LOL you wouldn’t have had that problem if your kids had my youngest daughter for a teacher...
She is the one who wanted a milking dairy goat when she was in the 10th grade. Made cheese, yogurt, ice cream, sour cream, etc. Always wanted to try things and figure out how they worked. Now she is a wife, mother of 2 and 5th year of teaching. (Neat part is that they live only 500’ away - teaching also gives her time in the summer to help dad with chickens, garden, etc.)
Anyway, she would have known about the boiling point of the alcohol and that just the yummy flavor is left behind!
Your daughter and mine would get along famously it sounds like. The funny part of the escapade was that I had explained to my daughter about the boiling points of water and alcohol. She then told the teacher what I'd said. Teacher did not believe her.
Sometimes I don't talk so polite when people are stupid. Teacher argued with me. I told her how the cow ate the cabbage. She was a neighbor to one of my uncles who had taught biology at the high school and gone on to be school principal. I called him in on the discussion, not very nicely, and had him confirm my story. Teacher thought I was a dumb hick. Sometimes I am also not remorseful that I have spoken impolitely to people.