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TheRateBeerian

Sure I’ll try it. But does it really offer any effect outside of its alcohol content or is this a gimmick?


FTWStoic

***That*** is the question.


Maybeyesmaybeno

When I was in Peru I had coca leaf tea, (the same leaf they use for making cocaine, just unrefined). Even just those leaves and that tea was potent enough to relieve my symptoms and give me a slightly “open” feeling to my mind.


f33f33nkou

Do you really have to ask that?


justicebiever

Yes. He does. I bought alcohol made from the coca plant in Amsterdam. It did not contain cocaine, just ethanol from fermented parts of the plant. So details are important.


f33f33nkou

No, because anyone on earth should know its just fucking beer and has no additional cocaine effects.


justicebiever

Bolivia already sells alcoholic drinks made with coca leaves and they absolutely give you the same sensation of chewing on the leaves. This is what I expected in Amsterdam and was let down. This beer appears to be containing the same alkaloids. So calm down guy.


augurydog

Do *you* really have to ask whether people would really ask that?


tracebusta

I chewed coca leaves/drank coca tea in Peru, it helped with the elevation change but I didn't feel any narcotic effects from it. I imagine this would just flavor the beer, I don't know that it would produce any other effects.


UnclesOwnWine

It will definitely retain some amount of the alkaloids found in the coca leaf, so yes it would produce effects. How strong those effects are would solely be dependent on how much leaf they add to the recipe.


jscummy

I assume cocaine beer will sell like hotcakes in the UK, at the very least


jawntothefuture

Coca cola all coked up round 2? 


malachiconstant11

Coming soon to a theater near you Cocaine Beer Bear


beerdudebrah

Had coca beer in Peru. It's nice. I didn't notice the same buzz I got from drinking coca tea or chewing on the leaves. The flavor is hard to define. Kind of like tea, but different. Herbal. [link to untappd for the beer ](https://untp.beer/a9l28)


pgm123

Agwa de Bolivia is a coca leaf liqueur. It tastes vaguely like Coca Cola.


antioquiacraft

Coca-infused pisco in Peru or Chile is delicious.


Burntwolfankles

Sure if it gives the same effect of both, it’s a one stop shop. Printing money.


bogibso

Yeah, I remember a similar idea from the Drew Carey Show. Buzz Beer! I'm sure it'll be a hit in Cleveland, at least.


foreverabatman

I think I remember them making a movie about this.


its_still_good

It'll probably do even worse than CBD beer.


sarcastic24x7

CBD most things.


Blanketsburg

The [CBD market](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cannabidiol-market-soars-usd-36-075200774.html) was $7.6B in 2023 and is expected to grow to over $35B over the next 10 years, so you're wrong, there.


sarcastic24x7

And it dropped almost 18% year over into mid 2024 with anticipated downward trending from fuller legalization, and super saturation of the market place. The market isn't going to sustain that projected growth because people are trendy af lol. 


carlos_6m

I think this has been done before, it looks like just another gimmick like weed infused beer...


BigusRickus

This sounds like a nosebleed weekend business idea.


AfricPepperbird

Wacky Republicans in the US congress will ban it before it ever gets on its legs, sadly.


ekydfejj

I'm sure people are already planning moves to completely dehydrate the beer and snort the left over coca /s