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> I did try tasting it and it was awful. Pure ethanol is near odorless, but gains a smell from the oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde. The lab grade stuff had
by microcolonel 9y ago
> I did try tasting it and it was awful. Pure ethanol is near odorless, but gains a smell from the oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde. The lab grade stuff had a very strong smell.
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend putting an undiluted form of almost anything in your mouth. Nobody puts pure acetic acid on their french fries, nor does anyone drink pure citric acid, so I don't see why anyone would think pure ethanol would be much better.
- mrob 9y agoCitric acid is a solid at room temperature, which makes drinking it difficult. You can buy it as a food grade seasoning and some people do eat small quantities of it pure.
- refurb 9y agoI didn't drink the stuff straight! I did a taste test of a drop of the full 200 proof. It did burn as expected, not pleasant at all. The real taste test was a 50% dilution. Tasted like really cheap vodka.