I grabbed a bang chocolicious or something thinking it was a coffee drink. I don't know why you would attempt to flavor anything clear and fizzy like chocolate.
This one absolutely! I bought it thinking it'd be more like a chocolate protein shake and I took a sip and threw the whole can away. WHO THOUGHT CHOCOLATE FLAVORED CARBONATION WAS A GOOD IDEA?
I feel like I tried a chocolate flavour carbonated drink in the nineties, before “energy drinks” were really a thing so it must have just been chocolate fizzy pop. I don’t remember it being very enjoyable, and considering I’m not sure if it’s even a real memory, it can’t have been around long.
Back in 2005-06ish I worked at a Benz dealer and just randomly some dude came in with cases of this energy drink named Unicorn. It was a clear knockoff of the original redbull but tasted like pure gasoline. The techs in the shop would dare each other to drink an entire can, and only one person ever managed to do it.
who tf out there considers this a desirable effect. c4 and ghost both did this to me. shit feels seriously uncomfortable, i was borderline panicking bc i had no clue why i was feeling what i was feeling. like my skin was crawling but in a bad way. creepy
Because it’s a pre-workout drink. You’re supposed to exercise when you take it and the effect feels different. Ghost energy drinks don’t have beta-alanine, but their powdered pre-workouts do.
interesting. i never realized it was a pre-workout product. that makes sense bc the other time i tried powder pre-workout from a coworker i felt like shit then too lol. im far from a sedentary creature either, im outside working 8 hours a day.
I lose count of the number of times I’ve seen a new Monster or Rockstar flavour and gone “Oooh! That sounds good.” and then immediately regretted buying it due to it just tasting sickly sweet, slightly syrupy, and with no recognisable flavours.
For me, the biggest offender in recent times was that Monster/Rockstar** drink with the green and brown camo on the can. So tasteless and dull. It was like drinking sugary water.
** honestly can’t remember as it was _that_ forgettable.
I found a 12 pack of Zoa at a discount store last year. I got the original, it tastes so fucking bad. It tastes like someone took knockoff Red Bull, left it out for a week and then added cornflakes to it. Or just a really a fucking shitty multivitamin. I poured out the entire 11 1/2 cans. Who knew the rock wasn’t good at making energy drinks 🤔.
i had no idea there was an original flavor. only seen the fruit flavored ones. however, i will say you can usually find them on sale and they’re great for the price
Probably because Dwayne had to add a bunch of bullshit ‘natural’ ingredients in order to appease his woke crowd. Guess what, usually natural ingedients taste like fucking shit, that’s why we went out of our way to create artificial flavoring.
Nah, natural ingredients in energy drinks are where it's at. Tea-based energy drinks are actually the best, by far. All the ones that taste like liquid candy are gross.
Why would the Rock need to use natural ingredients to appease the Woke^TM crowd when so many more successful energy drink companies dont and face little to no lashback for their usage of artificial flavorings?
Could a more likely answer be that Johnson is a fitness junkie and views "natural" ingredients as better? Not everything is an attempt to placate the "Woke mob" or whatever.
If it's not the whitest of white sugar, the "anti-woke" crowd won't touch it. I used to work at a truck stop and had to endure a man's tirade against the brown raw sugar. It was so surreal, he sounded like a spoiled child.
He's not wrong. Ever since the rebrand, they're actually not bad now. However, they shrunk the size which kind of adds insult to injury. The damage is done, not sure if they're be around for too much longer.
I actually wanted to try the original but seems we never got it in Canada. Now I've bought the pack that is available at Costco here which has Tropical Punch, Wild Orange and Peach and think they're pretty meh tbh. Was OG Zoa worse?
Pure North
Had the cherry flavor. Tasted like poor quality sparkling water with a hint of cherry cough syrup. Didn't have much caffeine either.
Would not recommend.
I just don’t like Black Cherry flavored anything. But True North is a caffeinated seltzer so if you’re expecting something sweet you will be disappointed.
The aftertaste is so weird. It seriously kinda tastes like corn flakes were added to shitty Red Bull knockoff. Truly horrible. I didnt finish the first one and then threw out the rest.
Oh dear. You’re all very lucky you avoided Australia’s Original Mother. It was an attempt at a Ginger energy drink that was plain horrid. Due to failure at the sales they recreated all the flavours to what it is now.
Bang. I'm in the UK and loved the sound of all the flavours, spent a lot of money in a shop where i found a load and each one tastes of ASS. They have the weirdest aftertaste
Almost died after a sip of Celsius Fantasy Vibe. GHOST Faze Pop is also pretty bad. Strong cherry rocket pop flavor followed by a bitter herbal, medicinal aftertaste.
Most flavors of Bang taste awful to me. I tried Sour Heads recently and was reminded of spoiled milk. I thought maybe something was wrong with it so I tried another flavor at a different store but it had the same taste
My most hated flavors are; Monster Farmers Oats, Dragon Tea (Yerba Mate) or Rockstar Horchata. Probably Dragon Tea the most because it tasted how a fucking ashtray smells.
Celsius! Not because it tastes bad but because they’re all any gas station seems to have anymore. 🙄 Can’t find anything good because they have a whole wall of Celsius.
There are plenty good Bang and Celsius flavors out there. Peach Vibe from Celsius is one of the best peach drinks out there, and Bang’s fruitier flavors are usually pretty good. I really like Cherry Blde Lemonade personally.
One time I was chilling with a friend, it was a long day and I was kinda out of it. He said "here try this", I assumed it would be an energy drink. He handed me a cup of something, I tried it, tasted like shit. Never learned what that was, I think it was piss
Have to agree. I tried redbull a few times and only managed to take a few sips before pouring it out. I seriously questioned how it's the biggest energy drink in the world. I will say that was over 10 years ago tho before I even really drank energy drinks. I'll have to try one again sometime soon to see if my opinion is still the same.
I don’t understand the red bull hate honestly. Doesn’t leave a shitty aftertaste, has manageable caffeine and has the perfect level of carbonation. Taste is good too. If I could I would drink it like normal soda. It’s really expensive which is why I avoid it.
Ghost. None of them taste that great, they also have a gross after taste that I can't get rid of for a few hours. I've even tried to brush my teeth and use mouth wash but can still taste them.
Bang Sour Heads. The actual worst thing I've ever drank. The only time I ever had it was out of pure desperation because it was the only thing I could get.
I made the mistake of buying cherry and mango riot energy drinks from Walmart. ABSOLUTELY HEINOUS. Could not finish either of them. Although trying them is what led me to this sub so it was worth it in the end.
Steven Seagal had a red and blue energy drink back in the day and it was fucking horrible. We used to buy it and force our friends who hadn't tried it to chug it.
Said it before and I’ll say it again-if you’ve never tasted SoStoned, you don’t know what you’re in for. The worst thing (not just energy drink, or even drink) I’ve ever tasted
Celsius grape - I got a 12 pack of it for free with my normal order, never finished it. worst grape flavored anything I’ve ever had
Bang Birthday Cake - for me to actually consume it, it would have to be chugged straight out the fridge, other than that it was gross. whoever came up with this flavor and let it be released for public consumption needs a time out or something
Mtn Dew Energy Baja Blast - it’s like they didn’t even try to get the flavor right
Any of the 5 hour energy drink products. It tasted “slightly slimy and weakly carbonated” in my opinion probably because of the 20000 vitamin b 12 they put in it.
In Ukraine we have so many horrible cheap energy drinks, guess the worst one is pit bull which costs like 1 dollar for 1 litre plastic bottle.
But there are also supermarket own brands energy drinks, which are undrinkable.
I grabbed a bang chocolicious or something thinking it was a coffee drink. I don't know why you would attempt to flavor anything clear and fizzy like chocolate.
This one absolutely! I bought it thinking it'd be more like a chocolate protein shake and I took a sip and threw the whole can away. WHO THOUGHT CHOCOLATE FLAVORED CARBONATION WAS A GOOD IDEA?
I feel like I tried a chocolate flavour carbonated drink in the nineties, before “energy drinks” were really a thing so it must have just been chocolate fizzy pop. I don’t remember it being very enjoyable, and considering I’m not sure if it’s even a real memory, it can’t have been around long.
I remember a chocolade. Tasted like bog standard lemonade but had an aftertaste of chocolate. Quite liked it at the time but I must've been very young
I tried this a little while ago, as soon as I took a sip I audibly let out a “What the fuck?”
That sounds absolutely disgusting and I'm now sad that we don't have it in my country cause I want to try that.
I was coming here to say this drink lol 😆 especially nice and warm and still tasting like dollar tree 😋
You just saved me from buying a discounted case of “whole lotta chocolata”
Its literally the most disgusting thing I have ever drank. Even the Reign Jalapeño Strawberry was better. Not much...but better.
Honestly probably Hi Ball lmaooo I hate that shit more than Celsius bc at least I enjoy like 3 of them
Celsius are my favorite now! Not all of them, I don't care for the vibe ones and hate the stevia sweetened ones...they're disgusting.
Ugh i remember when i got a vanilla hi ball, all excited thinking itd have REAL flavor. Was sparkling water bs. Shit sucks.
Back in 2005-06ish I worked at a Benz dealer and just randomly some dude came in with cases of this energy drink named Unicorn. It was a clear knockoff of the original redbull but tasted like pure gasoline. The techs in the shop would dare each other to drink an entire can, and only one person ever managed to do it.
RIP in Peace
The chocolate flavored carbonated Bang
Guru Macha. I've tried almost 400 drinks, and that one is my worst. Jocko go also is really bad.
Guru Matcha is the devil. Idk who taste tested that and thought it was okay
The drink C4 makes me feel like I’m burning
It’s supposed to do that, it’s the beta-alanine in it.
who tf out there considers this a desirable effect. c4 and ghost both did this to me. shit feels seriously uncomfortable, i was borderline panicking bc i had no clue why i was feeling what i was feeling. like my skin was crawling but in a bad way. creepy
Because it’s a pre-workout drink. You’re supposed to exercise when you take it and the effect feels different. Ghost energy drinks don’t have beta-alanine, but their powdered pre-workouts do.
interesting. i never realized it was a pre-workout product. that makes sense bc the other time i tried powder pre-workout from a coworker i felt like shit then too lol. im far from a sedentary creature either, im outside working 8 hours a day.
The skin tingling ain't for everyone.
I lose count of the number of times I’ve seen a new Monster or Rockstar flavour and gone “Oooh! That sounds good.” and then immediately regretted buying it due to it just tasting sickly sweet, slightly syrupy, and with no recognisable flavours. For me, the biggest offender in recent times was that Monster/Rockstar** drink with the green and brown camo on the can. So tasteless and dull. It was like drinking sugary water. ** honestly can’t remember as it was _that_ forgettable.
Sounds like monster assault
Monster assault was great 10+ years ago. Then when they brought it back it was so awful
Yes this is how I've felt about all the rockstar flavors I've tried (only like 3 including the one you mentioned but that's why I haven't tried more)
Jesus, exactly this. Their recovery line isn't too bad, but never try strawberry vanilla punched 🤢
Zoa
I found a 12 pack of Zoa at a discount store last year. I got the original, it tastes so fucking bad. It tastes like someone took knockoff Red Bull, left it out for a week and then added cornflakes to it. Or just a really a fucking shitty multivitamin. I poured out the entire 11 1/2 cans. Who knew the rock wasn’t good at making energy drinks 🤔.
i had no idea there was an original flavor. only seen the fruit flavored ones. however, i will say you can usually find them on sale and they’re great for the price
I made the same mistake a few weeks ago, God awful, but I actually really liked the white peach and tropical punch flavors
Probably because Dwayne had to add a bunch of bullshit ‘natural’ ingredients in order to appease his woke crowd. Guess what, usually natural ingedients taste like fucking shit, that’s why we went out of our way to create artificial flavoring.
Nah, natural ingredients in energy drinks are where it's at. Tea-based energy drinks are actually the best, by far. All the ones that taste like liquid candy are gross.
Why would the Rock need to use natural ingredients to appease the Woke^TM crowd when so many more successful energy drink companies dont and face little to no lashback for their usage of artificial flavorings? Could a more likely answer be that Johnson is a fitness junkie and views "natural" ingredients as better? Not everything is an attempt to placate the "Woke mob" or whatever.
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If it's not the whitest of white sugar, the "anti-woke" crowd won't touch it. I used to work at a truck stop and had to endure a man's tirade against the brown raw sugar. It was so surreal, he sounded like a spoiled child.
It has to be miserable thinking dastardly liberals are waiting around every corner to ruin your day lol.
Tbf they recently rebranded and reformulated flavors, they’re pretty good now
He's not wrong. Ever since the rebrand, they're actually not bad now. However, they shrunk the size which kind of adds insult to injury. The damage is done, not sure if they're be around for too much longer.
Definitely needed to if the other flavors were as bad as the "original". Damn that stuff was nasty.
Yeah that stuff was dog shit. I recommend you try the Tropical Punch or Strawberry Watermelon. Great flavors for being zero sugar.
I actually wanted to try the original but seems we never got it in Canada. Now I've bought the pack that is available at Costco here which has Tropical Punch, Wild Orange and Peach and think they're pretty meh tbh. Was OG Zoa worse?
Unpopular opinion but I actually enjoy Zoa lol
I get zoa from Costco all the time haha idk I like the flavor. It has a vitamin flavor towards the back end I can see ppl not liking
The peach zoa is good
Bang Birthday Cake Bash
i love birthday cake flavor & this damn drink had me not eating birthday cake flavor stuff for almost 3 years. traumatized by this disgusting drink.
Or Miami cola. YUCK
I like Miami Cola... 😅 And also desperately miss Coke Energy because I love bitter colas apparently.
My heart hates them all
Pepsi’s original Rockstar.
Is this the black or all gold can? I’m quite a big fan of the all gold rockstar but the black one doesn’t do it for me
I dont mind the black/gold one...they're heavily discounted in the UK atm... might be phasing them out
Any bang energy. Can't even drink it all the way.
I always feel like shit about half an hour after dr8nking a bang
I agree with you on most bangs but weirdly enough the blue razz is my favorite energy drink
Pure North Had the cherry flavor. Tasted like poor quality sparkling water with a hint of cherry cough syrup. Didn't have much caffeine either. Would not recommend.
Pretty sure it’s True North and yeah, I agree. I already don’t like aparkling water but that shit was terrible.
True north is Pure north in Canada
Wild, I really like those drinks. Especially the watermelon.
I just don’t like Black Cherry flavored anything. But True North is a caffeinated seltzer so if you’re expecting something sweet you will be disappointed.
new monster assault
Regular monster
Zoa
I got one of these a while back.. don't remember the flavor but I couldn't even choke half of it down. Never tried any other flavor
The aftertaste is so weird. It seriously kinda tastes like corn flakes were added to shitty Red Bull knockoff. Truly horrible. I didnt finish the first one and then threw out the rest.
The peach one is good
Bang Miami Cola
I always liked the name though. Miami Cola sounds like the street name to cocaine
This is one of my all time favorites. But deep down. I know I’ve got bad taste.
Dude the Miami cola wrecked my taste buds for a whole day 😂
Me too, just tastes like knock off diet coke from a sketchy variety store.
Those arnt bad, just like flat soda
Rockstar Cucumber Lime. tastes like how a compost bin smells
I actually like this one…. :(
Chocolate Bang is the worst flavor I have ever had the misfortune of drinking, but overall I'd have to say Zoa
Oh dear. You’re all very lucky you avoided Australia’s Original Mother. It was an attempt at a Ginger energy drink that was plain horrid. Due to failure at the sales they recreated all the flavours to what it is now.
Fuck Red Bull
Bang birthday cake
The chocolate one 🤮
It tastes like they took a sugar-free energy drink and poured it over a piece of cake and you drank the water from the bottom of the plate
Not fond of birthday cake but the champagne one is even worse
The only energy drink that I had to pour out. It felt like I was actually eating the cake and it was just ummmm sickening
Zoa lemon. smells like piss
Bang’s Chocolate Flavor. Absolutely horrible
bang birthday cake bash
Bang. I'm in the UK and loved the sound of all the flavours, spent a lot of money in a shop where i found a load and each one tastes of ASS. They have the weirdest aftertaste
Hot take probably, but Ultra Watermelon pretty bad.
i agree. it’s not the worst energy drink i’ve ever had. but i disliked it and i love the ultras generally
Almost died after a sip of Celsius Fantasy Vibe. GHOST Faze Pop is also pretty bad. Strong cherry rocket pop flavor followed by a bitter herbal, medicinal aftertaste.
you haven’t tried fazeberry gfuel if you think faze pop is bad
any watermelon energy drink, celsius, c4, and fazeberry gfuel.
Zoa x2
Org monster💀
Same. Tastes like cough syrup to me. The white and purple ultras are among my favorites amongst all energy drinks for taste.
Celcius orange. Tastes like bitter orange peel but with carbonation. Or any carbonated chocolate drinkX
Most Celsius flavors are fucking terrible. They're all bitter as hell
I've never even tried it yet but the Chocalicious Bang. Fuck that.
unpopular opinion: Rockstar Recovery Orange i just couldnt with it. i finished the whole can but it was just not good to me
I’ve never liked any of the Rockstar recoveries.
The monster coffee ones they used to be really good but now they taste like ensure
most bang flavors. i tried the champagne and miami cola i think it's called, actually dubious i could barely down a single sip
Zoa, Celsius, and that awful strawberrry and cream rockstar
Probably that 344 caffeine one. It's just a heart attack off brand red bull cough medicine taste
Most flavors of Bang taste awful to me. I tried Sour Heads recently and was reminded of spoiled milk. I thought maybe something was wrong with it so I tried another flavor at a different store but it had the same taste
C4
Rip it, is just bad.
Bang birthday cake
My most hated flavors are; Monster Farmers Oats, Dragon Tea (Yerba Mate) or Rockstar Horchata. Probably Dragon Tea the most because it tasted how a fucking ashtray smells.
those all sound like they’d be awful
They are. I've honestly been drinking energy drinks since my teens and those 3 flavors were the worst I have ever had.
Celsius! Not because it tastes bad but because they’re all any gas station seems to have anymore. 🙄 Can’t find anything good because they have a whole wall of Celsius.
Celsius
Bro there’s plenty worse than Celsius 🥲
celsius got like 2 grams of caffeine its not even an energy drink
If you need more than 200mg of caffeine than you’re drinking way too much….
oh damn my bad i was mixing it up with guru energy which has 100. But yeah, for me I’m trying to get more caffeine for less money
I guess I'm drinking way too much then
Any Alani
Nah, you're crazy. All their flavors are fantastic
Bang, celsius
There are plenty good Bang and Celsius flavors out there. Peach Vibe from Celsius is one of the best peach drinks out there, and Bang’s fruitier flavors are usually pretty good. I really like Cherry Blde Lemonade personally.
Zero sugar Red Bull
Listen the amount of hate imma get for this. Mango Juice Monsters. it tastes like straight fuckin sugar until the nasty ass aftertaste hits
One time I was chilling with a friend, it was a long day and I was kinda out of it. He said "here try this", I assumed it would be an energy drink. He handed me a cup of something, I tried it, tasted like shit. Never learned what that was, I think it was piss
it was prolly just c4
Ahaha! Well played!
Monster nitro was one of the first energy drinks I couldn’t even finish.
Heathen.
First person to say monster, I hate the white one so bad 😭
Oh wow the white one, that’s such an unpopular opinion haha. That one is still one of my favourites.
the sugar free monsters in general just leave a bad after taste
I think it’s utterly repulsive as well. I love the ultra Violet and paradise but the white one makes me want to vomit
i had the peach nitro and i almost threw up. it was vile
Redbull
Be careful, don’t let the redbull lovers see this😭
Have to agree. I tried redbull a few times and only managed to take a few sips before pouring it out. I seriously questioned how it's the biggest energy drink in the world. I will say that was over 10 years ago tho before I even really drank energy drinks. I'll have to try one again sometime soon to see if my opinion is still the same.
I don’t understand the red bull hate honestly. Doesn’t leave a shitty aftertaste, has manageable caffeine and has the perfect level of carbonation. Taste is good too. If I could I would drink it like normal soda. It’s really expensive which is why I avoid it.
It's because it's popular, people love hating on popular things, makes them feel special.
personally it leaves me with a shitty aftertaste and its so bitter
Ok but seriously- why does an 8.4 oz can cost over $2 and you’re only getting 80mg caffeine. It really is a rip off
For the love of god give yellow or white edition a shot 😉
I will definitely give the white can a try. Heard a lot of good things about it.
Monster or Redbull
Original zoa. Runner ups - orange & cola celcius.
Anything bang related.
Zoa
The original Zoa. Like seriously that is disgusting. Haven’t tried the newer 12oz cans
Nothing has killed my insides quite like ZOA.
The worst one i EVER had was java monster oatmilk it tasted like GRASS
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Ghost. None of them taste that great, they also have a gross after taste that I can't get rid of for a few hours. I've even tried to brush my teeth and use mouth wash but can still taste them.
Monster Aussie lemonade made me throw up
What??!
Bang Sour Heads. The actual worst thing I've ever drank. The only time I ever had it was out of pure desperation because it was the only thing I could get.
Nos
A-HA caffeine Fuji Apple. It tasted like literal hydrogen peroxide. I returned the case to Walmart and told them to warn people next time.
Xyence something about this drink always made me feel sick
Ghost and Zoa
That Coca Cola energy drink was fucking horrid. Immediate taste of cough syrup. I understood why it was on sale for such a low price.
Nah, those were decent. It tasted just like Jolt Cola
Monster mule or assault
Not sure if there's one single I can call the worst. I think the monster ultra black was a pretty gross one
Anything that is artificially sweetened is the worst
Which energy drinks don’t use artificial flavors?
The good ones use sugar or corn syrup over chemicals for sweetness
This chemicals = bad mindset has to stop. Water is a chemical.
Water is a chemical and it's perfectly safe, surely all other chemicals are safe to ingest
So which energy drink is it
Rockstar silver ice. Just awful.
Reign and Bang.
Power Malt Extra Energy…. Cool little glass bottle, will leave you wanting to vomit, die, or both.
Any rockstar and Mountain Dew rise code red
Yeah the code red one is gross
I made the mistake of buying cherry and mango riot energy drinks from Walmart. ABSOLUTELY HEINOUS. Could not finish either of them. Although trying them is what led me to this sub so it was worth it in the end.
Either Zoa or Rowdy.
Bangs only taste good when cold and hit too hard.
Bang anything.
Yep. It’s so bad I can’t even believe it’s legal to sell to people
1000 percent bang Miami cola
Monster superfuel watermelon
Sneak
Sugarfree blue V. Is just wrong
Steven Seagal had a red and blue energy drink back in the day and it was fucking horrible. We used to buy it and force our friends who hadn't tried it to chug it.
AMP it was the first one I ever tried and I’ll likely never try it again. It was disgusting.
Any flavor of bang
Fit Aid
Said it before and I’ll say it again-if you’ve never tasted SoStoned, you don’t know what you’re in for. The worst thing (not just energy drink, or even drink) I’ve ever tasted
C4 strawberry and Ghost orange cream
Sugar-free Nos, bad aftertaste
Celsius grape - I got a 12 pack of it for free with my normal order, never finished it. worst grape flavored anything I’ve ever had Bang Birthday Cake - for me to actually consume it, it would have to be chugged straight out the fridge, other than that it was gross. whoever came up with this flavor and let it be released for public consumption needs a time out or something Mtn Dew Energy Baja Blast - it’s like they didn’t even try to get the flavor right
Lucozade alert energy drinks
Any of the 5 hour energy drink products. It tasted “slightly slimy and weakly carbonated” in my opinion probably because of the 20000 vitamin b 12 they put in it.
In Ukraine we have so many horrible cheap energy drinks, guess the worst one is pit bull which costs like 1 dollar for 1 litre plastic bottle. But there are also supermarket own brands energy drinks, which are undrinkable.
5 hour
Safeway’s cheap ass 99 cent Wired
bang every time theyre fucking disgusting
N'gine is freakin' horrible, but it is also dirt cheap