[DUMBGRUNT]

They say it has a sweet taste and does not take much to kill!

Years ago, in or around Wheaton Illinois, someone spiked the punch at a high school party a couple of fatalities and others permanently damaged.

[Red Badger]

METHANOL = WOOD ALCOHOL = DEADLY POISON!......................🤢

[packagingguy]

Maybe someone who makes spirits could chime in.

I read years ago that the methanol comes from the methyl groups on pectin present in the fermented plant, fruit, whatever you make liquor from.

Then when you distill the fermentation broth you have to be sure to control the temperature to evaporate the methanol first, then afterward collect the ethanol.

Is this correct?

So it could be homemade liquor made poorly?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Whoever was making Jailhouse Hooch did NOT follow Big Bubba’s recipe TO THE LETTER.

What a shame. Dumb kids. It’s amazing ANY of us survive our youth.

[BBQToadRibs2]

Sounds like someone knew enough about distillation to do it, but not enough to make it safe.

Terrible way to go.

[jimwatx]

I accidently ingested methanol once in the form of windshield washer fluid (40% methanol). I was drunk at the time and mistook it for a gallon of blue raspberry koolaid that I had in my kitchen sitting next to it. They had to fly in an antidote from out of town, though later I learned that if I kept drinking ethanol for a day or two, the methanol would have been metabolized harmlessly by my body. The body produces small amounts of methanol on its own, but preferentially metabolizes ethanol over methanol. I must say though that I got a much better buzz from the methanol lol.

[Sirius Lee]

"Did someone say the cool, smooth taste of Menthol?"

(thud). (thud thud thud) "Oh, "methanol", never mind."

[Chode]

i thought these were all children?

[jcon40]

I drink methanol once a day (in moderation)

Methanol is a natural by-product of making tequila, and according to Mexican law it must actually contain methanol. The minimum amount required is 0.3 g/L (grams/Litre) and the maximum allowed is 3g/L. One hundred percent agave tequilas generally have the highest levels of methanol while mixtos have significantly less.

[NWFree]

No amount of alcohol has been deemed safe 🤪

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I had a feeling it was probably methanol from home brew.

[keving]

Newport cigarettes?