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cunninglinguist32557 t1_j6bhz5s wrote

Reply to comment by hikeonpast in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream

This is also why you have to be careful with moonshine. If you don't know what you're doing you could get too much methanol in there and cause serious issues.

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hikeonpast t1_j6brq79 wrote

Fun fact - methanol is really only a concern 1) if you are fermenting fruit or 2) if the federal government denatures (poisons) your moonshine with it like they did during prohibition.

Other fun fact - the antidote for methanol poisoning is….ethanol.

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dave200204 t1_j6d0dl9 wrote

Methanol appears at the very start of the run. Almost every moonshiner knows this. So they dunno out the first cup of so.

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