“would make a nice target for moonshiners..”
They put something it at the refinery to make it undrinkable.
No drinkable ethanol leaves the plant.
“They put something it at the refinery to make it undrinkable.
No drinkable ethanol leaves the plant.”
I learn something new here every day.
Re-distilling would make it drinkable again, and much cheaper that starting from scratch.............
1950s Navy here. We had alcohol for our torpedoes that was tinged pink and therefore called "Pink Lady". I asked one of the WWII vets why it was that way. He said that in the early days, the fuel was pure 180 proof alcohol.
Overseas, some supply officer wondered why there was such a demand for pineapple or grapefruit juice - far above normal usage. It turned out it was a great mixer for that level of alcohol and the men would get blitzed out of their mind.**
Some spoilsport suggested adding in something to make it undrinkable and the color just happened to be pink. They used it all the time I was in, but I did see a couple of mess stewards use it as a body wash before going ashore after a stint of sea duty.
**One torpedoman told me that, after a night of drinking that mixture, he woke up, unable to move anything but his eyes. That lasted about an hour and scared the Hell out of him. Never did it again. He said some guys went blind from too much of that stuff.