Posted on 04/21/2014 3:18:24 AM PDT by markomalley
Powdered. Alcohol. Putting aside whether you think it sounds like a good idea, does it not seem like an intriguing concept? Well, Palcohol has officially been approved by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, so expect this alcoholic version of the Kool-Aid powder to be in liquor stores soon enough!
Here’s the pitch for Palcohol on its website: “Wouldn’t it be great to have alcohol in powder form so all one had to do is add water? Since powder is light and compact, it wouldn’t be a burden to carry.”
They expect to be selling it starting this fall, and offer a variety of flavors to get the powder in. Below are a few of them.
Now I know what you’re thinking: “Holy crap powdered alcohol I could snort that!” Well, snorting Palcohol is a serious no-no, with the site explaining “You would feel a lot of pain for very little gain.”
It will be sold in liquor stores where you can buy non-powdered alcoholic things, as well as online, and the same rules about the drinking age obviously apply.
Palcohol did have a slightly edgier website before, but it was edited because, as they put it, “It was not meant to be our final presentation of Palcohol. Also posted were labels that were incorrect.”
How many packets can I add to my water, and can I make a drink which is 400 proof?
If you think airlines had problems with unruly & obnoxious drunks before, just wait till those boors start flying with a pocketful of these alcoholic fizzies...
Powdered alcohol always reminds me of a movie from 1966 staring Jerry Lewis called “Way... Way Out.” It’s about astronauts and the Russians have powdered Vodka.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HlEIVgPfmw
The fascists approve this but cancer drugs for people who have a few months to live will have to wait another 10 years.
400 proof is 200% alcohol, so I think not.
I see a line of 21 and over pixie sticks hitting the shelves within the next year, or fun dip.
Hoax - ethyl alcohol is a liquid. There is no way to de-liquefy, IJS!
I agree with you, the guy must have figured out how to micro encapsulate the alcohol.
I questioned this in another thread.
The trick is that the liquid alcohol is microencapsulated in tiny dextrose (or something) beads.
So adding water will release the alcohol from the beads. Presumably, the flavoring is mixed in with the beads.
To get a 100 ml drink with 6% alcohol, one would have to add at least 6 grams of beads, or half a tablespoon.
Alcohol can’t be powdered. It’s little capsules that open when water is added. But for marketing purposes, “powdered alcohol” goes further.
How long before some sensation-seeking irresponsible idiot tries it without adding water first? Are the emergency rooms ready for this?
The government will cry "Something has to be done" and within 24 hours the democrats will have a law demanding a 50% tax on alcohol.
It's already been done with other liquids.
Repeat:
It’s a small drop of alcohol encapsulated, so a bunch of them behave like powder.
The same trick is used in baking: A small encapsulated drop of water is added to ingredients as a powder, baking heat releases the water vapor and the resulting baked good is very moist without being mushy.
Alcohol can be absorbed in cyclodextrines, a sugar derivate. In this way, encapsuled in small capsules, the fluid can be handled as a powder.
Yes, it is an encapsulation technique.
Won't change this for the generation of "Hope, change and NOW I CAN SHORT ALCOHOL"....lol!
I see a line of 21 and over pixie sticks hitting the shelves within the next year, or fun dip.
It will be next to the marijuanna candy.
In other science news, a broad-spectrum cure for cancer and practical fusion power are definitely possible within the next 10 years...just like they’ve been for the last 60 years...
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