glad I took the shot as the kick was just as good as all the other flavors. I felt focused and energized after the long drive. The hike took just under 6 hours and I still had plenty of energy to setup camp for the night and still enjoy the sunset on the shores of Lake Superior. Kick Rating 9.5

5-Hour Energy - Pink Lemonade Review: Final Judgment Great new flavor and I am more than glad that it called out to me at the gas station. I have missed reviewing and this was by far the best way to come back. I even managed to donate $0.05 to the Avon Foundation for Women Breast Cancer Crusade which you can learn more about here. To sum up, best tasting flavor yet. Energy formula remains solid. Supplied the focus and energy I needed without the crash and without the calories I don't want. Final Judgment - 9.5

Cstrong

Another Denver drink here, and this one was made right here (or there) in Colorado in Colorado Springs which is about an hour from Denver. There's 5 towns with the name springs in them in Colorado but Colorado Springs in the only one that doesn't have a fresh water spring and it was also the first land established in Colorado. Another fact is you guys probably don't give a shit about any of that.

Taste- Well I don't give two shits about this! Because its just a poopy red bullshit clone with nothing notable.

RATING- 6/10

Buzz- 1210 mgs taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, l-arginine, ginseng, tribulus terrestris, horny goat weed and maca root. alone with 100% rda B vitamins and 50% B3. I just wish that there was a company that would give a legit amount of some of those rare ingredients that you don't find in most drinks to where they would actually work good, because otherwise its just a waste and the drink just looks good but doesn't work as good. But I understand company's don't want to put all that money into drinks for those expensive ingredients when people would appreciate or realize they're in there, and would rather keep the price down and get more sales. I just wish it was the other way, I would rather pay a buck more. Tribulus terrestris is a new one. It has long been a constituent in tonics in Indian ayurveda practice, and used as an aphrodisiac. And like I say most of the time, this gets points for good ingredients but not enough of them.

RATING- 7.5/10

Total amount of mgs-1243.35

Over all rating-6.75/10

Speed: Ethanol

This drink seems like its getting more professional. Better cans, more flavors and I'm seeing it at more places. Too bad its not that good and they could have choose a more appropriate name and especially for the flavor. I don't think someone wants to drink something that tastes like gasoline.

Taste- A rough shitty "green" flavor that has no real flavor properties. It tastes cheap and its probably because it is. But I mean if you like sugary drinks I'm sure you will enjoy this somewhat, but for people who really care about what they're drinking wont like this. The name definitely does fit it.

RATING-6/10

Buzz- 381 mgs taurine. 39.9 mgs caffeine. 24 mgs inositol. 29 mgs glucuronolactone. 5.9 mgs sucralose. 0.97 mgs vitamin B2 9.9 mgs B6 4.5 mgs B5 2.36 mgs B3 and 12 mgs B12. Thats the most random set of numbers for a drink Ive ever seen. I wonder what the point of that is. We can finally see what they put in these and its not enough.

RATING-5/10

Total amount of mgs-505

Over all rating-5.5/10

Arma

This drink is hot in Chicago. All the liquor stores, smoke shops and 7-11's have it. Don't have me why because its made in California.

Taste- Guys, sometimes this is really hard. Describing a taste isnt as simple as you think, but I would say I still do a pretty good job at it. This one just taste like an energy drink pure and simple. But I cant say it tastes like monster, rockstar or red bull. Fuck if anything it might taste like all three combined. Its tart but not too much, its got a little of that sweet apple taste and its kind of heavy at the same time. Its sweetened with organic dried cane syrup which tells you this is a quality drink. Maybe thats what they were going for, a combination of all three because they could decide which to mimic. But it worked, I like it.

RATING- 7.5/10

Buzz- This gave me one of those rushes where you can tell it wasnt only shitty caffeine kicking in. It was a nice real, powerful boost and might last you they rest of the day (if you arnt prone to energy drinks like me) 25 mgs l-glutamine, l-caritine, inositol and ginseng. 600 mgs glucuronolactone. 200 mgs gaurana (NICE!) 80 mgs caffeine. 1000 mgs taurine and 100% of all your b vitamins. Major points for the high amount of gaurana which is a natural form of caffeine that is twice as powerful as it!

RATING-8.5/10

Total amounts of mgs-2019.7

Over all rating-8/10

Spazz Juice

Today me and my girlfriend went to Chicago to celebrate our two year anniversary and I just so happen to find some new drinks at the shopping place in navy peer. I found 4 new boston american drinks in a candy store. And yes this is my girl friend, she doesn't look too happy because she got sick :/

Taste- This company is always changing their formula and now its something completely new. Blueberry. Its a candy like blue berry taste with that awesome cotton candy type taste. Good and sugary, perfect in a candy store. I have no complaints on it.

RATING-9/10

Buzz- 50% rda vitamin B3, B12, B6 and 25% B2.1000 mgs taurine. 120 mgs caffeine. 50 mgs inositol and 25 mgs gaurana and ginseng.

RATING-7/10

Over all rating-8/10

Whoopass: Sugar Free

I knew they discontinued the original whoopass awhile ago but didnt know until recently they just changed the drink up completely and it sucks because while I was in Denver I only grabbed the sugar free version because I thought it was just the same drink with a different can. Huge disappointment that changed one of the most awesome cans to this generic looking shit.

Taste- Your typical sugar free energy drink that's trying to be healthy. Its made with green tea for antioxodents and chatechins and you can taste it. It has that "steaz, celcious, starbucks refreshers" type taste to it while trying to pull of a berry flavor. Its nothing like the original sadly which was pure neon "bad for you tasting" energy drink deliciousness.

RATING-4.5/10

Buzz- This makes up for all the disappointment here. I was impressed with so many ingredients you don't see often enough in energy drinks. 1000 mgs taurine. 150 mgs l-arginine. 200 mgs l-carnitine. 100 mgs l-lysine and caffeine. 80 mgs green tea polyphenois. 60 mgs green tea catchins. 50 mgs yerba mate and 20 mgs grape polyphenois along with your daily dose of all 4 B vitamins of course. The polyphenois and catechins are great but you could probably get more if you actually drank green tea or had some grapes. The other ingredients are given the correct amount of to give you a quality energy run which would be great for actually using like in sports or fitness.

RATING-8.5/10

Total amount of mgs-1769.70

Over all rating-6.5/10

Monster: Zero Ultra

And this is the very special review I was talking about! Found at a 7-11 in downtown Denver. According to the can people have been asking for a lighter tasting monster (which is a perfect idea). But even before I try it I know the best thing is the can. First off its white! And has beautiful decoration, also the can is textured. This is a drink you can be seen with, with class.

Taste- They sure did it. Its light and refreshing. Not thirst refreshing exactly but its pretty much like an absolute zero that actually tastes good and isn't so harsh which are the two reasons that drink blew. If I had to describe it perfect I would say its monsters closest drink to a pure sprite style citrus. But not exactly lemon lime, more of a different fruit tastes exactly like honey dew melon. Its nothing spectacular but its just what they wanted and I'm down with the idea.

RATING-8/10

Buzz- Just like some of their other drinks that say "we did this and that but still gave it a full load of the monster energy blend" they didn't but they said it again. This time they gave it the least amount of energy ingredients Ive ever seen in a monster drink. I'm assuming because they cant mask over the bad taste of all those ingredients with a strong flavor, which totally makes sense. 1,400 mgs taurine, ginseng, l-carnitine,glucuronolactone, inositol, gaurana and maltidextrin. 20 mgs vitamin B3. 10 mgs vitamin B5. 2 mgs B6 and 6 B12. What surprises me here is there is more ginseng and carnitine than caffeine. I dont think Ive ever seen that in an energy drink. But since this drink is still new I cant find out how much caffeine is in it, but it would be good to know.

RATING-7/10

Total amount of mgs-1438

Over all rating-7.5/10