Caffeinated Beer Becomes a Reality

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.

Whats next?

[stimey]

Coffee with alcohol ? Oh wait..... burp

This doesn't compete with Smirnoff

[BelugaParty]

This competes with Red Bull and Vodka and its derivitives.

Sparks Energy Drink

[SWroclawski]

Is the first I've seen of the "Energy Drink Beer" series. It smells like orange soda and tastes like a Sweet Tart.

6% alcohol cancels out the stimulants though,

Re:This is a good first step!

[ctr2sprt]

You think sex is a vice?!

I think you may be doing it wrong.

Re:Americans and Beer

[bludstone]

American microbreweries are great.

Not all american beers are the crappy bud chains. There are plenty of fantastic brews available stateside.

Coffee does not work very well in home brew

[codepunk]

The problem with putting coffee in home brew is that the oil kills the head. Now if you don't mind a beer that looks flat then use coffee it tastes great.

Re:Stimulants and depressants...yum!

[Cy Guy]

There are incidences of people mixing vodka and Red Bull and actually dying.

There in fact are incidences of ppl mixing Vodka and just about anything and dying - alcohol in sufficient quantities will kill you and in lesser quantities can put you at risk of accidental death.

Are you next going to suggest that rum & coke should be banned because it is a potentially fatal combination? It seems to have been pretty popular over the years. What about black Russians? Irish coffee?

Please come down from your prohibitionist mentality and let adults make their own decisions about what they put in their own bodies - provided they don't plan on operating heavy equipment or firearms while under the influence.

Re:College kids and yuppies

[dnoyeb]

I don't know what kind of college you guys went to, but at mine we drank beer to get drunk.

NO fancy stouts or heavy creamy Euro junk.

Red Stripe, Blue Bull, Mickeys, Old English, whatever. Usually in the 40oz variety.

What I did learn is HOW to drink though. If they are adding all this sugar and caffeine to beer, its time to buy stock in Tylenol...

Re:Stimulants and depressants...yum!

[Frank T. Lofaro Jr.]

Please come down from your prohibitionist mentality and let adults make their own decisions about what they put in their own bodies - provided they don't plan on operating heavy equipment or firearms while under the influence.

Can we add computers to that list? Maybe then there wouldn't be so many security holes in applications and stupid Slashdot posts.

Re:New taste to acquire

[Ashtead]

There is a long tradition of drinking Cognac and coffee here in Norway, so the combination isn't completely alien.

But this particular "beer" mix featured here sounds vile.

Beer Pansies

[Anonymous Coward]

The majority of beer drinkers here in the states want something weak and tasteless that they can knock back ASAP and reach for another...

See, I never got that whole mentality. That's why I drank hard liquor and cocktails. For less money overall, I could drink more alcohol in a shorter period of time. (Try to find beer that gives a better alcohol/money ratio than cheap vodka and orange juice.)

American beer is for tasteless people who can't hold their liquor.