Kids beer

[bingo296]

Anyone ever heard about kids beer?

where to buy?

Thanks

[SeanMike]

Are you talking about the Japanese beer-like drink for kids?

http://www.japantrends.com/kodomo-no-nomimono-japanese-beer-for-children/

A few seconds on Google showed me a bunch of articles on it, but nothing about where to purchase it in the US.

[TedE]

A couple decades ago on a family trip to Germany all of the kids in the family we stayed with were drinking some malted beverage that was essentially a malt "soda" (it is killing me that I can't remember the brand name right now!). My folks were against it at first since it did contain a very low level of alcohol (somewhere around 0.5-1% probably), but relented under constant whining. When in Koln ...

I still remember gathering the empties to take back for bottle return in a wooden crate. It was pretty syrupy stuff, like a very chewy dunkel or dark marzen. Looking back, it's probably exactly what I would imagine a watered down, carbonated can of malt extract used for home brewing would taste like.

[RWBooneJr]

It's called Malta. Look in the international (Latin, Carribean) section of the grocery store. Goya makes a version.

[TedE]

After some googling I think the German version I had was Vitamalz. The current label doesn't look familiar, but this was close to 30 years ago. Could have also been Karamalz. Either way, information is conflicting on whether these have no alcohol, or a very low 05.-1.0% content. I suppose that could have changed in the intervening decades.

[JuneBacon]

Sounds like your kids should stick with Ovaltine.

[qwertyy]

It's called Malta. Look in the international (Latin, Carribean) section of the grocery store. Goya makes a version.

It's common in Africa too. I've had the one made by Guinness--not too bad. An acquired taste, as they say.

[B.A.R.]

It's called Natural Light Ice.

[DrXmus]

It's called Natural Light Ice.

Well played, sir. Well played. (golf-clapping)