Nicotine beer?

[Airencracken]

Only in deutschland.


Nicotine beer in the pipeline
From: AAP
From correspondents in London

October 03, 2005


A GERMAN company has come up with a novel way of beating bans on smoking in pubs – put the nicotine in the beer.
A new beer, known as NicoShot, is undergoing testing in Germany with hopes it can be moved toward approval in the next few months.

Each beer contains three milligrams of nicotine and a 6.3 per cent alcohol reading.

Its German maker, Nautilus, claims the beer is designed to help smokers quit the habit rather than make the drink addictive.

"While NicoShot can lessen cravings, it is not a 'cure' for smoking," Nautilus said.

"But it can help you make changes in your lifestyle without having to walk out of the bar for a quick smoke to deal with sudden withdrawal symptoms.

Advertisement:
"Over time, when you are more comfortable being a non-smoker, the use of nicotine beer can be reduced and then stopped."

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16801771-23109,00.html
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WTF? :heh:

[nickel]

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/smoking-cigarette-and-beer-in-pint-glass-AJHD.jpg

"Each can contains 6.3 percent alcohol by volume and drinking three cans of the stuff, called NicoShot, is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes."

sounds nasty

[BigJon]

Speaking of beer...where the hell is Brewmaster?!?

[Airencracken]

:shrug: I dunno.

[ooBaKeep]

Why stop there, why not add a bit of crack to the beverage. *shaking my head*. I bet it sells too. :stupid:

[welfareloser]

*sigh* nicotine water has been on the market for about 5 years now... i guess it was only a matter of time on this.

i can see where it might be useful to wean smokers, same as the patch, etc, but i wouldn't be surprised if it does more harm than good in getting non-smokers (dumb ones, anyway) hooked on nicotine.

nicotine helps (marginally) with recall of information, and i know an idiot non-smoker who thought it was a great idea to buy a case of nicotine water to drink before tests... surprise, he's a smoker now :rolleyes: and i don't think it boosted any of his final grades, so all in all, it was pretty pointless.

[bachviet]

Must be an addictive beer.

[zippyjuan]

I tried some smoke flavored beer once (rauch bier), but it was not from cigarettes. That would be too nasty. Thos wasn't that great either, but something different. We thought we were cool for buying it.

[welfareloser]

mmmmmm... were you in bamaberg? which brewery? :drool:

you want a strong rauchbier, try a scottish one. hoooooooooeeeeee!


man, now i crave a bamberger onion at 7:27 am. onions stuffed with sausage and breadcrumbs and baked in smoked beer. maybe i could get em whipped up for lunch... we have some leftover wedding cask ale that's all smokey and jack-daniely that would probly do the trick... mmmmm....