Nitrous Monster: Super Dry Energy Drink
As if Monster wasn’t already charging ahead fast enough, they’ve gone ahead and bolted a tank of nitrous in their trunk.
I’m referring to the newest Monster trim: Nitrous. Once Monster hits that red button and fully infiltrates the market with this drink, the extra horsepower is going to violently slam them to the front of the pack.
Here I offer a review of one of the three flavors I’ve seen of Monster Nitrous: Super Dry. In the lustfully exciting world of aftermarket car tuning, a nitrous tank is one of the most extreme additions one can buy. A good shot of nitrous can temporarily give horsepower boosts in the triple digits. The best type of nitrous is “dry” as opposed to “wet”, hence the name of this flavor.
Taste
When you first try this drink, I challenge you to concentrate on the flavor. It’s not easy, considering that you’re going to be perplexed by the experience, which is unlike any other on the market.
Have you ever put something in your mouth that fizzes? Fizz candies, soda pop candies? Alka Seltzer? Oh you did? You know you’re supposed to dissolve the Alka Selzter first, right? Well anywho, this is all I have to equate the Monster Nitrous experience to. It’s a very open, airy, and expansive carbonated beverage effect that you just have to try for yourself.
Once you get past the bubbly, it’s evident that Monster went back to the drawing board. All evidence of the basic Monster taste has been dissolved away by the carbonated and nitrogenated water, and what’s left is a delicious citrus taste with a berry hint. It’s a winner!
Ingredients
Unscrew the cap from the sweet new can and within lies a 200% DV of Vitamins B2, 3, 6, and 12 along with 2,000mg of Taurine. Caffeine? Rudely buried alongside guarana in what’s known as a bullshi.. err proprietary blend. Monster, grow up and disclose the content already, you’re above this.
Leading the ingredients list is “carbonated and nitrogenated water”. The word nitrogenated tells us nothing about how many nitrogen and oxygen molecules we’re dealing with in the bond, which is everything considering their claims.
Effect:
If Monster normally gets you moving, so will Monster Nitrous. To my disappointment, don’t expect much more than that. In the one time I had this drink, I noticed no difference in effect from a 16oz can. Oh, FYI the Nitrous can holds 12 ounces.
Verdict
Aside the clever marketing trickery, the new Monster Nitrous energy drinks deliver a stellar experience that will place them in a Top 20 list of almost every energy drink consumer. I just wish we had more information about how legit their claims of nitrous oxide injection are.
Reviewed by Dusty Smith
28 Comments
Super Dry is definitely my least favorite. I could only taste a strong lime flavor that wasn’t horrible but made the texture much less noticeable.
How much did you guys pay for one of these? There was only one store in my area that sold them and it is known to overprice energy drinks. I payed $3, which normally I wouldn’t do for an energy drink, but I was curious. I got Anti Gravity, which I didn’t enjoy very much, it may be because I was also eating a horrible gas station breakfast sandwich also, but it tasted like sour Khaos.
My area sucks…I haven’t seen any of these drinks yet. The only one we have is the Xpresso Hammer thing.
Any of you guys had Monster Import yet? I love it
i don’t like how the import skeets on you occassionally. but it can be pretty convenient.
I drank my Import without closing it because it’s only like 18oz, so the closing top seemed kind of pointless for me. Nick, they are $3 dollars at my local 7-11 too so maybe they’re just more expensive to make. I did have to pay over $3 for the Import I got though(!?).
Yeah I just noticed they have twice the usual ingredients as an original Monster. The ingredients are the one thing i skip over in the reviews since I drink for taste and sometimes for the kick. But I’ll always try a drink once, no matter how bad I hear it tastes, the only drink so far to put me on the urge of gagging was Full Throttle Bad Mother, too bad I didn’t discover this site back then to read that review.
Finally managed to spot some of these at my local Circle K. The Xpresso Hammer is my new favorite from the Java Monster group (and I love just about all of the Java Monsters), and the Super Dry is probably one of my top 5 drinks now.
I’ll probably crack open the Anti-Gravity tomorrow, but I still haven’t seen anyone around here carrying the Killer-B.
I finally got X-presso one too and that little thing is strong. It’s like a cheaper, lower calorie, better-tasting, and more powerful Starbucks Doubleshot lol.
Just tried out Super Dry, worlds better than Anti-Gravity in my opinion. I think I’ll pick up a Killer-B in the next couple days.
Just cracked open the Anti-Gravity. Can’t see how so many people liked this. It tastes like carbonated Listerine. I’m actually having a hard time finishing this can.
I feel like i just a the cocaine energy drink.
I didnt like Anti-Gravity but i liked the Super dry.
Now its time for killer-b
Killer-B was terrible! It smells like old champagne and tastes like old beer! AVOID!!! Super Dry was good, true to its name. A dry lime flavor with an aftertaste of pure lime extract. Anti-Gravity, i haven’t found yet…
Drinking Killer-B right now and am not hating it. It sort of lets air out every time I take off the lid leading me to believe that the Nitrous is truly meant for carbonation.
I bought this out of sheer curiosity because my local store had them 2 for $4.00. I plan to try the other flavors when I have a chance.
Great site by the way! Good info!
i got my nitrous for 1 50 in ct at a brand new mini mart and the super dry is soo awesome but killer b isn’t that great, i havent tried anti gravity though, it seems awesome
i kinda doubt they are actually using nitrous oxide for carbonate.that stuff isn’t exactly cheap, 3 places you will definitely find it are:
dentist offices
in hopped up cars(or junkers that like the fancy bottle)
whipped cream
oh yea one more place,head shops.cases of that are like 4x more than the c02 equivalent.
anyways this drink is garbage,not too different from all the other monster varieties.tastes like vomit that was eaten then vomited back up.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. I hate Monster with a passion. But I gave it a go anyway; it’s AWESOME. I had the…let’s see here…Anti-Gravity. Very different feel from the regular Monster lineup, and I’m pretty sure that’s highly due to the alternate carbonation. It tastes rich, and…well, I like it a lot! I can’t say much more!
did you guys even know that the drink swirls? I happened to stop by a local store that I don’t normally frequent, and noticed they had 5 java flavors I hadn’t seen or tasted, and the guy let me know he had 3 additional in the back, and that they had “wizards” in them ? Which is what he referred to as the swirling effect of the drink when you open the can. Possibly from the no2 carbonation effect. Kind of like guiness.
what website can i get this from just one can not a like 7 can pack i just want one
I don’t know about legalities and such, but I do know actual nitrous oxide is used by chefs for carbonating beverages. http://www.gastronomersguide.com/2009/01/how-to-play-with-your-food-with-johnny.html (5th paragraph for info on that)
The official press release also claims “nitrous oxide” is in the drink. http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2009/0005072436&EDATE=
Not sure how much help this is, but it seems to be good legit information.