IS Powdered Alcohol FOR YOU?

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shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
I quit drinking several years ago. So I am not sure if I would go for this or not.

http://www.palcohol.com/

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crazyjoe
10 years ago
Good idea.
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Tiredtraveler
10 years ago
Do you snort it or do like High School kids and put it on a tampon and put it where the sun don't shine.
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rockstar666
10 years ago
It's illegal in all 50 states AFAIK; the add implies it's not. Great for campers if it was available though.
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Lone_Wolf
10 years ago
Interesting but I don't see any advantage in it. Now, I've heard about inhaling alcohol vapors. I may try that some day.
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4got2wipe
10 years ago
I wonder how it tastes! The alcohol is absorbed into a type of carbohydrate and I think it can only absorb 50% or so of its weight in alcohol! So there is probably a lot of starchy stuff in the drink when you reconstitute!

Can't believe it tastes good! Only purpose I can see would be to get wasted! Drinking just to get wasted = NOT brilliant! Drinkin bad tasting alcohol just to get wasted = double NOT brilliant!
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sailmd
10 years ago
This is bullshit. Ethyl alcohol or ethanol is the only alcohol we can drink safely to get a buzz. Methanol will make you blind etc. Ethanol does not exist in solid form at room temperature and pressure. So this is something other than ethanol and I smell snake oil.
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4got2wipe
10 years ago
Sailmd powdered alcohol is ethanol, but it is mixed with cyclodextrins!

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powdered_alcohol

When you mix with water the ethanol comes out of the powder. I don't know if the powder dissolves very well or if it more like Metamucil! Metamucil = not brilliant!
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4got2wipe
10 years ago
I meant Metamucil cocktail = not brilliant!
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4got2wipe
10 years ago
Also, methanol or isopropanol (=rubbing alcohol) won't powder any more than ethanol will! But I bet it would bind to cyclodextrins! Still not brilliant!
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bang69
10 years ago
Good idea
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Clubber
10 years ago
Would be a real problem for those that gt a splash of water in their drinks. Ever ask in a super market where they keep the powdered water? I can be a hoot!
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