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Might as well plug this recent Criminal Podcast episode: https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-358-the-formula-3-27-2026 https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-358-the
by superjan 5mo ago
Might as well plug this recent Criminal Podcast episode: https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-358-the-formula-3-27-2026 https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-358-the-formula-3-27-2026
TLDL: During prohibition, US government required adding 5% methanol to industrial alcohol, hoping that this would stop bootleggers from selling it as liquor. It was sold anyway, resulting in many deaths.
- aqme28 5mo agoTo be fair, we still add 5-10% methanol to industrial alcohol. But also a bunch of bitterants to discourage use.
- mordae 5mo agoAre adding it or just distill both because it's cheaper?
- cucumber3732842 5mo agoTo make it poisonous enough that the tax men leave you alone. So cheaper in a circuitous way.
- tastyfreeze 5mo agoAdding. That majority of things we ferment and distill will not produce anywhere close to 5-10% methanol.
- SoftTalker 5mo agoYeast microbes make ethanol, not (much) methanol.