# Beer with caffeine? How did nobody ever think of this before? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681 "2004-10-05T17:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/1 "2004-10-05T17:39:51Z")
[http://www.anheuser-busch.com/news/BtoE\_100404.htm](http://www.anheuser-busch.com/news/BtoE_100404.htm) > [@](#): > > As the industry leader, Anheuser-Busch is the first major brewer to infuse beer with caffeine, guarana and ginseng. Well balanced with select hops and aromas of blackberry, raspberry and cherry, BE will offer a lightly sweet and tart taste - a great mixture of beer and new flavors for adults to enjoy when out with friends at a club or at a bar after work with colleagues. > > Brewed at Anheuser-Busch’s Houston brewery, BE will be packaged in a sleek, slim-line 10-ounce can with stylish graphics. Pending formal government approval, BE will be launched in multiple phases throughout the year in markets across the country. The beer equivilant of the Vodka & Red Bull? I have to try this when it comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/2 "2004-10-05T17:45:01Z")
> [@](#): > > How did nobody ever think of this before? [Drew Carey](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-133/epid-2006/) is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/3 "2004-10-05T18:05:23Z")
“Hey, this bottle of horse piss is actually giving me a buzz while it makes me drunk! And do I detect a subtle taste of rasberry?” Bleech. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/4 "2004-10-05T18:15:05Z")
Redhook made a [Double Black](http://www.redhook.com/ales.html) (see the sidebar)for a long, long time. I used it for late-night studying during college. Where’ve you been? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/5 "2004-10-05T18:17:02Z")
It’s been done, the brand is called SPARKS. It’s disgusting as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/6 "2004-10-05T18:38:49Z")
Buzz Beer: Stay up and get drunk all over again! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/7 "2004-10-05T18:52:53Z")
People, people, I think we can trust the good people of [Anheuser Busch](http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/29/66/) to only issue quality products that will enhance our lives and our enjoyment of them. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/8 "2004-10-05T19:02:27Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > People, people, I think we can trust the good people of [Anheuser Busch](http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/29/66/) to only issue quality products that will enhance our lives and our enjoyment of them. Memories! Or I should say no memory of drinking that stuff at all! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/9 "2004-10-05T19:05:49Z")
Can they throw in enough additives to make it stop tasting like beer? Because then I’d be interested! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/10 "2004-10-05T19:11:08Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > Redhook made a [Double Black](http://www.redhook.com/ales.html) (see the sidebar)for a long, long time. I used it for late-night studying during college. Where’ve you been? Obviously nowhere near a store that sells Double Black. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/11 "2004-10-05T19:21:47Z")
Obviously. I’d expect someone named **Lord Ashtar** to sample something of that name immediately, should he discover it. It just sounds all dark and gloomy. Or maybe I’m thinking of Vader… ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/12 "2004-10-05T19:52:37Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Can they throw in enough additives to make it stop tasting like beer? Because then I’d be interested! Would you mind explaining this? The individual words make sense but when you string them together in the manner you have, well, it’s almost as if – and I know this sounds crazy, so I’m just going to say it – you don’t, you know, _like beer_. That can’t be right, though. [sub]I used to dislike the taste of beer, too. Someone offered me an _ice_ cold Corona once and, fast-forward almost ten years later, now I can knock back a pint or two of the darkest stouts available this side of the pond without batting an eye.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/13 "2004-10-05T19:56:47Z")
Now if they can just find a way to add some nicotine (and perhaps gunpowder) to it… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/14 "2004-10-05T20:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Now if they can just find a way to add some nicotine (and perhaps gunpowder) to it… Get the ATF on the phone, STAT! ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/15 "2004-10-05T20:32:39Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > It’s been done, the brand is called SPARKS. It’s disgusting as hell. Eh - It’s like Mtn. Dew’s AMP plus 6% alcohol. I was facing the necessity of mowing the yard relatively early in the day one Sat. I still hadn’t fully woken up yet, so to motivate myself and simultaneously reward myself with a buzz in advance I chugged one of these before going out. Now, this day was 95º and blazing sun right at noon. After about half an hour I was shaking and having vision trouble. I had to go back in the cool house, lay down & guzzle a quart of water. Which brings me to a question: won’t the addition of caffeine to alcohol just increase the likelihood of screaming hangover? Since it also dehydrates you, like alcohol? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/16 "2004-10-05T21:01:20Z")
They’re calling it["B to the E"](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&ncid=509&e=20&u=/ap/20041005/ap_on_bi_ge/new_beer). Typed B[sup]E[/sup]. SOMEBODY needs to be bitch-slapped. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/17 "2004-10-05T21:46:18Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > [“B to the E”](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&ncid=509&e=20&u=/ap/20041005/ap_on_bi_ge/new_beer). To the tick-tock, ya don’t stop! :::exit stage left, via a bad version of the running man::: ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-with-caffeine-how-did-nobody-ever-think-of-this-before/267681/18 "2004-10-05T22:01:22Z")
Not that I’m a fan of any of the mass produced American type beers, but I think I must recommend this product to a local …uh… shop? that we have here. The place that sells computers, firearms, coffee, beer, and food. It could be a geek goldmine.