Posted on 11/22/2024 11:59:21 AM PST by BenLurkin
Note to self...pass on Laotian vodka. Not that I had ever heard of such until now.
Laos is just all over my bucket list. (sarc)
Will we ever know?
Shitholes are called shitholes for a reason.
Methanol. Actually I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often in various tourist traps.
Just bunk locally made alcohol I bet.
Jimmy Wah selling beer outside of Vietnam?
Ba!
Stick to weed
“Methanol is a byproduct of poorly distilled homebrew liquor”
I’ve never heard of that before. How can a simple distillation process be poorly done to create methanol?
> Laos is a one-party communist state with no organized opposition and the government keeps a tight lid on information. In this case, officials have released almost no details.
No comment, strikes too close to home. “Missed it by -that- much.“
I had a little too much Russian vodka in Kazakhstan in 1993. Never again. There was nothing wrong with the vodka. I’m just a lightweight.
“Laos is one of Southeast Asia’s poorest nations and a popular tourist destination.”
“Vang Vieng is particularly popular among backpackers seeking partying and adventure sports.”
These two statements sum up the whole situation.
Shitholes like most American Cities? you sound ridiculous. i’ve been around the world fairly extensively and the cities in the United States are some of the most dangerous places.
This has been happening in Caribbean islands as well....bars substituting real booze with homemade moonshine......if made incorrectly it’s deadly......obviously.
I used to watch the Moonshiners reality tv series on cable.....they ALWAYS poured out the first pint or so of a new batch because they stated its poisonous.
Many Westerners are naive. They simply can’t grasp the evil that exists in some places, and what some people will do for literally a few extra pennies.
By not initially running the distillation at a temp that allows the heads or methanol and fusels to boil off first, come down dripping from the cooled condensing coils of copper, and be discarded. If you touch a drop of that first product dripping to your tongue, you can taste the unique bitter methanol.
Then you keep what comes next, the “hearts” of the run batch. Tails are last, after moat og the ethanol is extracted
I know some people who just love traveling to places where a single US dollar can be stretched into a car cover. I have several problems with this. You’re often surrounded by people who make less in a year then you have on person at the moment. That makes me uncomfortable from several perspectives. There’s personal safety. I also feel guilty even though there’s nothing I could do for most of these people even if I gave them everything I own. Then there’s the possibility they’ll feed you dodgy alcohol or substandard food. As to the food, that might not be on purpose. If you grew up eating “bad” food, it might not bother you. My cat will snack on stuff that would easily kill me even if I cooked it. It’s all in what you’re conditioned to handle. (He did bring me a fresh mouse this moring.)
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