460 0 #1 June 6, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070606/od_nm/dutch_drink_odd_dc;_ylt=AqlQaKsmF_E2K4TVc6WP9u3MWM0F 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. 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.Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #2 June 6, 2007 gotta love AMSTERDAM HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #3 June 6, 2007 Any of you chemistry experts know how this works? "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #4 June 6, 2007 only 3% alcohol, and that is if you get the entire contents of the packet to disolve into the solution. How much would you have to drink for a buzz?Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #5 June 6, 2007 next thing ya know people will be snorting alcohol HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #6 June 6, 2007 Quote next thing ya know people will be snorting alcohol Umm like this thing http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/InTheNews/Etc/1110383709.htmlDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
