Red) is undoubtedly the worst Gatorade flavor. I’m not going to be around the bush when I tell you that Fruit Punch (a.k.a. If you don’t think there’s a time and a place for a specific Gatorade flavor, just ask yourself this: would you drink Corona around a campfire? Would you drink Guinness on a boat? Would you drink Molson on the 4 th of July? The answer to all of these questions is obviously a big, fat NO.Īs I said above, we’re really only paying attention to the quintet of the best flavors that stand a tier above the rest, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t briefly acknowledge the merits (or lack thereof) of those that didn’t make the cut. There is a time and place for each Gatorade flavor, and I’m about to let you know what those are. I will also consider the gravity of the situation and parallel it with a Gatorade flavor’s magnitude.

As such, the purpose of this list is to narrow down what flavor is best for each type of thirst. After all, that’s the ultimate goal of drinking Gatorade: to quench your thirst when you need it the most.

I will be primarily focusing on the top five Gatorade flavors and mostly basing the order on their situational readiness to quench your thirst when you need it. They’re not necessarily the original flavors, but the ones that everyone not living under a rock for the last 20 years A) know exists and B) more or less has an opinion on. Here at BroBible, we are dealing with the best day-to-day Gatorade flavors that you can get almost anywhere. But, they have no business in this power-ranking of best Gatorade flavors. The random flavors of Gatorade that have emerged over the years that pop up at obscure delis and random gas stations every once and a while can be tasty. I don’t hear the shouts from new-wave flavor fanatics yelling some hogwash about Cucumber Lime or Strawberry Kiwi or even Green Apple being the GOAT of all Gatorades (the same is to be said about how G2 “changed the game” when it comes to a list like this. So technically, we think the flavor should be called 'Cucumber Lime,' but to split hairs over near-perfection feels ungrateful.Since then, the sports drink has become the ultimate thirst quencher for athletes, hungover college kids, and anyone else looking for a way to rehydrate with the help of the nutrients and electrolytes they (and the plants) crave.īefore I lay out my ultimate guide to the best Gatorade flavors based on their situational qualities, I want to make something clear. Somehow, Lime Cucumber is able to capture the elusive flavor of delicate, watery, cucumbers which are even more pronounced than the lime flavor in the bottle. It's the only Gatorade that tastes closer to fancy-infused water from a hotel lobby than Kool-Aid. Unlike even some of the best flavors in the Thirst Quencher lineup, Lime Cucumber fits every application: post-workout, hot day, hangover, even as a mixer with spirits (tequila, preferably), and doesn't leave your mouth coated in a saccharine film. The crisp, unobtrusive marriage of the two flavors begins predominantly with cucumber on both the nose and palate with a little elbow room on the back end for the gentle sour tones of lime. But the meme-driven backlash, as seen on Daily Status, is beyond us. In the over ten years since its release in 2011, 'Limon Pepino' (or Lime Cucumber) remains among the most divisive flavors of Gatorade on the market (via Maxim). Like ranking the most famous members of Destiny's Child, Lime Cucumber sits on a throne that overlooks the rest of the Thirst Quencher family.

Light blue gatorade flavor