[BenLurkin]

Horrible

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

DANG!

[dp0622]

Boy i’ll never forget the time i got deathly sick drinking coconut wine in the Philippines.

Or was it moonshine in the basement?

Either way, I wouldn’t recommend it.

[LibWhacker]

Coconut wine?? Sounds like nasty stuff to me.

[catnipman]

apparently they’re not actually drinking real coconut wine, but instead drinking some kind of poisonous concoction made from deadly methanol ...

[Zhang Fei]

[Del Rosario, a doctor, said one of the by-products of coconut wine fermentation was methanol, which can cause blindness and death. Some manufacturers keep the methanol in, because it means greater volume and more profit, he added.]

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As far as I can tell, mere fermentation doesn’t produce enough methanol to make someone blind or seriously ill. It’s the distillation process that, unless explicit provision is made for removing the methanol, causes problems. I have heard that some moonshine manufacturers, out of sheer stupidity, add methanol to their brew to increase profits. A little methanol will give someone a hangover. A lot can blind or kill. Enough amateurs who don’t know what they’re doing manage to produce poisonous grog that kills to make headlines just about every single year.

[TChad]

Twenty-one people died after consuming lambanog last year, media reported.

And it's still popular this year.

Methanol ain't ethanol.

[bobby.223]

I wonder if our favorite anti-America fried/zotted ex-FReeper, Alex W, had any. He probably made his ‘washing machine’ wifey try it out first! WOOF Dawgs!

[Getready]

Terrorists? Poisoning a big batch?

[Zhang Fei]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/a349tu/is_methanol_produced_during_fermentation_or/eb3lqwx/
[The concentration of methanol vs ethanol in any liquor is such that by the time you reach a lethal dose of methanol the ethanol killed you a few times over. Vast major of the stories of people going blind and whatnot are from criminal entities saving money by diluting with legal methanol so it appears they still have a strong product.]

[Responsibility2nd]

How horrible. They forgot the lime to add to the coconut

“Drink ‘em both togetter”.

[Freedumb]

This is why experienced moonshiners throw away the “first cut”. When distilling a liquid that contains a combination of ethanol and methanol, the majority of the methanol distills out first since it has a lower boiling point.

[ocrp1982]

Lived in the Philippines for 9 years. Never once tried this dreg.
In other regions they call this stuff Tuba. Manila and the surrounding areas are like any other large city. Filled with con artists and scumbags.
Self preservation and situational awareness is crucial to survival. Anything less, whether you’re a native or a visitor is dangerously foolish.
BTW, just because someone may be a friend or relative does not change the above advice. In fact, it should enhance ones awareness,
Cynical? Perhaps. But, cynicism has served many a old man very well.

[Texas Eagle]

Coconut wine? Yikes. I feel sorry for the poor suckers who have to stomp those things.

[Starstruck]

I worked a job in the 90’s in the Philippines.I got some coconut vodka on a night out. Talk about blowing your cookies. I think I would rather eat Balut than the vodka.

[Vendome]

[smvoice]

...now let me get this straight..
You put the lime in the coconut
And drank them both up?...

I said “Doctor!
Is there nothing I can take
To relieve this bellyache”???!!?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful. RIP.

[Sirius Lee]

It's 9 O'Clock in Manila,
And the regular crowd's feeling fine,
There's an old man sitting next to me,
Making love to his coconut wine,
La la la la la,
La la la aaa aaaahhh aaaaaaaaaack!

[dila813]

Sounds like they mixed something in with it. Gross, just like the Dominican republic.