Word on the street is that you can now get powdered alcohol (Palcohol). WHAT?! This powdered drink mix was recently approved by the Alcohol, Tobacco Tax, and Trade Bureau and then they instantly reversed their decision. Powdered alcohol sounds like it can definitely get you in big time trouble. I imagine it’s just like adding sugar to your coffee, you just can’t get enough.

Palcohol was made for its convenience. Believe it or not, the inventor of Palcohol, Mark, is an active hiker, biker, etc. He likes to enjoy a cocktail after a day’s worth of activities, but he has no room to carry big bottles of liquor on his adventure.  So he thought “why not invent a powdered alcohol?”  It’s not always easy carrying heavy bottles of booze around to places you are going. These packets allow you to take them basically anywhere you want. The thought behind this idea was to target people who don’t want to pay $10-$15 for a single cocktail while at an arena or event.

“Just bring your pack of Palcohol in to the venue and mix it up with water”

 

Lipsmark, the Arizona based company created powdered alcohol that has four different flavors: Cosmopolitan, Mojito, Powderita, and Lemon Drop. There are also your basic alcohols like Rum (R) and Vodka (V) powders. These packets of Palcohol are meant to be mixed in with water and BOOM, instant cocktail. So, what if you want a double? Two packets? That sounds quite dangerous to me. Supposedly each packet of Palcohol has the same alcoholic content as a normal mixed drink.

I mean…It is something that is definitely worth a try, but this is going to be a huge disaster in college towns. Underage students already abuse alcohol. Can you imagine them having access to it in a powdered version? They won’t even be mixing it with water.  They will either eat it like sugar or mix the Palcohol with Alcohol.

No one knows when Palcohol will hit the stores because it is still going through a really long approval process.  If it does, use it responsibly, don’t eat it like it’s a pixie stick!