Good grief. No, one does not poison their moonshine. One distills their moonshine to remove the inherent poisons, one of which just happens to be methanol. The ethanol may be poisoned with something else but if that poison has a lower boil point than alcohol, IT TOO WILL BE DISTILLED and removed from the batch on the first run! The remaining runs are to clarify your brew (other impurities, the headache stuff) and to raise the alcohol %'s. Do yourself a favor should you ever decide to give moonshining a try, have someone around you that knows what they are doing. Just so you know, my recipes and methods are 100+ years old. Nuttins quikker than my corn likker and a country boy can survive.
I’m not sure is it methanol or something else, but the ethanal that is used for fuel gets something added before it leaves the plant that makes it undrinkable and not easily removed.
If they didn’t people would have pure ethanol for less than $2 a gal. The Feds aren’t that stupid.
My Brother worked in a gas plant and he said they put something it that you can’t get out.