So it’s non-alcoholic right now.
How can you powder alcohol? Any chemists care to shed some light?
German monks create first powdered beer
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#12I can see how they can make it non alcoholic, but I would like to know how this work with alcohol. Is there some magic to make alcohol powder? How does it work? //EDIT: To answer my own question. Apparently there is a process of micro-encapsulation that basically creates alcohol powder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
Apparently they got it all figured out now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
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#13So it’s non-alcoholic right now. How can you powder alcohol? Any chemists care to shed some light?
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#14Checking how the froth behaves in zero G is the next step in the German space program, which is the obvious reason for this bit of R&D.
Appropriate for Minister-President Soeder’s ridiculous Bavaria One space program.
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#15Important to note that it's "zero-alcohol beer" though.
I wonder how to put the alcohol in there. Crystals? Is that a thing? Or just ship the ethanol separately in a small bottle like a sauce?
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#16The first sentence seems to be wrong: > A monastic brewery near Munich says... Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle (15898 Neuzelle) is near Berlin. Klosterbrauerei Andechs, however, is near Munich, but the powder is made in Neuzelle, judging from the links of other commenters.
Yes, the article got it wrong. Klosterbräu is in Brandenburg, near Berlin. If you have the chance, try "Schwarzer Abt". It is a very sweet tasting beer, nothing like the big brands of german beer.
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#17As a former newspaper photographer, I just want to say that I really dislike the use of an AI generated image for this story. Good images would have been a photo of the people or the place where this happened. A photo of a traditional brewing setup. A photo of a beer delivery truck (the story mentions saving on transport costs). There’s just so many real things that could have been used instead. I don’t even mind if they just grabbed the image from google (copyright is not a big concern of mine, but they could use freely licensed images from a variety of sources if they care).
The photo is meant to be part of the story. To just have the computer make up a photo seems to kind of miss the mark for me.
I think part of what I don’t like is that even though the image is labeled as AI generated, it still may be misleading to readers. It’s adding fabricated details to the story that will get in to people’s minds. If this becomes commonplace it’s going to lead to a lot more misinformation.
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#18I'm mildly annoyed at myself, that I didn't spot that the images were AI generated until I read the captions.
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#19I don't understand how powdered beer can end up carbonated just by adding water, unless the carbon dioxide is locked in a chemical compound, but then this compound will remain in the drink, which is bound to have health issues.
There is plenty of compound or combinations of compounds that release CO2 when reacting in water. And produces of these are stuff that we can handle just fine or are even common in food.
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#20I can see how they can make it non alcoholic, but I would like to know how this work with alcohol. Is there some magic to make alcohol powder? How does it work? //EDIT: To answer my own question. Apparently there is a process of micro-encapsulation that basically creates alcohol powder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
Apparently they got it all figured out now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
I remember this coming out. Problem is there is so much of the filler they use that it's impractical to actually use for anything. Too much volume for snorting, and the filler gunks up your drink if you try to mix a cocktail with it. At least that's my memory of what the issue was, though I never got my hands on it.