Here’s a link to a SD column about mouthwash and vanilla extract
I have read in newspapers about stores pulling vanilla 'cause kids will drink it
If you were taking Antabuse how much alcohol would have to be in something to cause a reaction?
Here’s an article from the Illinoislegalaid
website that says minors CAN buy beer if it’s less than .05 alcohol.
I know people who were on Antabuse who got ill when they used cologne, mouthwash, or hair products with alcohol in them.
Note, of course, that every state will have its own laws on this, so it’s possible that it’s legal in Illinois but not in some other state.
I don’t know about Antabuse, but I was put on the antibiotic metronidazole for a couple of weeks and got really nauseated once after eating a ripe banana.
I’ve run into this several times while attempting to buy non-alcoholic beer on Sunday mornings…in one store the registers are programmed not to allow it to be rung up until after noon. I also got carded once for na beer which was hysterical because I was 47 at the time…the kid behind the register looked at my ID and broke out a calculator.
Well, seeing as it was New Hampshire, with it’s 95%+ pop of white folks, I’m guessing ESL wasn’t the issue. Illiteracy may have been. We dun lahk them furriners up haire.
As a side note, I was astounded to discover brands in Japan. InBev (Budweiser’s parent company) may sell soft drinks, but they sure as hell don’t put the company name prominently on the label. Here, the three big beers are Sapporo, Asahi, and Kirin. These names are also proudly found on teas and sodas.
At first, it was like going into a store and finding a sign saying “Drink delicious Budweiser Cola!”
In Ohio (at least near Youngstown) you can’t buy non-alcoholic beer or wine on Sundays. It has to do with it being labeled “beer” or “wine”.
I hope root beer is still ok.
Actually, they used to do this in NH too, but then someone realized that the state could make more money if they let people buy more beer.
Can you cite a product that says it’s non-alcoholic beer?
I’ve yet to see a near beer that has the word “beer” on it’s label. Every one I’ve seen says it’s “brew” or “malt beverage” or something similar, but never actually uses the word beer.
I got carded for root beer. 
I was buying some Weinhard’s root beer (clearly labeled as root beer) and the gal asked to see my ID. I started at her for a minute or two and then said, “huh?” She said she needed to see ID for the Weinhard’s. I said “huh?” again. She said “ID for the beer.” Then the gears clicked and I pointed to the label, which she read. She then turned beet red.
Scroll down about halfway to where it says beer. I hadn’t heard of Bavaria before, but apparently it’s out there.
Reed’s ginger beer.
Nowhere on that label do I see the word BEER. I see “malt” and “non alcoholic drink”. I do not know if it is a law or not, but I renew my challenge to show a label that says non-alcoholic BEER that’s being sold in the U.S.A.!
Their site refers to it as ginger brew, not beer.
Um, it’s small, but on the outer blue ring on the bottom half, it says “something brewed malt beer.” It’s hard to see-- check google images for “bavaria non-alcoholic beer” and a larger image should pop up.
ETA: Ah, I see. I have no idea where that particular label comes from. Maybe you’re right that they don’t do that in the US. But there are definitely non-alcoholic beers that label themselves as such, possibly just not in the US.
I’ve yet to see a label in the USA that said “non-alcoholic beer”. I’m not saying it doesn’t exist or it’s the law or anything, I’ve just yet to see it and I’ve been to all 50 states.
I believe at one time the Volstead act prohibited the use of the word “beer” on non-alcoholic beverages. Not sure if there are any laws today that do the same thing.
No, I just know based on personal experience. When my store had non alcoholic beer we had to ID people, and couldn’t sell it on Sundays, just like regular beer.
They have an ale and a beer, and they say it right on the labels. I had one of their ginger beers in my hands 2 weeks ago.
But those aren’t non-alcoholic beers/ales; they’re soft drinks. I think pkbites is looking for something either with alcohol in it or specifically designed to taste like beer. Root/ginger beer/ale doesn’t taste like and isn’t meant to taste like beer.
ETA: There are far better ginger beers than Reeds 