The federal government recently approved the sell of powdered alcohol by a company called Palcohol. The founder of Palcohol was inspired to come up with an alcohol pack during activities like hiking and camping without having to carry heavy bottles of wine, beer or spirits. One package weighs about an ounce and is small enough to fit into any pocket. When used as directed, the consumer adds five ounces of liquid to the powder, creating a beverage equal to a standard mixed drink. There are several versions to pick from such as distilled vodka, cosmopolitan, mojito, etc.
The company expects Palcohol to be on sale this fall.
Note: snorting alcohol powder is bad idea...
7 comments:
I don't see any negative aspects of having powdered alcohol. Cost of package should be lower if alcohol was manufactured in powder so the price will go down and less package sounds more environmentally friendly.
I also don't see any negative aspects of the sale of powdered alcohol. Since you add it to water, the consumption and effects of the drink will be similar to an average alcoholic beverage so there are no major risks different to the "normal" consumption of alcohol. Things like "alcoholic fruit" or an "alcoholic pill" seem more dangerous than a powder because of the difficulties in gauging how much one has consumed with small and quick doses.
This is an interesting innovation and for the purposes Mainza listed it seems useful as well.
I also agree that it may be cheaper overall due to lower cost of packaging, but with only one distributor in the market I wonder what the price will be.
I am wondering how receptive the market will be to this product. I feel as if parents of teens would really advise against this product being actually produced. It could be easily concealed and that could pose a huge problem in almost all aspects of life. Alcohol could be easily snuck into sporting events, concerts, schools, public transportation, and even airplanes. I believe this will cause many more problems with police and underage drinking.
I think real problem with these new inventions and new legalizations is really the implementation, but moreover, how you regulate these substances. From an economic aspect, duh, incentive is placed on creating new products, especially ones that reduce the costs a consumer has to pay for. This invention is incredibly easy to access, move, and use. But the problem, as I said, will be implementation, legalization and regulation, challenges that politicians often don't pay much attention until problems arise.
I do not get the reasoning for this product. Is this supposed to be marketed towards people who just want alcohol because of alcohol? If that is true, we can determine who is an alcoholic by finding out who buys this.
I disagree that it is stupid. I think there are many instances where you might want to have a drink, not just "because of alcohol" and you cannot carry around heavy containers or they are unsafe to travel with. It will be interesting to see how people react to this. I read the article to a friend and her response was "shut up and take my money".
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