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Post by dboyseeker on Jan 6, 2010 0:58:35 GMT 10
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch students have developed powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors. The latest innovation in inebriation, called Booz2Go, is available in 20-gramme packets that cost 1-1.5 euros ($1.35-$2). Top it up with water and you have a bubbly, lime-colored and -flavored drink with just 3 percent alcohol content. "We are aiming for the youth market. They are really more into it because you can compare it with Bacardi-mixed drinks," 20-year-old Harm van Elderen told Reuters. Van Elderen and four classmates at Helicon Vocational Institute, about an hour's drive from Amsterdam, came up with the idea as part of their final-year project. "Because the alcohol is not in liquid form, we can sell it to people below 16," said project member Martyn van Nierop. The legal age for drinking alcohol and smoking is 16 in the Netherlands. In Germany, alcopops -- sweet drinks containing alcohol and in powder form -- caused quite a stir when launched on to the market. Alcohol powder, classified as a flavoring, was sold in the United States three years ago. The students said companies interested in making the product commercially could avoid taxes because the alcohol was in powder form. A number of companies are interested, they said. www.reuters.com/article/idUSPAR64994620070606
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Post by concrete on Jan 6, 2010 1:19:14 GMT 10
Sadly, 3% alcohol/volume. Is probably the same as the mouthwash you may use. True, it may get some european kids pissed, probably alot of americans pissed ;D. But, until they can bottle 70% then I'm not interested. Shit!! They have. www.originalczechabsinthe.com/staroplzenecky.htmlGunna have to tell my uncle to start distilling his wine!
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Post by brillbilly on Jan 6, 2010 1:39:39 GMT 10
Chemical properties Little about the composition of the powder, as well as the process occurring when mixed with water, has been revealed in news sources.
According to food chemist Udo Pollmer of the European Institute of Food and Nutrition Sciences in Munich, alcohol can be absorbed in cyclodextrines, a sugar derivate. In this way, encapsuled in small capsules, the fluid can be handled as a powder. The cyclodextrines can absorb an estimated 60 percent of their own weight in alcohol.[1] A US food patent has been registered for the process as early as 1974.[2]
[edit] Legal issues In the United States, according to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), alcohol powders which are intended for beverage use fall within the jurisdiction of both the federal government (TTB) and the state governments. Therefore, they are regulated the same as any other alcoholic beverage, require the same licensing approvals and are subject to the alcoholic beverage taxes.[citation needed]
Currently, alcohol powder which is unfit for beverage purposes is sold as a food flavouring in the United States.
There is some insecurity as to legal regulations in many other countries. According to some, alcohol laws would in general only apply to liquids. This would mean that powder-based alcoholic beverages could be sold to minors and that the powder would be exempt of alcohol tax. (See Netherlands below.)
[edit] Brands [edit] Germany In Germany a product called Subyou reportedly was or is distributed on the Internet. The product was available in four flavours and packed in 65 gram, or possibly 100 gram, sachets. When mixed with 0,25 litres of water it gives a drink with 4.8 % alcohol. It was assumed a German producer manufactured the alcopop powder based on imported raw alcohol powder from the US.[3]
[edit] Netherlands In the Netherlands the product Booz2go made its way to news headlines in May 2007. It will produce a bubbly, lime-coloured and lime-flavoured drink with 3 % alcohol when mixed with water. When put into commercial production, it is expected to sell for 1.50 euro ($2.50) for a 20 gram sachet. The product is marketed by four food technology students, Harm van Elderen, Martyn van Nierop and others at Helicon Vocational Institute in Boxtel. They said they are aiming at the youth market, and one advantage of the powder is it would be legal to sell to people under 16, the legal age of drinking in the Netherlands. They compared the drink to alcopops like Bacardi Breezer, and expect the relatively low alcohol content will be popular with the young segment.[4]
Director Wim van Dalen of the Dutch National Foundation for Alcohol Prevention said the powder was not subject to the Alcohol and Horeca Code, but when dissolved in water it would be. This would mean that everyone could buy the powder. He said he generally did not support new alcoholic drinks, but doubted the powder would become attractive. A spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport said they would not undertake any actions against the product, but added that according to other laws the label must contain a warning about any health risks for the consumer.[5]
[edit] United States Currently, Pulver Spirits is developing a line of alcohol powder products which are scheduled to be released in 2010. The marketing is reportedly going to be in full compliance with alcohol regulations and targeted at adults of legal drinking age ;D
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Post by brillbilly on Jan 6, 2010 1:41:38 GMT 10
In Germany a product called Subyou mixed with 0,25 litres of water gives a drink with 4.8 % alcohol,lol thats better
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Post by dboyseeker on Jan 6, 2010 2:48:18 GMT 10
In Germany a product called Subyou mixed with 0,25 litres of water gives a drink with 4.8 % alcohol,lol thats better yea thats slightly better on the alcohol, I was just thinkin how wierd it would be just buying powder & mixing up ya drinks in the future, dunno if im a fan or not
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Post by shatnerswig on Jan 6, 2010 2:57:49 GMT 10
maybe they should just leave out the water and snort it instead lol
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Post by dboyseeker on Jan 6, 2010 3:03:47 GMT 10
maybe they should just leave out the water and snort it instead lol quick snort of voddy then out on the town...think il stick to my optics & normal liquid beers
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Post by brillbilly on Jan 6, 2010 3:07:47 GMT 10
lol,anything that is chemical based will never be as good as real
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 7:36:52 GMT 10
maybe they should just leave out the water and snort it instead lol Ahhh now theres an idea. this is my kinda drink Green Fairy Djabel ( Devil) Absinthe Dabel contains more thujone (from wormwood) than most other absinth that has become available in the States. It has slightly more than Green Fairy and is bottled at 70% alc. vol. The absinth of choice for discerning enthusiasts Dont you love that, "dicerning enthusiasts", see its not for raging drunks at all.
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Post by brillbilly on Jan 6, 2010 23:17:13 GMT 10
maybe they should just leave out the water and snort it instead lol Ahhh now theres an idea. this is my kinda drink Green Fairy Djabel ( Devil) Absinthe Dabel contains more thujone (from wormwood) than most other absinth that has become available in the States. It has slightly more than Green Fairy and is bottled at 70% alc. vol. The absinth of choice for discerning enthusiasts Dont you love that, "dicerning enthusiasts", see its not for raging drunks at all. lol thats not a drink,thats paint stripper ;D
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