Actually, about 10 or 15 years ago the japanese invented dried, instant booze. Just add water and you got an alcoholic beverage drink, cocktail. It seems They developed some way to encapsulate the alcohol, and make it like 'tiny little time pills', pour a dried packet into a glass and add water, which 'melted' the coatings and freed the alcohol.
But after a brief flurry, and a campaign by MADD, in addition to various do gooders and the booze companies, it got 'buried'.