Caffeinated Beer Becomes a Reality 657
Cylar writes "CNN is reporting that Anheuser-Bush has developed a sweet, caffeinated beer they are dubbing B(E). Intended to compete with the trendy sweet concotions popular on the club scenes (such as Smirnoff Ice), it will contain caffeine, guarana, and ginseng." Not sure how I feel about ginseng in my brew, so I'll have to study this with a few cases.
Not a new thing... (Score:5, Informative)
MoonShot contains the maximum amount of caffeine allowed by law: 45mg per twelve-ounce serving. Since this is a moderate level (a cup of coffee contains 70mg), we have formulated MoonShot to be light-bodied, smooth and therefore uncommonly drinkable.
I've tried MoonShot... It's not bad, but not great. Little bit of caffeine tang, like Krank2O or Water Joe, but better masked by the beer. Tastes kinda like Rolling Rock. Weak, in other words.
If you want caffeine with your alcohol, go for irish coffee [castletown.com]
-T
Gratuitous Linkage (Score:5, Informative)
This isn't for carb watchers as it has 22 grams in there. Probably all sugar. 6.6 percent alcohol will be chasing the Jager Bomb [google.com] crowd.
Stimulants and depressants...yum! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Buzz Beer (Score:5, Informative)
I only know this cuz it was Kurt Vonnegut's grandfather (I think thats the right relation) and was mentioned in Time Quake.
Re:Not a new thing... (Score:3, Informative)
Considering myself an epicurean when it comes to alcohol, I cannot recommend Chouffe Coffee liqueur highly enough [achouffe.be]. It's loads better than Kahlua and actually tastes like coffee, imagine that.
Re:down + up = nothing? (Score:3, Informative)
Wait a minute ... (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002337
I drank it once. I had to do a shot of overproof rum to get the horrible taste out of my mouth.
Re:Buzz Beer (Score:1, Informative)
It did not have guarana or ginseng or any other asian vegetable bits mixed in to give it that "red bull/herbal ecstacy" vibe.
Re:B(E)? (Score:1, Informative)
B to the E power would be written as B^E or B with E as a superscript (not sure how to do that on slashdot)
what about Sparks? (Score:3, Informative)
Yeuch (Score:2, Informative)
Can't be as good as Mill St Coffee Porter (Score:3, Informative)
Re:New taste to acquire (Score:3, Informative)
Re:New taste to acquire (Score:1, Informative)
I think it's a bad idea. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Gratuitous Linkage (Score:3, Informative)
Ummm...huh? Beer with flavors like those are still beer. Ever heard of Lambics and Wheat beers? They use very little in the way of hops and they often take on a banana-fruity flavor. I dare you to go to Ayinger's brewery and tell them their Weiss-Brau is "not even beer"
Or go to Young's in the UK and tell them "Chocolate beer is not beer!"
Now some of the alcopop like Smirnoff aint beer. That is what people who don't like the taste of beer drink to get a buzz. But a growing trend in microbrewing is to get different flavors out of conventional brews.
Still waiting to try a Pumpkin Ale
--Joey
BTW if you like SNPA only wish it were more bitter, try their Christmas beer called, Celebration. It is fantastic!
Re:Gratuitous Linkage (Score:3, Informative)
From the raspberry lambic bottle sitting in front of me: "Lindemans Framboise is a lambic made from local barley, unmalted wheat, and wild yeast. After spontaneous fermentation the lambic is aged in oak. Raspberries are added, creating a secondary fermentation and yielding an ale of exceptional flavor and complexity."
I'm sorry, but no. It's not the yeast that makes it taste like raspberries, um, it's the raspberries that make it taste like raspberries.