# Powdered beer? Are they serious? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [March 21, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425 "2023-03-21T03:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/21 "2023-03-21T14:28:12Z")
Can’t read well right now, did anybody mention that there is powdered alcohol. Ha! for once discourse was not annoying and told me the link to the wiki was already posted. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/22 "2023-03-22T00:25:42Z")
When I backpack, I joke to fellow travellers on the trail that I brought along dehydrated beer. They are always curious. Then I say “some people also refer to it as Whiskey.” I slay myself. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/23 "2023-03-22T03:36:23Z")
“Dry beer” was a mass-marketed product decades before SNL existed. “My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer. Think of Rheingold whenever you try beer. It’s not bitter, not sweet; it’s a dry-flavor treat; Won’t you try Extra-Dry Rheingold Beer?” Quoting from a 60-year old memory. I should add that Rheingold was the main beer in New York City for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/24 "2023-03-22T03:53:18Z")
Interesting. It was what seemed to be a big fad in the early 90s or maybe late 80s, and then disappeared into the ether, like the various “red” beers that were around maybe slightly later. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/25 "2023-03-22T07:07:29Z")
> [@John\_W.Kennedy](#): > > Quoting from a 60-year old memory. I should add that Rheingold was the main beer in New York City for a long time The Rheingold commercial jingle. A real earworm from a distant past. Strange the things that implant in your neurons and synapses. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/26 "2023-03-22T14:26:55Z")
> [@John\_W.Kennedy](#): > > “Dry beer” was a mass-marketed product decades before SNL existed. I remember the brief Dry Beer popularity. Trouble was if you got a whole keg of it after just a few pulls on the tap it would go wet. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/27 "2023-03-22T14:49:21Z")
I am all about cutting CO2 emissions, but sorry, they lost me at ‘non-alcoholic’. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425/28 "2023-03-23T00:58:12Z")
And TIL about beer caramelization, and that there’s actually a gadget designed to do exactly this. > **[1571F](https://www.1571f.com/)** > > You become the campfire brew-master with the 1571 Fahrenheit \[1571F\] Beer Caramelizer. A flash of heat from the caramelizer reacts with the sugars in the beverage, creating a richer and smoother taste. Don’t be afraid to "ex-beer-iment!" The... The link was in a story in my local newspaper about how people would heat up rebar, often in a bonfire, and hold it in a container of beer for a short period of time, and that somebody determined that 1571F is the optimal temperature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-beer-are-they-serious/981425.md?page=1)