Posted on 04/21/2014 3:18:24 AM PDT by markomalley
Powdered. Alcohol. Putting aside whether you think it sounds like a good idea, does it not seem like an intriguing concept? Well, Palcohol has officially been approved by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, so expect this alcoholic version of the Kool-Aid powder to be in liquor stores soon enough!
Here’s the pitch for Palcohol on its website: “Wouldn’t it be great to have alcohol in powder form so all one had to do is add water? Since powder is light and compact, it wouldn’t be a burden to carry.”
They expect to be selling it starting this fall, and offer a variety of flavors to get the powder in. Below are a few of them.
Now I know what you’re thinking: “Holy crap powdered alcohol I could snort that!” Well, snorting Palcohol is a serious no-no, with the site explaining “You would feel a lot of pain for very little gain.”
It will be sold in liquor stores where you can buy non-powdered alcoholic things, as well as online, and the same rules about the drinking age obviously apply.
Palcohol did have a slightly edgier website before, but it was edited because, as they put it, “It was not meant to be our final presentation of Palcohol. Also posted were labels that were incorrect.”
Sheesh, I remember the Doris Day in just a man’s pajama top scene. I was just old enough to get it at the time...
I got a package of powdered water, but I didn’t know what to add...
How many “lines” will do the trick?
Should I wash a packet down with a Colt 45,
or just eat 3?
So many unanswered questions?
Prepper PING!
Talk about a space saver!
I always wondered why you couldn’t make gelcaps with Everclear in them for people who want the effect but don’t like the taste.
Just pop them like a few NyQuil caplets and no one is the wiser. Thinking back I know there were a lot of girls who would have loved something like that.
Yeah. At this point in human and technological development, there's no need for an FDA. Private accrediting agencies could provide better and more useful information to consumers.
And if someone wants to huff paint, who's going to stop him? Are we going to outlaw spray paint, too?
Better to take the tax money we spend on the FDA and use it to fund anti-drug PR campaigns. Those campaigns were very effective in decreasing cigarette smoking.
No, this is targeted at kids, high schools and Jr highs are going to hate this.
Might as well “dust your whistle” or “take a powder” while you wait...
“.. college kids will be snorting this stuff..”
Gives new meaning to “powdering your nose”, doesn’t it? :)
The neat thing is that now homeless winos will have a use for their bodily fluids, and not spread them over every bus stop. . .
I’m surprised the government approved this, the company must have given enough campaign contributions to the right people.
Yep...just like the corn industry.
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