Tortured Orchard

V Energy are always coming out with something new and interesting. This time they didn't leave us guessing with what the favours might be. Tortured Orchard is a blend of raspberry and lemonade. If you think about it, the flavour combinations aren't as crazy as you would think. Raspberry Lemonade isn't a new flavour but its one I haven't seen in the energy drink world.

The colour is slightly more golden then the normal V colour but there isn't a lot of variance between the normal flavour and this new one. The smell is very strong and full of raspberry, it smells very sticky and sweet. There isn't a lot of lemonade coming through and once you start tasting the drink the lemonade still doesn't come through. The raspberry is an overwhelming force and I wish you got a little more of the lemony flavour to add some extra tartness that would balance out the sweetness of it all. It isn't bad but I feel there is room for improvement.


Update: Since trying it for the first time and jotting down those tasting notes I did try this again. The drink was even colder this time and I got more of the lemonade flavour and a little tang that the drink needed. As soon as it started to warm up though the raspberry flavour really starts to take over. I think this really needs to be drunk ice cold as otherwise it becomes too sweet.

I love their innovation and the fact that they are always striving to bring something new and interesting to their customers. While I don't think this is their best one ever, they are certainly making sure their brand stays fresh and interesting. Keep up the inventing! I'd love to see another sour drink come out, maybe sour blue raspberry.

If need a hit to improve yourself a bit then do yourself a flavour and give this a try!