Hydrating Beer from Austrailia

I am at a loss for words. No. Wait. I found one.

Pointless? Have a water!?!?!

 

Only in Australia

 

"By adding electrolytes, an ingredient commonly found in sports drinks, and reducing the alcohol content researchers found that beer could become even more refreshing."

...and therefore pointless to drink.

 

If we're coming closer and closer to hangover free alcohol, I'm happy.

Science fiction? For now maybe. But don't stop believing.

 

I've never been hungover (COOL STORY, BRO). One time I experimented by drinking pretty much as much alcohol as I could and puked everywhere (no more liquor for me!), but never hungover.

All you have to do is drink water while drinking, or after. All a hangover is is dehydration.

 

I've often wondered what the threshold is where beer ceases to dehydrate you. These studies would indicate it also depends on the mineral content of the beer too, but there's gotta be some point with the abv where you would maintain homeostasis.

 

Studies -and still more studies- have come out throughout recent years suggesting that beer may be better, but there never seems to be ironclad proof that it actually -is- better.

Congrats to the Aussies for giving it the old college try and at least coming up with some clever marketing and talking points along the way to your local Packie.

 

This is gonna make Pub Crawls awesome and longer. Time for a 24 mile Pub Crawl in CO.

Taylor made for the Beer run races.
http://racethebar.com/

 

So if I match the amount of beer I've had with water, I should be right the next day? Awesome

 

I've tried this. Rumors of my demise were only mildly exaggerated.

 

Researchers in Australia have added electrolytes to beer, producing three new benefits:

1) Lower dehydration
2) Lower alcohol...good for those that want to drink a few pitchers after softball, etc....
3) Apparently greatly reduced hangovers

While this will not affect craft brewers directly, my guess is that ABInv and MillerCoors will have this out by next summer...which will take up even more floor and shelf space and or taps.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...rehydrating-beer/story-fn3dxiwe-1226698506887

Will you try one of these? Do you think any craft brewers will try to enter this segment?

 

This won't change anything. Lower ABV has two outcomes.

1) You drink to reach the same level of intoxication you'd normally seek: you have to drink almost twice as much. And since this reduces the likelihood of a hangover by 1/3...you're still going to end up hungover.

2) You'll drink the same NUMBER of beers, but since it's a lower ABV, you obviously won't be as likely to get a hangover.

A laughable non-story.

 

"And while the researchers don't recommend drinking beer after exercise, the study showed the altered light beer was a third more effective at hydrating a person than normal beer."

That's some cherry picking data to prove preconceived results if I've ever seen it.

 

Will the beer be made by Brawndo? It has electrolytes.

 

The AAL industry is going to change, but not in that area.

Prices are going up.

 

Time expanded on the article.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/21/a-boozy-beer-that-wont-give-you-a-hangover/

 

CUE: Bud Light with Electrolytes - now even more watery for your health.

 

Reminds me of this:

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/hop-n-gator-mixture-of-lemon-lime-gatorade-and-beer.25504/