If you'd like to show further support for the channel, I also have a Patreon: www.patreon.com/CaffeineMan TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - A little about Rise vs other Mtn Dew energy drinks 3:54 - Nutrition Facts & Ingredients 8:44 - Mtn Dew Rise Orange Breeze 11:29 - Mtn Dew Rise Berry Blitz 13:40 - Mtn Dew Rise Tropical Sunrise 15:21 - Mtn Dew Rise Strawberry Melon Spark 17:12 - Mtn Dew Rise Pomegranate Blue Burst 18:42 - Mtn Dew Rise Peach Mango Dawn 21:52 - Closing thoughts
@@CaffeineMan1 I'm sure he won't get too much because he's more of a g fuel guy. I'm also a g fuel guy myself but I do love some mountain dew so I gotta get some.
I average between 200mgs to 600 mgs depending on my needs for the day. If I ever go over 400 in a day, I try to drop down lower the next day. Im all about cycling my caffeine.
@@CaffeineMan1 at that point why not just do cocaine lol. On a more serious note, why not just take pre workouts? Those have been better than any energy drink i've had and you can adjust the dose depending on how much you want. Cheaper too
Well, the logo is the same silver as the can, so depending on how it catches your eye, it could blend in. The big color RISE is pretty dominant. . Hopefully that makes you feel better because I dont know how you missed it. Glasses in the future? 😂
I tried some of these as I’m a big Dew fan but these gave me awful headaches and stomach cramps. I drink lots of caffeine drinks, thanks to a Caffeine Man, and never get that feeling. Until I saw these had aspartame and knew why. Can’t drink these now.
I tried strawberry melon and berry blitz they are nasty 🤢🤮 made my stomach cramp and burn I will not buy these they was gave to me from a friend now I see why they are nasty
I don't think the regular Red Bull ever had aspartame but the Sugar Free Red Bull still does use it...but they also have a Red Bull Zero which took out the aspartame.
No, the new coconut berry actually uses sucralose and ace k. Pretty much, for all the sugar frees they have released, besides the original, they’ve used sucralose.
Another great review. Love that classic Mountain Dew shirt. Another informative which is also it was fun to view. Love how fun you had with the various flavors. The Orange and Tropical will be more for me. Great job and appreciate your hard work. Cheers !! CM
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it! If you don't mind diet sodas, which Im guessing you dont since you cant have sugar, thee could be up your alley...but the aspartame was too much for me.
I believe the Doom logo is a modified verion of Amazdoom. A lot of companies actually tend to use similar fonts, unless they get a customized font just for themselves. Monster has their own font, but Red Bull actually uses Futura, which is what I use for text in my videos.
Literally was drinking this while watching your video and you described that taste so perfectly. It's that diet taste in the energy drink that throws me off, but it's not bad at the same time.
Always a good day when there's a new CM review! Thx for the review. I enjoyed these drinks when I had them. Just a smidge of real sugar is a nice change from all the zero sugars.
if you ever tried the MTN DEW kickstart series, the blueberry pomegranate flavor of that one is nearly identical if not the exact same as the one in this MTN DEW rise series. it’s my absolute favorite drink ever.
Between game fuel, kickstart, and Rise I like Rise the best. I hope they keep making these drinks and maybe tweak the formula with the sweeteners like you mentioned. These will join my energy drink rotation since I’ve been looking for a energy drink that’s not 300mg of caffeine.
I’ve seen these drinks in a supermarket near me although I haven’t got the chance to pick them up. One day soon when I come back, I’ll be thinking about picking up one of these flavors. You know me when it comes to blue drinks that I’ll be sure to pick up the pomegranate berry flavor!
I actually love all of these and the cherry and pomegranate are my go to flavors. It’s my energy drink of choice and I don’t mind the aspartame at all, considering I use to drink soda regularly as a kid! This to me is like drinking a soda with significantly less sugar and more caffeine which is something that works for me. Great video, and thanks for turning me to them!
Great to hear that you switched to this instead of soda! Granted, these wouldnt be my first choice but I wont ever give anyone a hard time for switching from soda which doesnt have anything good in it.
I gotta try it but couldn't find it at the store that basically has everything liberty brew mtn dew,black cherry monster,and Dr pepper zero along with the ripit collection. But only two flavors of dew Rise and it's ponegranate and straw melon.
Thanks for the review CM! I still need to try the berry but for the most part, they are good. They remind me a lot of the Kickstart line Mountain Dew has now. However, I like these better. They were also very quick to come out in stores, since its a major company. Have a good day and again, thanks :)
Im pretty sure these will be the Kickstart replacement. Everything is similar, even some of the flavors. With 180mgs of caffeine, I know others will probably switch to these.
with most sugar free or low sugar energy drinks and sodas, they are more keen to use Aspartame or sucralose, so it got me wondering, are there any drinks that use xylitol as their sweetener?
There are some drinks that use xylitol but not as their main sweetener. Most energy drinks use Sucralose primarily and then add some ace K. A few energy drinks use Erythritol with some sucralose and ace K... usually Ace k is the last ingredient. Those that use Steva and Monkfruit also have them near the end of the list. Same thing with xylitol. Its an additional sweetener in a few drinks but never the primary.
As a huge fan of OG Mountain Dew I was so excited to try these, so far I only tried the orange and the strawberry melon and not impressed with either sadly.
I've tried all the flavors and I thought they're okay... None of the flavors stick out to me cept one or two and most of them have a aspartame flavor / aftertaste.
Yeah, don't like that aspartame flavor. I think I said they were medium high, which is what sodas typically go with....or just high. Carbonation can be tough to pinpoint exactly.
@@CaffeineMan1 this is true. Plus they prolly sitting in your fridge and mine were rolling around back of my car... I think these drinks are definitely a one-time purchase
another great review. As a Pepsi Co sales guy, working in the grocery stores, its nice to see a fair review of one of my products. now I can honestly answer some more questions about this new energy drink!
Well you came to the right place for a fair an honest review! I do my bestest. And even though aspartame isnt for me, I still try to be accurate. From reading through my comments section, it seems like a lot of people agree. Its not bad. Not great , but not bad. Even if its "okay" its going to be tough competing with the big names... although I still think it will hit a big enough audience to do well. Im guessing a lot of current Kickstart people will still like it.
Just picked up all these flavors last week at my local 711 and wasn’t overly impressed but I’m always impressed with CAFF mans reviews.............as always. Ty my man
I wanna say thank you for this. This is my first time seeing one of your videos and I think I'll be keeping an eye on them. The little skit at the end was quite entertaining and gave me a good little chuckle. I recently saw these, and saw an ad here on RUclips, your video being the next recommended. But knowing there is aspartame in it, I'm going to have to give it a hard pass, as I am allergic to it. So again thank you for saving me a little money!
So happy to have helped out. Sooo many energy drink reviews out there that just go over the taste, which is what a lot of people are most interested in, but its good to get the deets on everything else about the drink to, or so I think. Happy to hear when people get value out of my videos! Hope you enjoy the rest of my channel!
I didn't like the strawberry melin either, now I'm used to diet drinks(diabetic) so aspartame is not my favorite but I'm used to it. The tropical, pomegranate and berry were my favorites, local store didn't have the orange
Is it a smaller store? I know some stores only have limited shelf space. Even though Coke and Pepsi own a lot of the shelves, they still need to find enough room. 6 new drinks is 6 new slots which is more than what some stores have so I know some people who wanted to review them but could only find 4.
I like the strawberry melon spark and mtn dew pomegranate blue burst a lot, Both of them are 9's for me. I would give strawberry a 9 and pomegranate a 9.5
Glad you like them so much! For me though, they're good but so many better options....then again, they are unique combinations, so I can see how they could be more popular to some!!!!
And most people don't consider these a breakfast drink, but Pepsi can call it whatever they want. They're both energy drinks. Celsius doesn't like to be called an energy drink, they say they are a fitness drink... but guess what? Its an energy drink. Adrenlaline Shock calls themselves a performance beverage... but they are also an energy drink. Everyones trying to get the upper hand somehow and they thinking getting away from the potentially negative stigma of being an "energy drink" is going to help them somehow, but we all know they are energy drinks ! 😂😂😂
Its so so soooo hard to say with so many drinks out there. Actually here are some great videos. One is my top 10 based on flavor alone (sugar and non-sugar)from 2 years ago. And one is a top 20 list of what I personally like and use from last year. Every October, I make a "Top" CaffeineMan flavors list. I also do a Top 20 of the newest releases for the year at tthe end of the year. Heres a few: Top 10 - ruclips.net/video/ui9DUI2j4is/видео.html TOP 20 - ruclips.net/video/OVsIBD3jBWA/видео.html Top 20 of 2020 - ruclips.net/video/Nf1v5r6EpN8/видео.html
I was looking for a review for Mountain Dew Energy, but It seems that they're just the new rebranded mtn dew rise. Might be a good idea to add that into the title? Don't know how you would. Maybe just "Rise/Energy" instead of "Rise"
Always like your reviews hehe, gonna be trying these for the first time today. Well not all at once 😂. I like the Kickstart Fruit Punch it's the only Mtn Dew NRG drink I've tried so far.
@@CaffeineMan1 i think they're delicious haha. That strawberry melon one is nice. A little too much caffeine so I'm just trying them a day at a time lol
I've had 4 of the flavors so far, and I'm not overly impressed. I've enjoyed the flavors well enough, but the "Rise" flavor in all of them makes them taste really similar to me. I would probably never pick one up over a Monster Ultra or Rockstar Pure Zero, especially not with the aspartame they put in it for some reason. I'd give the brand around a 7.5/10 overall.
The berry blitz i get a hint of code red honestly and for someone avoiding those 300mg caffeine energy drinks and avoiding soda but loves some mtn dew code so i love it alot.
This is a drink I can 100% see coming over here. 180, the deadline amount of mgs for our caffeine regulation, awesome flavors, and it’s Mountain Dew, so chances are it’ll be popular! As for the aspartame, not so good. But another awesome review as always CM!
Well the picks are in, Imma go out and try the Pomegranate flavor glad I didn’t grab the Tropical Sunrise and instead came here and asked for a review first. Thanks CaffeineMan!
I hope they don’t diss kickstart even tho it would make sense, because they had these at my middle school vending machines ( I’m now in highschool ) but just all the memories 😂 idk
A lot of companies have been trying new things with their cans. Some use a matte finish and gloss finish, whereas other sometimes print on a sleeve and wrap the can.
I can't believe I found two of these at my Dollar store I would have walked right past him if it would have been for your review I saw yesterday they had the strawberry melon and that blue pomegranate pomegranate blue one I don't know how I really feel about it
@@CaffeineMan1 yeah Dollar general had two of the flavors they were on the side aisle on a rack with the other mountain dew like Kickstart and whatnot I saw when I was walking by so I grab both of them
@@CaffeineMan1 they carry a couple of the reigh flavors also over there, they're fixing to shut that Dollar general down they built a brand new store literally like a hundred feet away from their old location it's actually a little bit closer to where I live it's across the street actually from my old apartment complex where I used to live but it's going to be a brand new building right now they're inside of a suite and a very last building I think they've been renting it out so now they're going to build their own store and have it separate and they're going to own that store
@@CaffeineMan1 but I'm sorry to say I'm not really digging them I don't think I'll like the other flavors I gave a shot I tried another one and I'm just not digging them
Most likely, anyplace Mountain Dew is sold.... but in the energy drink section. Coke and Pepsi are the 2 biggest distributors out there so they get their products into stores super fast!!!
I saw these in the store a few days ago and first thing I did was look up to see if you had a review out. These drinks just weren't hitting it for me. I don't think I will be partaking in these again.
I'm surprised that you haven't reviewed Body Armor Edge yet. It's been out for a few weeks now, or at least that's when I first noticed it. I've already tried all 4 flavors. Not bad. Better than the standard Body Armor for sure.
Its okay just tried it 1st time today did the mental boost, strawberry melon. Pretty good.. I dislike that its aspartame. ASPARTAME IS TERRIBLE. Sucralose not as bad.
Ugh, yah, I agree! Hate the Aspartame! So many other great energy drinks out there though. If you like the mental bost, Ive done a bunch of nootropic energy drink reviews. Theyre a personal favorite of mine. You get a good clean energy without jitters. C4 Smart is my go-to choice.
@@CaffeineMan1 yeah actually i have had that recently and i like c4 alot. The beta tingles are okay i get them pretty strong but ik its working then 😆. I was super surprised the clarity tho the mental boost fr. I am a fan of the nootropic. Ive only tried like 5 bang flavors. Its too muvh caffeiene for me honestly, i use it if i really need that much. Anyways thats cool you responded! REDLINE is strong stuff! Like a 5hr energy but a bigger bottle that stuff hits
I dont know if you've had it before, but the Peach mango one tastes similar to the KFC mountain dew peach honey thingy...lol Its specific to KFC but I've had it a couple times. Not my all time favorite mountain dew but I actually liked this one better.
😂😂😂 Are you normally a diet soda person? Most people who are used to diet soda wouldn’t usually notice it. I very much dislike diet soda, more than regular soda, so I can pick up on it pretty easily.
@@CaffeineMan1 In the past I drank a lot of Diet Coke and have since cut it out of my diet. So I am very familiar with the taste. I love energy drinks and I am a sucker for anything new. My favorite drink with citicoline was Nawgan... But I believe it was discontinued.
Unfortunately most companies are too cheap to put more juice in their drinks. Over the course of history of energy drinks that used Juice in their energy drink lines, Rockstar and Monster both had 30% Juice or more, at one point. Now, you're lucky if you get 5%.
you seem to think highly of l-theanine. I recently got a big tub of it and have put a small scoop into my morning coffee every morning and drink some after energy drinks too
Yes, I definitely think highly of it, but its not only because it works for me, but... in an article in 2019, Taylor Swift says SHE uses L-Theanine for anxiety and stress! And if Taylor uses it... Also, its scientifically proven to be one of the top ingredients for mental focus and you can easily enough get it from tea and also big tubs of it! So, how has it been working for you?
Between all of Mtn Dew energy drink types Amp is the better tasting ones. I know they have been trying to break out into the energy drink side for years but if they are the king of caffeine in soda why cant they do the same with energy drinks? Pepsi owns rockstar so I guess that could be why? They dont eww any to compete with themselves at the 300mg level?
I don't what Pepsi/Mtn Dews issue is with energy drinks? I don't think they're too worried about competing against themselves though. They originally came out with Amp nearly 20 years ago and have survived this long. But they also came out with Kickstart, then Game Fuel and now Mountain Dew Energy (previously named Rise), so they have no problems coming out with lots of subpar energy drinks. The acquistion of Rockstar is still fairly new, so it will be interesting to see what Pepsi energy drinks stay on the market, if they go away OR if they add even more if they learn from Rockstar.
Also lebron james bought some redsox stock. Rise has citicoline. Rise is way better than their others in terms of less sugary crap, kickstart and gamefuel were way too sugary and for me some of the mountain dew's were caffeinated too much. It's kinda like how I prefer coke zero to coke.
So far I'm enjoying most of these except the Berry Blitz, one thing I only noticed when watching the review is that the graphics are more than just a tie to the graphics on Mtn Dew, they shaped the graphics to look the a Lions Head they even used separate colors to distinguish the eye and nose of the lion. While I do enjoy most of these I hope they don't eliminate all of the Kickstart Flavors as I love the Black Cherry Flavor, I enjoyed the Energizing Dew Flavor which they did discontinue, because I was able to enjoy a flavor that was fairly close to Mtn Dew taste, but only 80 calories versus 240 calories in an actual Mtn Dew, not a fan of the Diet Mtn Dew or Mtn Dew Zero which should both be rated zero IMO the only diet Mtn Dew I actually liked was the Diet Code Red Mtn Dew
I've tried them all here's the dramamine tier list. S tier : Pomegranate blueberry, Peach Mango A tier : Tropical Sunrise Melon Spark B tier : Orange Breeze C tier : Berry blitz
Honestly the Berry blitz isn't that bad. its more or an A tier. Orang Breeze can go in F tier though. Tastes more like diet tang than orange. The Tropical Sunrise is pretty disappointing too so I wouldn't give that an A at all.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:02 - A little about Rise vs other Mtn Dew energy drinks
3:54 - Nutrition Facts & Ingredients
8:44 - Mtn Dew Rise Orange Breeze
11:29 - Mtn Dew Rise Berry Blitz
13:40 - Mtn Dew Rise Tropical Sunrise
15:21 - Mtn Dew Rise Strawberry Melon Spark
17:12 - Mtn Dew Rise Pomegranate Blue Burst
18:42 - Mtn Dew Rise Peach Mango Dawn
21:52 - Closing thoughts
Awesome! Now time to watch your review so I can try these out hopefully.
Time stamps are life!🙏💯
@@NoFate247 Are you saying you skip through my videos?!?!? LOL! No worries, I do too! Can't listen to myself that long.
@@CaffeineMan1 if only there were more time in the day
I feel you man!!!
Great review!
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it and hopefully you didnt buy too many.
HOW ARE YOU HERE!? lmao
lmao shock nice to see u here
Shock!? Yo, school please go a review on these. It would be nice to see your opinions versus his
@@CaffeineMan1 I'm sure he won't get too much because he's more of a g fuel guy. I'm also a g fuel guy myself but I do love some mountain dew so I gotta get some.
Thank you for the video CaffineMan. I always watch you before I try the drinks!
Glad you like the video! Happy to hear you hold my opinion in high regard! Thanks so much!
Learned something new at 6:15 you be dropping knowledge, now that I know this I got it all down pat.
Always happy to pass on some knowledge!
The pomegranate blue burst is my favorite
How much caffeine do you have per day? I’ve always been curious
I average between 200mgs to 600 mgs depending on my needs for the day. If I ever go over 400 in a day, I try to drop down lower the next day. Im all about cycling my caffeine.
@@CaffeineMan1 😎👍🏻
@@CaffeineMan1 at that point why not just do cocaine lol. On a more serious note, why not just take pre workouts? Those have been better than any energy drink i've had and you can adjust the dose depending on how much you want. Cheaper too
Maybe I’m blind but out of all of the times I’ve seen this drink, not once did I see mountain dew....
Well, the logo is the same silver as the can, so depending on how it catches your eye, it could blend in. The big color RISE is pretty dominant.
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Hopefully that makes you feel better because I dont know how you missed it. Glasses in the future? 😂
I tried some of these as I’m a big Dew fan but these gave me awful headaches and stomach cramps. I drink lots of caffeine drinks, thanks to a Caffeine Man, and never get that feeling. Until I saw these had aspartame and knew why. Can’t drink these now.
Yeah, aspartame can be really evil to some people. Mean aspartame!
I tried strawberry melon and berry blitz they are nasty 🤢🤮 made my stomach cramp and burn I will not buy these they was gave to me from a friend now I see why they are nasty
I didn't like them
Love the video! Was just wondering does red bull still use aspartame? I saw it on their website but not on the can...
I don't think the regular Red Bull ever had aspartame but the Sugar Free Red Bull still does use it...but they also have a Red Bull Zero which took out the aspartame.
@@CaffeineMan1 ah, I was referring to the new coconut berry sugar free, I hate the regular sugar free hahaha
No, the new coconut berry actually uses sucralose and ace k. Pretty much, for all the sugar frees they have released, besides the original, they’ve used sucralose.
Another great review. Love that classic Mountain Dew shirt. Another informative which is also it was fun to view. Love how fun you had with the various flavors. The Orange and Tropical will be more for me. Great job and appreciate your hard work. Cheers !! CM
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it! If you don't mind diet sodas, which Im guessing you dont since you cant have sugar, thee could be up your alley...but the aspartame was too much for me.
The Orange Breeze for me reminded me alot of that Mtn Dew KFC had for a limited time... That peach one
Someone else mentioned that too! Must have been pretty similar!
I’m opening up a Orange Breeze Rise right now! Great timing!
How do/did you like it?
Yum!
@@danielbrawner3677 Loved it. Very refreshing!
Definitely a great morning flavor...or refreshing summer vibe.
Anyone notice that the logo font is very close to that of the Doom logo?
I believe the Doom logo is a modified verion of Amazdoom. A lot of companies actually tend to use similar fonts, unless they get a customized font just for themselves. Monster has their own font, but Red Bull actually uses Futura, which is what I use for text in my videos.
Literally was drinking this while watching your video and you described that taste so perfectly. It's that diet taste in the energy drink that throws me off, but it's not bad at the same time.
Thats the best way to watch a CaffeineMan review!!! Glad you agree on the taste!
Always a good day when there's a new CM review! Thx for the review. I enjoyed these drinks when I had them. Just a smidge of real sugar is a nice change from all the zero sugars.
especially if the sugar is natural from juices.
if you ever tried the MTN DEW kickstart series, the blueberry pomegranate flavor of that one is nearly identical if not the exact same as the one in this MTN DEW rise series. it’s my absolute favorite drink ever.
I’ve tried the kickstarts just didn’t do a full line review. Overall unimpressed with most of the Mtn few, amp; Pepsi energy drinks.
Where did you get those shelves? I wanna display my can collection just like that as well
Target. You can do a Target search for 11" storage cubes or shelves. They have 6 cubes, 9 cubes, and step cubes.
they say breakfast so it can be drank in the morning like a cup of coffee. this right here is MY COFFEE
Exactly! 👍👍👍
Between game fuel, kickstart, and Rise I like Rise the best. I hope they keep making these drinks and maybe tweak the formula with the sweeteners like you mentioned. These will join my energy drink rotation since I’ve been looking for a energy drink that’s not 300mg of caffeine.
Glad you like it!
The Lebron ads are a major turn off, it makes me not wanna drink Mountain Dew ever again.
Im having the berry blitz this morning, and it tastes just like the pitch black!
Interesting! I dont think I had the pitch black....and if I did, it was a while ago!
Tried the orange rise flavor, was good. Didn’t like coke energy.
Glad you liked the orange!
I’ve seen these drinks in a supermarket near me although I haven’t got the chance to pick them up. One day soon when I come back, I’ll be thinking about picking up one of these flavors. You know me when it comes to blue drinks that I’ll be sure to pick up the pomegranate berry flavor!
...and when you do, you'll think, "this is ok. Not bad, but so many better options."
And then you will think, "Isnt that what CaffeineMan said?"
😂
I actually love all of these and the cherry and pomegranate are my go to flavors. It’s my energy drink of choice and I don’t mind the aspartame at all, considering I use to drink soda regularly as a kid! This to me is like drinking a soda with significantly less sugar and more caffeine which is something that works for me. Great video, and thanks for turning me to them!
Great to hear that you switched to this instead of soda! Granted, these wouldnt be my first choice but I wont ever give anyone a hard time for switching from soda which doesnt have anything good in it.
The face you made with the strawberry melon one killed me 🤣😂 love the review as always!
Yeah, that diet aspartame really hit me in that one.... went away a little bit and had a decent strawberry... but dang aspartame!
@@CaffeineMan1 aspartame is also rumored to be not to good for yah
Ooo grape berry gotta try it, better not be too much berry.
I gotta try it but couldn't find it at the store that basically has everything liberty brew mtn dew,black cherry monster,and Dr pepper zero along with the ripit collection. But only two flavors of dew Rise and it's ponegranate and straw melon.
All of them delicious! Can’t wait for the rockstar pure zero new flavors watermelon kiwi and limón pepino
Sounds Delicious!
Thanks for the review CM! I still need to try the berry but for the most part, they are good. They remind me a lot of the Kickstart line Mountain Dew has now. However, I like these better. They were also very quick to come out in stores, since its a major company. Have a good day and again, thanks :)
Im pretty sure these will be the Kickstart replacement. Everything is similar, even some of the flavors. With 180mgs of caffeine, I know others will probably switch to these.
with most sugar free or low sugar energy drinks and sodas, they are more keen to use Aspartame or sucralose, so it got me wondering, are there any drinks that use xylitol as their sweetener?
There are some drinks that use xylitol but not as their main sweetener. Most energy drinks use Sucralose primarily and then add some ace K. A few energy drinks use Erythritol with some sucralose and ace K... usually Ace k is the last ingredient. Those that use Steva and Monkfruit also have them near the end of the list. Same thing with xylitol. Its an additional sweetener in a few drinks but never the primary.
Aspartame is like blech when you drink diet coke. But with the Rise I like it pretty much. I also like the silver color design.
As a huge fan of OG Mountain Dew I was so excited to try these, so far I only tried the orange and the strawberry melon and not impressed with either sadly.
They still taste very soda-like, but diet sodaish.
I've tried all the flavors and I thought they're okay... None of the flavors stick out to me cept one or two and most of them have a aspartame flavor / aftertaste.
Also I'm surprised you say it's a medium carbonation for most of my drinks they were super super bubbly/ high carbonation
Yeah, don't like that aspartame flavor. I think I said they were medium high, which is what sodas typically go with....or just high. Carbonation can be tough to pinpoint exactly.
@@CaffeineMan1 this is true. Plus they prolly sitting in your fridge and mine were rolling around back of my car... I think these drinks are definitely a one-time purchase
What’s ur favorite rise flavor? I’m wanting to try one but I’m unsure what to start with first
180mg is the legal amount of caffeine per 473ml can here in Canada.
Im sure they must have plans on bringing it to Canada then! These big companies can be pretty clever like that!
Whats the reason why i get light headed with some energy drinks
Never really heard of that from energy drinks so it’s probably not related. Want to make sure you are eating enough and getting enough vitamins.
Hey caffeine man! There’s a new flavor out, cherry lime lift. We need your review!!!!
Been looking for it in stores. No luck...yet!
Can I send you one!!?
another great review. As a Pepsi Co sales guy, working in the grocery stores, its nice to see a fair review of one of my products. now I can honestly answer some more questions about this new energy drink!
Well you came to the right place for a fair an honest review! I do my bestest. And even though aspartame isnt for me, I still try to be accurate. From reading through my comments section, it seems like a lot of people agree. Its not bad. Not great , but not bad. Even if its "okay" its going to be tough competing with the big names... although I still think it will hit a big enough audience to do well. Im guessing a lot of current Kickstart people will still like it.
Just picked up all these flavors last week at my local 711 and wasn’t overly impressed but I’m always impressed with CAFF mans reviews.............as always. Ty my man
Thank you, thank you! Yeah, another overhyped product with a huge celebrity endorsement. Just another day in the constantly evolving market.
I wanna say thank you for this. This is my first time seeing one of your videos and I think I'll be keeping an eye on them. The little skit at the end was quite entertaining and gave me a good little chuckle. I recently saw these, and saw an ad here on RUclips, your video being the next recommended. But knowing there is aspartame in it, I'm going to have to give it a hard pass, as I am allergic to it. So again thank you for saving me a little money!
So happy to have helped out. Sooo many energy drink reviews out there that just go over the taste, which is what a lot of people are most interested in, but its good to get the deets on everything else about the drink to, or so I think. Happy to hear when people get value out of my videos! Hope you enjoy the rest of my channel!
I didn't like the strawberry melin either, now I'm used to diet drinks(diabetic) so aspartame is not my favorite but I'm used to it. The tropical, pomegranate and berry were my favorites, local store didn't have the orange
Is it a smaller store? I know some stores only have limited shelf space. Even though Coke and Pepsi own a lot of the shelves, they still need to find enough room. 6 new drinks is 6 new slots which is more than what some stores have so I know some people who wanted to review them but could only find 4.
I like the strawberry melon spark and mtn dew pomegranate blue burst a lot, Both of them are 9's for me. I would give strawberry a 9 and pomegranate a 9.5
Glad you like them so much! For me though, they're good but so many better options....then again, they are unique combinations, so I can see how they could be more popular to some!!!!
I decided to make mine a 2 to 3 part review
Yeah, I considered a 2 part video, but one of the reasons I usually group them all together is because I dont have time to make all those videos, lol!
kickstart isn’t considered an energy drink by Pepsi they said it’s just a hyped up soda
And most people don't consider these a breakfast drink, but Pepsi can call it whatever they want. They're both energy drinks. Celsius doesn't like to be called an energy drink, they say they are a fitness drink... but guess what? Its an energy drink.
Adrenlaline Shock calls themselves a performance beverage... but they are also an energy drink.
Everyones trying to get the upper hand somehow and they thinking getting away from the potentially negative stigma of being an "energy drink" is going to help them somehow, but we all know they are energy drinks ! 😂😂😂
Awsome reveiw! You are the best energy drink reveiwer in my opinion. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much! I appreciate it. Glad you like the videos.
Saw this drink at Walmart and had to watch this video in the middle of the isle to see if it’s CaffeineMan approved ✅
They're ok, but lots of other better options at Walmart.
Man shame with the rebrand to energy, we lost berry blitz, but we do have cherry lime lift coming soon which is pretty cool
what is your fav non sugar energy drink?
Its so so soooo hard to say with so many drinks out there. Actually here are some great videos. One is my top 10 based on flavor alone (sugar and non-sugar)from 2 years ago. And one is a top 20 list of what I personally like and use from last year. Every October, I make a "Top" CaffeineMan flavors list. I also do a Top 20 of the newest releases for the year at tthe end of the year. Heres a few:
Top 10 - ruclips.net/video/ui9DUI2j4is/видео.html
TOP 20 - ruclips.net/video/OVsIBD3jBWA/видео.html
Top 20 of 2020 - ruclips.net/video/Nf1v5r6EpN8/видео.html
Thanks for the ingredients breakdown!
You are so welcome! Glad you liked it and found it useful!
Just saw these for the first time today and thought to my self I’ll wait till caffeine man puts out a video then bam! Here it is
So did you end up buying some or were you already out of the store?
Should replace Gamefuel for most part....can you try the two new Rockstars? Cucumber Lime and Watermelon Berry. I’m sure you’ll get around to it.
I got one of the two on the way.
I was looking for a review for Mountain Dew Energy, but It seems that they're just the new rebranded mtn dew rise.
Might be a good idea to add that into the title? Don't know how you would. Maybe just "Rise/Energy" instead of "Rise"
Thanks for the review Caffeine Man!
Any time!
Always like your reviews hehe, gonna be trying these for the first time today. Well not all at once 😂. I like the Kickstart Fruit Punch it's the only Mtn Dew NRG drink I've tried so far.
Hope you like them. They really weren't for me, but I can se how they might stay around a little while.
@@CaffeineMan1 i think they're delicious haha. That strawberry melon one is nice. A little too much caffeine so I'm just trying them a day at a time lol
I tried them all and they're ok but no consistency with the flavors which mean I'm not gonna buy them again
Sounds about right!
Yesss I’ve been waiting for this review!
Hope you liked it!
I've had 4 of the flavors so far, and I'm not overly impressed. I've enjoyed the flavors well enough, but the "Rise" flavor in all of them makes them taste really similar to me. I would probably never pick one up over a Monster Ultra or Rockstar Pure Zero, especially not with the aspartame they put in it for some reason. I'd give the brand around a 7.5/10 overall.
Totally agree! Its ok but soooo many better options out there.
To me it’s the most drinkable energy drink. Pretty smooth. My favs are Pom Blue burst and Strawberry melon spark
Yeah, I can see that. Problem is a lot of people don’t like aspartame. It could probably be a lot more successful if they didn’t use it.
re-watching after trying. berry blitz had hints of voltage, definitely caught me by surprise
CM ruthless on the aspartame 😁
Aspartame! BOOOoooo! Who likes aspartame? Besides diabetics. Diabetics definitely get used to aspartame. Everyone else, no!
Peach Mango Dawn tastes EXACTLY like if Sonic Peach Rings GFuel was carbonated. I love it!
I was just gonna ask if you were gonna review these but i see your ahead of me
Yeah, I was trying to get it out as quick as I could. Still had a decent amount of requests before I got to it. LOL!
The berry blitz i get a hint of code red honestly and for someone avoiding those 300mg caffeine energy drinks and avoiding soda but loves some mtn dew code so i love it alot.
Glad you like them. I do they took some elements from other drinks including kickstart .
should review jocko discipline GO keto suger free energy drinks
I’d love too, except I can’t have stevia/monkfruit .
Love this stuff, had the orange breeze and strawberry watermelon and like it a lot!
GREAT! Glad you liked it!
This is a drink I can 100% see coming over here. 180, the deadline amount of mgs for our caffeine regulation, awesome flavors, and it’s Mountain Dew, so chances are it’ll be popular! As for the aspartame, not so good. But another awesome review as always CM!
Ive heard plans were already in the works for Canada to have them so Im interested in what you will think of them.
@@CaffeineMan1 YESSSSS! I’ll be sure to give you my opinion CM
caffeine man, how soon may we see a sharper camera?
You probably just need to double-check your settings. RUclips sometimes changes them. Im at the highest resolution and speed.
Well the picks are in, Imma go out and try the Pomegranate flavor glad I didn’t grab the Tropical Sunrise and instead came here and asked for a review first. Thanks CaffeineMan!
Good choice! Hope you like it!
One of my favorite go to. Energy drink
I started drinking one of these and instantly started feeling boosted, I really these!!!
Glad you like them! They also just came out with Cherry Lime Lift which is pretty good.
@@CaffeineMan1 Awesome!!!!
I hope they don’t diss kickstart even tho it would make sense, because they had these at my middle school vending machines ( I’m now in highschool ) but just all the memories 😂 idk
Memories of sooo soooo sooooo long ago for you, Im sure.
Perfect for gaming also Im happy it dose not have high fructose corn syrup
Its definitely healthy than their other options with Kickstart and Gamefuel
Doesn’t Red Bull put aspartame in the sugar-free?
Is it just me or does the can have a weird texture to it?
A lot of companies have been trying new things with their cans. Some use a matte finish and gloss finish, whereas other sometimes print on a sleeve and wrap the can.
I can't believe I found two of these at my Dollar store I would have walked right past him if it would have been for your review I saw yesterday they had the strawberry melon and that blue pomegranate pomegranate blue one I don't know how I really feel about it
Oh wow, at the dollar store? Looks like theyre getting into all the stores!
@@CaffeineMan1 yeah Dollar general had two of the flavors they were on the side aisle on a rack with the other mountain dew like Kickstart and whatnot I saw when I was walking by so I grab both of them
@@CaffeineMan1 they carry a couple of the reigh flavors also over there, they're fixing to shut that Dollar general down they built a brand new store literally like a hundred feet away from their old location it's actually a little bit closer to where I live it's across the street actually from my old apartment complex where I used to live but it's going to be a brand new building right now they're inside of a suite and a very last building I think they've been renting it out so now they're going to build their own store and have it separate and they're going to own that store
@@CaffeineMan1 but I'm sorry to say I'm not really digging them I don't think I'll like the other flavors I gave a shot I tried another one and I'm just not digging them
Where can I find these ?
Most likely, anyplace Mountain Dew is sold.... but in the energy drink section. Coke and Pepsi are the 2 biggest distributors out there so they get their products into stores super fast!!!
Try walmart. I got them there last week
I saw these in the store a few days ago and first thing I did was look up to see if you had a review out. These drinks just weren't hitting it for me. I don't think I will be partaking in these again.
Yeah there ok, but so many better options.
I'm surprised that you haven't reviewed Body Armor Edge yet. It's been out for a few weeks now, or at least that's when I first noticed it. I've already tried all 4 flavors. Not bad. Better than the standard Body Armor for sure.
Believe it or not they only have 1 flavor near me (which I picked up for a review) but really wanted to have all of thm.
Its okay just tried it 1st time today did the mental boost, strawberry melon. Pretty good.. I dislike that its aspartame. ASPARTAME IS TERRIBLE. Sucralose not as bad.
Ugh, yah, I agree! Hate the Aspartame! So many other great energy drinks out there though. If you like the mental bost, Ive done a bunch of nootropic energy drink reviews. Theyre a personal favorite of mine. You get a good clean energy without jitters. C4 Smart is my go-to choice.
@@CaffeineMan1 yeah actually i have had that recently and i like c4 alot. The beta tingles are okay i get them pretty strong but ik its working then 😆. I was super surprised the clarity tho the mental boost fr. I am a fan of the nootropic. Ive only tried like 5 bang flavors. Its too muvh caffeiene for me honestly, i use it if i really need that much. Anyways thats cool you responded! REDLINE is strong stuff! Like a 5hr energy but a bigger bottle that stuff hits
I like Coke Zero so I doubt I’ll mind the aspartame, looks like it’s worth picking up 👌
If you dont mind aspartame, there could be a few winners here for you! Let me know what you think!
I dont know if you've had it before, but the Peach mango one tastes similar to the KFC mountain dew peach honey thingy...lol Its specific to KFC but I've had it a couple times. Not my all time favorite mountain dew but I actually liked this one better.
Yeah, I tend to not drink soda at all for about 15-20 years now....so thats a no-go fo me. LOL.
I've been drinking these for weeks and never noticed the aspartame flavor. Grabbed a can after watching this and now it's all I can taste... 😋
😂😂😂
Are you normally a diet soda person? Most people who are used to diet soda wouldn’t usually notice it. I very much dislike diet soda, more than regular soda, so I can pick up on it pretty easily.
@@CaffeineMan1 In the past I drank a lot of Diet Coke and have since cut it out of my diet. So I am very familiar with the taste. I love energy drinks and I am a sucker for anything new. My favorite drink with citicoline was Nawgan... But I believe it was discontinued.
I had the orange and blue one, there just ok. kickstart is better to me.
Yeah, "ok" is going to be the most common term used for these I think.
Dude I like kick start these rise flavors are good but I prefer kickstart tho
I think they should increase the juice in KickStarts, basically let rize be the caffeine drink and kickstart be the juice drink
Unfortunately most companies are too cheap to put more juice in their drinks. Over the course of history of energy drinks that used Juice in their energy drink lines, Rockstar and Monster both had 30% Juice or more, at one point. Now, you're lucky if you get 5%.
Hey Caffeine Man still trying to send that Rebel just, its been chaotic but it will get to you!
No worries!!! I got plenty to keep me going, trust me! Thanks!
great comprehensive review as always!!
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
You should try Celevate if you haven’t already I have and they are awesome they’ve got a ton of nootropics in them
I have tried a few of these and the diet soda taste stands out too much for me, I won't be picking them up again.
Yeah aspartame really shouldnt be in energy drinks.
Keep it up caffeine man
Thanks! I'll do my best-est!
you seem to think highly of l-theanine. I recently got a big tub of it and have put a small scoop into my morning coffee every morning and drink some after energy drinks too
Yes, I definitely think highly of it, but its not only because it works for me, but... in an article in 2019, Taylor Swift says SHE uses L-Theanine for anxiety and stress! And if Taylor uses it...
Also, its scientifically proven to be one of the top ingredients for mental focus and you can easily enough get it from tea and also big tubs of it! So, how has it been working for you?
Between all of Mtn Dew energy drink types Amp is the better tasting ones. I know they have been trying to break out into the energy drink side for years but if they are the king of caffeine in soda why cant they do the same with energy drinks? Pepsi owns rockstar so I guess that could be why? They dont eww any to compete with themselves at the 300mg level?
I don't what Pepsi/Mtn Dews issue is with energy drinks? I don't think they're too worried about competing against themselves though. They originally came out with Amp nearly 20 years ago and have survived this long. But they also came out with Kickstart, then Game Fuel and now Mountain Dew Energy (previously named Rise), so they have no problems coming out with lots of subpar energy drinks. The acquistion of Rockstar is still fairly new, so it will be interesting to see what Pepsi energy drinks stay on the market, if they go away OR if they add even more if they learn from Rockstar.
I like the voltage . 87 mg caffeine 591.
Loved the Fan- I meant, Orange Crush gag😂
😂Its funny how people always relate orange sodas to Fanta and forget about Crush.
@@CaffeineMan1 so true😂😂
this is perfect cuz i am a hardcore music producer and dj so this is great for me
Nice! Glad you like them!
I work in retail and I saw this stuff before it came out looks intresting
The look is interesting... the flavor, pretty average.
I personally really like the pomegranate blue burst.
Also lebron james bought some redsox stock. Rise has citicoline. Rise is way better than their others in terms of less sugary crap, kickstart and gamefuel were way too sugary and for me some of the mountain dew's were caffeinated too much.
It's kinda like how I prefer coke zero to coke.
Definitely healthier on the sugar side of things, with the natural sugars from the juice.
So far I'm enjoying most of these except the Berry Blitz, one thing I only noticed when watching the review is that the graphics are more than just a tie to the graphics on Mtn Dew, they shaped the graphics to look the a Lions Head they even used separate colors to distinguish the eye and nose of the lion. While I do enjoy most of these I hope they don't eliminate all of the Kickstart Flavors as I love the Black Cherry Flavor, I enjoyed the Energizing Dew Flavor which they did discontinue, because I was able to enjoy a flavor that was fairly close to Mtn Dew taste, but only 80 calories versus 240 calories in an actual Mtn Dew, not a fan of the Diet Mtn Dew or Mtn Dew Zero which should both be rated zero IMO the only diet Mtn Dew I actually liked was the Diet Code Red Mtn Dew
Cant have any of those
Do they sell it in Canada
I've tried them all here's the dramamine tier list.
S tier : Pomegranate blueberry, Peach Mango
A tier : Tropical Sunrise Melon Spark
B tier : Orange Breeze
C tier : Berry blitz
Honestly the Berry blitz isn't that bad. its more or an A tier. Orang Breeze can go in F tier though. Tastes more like diet tang than orange. The Tropical Sunrise is pretty disappointing too so I wouldn't give that an A at all.
@@RiosTubeChannel I was hoping the tropical sunrise would taste more like their pineapple mtn dew but I still enjoyed it more my second time around
Thanks for the list! Good to see what other people think!