Palchohol~Cheers!

[mickeyd]

Hmm seems like a good way to get by venues (airline, cruise ships, concerts, etc.) that block adults from bringing along their own adult beverage so they can over-charge them for the same libation.

I look forward to giving this product a try.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/palcohol-powdered-alcohol-approved-feds/story?id=29580363

 

[W2R]

Hmm seems like a good way to get by venues (airline, cruise ships, concerts, etc.) that block adults from bringing along their own adult beverage so they can over-charge them for the same libation.

I look forward to giving this product a try.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/palcohol-powdered-alcohol-approved-feds/story?id=29580363

This news story makes me glad I don't drink. If I felt the need to sneak alcohol anywhere like that, I'd feel.... desperate, dependant, resentful.




(Edited to add quote of post I was responding to, for those who didn't realize it)

 

[MikeWillRetire]

That just sounds like a hoax to me. Alcohol is a volatile liquid, so I don't understand how you can dry it and still create alcohol.

 

[RonBoyd]

I want some!

 

[Bestwifeever]

This news story makes me glad I don't drink. If I felt the need to sneak alcohol anywhere like that, I'd feel.... desperate, dependant, resentful.

+1. They could rename it "Patheticol."

 

[harley]

This news story makes me glad I don't drink. If I felt the need to sneak alcohol anywhere like that, I'd feel.... desperate, dependant, resentful.

+1. They could rename it "Patheticol."

Don't hurt yourselves carrying all that judgementalism around.

My very first thought when I read it was that it would be a wonderful thing for backpacking. It's nice to have a drink in the evening watching the sun go down on a mountain top, but it's a real pain to have to haul all that extra weight up there.

 

[ERD50]

That just sounds like a hoax to me. Alcohol is a volatile liquid, so I don't understand how you can dry it and still create alcohol.

Not a hoax at all. It is micro-encapsulated alcohol:

Molecular encapsulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to food chemist Udo Pollmer of the European Institute of Food and Nutrition Sciences in Munich, alcohol can be molecularly encapsulated in cyclodextrines, a sugar derivate. In this way, encapsuled in small capsules, the fluid can be handled as a powder. The cyclodextrines can absorb an estimated 60 percent of their own weight in alcohol.[1]

I guess if these are alcohol drinks that would have sugar in them, then the carrier would also replace some/all of the sugar. So the 'drink' can be carried in a pouch, and add water from any source.

Don't hurt yourselves carrying all that judgementalism around.

My very first thought when I read it was that it would be a wonderful thing for backpacking. It's nice to have a drink in the evening watching the sun go down on a mountain top, but it's a real pain to have to haul all that extra weight up there.

Yes, it does sound convenient for campers, and a few other places. If the drinks are a mix you'd like, why not? I'm sure some people carry a tea bag with them, so they can enjoy some hot tea on a camping trip, or some other place rather than carrying a thermos of hot tea. Is that pathetic?

-ERD50

 

[Bestwifeever]

Don't hurt yourselves carrying all that judgementalism around.

My very first thought when I read it was that it would be a wonderful thing for backpacking. It's nice to have a drink in the evening watching the sun go down on a mountain top, but it's a real pain to have to haul all that extra weight up there.

Meh, it's not very heavy. We carry it just under our haloes.

I don't camp or backpack, but I imagine people who do have been carrying old-fashioned liquid spirits for a long time if that's what they like (and seriously how much would you need to enjoy a sunset?). Wouldn't you have to carry the liquid to mix with the palcohol anyway?

 

[brewer12345]

Don't hurt yourselves carrying all that judgementalism around.

My very first thought when I read it was that it would be a wonderful thing for backpacking. It's nice to have a drink in the evening watching the sun go down on a mountain top, but it's a real pain to have to haul all that extra weight up there.

Everclear ("dehydrated alcohol") does the trick nicely when backpacking. A bit of water, some Gatorade powder and voila!

 

[MRG]

Everclear ("dehydrated alcohol") does the trick nicely when backpacking. A bit of water, some Gatorade powder and voila!

And you can use it for fire starter in an emergency.

 

[heeyy_joe]

I'll have a dime bag please.

 

[Badger]

Not a hoax at all. It is micro-encapsulated alcohol:

Molecular encapsulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

-ERD50

Sounds like M&Ms.

Cheers!

 

[donheff]

Screw the alcohol. If Rand Paul's legislation to change from schedule 1 to 2 makes it through maybe we will be able to carry our medical marijuana into concerts, et al.

 

[brewer12345]

And you can use it for fire starter in an emergency.

Hand sanitizer works really well for that, too.

 

[MRG]

Thanks Brewer,

Didn't realize they were alcohol based, some seem gel like. Interesting potential uses, and you're not wasting Everclear.

 

[steelyman]

Well, I'm a drinker, plain and simple. But I remembered hearing a poem on The Writer's Almanac that might be enjoyed by both the angelic and not-so-angelic. It's available here:

Sober Song by Barton Sutter : The Poetry Foundation

 

[Walt34]

Hmm seems like a good way to get by venues (airline, cruise ships, concerts, etc.) that block adults from bringing along their own adult beverage so they can over-charge them for the same libation.

I'd try it for those purposes just to sneak one past the greedy overcharging outstretched hands. If I ever go by airline airline or cruise ship.

 

[bjorn2bwild]

I'd try it for those purposes just to sneak one past the greedy overcharging outstretched hands. If I ever go by airline airline or cruise ship.

From the Palcohol website -

2. Powdered alcohol will make it easier to sneak into venues.
A package of Palcohol is 4" x 6"....almost five times bigger than a 50ml bottle of liquid alcohol so Palcohol is much harder to conceal.

 

[aja8888]

"2. Powdered alcohol will make it easier to sneak into venues."

But you may have to duck tape the packages to your concealed parts of your body!

 

[Walt34]

"2. Powdered alcohol will make it easier to sneak into venues."

Unless you duck tape the packages to your concealed parts of your body!

Great minds think alike....

 

[aja8888]

Great minds think alike....

That was the first thing that came to my mind!

 

[sengsational]

I'd try it for those purposes just to sneak one past the greedy overcharging outstretched hands. If I ever go by airline airline or cruise ship.

No need to buy the powder for airlines...as many of the small bottles you can cram into a quart ziplock. I've done it many times, no problemo.

 

[bjorn2bwild]

3. Load up before boarding.
Stick with old friend - Stadium Pal

 

[sengsational]

3. Load up before boarding.
Stick with old friend - Stadium Pal

That looks handy for the icarus race contestants.

 

[bjorn2bwild]

That looks handy for the icarus race contestants.

I'm not familiar with that race, but if it involves flying too close to the sun, then crashing and burning into the ocean, Coliseum Pal might be more appropriate.