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Miller Lite Creates “Beer Drops” to Flavor Competitors’ Beers

Here’s a package design for beer (sort of) that caught me off-guard:

Earlier this month Miller Lite released limited edition Beer Drops, a “liquid taste enhancer that adds more beer taste to other light beers.” (And no, apparently it wasn’t an April Fools’ prank.)

“Beer Drops…graces other light beers with the irreplaceable taste of a fine pilsner. Simply squeeze your Beer Drops into 12 oz. of beer, take a sip and enjoy more beer taste.”

What I want to know is, is there any actual alcohol in there, or is it just flavoring? Sadly the company doesn’t say.

I do think they missed an opportunity with the package design. These look like off-the-shelf liquid toothpaste or condiment vessels that come in a poor imitation of a cigarette pack, and I think it would’ve been fun to instead design something that communicates the essence of beer in a concentrated package.

Poor package design aside, at press time, Beer Drops were sold out.