Beer drinker. British beermakers are wooing the caffeine-crazed with a new beer
made from fair-trade coffee beans, to be launched on Friday.(AFP/DDP/File)
Posted on 11/18/2004 8:27:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LONDON (AFP) - Watch out Starbucks. British beermakers are wooing the caffeine-crazed with a new beer made from fair-trade coffee beans, to be launched on Friday.
Coffee beans from the central African country of Rwanda are mixed with barley grown in Britain, creating a beer with the same amount of caffeine in one bottle as in a cup of coffee.
Drinkers can get an added buzz from the political correctness of their coffee, labelled fair trade -- meaning it has been grown in conditions which ensure the fair treatment of and living wages for workers in developing countries.
British supermarket chain Sainsbury's is exclusively selling "Coffee Beer", which comes on the heels of strawberry and chocolate-flavored brews turned out by the same Meantime Brewery in Greenwich, southeast London.
After the success of strawberry in summer, "it seemed natural to have a more warming, mellow taste for winter," the supermarket said.
Beer drinker. British beermakers are wooing the caffeine-crazed with a new beer
made from fair-trade coffee beans, to be launched on Friday.(AFP/DDP/File)
This is nothing new: They had Buzz Beer on the Drew Carey Show years ago, and I'm sure the idea predates that.
I'll bet Vodka and Redbull still packs a better buzz ;)
Sounds interesting, I always thought British beer(Guiness) tasted like coffee anyway.
It's not just for breakfast anymore!
Hmmm. Rum & Coke has competition :o)
A cup of coffee added to stout does taste very good, actually. You should try it!
Also good in stout, is vanilla icecream. Better than a Rootbeer float, IMHO.
I think the Irish might have something to say about you referring to their national brew as "British beer".
Way back in the Navy, we used to mix Wild Turkey and Mello Yello. Geez, was I a dumb kid.
OK I stand corrected, Irish beer already tastes like nasty cold coffee.Sorry I just can't get into Guiness that stuff is foul.
I used to be into Guiness in a big way. I'm more a Kilkenny Ale man now. It's a good drop.
Negra Modelo
There was ( is ) a beer brewed with Starbucks coffee - came out over a year ago in Seatle...
Trry Jaegar and Red Bull. That's a great combo! I actually just had one less than an hour ago.
I disagree, only because I prefer dark beers.
Well, I, for one, can skip the pseudo-commie horsenoose. Just gimme beer!
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