Are they legally considered non-alcoholic? I mean, is it legal for underage people to buy them?
- They do contain alcohol so I don't think they can be drunk by underage. The legal part is just what they can legitimately be named.
- However, they contain about as much alcohol as Coca-Cola does. A good alcohol removal should get rid of 99.7% of alcohol and with it any chance of getting drunk. Even Coca-Cola's formula still has traces of cocaine (from the coca leaves); the decocanization process leaves non-physioactive traces of ethanol (liquor alcohol) and cocaine.
- No. http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cocaine.htm , near bottom. And what about Bitter Shandies? (ie: proper bitter + lemonade)
Does the term 'piss water' belong in the non-alcoholic beer article?
- Nope. There is almost universal agreement that "non-alcoholic beer" isn't as good as real beer. No point in belaboring the issue.