Monster M3 Energy Review

Since there isn't much to it, here's the text from the back of this 5oz. bottle:

This little bottle of super concentrated Monster madness packs a 16oz. punch into only 5oz. of liquid. Our unique nitrous technology mellows out the flavor. A shot it's not, but then you don't have to plug your nose to drink it! Grab an M3 glass and kick some ass!

I heard that Monster is going to discontinue the Hitman shot which has been out for awhile, and this is it's replacement. Lately, Monster has been putting out some pretty stupid drinks, including this. I don't see the need to discountinue Hitman or completely replace it, it's pointless. Especially because this is a 5oz. drink in a glass bottle with a cap like you'd find on a bottle of beer. It's a pretty ridiculous design and to me it just doesn't make much sense, apparently someone loved the idea though. You have to use a bottle opener to open it too, which is a pain when you just want to buy it and drink it. Still, since it's a new drink I decided to pick it up and give it a try.

The Bottle:
Like I said, M3 comes in a ridiculous looking glass bottle. A lot of people probably think that this is an "ingenious" design, it is creative and I give Monster credit for it. Still, the fact that you have to use a bottle opener to open it can be annoying. It's not like Bawls Guarana which uses a twist-off cap even though it comes in a glass bottle. Whoever writes the descriptions on the back of Monster products does a good job, no matter how bad the product may actually be the description draws you in and makes you want to try it for some reason. I do think it would be cool to release regular Monster in full sized glass bottles, unfortunately I'm not a big fan of this one though.

The Drink:
M3 is just 16 oz. of Monster concentrated into a 5 oz. bottle, it's not really a new flavor at all. When I opened up the bottle and quickly drank it in just over the amount of time it would take me to drink a regular sized shot, the drink didn't taste as bad as I thought. It still had the original Monster taste but was a little more bitter, that's a given though when you're cramming 16 oz. into 5 oz.

The Buzz:
Soon after finishing the drink I started to feel a pretty potent energy buzz. The buzz eventually mellowed out after a few minutes and didn't turn out to be that amazing at all. It lasted for a few hours and was ok, but I've had better in the past.

M3 is an expensive drink, the bottle design is cool but I can definitely see it being annoying for some people. The taste isn't as bad as I expected but the buzz was only slightly above average. If one tiny bottle of M3 didn't cost so much I might recommend it but since you can get better for the same price or even cheaper, I don't.