Ok, Stupid Question (butterbeer)

[Peggy]

No: HPFGUIDX 121942


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- chnc1024 at A... wrote:
> <snip>  
> > What is Butterbeer, and why, seeing that it contains
> > alcohol, are the students allowed to have it?
> 
> Juli:
> I'll give it a shot, there are some beers that are
> called alcohol-free beers, I used to drink them as a
> kid, then last year while I was studying alcohol and
> it's use/abuse I realized it does contain alcohol,
> just half the amount that regular beer does, so
> authorities don't consider it an alcoholic beverage.
> Just like in France, kids are allowed to drink wine
> from time to time, why? Because it's their way of
> life. So my guess is that it's alcohol level is low
> enough not to be considered "alcoholic".

I'll agree with Julie and add a point--most soft drinks (pop, soda, 
whatever your local dialect calls for) have a little alcohol in 
them.  Homemade soft drink recipes often call for a little yeast to 
carbonate them.  Even bread has a little alcohol--the yeast that 
raises bread is pretty much the same one used for fermenting beer and 
wine.  

Peg