Coffee-beer has been invented
 

Coffee-beer

A drink somewhere between coffee and beer could soon be on the menu. Nestec, part of the Nestlé empire in Switzerland, has filed patents in every major market round the world on a "fermented coffee beverage" that pours and foams like beer, but smells of strong coffee and packs a concentrated caffeine kick.

The beverage is made in a similar way to beer, but fine-tuned temperature control stops the formation of ethyl alcohol. So the new drink could go down well with people who want a long tall pick-me-up while driving.

Nestlé admits it was tricky to preserve the characteristic coffee smell in the production process. Coffee beans are roasted normally, and the chemicals containing the natural aroma collected in a cryogenic condenser, before being converted into coffee oil. The remains of the roast are then ground to powder, mixed with yeast and sucrose, and fermented for 4 hours at just below 22°C. At this temperature the yeast can still metabolise but does not generate alcohol.

The aroma oil is then mixed in with the liquid and nitrogen is injected to make it foam. Adding a touch of extra sugar also helps trap the aroma until the drink is poured, Nestlé claim.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8248

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Am I missing something here?

I'll just have a coke :)

Molson's already been marketing their Kicks beer for half a year here in Canada.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...hub=TopStories

cool whats next

strawberry marmelade with nacho cheese flavor?

Sorry but Moonshot Beer from half of the creator of Sam Adams beer is the official first caff beer. I know, because I did consulting for them and my biz partner still does.

great - now I can drink ALL night :)

Well..the patent application is on the page..so something is different.

That sounds absolutely gross :1orglaugh

must have gotten the idea from the drew cary show

Buzz Beer

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coffee beans :) i'd like to give it a shot. Not while driving though :1orglaugh

yeah..that is rather dumb

Frankly, I didn't notice any difference after drinkin' a 6-pack of Molson Kicks beer...than any other normal 5% alcohol beer. Still felt the urge for a snooze afterwards, heh.

Maybe mass quantity makes a difference. Will hafta' try it with a two-four sometime soon.

The difference is they are doing freeze dried instant. Like most of their products that make them the super large force they are.

It's not really beer then ... no alchool in it .

For real beer, molson and labatt are already in the market... not really cofee, but more like redbull

That's what I was thinking... but the difference (besides reality and fiction) is that this "beer" is non-alcoholic.

yeah,the beer with caffine is already been around,but coffee beer is something new,not sure if it would catch on though..

Ok, looks like another stuff will again take a slice of my budget.

That is what I was thinking

What is the point of non-alcoholic beer? All the gut with none of the buzz?