No Fear Bloodshot

No Fear Bloodshot is the newest drink from Pepsi since drop-kicking the Sobe label from the can.

Several weeks ago I test drove the Motherload blend with mixed results. Being that I’m always excited to see a new orange flavor hit the shelves, I had much higher hopes this time around.

Taste

I hesitated as I opened Bloodshot when I saw it was made with dragonfruit juice. I’ve never had good luck with dragonfruit drinks, though I have no way of knowing whether it’s a characteristic of the fruit itself or if I’ve just found bad drinks.

The first sip obliterated my concerns as Bloodshot has a light tangerine/orange flavor and lacks any of the bitterness traits that I usually associate with dragonfruit. There is no perceivable aftertaste. The light carbonation combined with the citrus flavors and real juice contents was an absolute pleasure to drink. This is quite easily the best tasting No Fear drink available.

Ingredients

There is nothing out of the ordinary in the Bloodshot blend. Along with mega-doses of B and C vitamins, there is the usual Taurine, L-Carnatine, Gurana, and Panax Ginseng. There is 87mg of caffeine per 8oz serving.

Energy

I probably drank my Bloodshot at the wrong time. I was physically exhausted, it was late in the evening, and I don’t know that any drink would’ve pulled me out of the slide into comatose sleep. Usually I’d give a drink a couple go’s before passing judgment, but due to the rarity of this flavor in my local area, I could only get my hands on one. That being said I’m going to give Bloodshot a pass. Based on it’s contents, it should perform no worse than other members of the No Fear family.

Verdict

If Bloodshot were more available to me, I would definitely drink more of it. It tastes great and I’m sure under normal circumstances it would kick just fine. Based on taste alone, it’s one of the best juice energy drinks I’ve ever had. It easily surpasses the Monster and Rockstar juice flavors and would compete with any regular citrus drink as well. I’ll be keeping my eye out and hoping this drink makes it into wider distribution in my area. It’s that good.

Reviewed by TNT