Tag: powdered alcohol
Palcohol, powdered alcohol, approved last year then revoked days later, has returned, and they’re looking to be on the shelves as early as this summer. While ludicrous sounding, powdered alcohol is a neat chemistry trick. Cyclodextrins are a type of carbohydrate molecule that are, as the name might imply, circular. In the center of the […]
Expect a “Palcohol Banned” update soon because New York’s State Senate just passed legislation against any powdered alcohol product nearly unopposed, 57-1 with 3 abstaining. Senator Chuck “Buzzkill” Schumer must be dancing at the thought that rum spiked Eggs Benedict will never come to be. All about Palcohol here. Meanwhile, I’ll keep asking for a quad […]
The alcohol blog Bevlaw found a release by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau that outed “Palcohol.” Their approved product is “powdered alcohol.” Update: The bureau made the approval “in error.” No powdered alcohol for you. BUT WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT? It’s a family of simple carbohydrates called cyclodextrins. Cyclodextrins are molecular doughnuts (or cronuts if you’re willing […]
