June 6
AMSTERDAM - 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.
Five 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 a project member. 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.
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ill stick with beer
People have died snorting hard liquor so I wonder what would happen if they snorted this stuff?
QUOTE(Reincarnated @ Jun 11 2007, 03:17 PM) [snapback]1719172[/snapback]
People have died snorting hard liquor so I wonder what would happen if they snorted this stuff?
Ouch. And you know some idiot would try it.
QUOTE(Eric Raven The Skeptic @ Jun 11 2007, 04:31 PM) [snapback]1719309[/snapback]
Ouch.
No crap... I flinched at that comment.
QUOTE(Eric Raven The Skeptic @ Jun 11 2007, 04:31 PM) [snapback]1719309[/snapback]
And you know some idiot would try it.
Well that would be awesome to see someone else do it.
QUOTE(War-Junkie @ Jun 11 2007, 08:06 PM) [snapback]1719155[/snapback]
ill stick with beer
yeah me too... beer sounds more tasty
Powdered beer??? I don't think I would want any, it sounds similar to that powdered mash potato you can get - that's nasty too
all ferminted drinks,that are bottled conditioned,,like homemade rootbeer,cream sodas,and fruit drinks all have small amounts of alcohol..it is the by product of the suger and the yeast causing carbonnation of the drink...ill do a search and see what the abv is for these drinks,,,but i believe it is well below 3%
QUOTE(owlscrying @ Jun 11 2007, 01:10 PM) [snapback]1718887[/snapback]
June 6
AMSTERDAM - 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.
Five 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 a project member. 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.
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AMSTERDAM - 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.
Five 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 a project member. 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.
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I feel sorry for the future of the children!
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lime-colored and -flavored drink with just 3 percent alcohol content.
Kool-aid with a twist
QUOTE(nativechick1989 @ Jun 12 2007, 01:45 AM) [snapback]1719996[/snapback]
Kool-aid with a twist
that's what I was thinking too
3% alcohol though... hardly enough to notice at all. I'd rather just have a Sprite or 7-UP.
QUOTE(Purplos @ Jun 13 2007, 03:10 AM) [snapback]1720743[/snapback]
3% alcohol though... hardly enough to notice at all. I'd rather just have a Sprite or 7-UP.
me too. I add sprite to my wine to speed up the drunkedness process
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