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Just make sure to read up on it first..

Submitted by Guest on September 26, 2007 - 03:26.

Not a bad post, but folks shouldn't go and start distilling based solely on this. One important thing to throw away, what, the first and last 5% of the distillate? I haven't done this in a while, but getting rid of the "heads" and "tails" will get rid of nasty hangover-inducing compounds like aldehydes and ketones (related to alcohol, but poisonous).

In fact, the reason one shouldn't drink "wood alcohol" or methanol, is because when your liver tries to break it down like good alcohol (ethanol), it turns it into formaldehyde instead. Narsty.

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