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For a while I brewed my own beer just as several of my friends had been doing, but my goal was to develop “beer syrup” like the “Coca Cola syrup” they deliver to restaurants. Just run your CO2 water and instant beer.

It worked... sorta. I had gallons of beer syrup but there was a problem — all of the alcohol evaporates during the process.

So, being stuck with a bunch of beer flavored syrup and lotsa powdered syrup, I started buying the cheapest, crappiest beer you can get at the Big Lots store. That syrup turned the worst-tasting beer into good beer, it turned pretty-good beer into excellent beer.

It foamed up like Guiness, and I would tell my friends “that’s the brewing process taking place”. You can drink the foam, like they do with Guiness in Europe calling it ‘sipping air’. Overall, a fun experience and a great gift to give out during Christmas.

I had gallons of beer syrup but there was a problem — all of the alcohol evaporates during the process.

What process did you use to do this? Boiling it will certainly remove the alcohol, as alcohol's boiling point is lower than water. (If you caught it and condensed it, that's what distilling is!) You could have tried freezing it, as alcohol freezes at a lower temp, freeze just below freezing then removing the ice will remove mostly water.