Molson Kick Beer

[Munkay]

I hate to break it to you, but mixing alchohol and caffeine is hardly new.

I must agree with ShadowHM here. Alcohol and caffiene is hardly a new combination for the younger generation either. I'm a few weeks shy of my 20th birthday, but as an undergrad student at a large private school, I'm no stranger to the weekend "social drinking" scene.

I think Mithy can offer support in my defense when I say caffiene and drinking is far from anything new. Red Bulls and Vodka have been a favorite of kids since Red Bull first hit the market.

But as its been mentioned earlier in this post, an upper and a downer at once don't mix too well. Physically caffiene and alcohol makes a lot of people I've known lose their cookies very early on in the night.

And if the beer indeed is marketed towards getting people to drink more... I'm not too sure how well that would really work. The young crowd will drink anything that is cheap and in large quantities. I shutter to think about how many 30 racks of Pabst Blue Ribbon or Natural Light are drank each weekend.

I suppose my point is if some one wants to drink to their limit, they are going to do it, caffiene helped or not.

Prices vary immensely area to area, especially over borders, so I won't ask directly the cost, but: ShadowHM is the new Molson Kick more expensive than its counterparts?

My hunch is that it will be. Sure, in the short term kids will probably have their fun with it. But from my point of view, kids will always resort back to cheap energy drinks and alcohol.

It is a problem, one I am not trying to defend. But its one that's already there. Molson hasn't created a new beast.

Cheers,

Munk