Dec 1 2009Great News: Vodka Soon Available As Pill

Because there's nothing safer than mixing vodka and pills (or heavy machinery), the Ruskie imbibeable (word wizardry!) may soon be available in powdered/pill form. Look out, Pixie Stix! (Picture unrelated, liquid vodka in gel-tabs).
Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological University has evolved a technique that allows turning alcohol into powder and packing it in pills.
"Dry" vodka can be wrapped in paper and carried around in a pocket or a bag. Vodka in form of a pill would come handy at parties when "consumers" would be able to calculate their exact required dosage. "Dry" vodka can be wrapped in paper and carried around in a pocket or a bag. Vodka in form of a pill would come handy at parties when "consumers" would be able to calculate the exact required dosage.
"...Calculate the exact required dosage"? For what -- puking on your shoes? No, I find this whole story a little suspect seeing how I already reported on powdered alcohol BACK IN APRIL. So, who really invented it, Mr. Evgeny Moskalev Cocktail?! It was God! Make it rain, big man, make it rain. Booze plague! Slip 'n Slide!
Now, vodka that comes in a pill [timesofindia]
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Picture [flickr]
Thanks to Sasha, who once licked dry booze straight from the proverbial powdered alcohol cow's teat.

Reader Comments
1. LSDiesel - December 1, 2009 10:19 AM
I've been waiting for an easier way to ingest my liquor rectally.
2. doodles - December 1, 2009 10:20 AM
@1 see tag "just soak a suppository in vodka alread'y"
3. Tide - December 1, 2009 10:23 AM
Geekologie: Number 1 "dry" alcohol consumer base?
4. om3ga - December 1, 2009 10:28 AM
does that mean you can crush them up and snort?
5. Closet Nerd - December 1, 2009 10:34 AM
Makes me think of the woman who killed her husband with a sherry enema in 2005.... just sayin
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4160551/detail.html
6. Hayley - December 1, 2009 10:36 AM
Everyone knows alcohol tastes like shit. This could very well be the solution.
Also, in advance to everyone who's going to say "alcohol is awesome, I love drinking alcohol and also the taste because I'm so manly and excellent":
Stop lying to yourself. I've seen your faces when you take a shot, and it's a face that says "this tastes like fermented cat's piss", not "yummy!".
Word.
7. kitty - December 1, 2009 10:41 AM
Wait, why is that quoted twice in a row? Wait, why is that quoted twice in a row?
8. graf zeppelin - December 1, 2009 10:44 AM
ew, also: makes it easier to daterape. which, fyi, I would never do. ladies?
9. Wazmeister05 - December 1, 2009 10:46 AM
@6 I'd kinda disagree on some levels, for example coffee tastes like shit but eventually you get a taste for it. I wouldn't say drinking is awesome but you would eventually get used to the taste. Shots tend to taste like crap though :-P
10. Kelly C - December 1, 2009 10:47 AM
YEEESS! I am right there with you Hayley.. as much as I love to drink, I *hate* the taste of alcohol, and have been saying for years that I'd like the option of getting drunk without actually having to taste the liquor! Wheeee! :D
11. jodie - December 1, 2009 10:48 AM
FINALLY! Science put to good use.
12. catch22 - December 1, 2009 10:51 AM
so what you're saying is
"Dry" vodka can be wrapped in paper and carried around in a pocket or a bag. Vodka in form of a pill would come handy at parties when "consumers" would be able to calculate their exact required dosage.
just trying to get that clear
13. Hayley - December 1, 2009 10:52 AM
Also would be good for when you're out at a bar/ house party etc and you start to lose the buzz. However, your THIRST IS QUENCHED. Srsly. GTFO with that cup full of what might be bin juice.
Answer: TASTELESS, LIQUIDLESS AWESOME.
@ 9: Coffee doesn't taste bad. Coffee is the elixir of life. Alcohol is its antithesis.
14. naas - December 1, 2009 10:52 AM
WEAK!!!!
WTF is wrong with the way vodka is ingested in my stomach right now as I drown my orange juice with it this morning? IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT
..on the other hand, these would be great for a day of jury duty so maybe it's not such a bad idea afterall
15. Fork-o-fork - December 1, 2009 10:55 AM
Easy to slip into Granny's daily pile of vitamins! Sit back and watch the fun!!
16. Closet Nerd - December 1, 2009 10:55 AM
@6 True that liquor is pretty harsh, but people do acquire a tast for alcohol.
No one likes beer when they first start drinking.... but over time, you do acquire a taste for it.... I know after a long hot day, there is nothing like a bottle of cold, crisp, refreshing Yeungling Lager...... just sayin
17. naas - December 1, 2009 10:55 AM
@6 sounds like you hang with a bunch of lightweights, only amateurs make puckerface after drinking liquor that's apparently too strong for them.
I can see a prairie fire (tequila & tabasco sauce) being a little gross, like a dirty martini - - but there are a lot of tasty shots out there believe me
18. turtle - December 1, 2009 10:57 AM
Crazy! Wonder what the powder tastes like? This could make alcohol poisoning SO MUCH EASIER!
Would you like some birthday cake? I made it special just for you....
19. Closet Nerd - December 1, 2009 10:58 AM
@17 thats not as bad as a 'sweaty mexican' (tequila, tobasco sauce & a dollop of mayonaise)..... just sayin
20. turtle - December 1, 2009 10:58 AM
Oh and if you want to get drunk without the liquor just take GHB silly!
21. naas - December 1, 2009 11:00 AM
@19 are you sure that's an actual drink, or a prank? hooorrrrff
@20 good point, hate watching ppl 'gee -out' though
22. turtle - December 1, 2009 11:05 AM
How about a "mexi-rape"? Tequila, tobasco sauce, 2 teaspoons GHB, & a dollop of..... just sayin.
Or a "rape me". Midori and 5 tsp GHB.
I feel a theme party coming on!!!
23. Closet Nerd - December 1, 2009 11:11 AM
@21 its more of a shot you buy someone on their 21st bday.... ya know, like a cement mixer...... just sayin
24. Mih0 - December 1, 2009 11:32 AM
Cause taking drugs/drinking in high school wasn't easy enough....
Vodka Pills! Forget the struggle of carrying around a travel mug filled with delicious booze, and still maintain that heavy buzz! Never be sober again!
Sign. Me. Up. ^_^.\/.
25. jodie - December 1, 2009 11:54 AM
@15 that reminded me of the time my grandmother came
to my house a few years ago and started pissing me off..
I told her to calm down or her blood-pressure would sky-rocket..
Then I gave her a zanex..
I watched her sit at my table a go through her purse for 2
hours while talking to herself...
Good times..
26. CSX - December 1, 2009 12:43 PM
I can't wait till I can snort some vodka! Nothing like getting drunk the same way you get high. C'mon and bring it ruskies!
27. Pat - December 1, 2009 12:43 PM
In Soviet Russia, vodka imbibes you.
28. cabbo - December 1, 2009 2:02 PM
@6 booze that tastes good
1. Beer (providing it's not some horrible french brew or something).
2. White russian (and black, but I prefer white. Also, yes it's a cocktail. IT'S STILL BOOZE).
3. Jager(bombs = excellent, but solo is nice too).
4. Magners (blumers) and certain other ciders.
5. Poof juice (alcopops, although I don't).
6. The E=MC squared (especially my home brew, see link. I'm the one who looks sweaty and has shitloads of hair. It was good booze, even if it looks queer).
7. Absinthe. Never had the real stuff though, only the 95% style evil stuff. Tasty, if you don't mind drinking paint thinner.
29. fyritke - December 1, 2009 2:52 PM
I wonder if these will make me feel less or more like an alcoholic?
I could always split it...take the first three shots in pill form, then once I work up a healthy buzz, turn back to the vodka. Hmmmm.
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31. Monketron - December 2, 2009 12:30 AM
grabbin peelz
32. Leo@What The Food - December 2, 2009 8:26 AM
I hope they invent Gin versions of those pills, that would be proper!
33. corey - December 3, 2009 12:12 AM
you cant make powdered vodka because alcohol evaporates morons!!!
34. Bacon - December 3, 2009 3:12 PM
But when can you get BACON vodka in powdered form?
www.bakonvodka.com
35. Eugene - December 4, 2009 10:10 AM
It's good idea to make such pills, but it's much better to drink liquid vodka!
Vodka is delicious!