NME: London Brixton Academy

[dawson]

ethanol pure ethanol does the trick! 100 percent proof ask at the chemist...

[MacRua]

There is no such thing like 100 percent proof ethanol, don't ask if you are not into being a laughing-stock

[$iR LuGz]

anyone tried vodka with 7up?

aaahhhhhh yes vodka 7"s,god bless uncle bukowski,

[dawson]

ok well ethanol is the alcohol found in any alcoholic beverage. for example beer has an average 5 percent ethanol content. whiskey 40 percent. you can get pure 100 percent ethanol from the chemist if you are mad....

[MacRua]

it can be close to 100% but never 100%
usual 96% is enough...

[dawson]

100 percent pure ethanol exists....sure you would have to steal it from a chemist or lab... but it exists

[MacRua]

Yep, there is a special (laboratorial, not industrial) process of further distillation, but drawing ethanol nearer to legendary 100% it turns the stuff into poison. Benzene breaks azeotrope, removes water but leaves its own tracks. So it's not a 100% pure thing again, plus poisoning...
Another problem of absolute ethanol - it absorbs water from atmosphere, you can keep it in special cans but as soon as you open it and fill your glass ethanol stops being absolute...
96,5% or 98% are you sure you can feel the difference?

[dawson]

oh i think ill just stick to drinking wine..

[MissWalshy]

Yep, there is a special (laboratorial, not industrial) process of further distillation, but drawing ethanol nearer to legendary 100% it turns the stuff into poison. Benzene breaks azeotrope, removes water but leaves its own tracks. So it's not a 100% pure thing again, plus poisoning...
Another problem of absolute ethanol - it absorbs water from atmosphere, you can keep it in special cans but as soon as you open it and fill your glass ethanol stops being absolute...
96,5% or 98% are you sure you can feel the difference?

Can I be first to say:-

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!