Hardcore lemonade

[nutkin]

Quite, quite unbelievable...

Fentiman's row in USA

I was particularly taken with this quote:

Butch Asselin, the chief of Houlton police, had earlier explained the decision to ban the drink to minors.

"It wasn't so much that we were trying to give Fentimans a black eye," he said. "We just want to make parents aware it contains alcohol. I've never had it; it's probably very good, but their website says it can be used for mixed drinks."

Wonder what they're going to do about water (of the soda and tonic varieties) - after all plenty of people add that to whiskey... 

[nicknack]

If you want someone to plumb the depths of stupidity the USAians will usually oblige.

I hope Fentimans get loads of publicity from this. Thoroughly excellent stuff.

[TimO]

I hope Fentimans get loads of publicity from this. Thoroughly excellent stuff.

It sounds like they have:

On Wednesday this week, when the PR war broke out, a Fentimans spokeswoman told the Guardian its US arm had been "inundated" with inquires from people in 30 US states and parts of Canada asking where they could buy Fentimans lemonade.

[hellymedic]

If you want someone to plumb the depths of stupidity the USAians will usually oblige.

The Brits sometimes follow closely behind though.

If a unit of alcohol is 8g and this drink is 0.4%, 2 litres must be imbibed for any noticeable effect. Assuming 10% sugar (I have no idea but this is typical for soft drinks) I should be rather more concerned about the 200 grams of sugar.

[pcolbeck]

I wonder if they will ban root beer two I mean it contains the word "beer" in its name and surely that's encouraging children to drink alcohol.

[DrMekon]

isn't there an abv below which a drink doesn't hang around long enough to have an effect? a brewer at charles wells told me this, and i've often repeated it, but i have no idea if it is true