After quite literally changing the landscape of and taking over the sugar free energy drink market in 2020 with the release of Ghost Energy, Ghost now has its sights set on flipping the script on hydration. The ready-to-drink hydration market has been dominated by brands like Gatorade and Powerade my entire life, but two years ago the Logan Paul co-signed Prime took the crown (at least temporarily) away from the giants. Ghost have had hydration powders for years, but this is the first time it has put a formula into a Ready to Drink (RTD) bottle, and it looks a lot like Prime. 

Launching in four flavors with more on the way, Ghost Hydration boasts 996 mg of electrolytes, including 700 mg of potassium, 500 mg of Aquamin, 50 mg of Senactiv, 100% daily value of Vitamins B6, B12, and C, zero sugar, zero caffeine, and no artificial colors. Here are my thoughts on every flavor with a ranking of them all at the end.

Orange Squeeze:

This is the surprise of the bunch for me and I really like it a lot. I’m usually a fan of orange drinks in general, and this one strikes a really great balance of juicy full-flavored fruit with a touch of tart in the finish that really delivers what I want from a hydration drink. It has one of the heavier mouthfeels of the launch flavors as well and I like that the extra density seems to carry an emboldened wallop of orange-y punch.

Rating: 8.5/10

Lemon Lime:

Another solid, albeit a bit standard, flavor, that’s never going to get old. I am a certified lemon head and I dig this tart, balanced, lemon lime blast that’s legitimately tangy, almost edging into proper sour territory.

Rating: 8/10

Kiwi Strawberry:

Kiwi Strawberry is one of Ghost’s signature hydration powder flavors, and this is notably different than that formula; but I enjoy them both. This bottled version is very dense with tart strawberry flavor and kiwi that tastes surprisingly authentic. It isn’t too often that kiwi comes through as a defined element in a profile and I get that unique tropical taste very clearly here. There’s a touch of roundness to the flavor, almost like creaminess, that plays with the tart strawberry well, and is the other standout from the release lineup.

Rating: 8.5/10

Sour Patch Kids Redberry:

Unlike the original launch of Ghost Energy, this SPK collab isn’t working for me as well in Hydration. There’s an underlining sour/tart flavor in all of the Hydration drinks that clashes with the intended candy sour flavor in this RTD. Redberry is my favorite Sour Patch flavor in the actual candy and all of Ghost’s other products, so I’m surprised it doesn’t land here. Still, it’s not disgusting, I would just never choose it over the other three, or any Prime flavor, for that matter.

Rating: 6/10

Current Ghost Hydration Ranking:

Orange Squeeze (8.5/10)

Kiwi Strawberry (8.5/10)

Lemon Lime (8/10)

Sour Patch Kids RedBerry (6/10)