"Apparently, Alcarelle is a tasteless substance that can be added to other drinks – alcoholic or non-alcoholic – to boost their tipsiness potential without the negative side effects."

Personally, I want precisely the opposite: a drink that tastes exactly like a good wine or ale, but without the tipsiness or any other effect that means I can't drive home from the party.

The current lot of alcohol-free offerings don't cut it - the ales do get better year on year, but still have a long way to go; while all the "wine"s just taste like grape juice.

Except extreme chemical addiction, made worse by the fact that the other side effects aren't there to warn your body?

Isn't GABA downregulation the main reason for extreme withdrawal with alcohol?