quarter23cd Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 3%, eh? I'll need several packets and a 5 gallons of water...Just add water - students invent alcohol powder Wed Jun 6, 2007 10:13AM EDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - 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. "We are aiming for the youth market. They are really more into it because you can compare it with Bacardi-mixed drinks," 20-year-old Harm van Elderen told Reuters.Reuters PicturesPhoto Editors Choice: Best picturesfrom the last 24 hours.View Slideshow Van Elderen and four 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 project member Martyn van Nierop. 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. A number of companies are interested, they said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 We are aiming for the youth market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I appreciate how the kids in th Netherlands presumably can't wait to drink legally until their 16th birthdays. Kudos to you, kids! Where were these great thinkers when I was in my early teens? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 Yeah. Nothing like flaunting the fact that you are exploiting a loophole in the law in order to peddle alcohol to kids. Because that won't invite revised legislation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Where was this stuff 15 years ago? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I'd rather be sober than get drunk on dehydrated sissy drinks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 The beer in Salt Lake City is only 3.2%, so that's not too far off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 The beer in Salt Lake City is only 3.2%, so that's not too far off.They sell that around here on Sundays and after-hours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Yeah. Nothing like flaunting the fact that you are exploiting a loophole in the law in order to peddle alcohol to kids. Because that won't invite revised legislation. First revision: The students said companies interested in making the product commercially could avoid taxes because the alcohol was in powder form. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 What if one were to make a very concentrated mixture of this drink? That would, in theory, yield a higher alcohol percentage right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 This would be my angle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 And someone is going to want to be the first one to snort alcohol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Pat Travers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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