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> (Submitted on 15 Mar 2020) I feel like if this would work, it would mean one could inhale vaporized alcohol efficiently enough to get drunk on the vapor alon

> (Submitted on 15 Mar 2020) I feel like if this would work, it would mean one could inhale vaporized alcohol efficiently enough to get drunk on the vapor alone. And if that were a thing people could do, one would certainly expect it to be familiar from some terrible frat culture shenanigans. ...On the other hand, should be simple enough to get a trial together.

anfilt 7y ago
I don't see this idea working, but normally alcohol also has sugars in it. Even distilled alcohol has sugars. Inhaling sugar sounds like a great way to cause other problem. If this were to have any success the alcohol would have to be extremely pure. also alcohol would also dry out the airways I bet. As to why its not been tried recreationally before. Lower proof alcohol beverages don't vaporize as easily. So other methods would probably work better. Although there is stuff like everclear.
- totony 7y ago
  Any source on this? I'd be surprised if sugar would be in the distillate. It might lower the vapor pressure of alcohol itself but it shouldnt vaporize and recondensate
  - anfilt 7y ago
    What do you thinks gives various distilled spirits there various flavours. Otherewise, you would just use the cheapest sugar to ferment. Also oils and tannins can get distilled too with the alcohol. Its why distilling has what they call different cuts. That depend on temperature and where in the distillation you are in. A vodka would have very little while a brandy will include cuts that have traces of things for flavour.
    - totony 7y ago
      This [0] does not suggest that anything but ethanol/water and potentially some other volatile compounds are in the distillate. I'm not familiar with brewing and flavoring distilled spirits, but quite familiar with distillation and doubt that even oil would be in the distillate. [1] suggests that tannins are present in the distillate, but I have not found a tannin that is volatile and [2] names one that isn't in beer Flavor seems to be added after distillation from what i can see (and is potentially influenced by the volatile impurities) [0] https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/06/08/vodka/ https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/06/08/vodka/ [1] https://vinepair.com/spirits-101/how-distilling-works/ https://vinepair.com/spirits-101/how-distilling-works/
totony 7y ago
You can vape alcohol. Not familiar with it but I know it's a thing. You'd usually heat it up to get a buzz, but alcohol has a high vapor pressure so im sure if you vape it long enough unheated you'd get some sort of effect
jonathanco 7y ago
As a bartender in the 90's there were popular cocktails that did this. High alcohol, large round glass, set alight, put your hand over to extinguish, push a straw through fingers and suck out the vapour. The effect was very quick and very strong, much more so than drinking spirits alone. It was also short lived. I'm sure these were a terrible idea, but still, people using alcohol vapour to get a hit.

anfilt 7y ago

I don't see this idea working, but normally alcohol also has sugars in it. Even distilled alcohol has sugars. Inhaling sugar sounds like a great way to cause other problem. If this were to have any success the alcohol would have to be extremely pure. also alcohol would also dry out the airways I bet. As to why its not been tried recreationally before. Lower proof alcohol beverages don't vaporize as easily. So other methods would probably work better. Although there is stuff like everclear.

totony 7y ago
Any source on this? I'd be surprised if sugar would be in the distillate. It might lower the vapor pressure of alcohol itself but it shouldnt vaporize and recondensate
- anfilt 7y ago
  What do you thinks gives various distilled spirits there various flavours. Otherewise, you would just use the cheapest sugar to ferment. Also oils and tannins can get distilled too with the alcohol. Its why distilling has what they call different cuts. That depend on temperature and where in the distillation you are in. A vodka would have very little while a brandy will include cuts that have traces of things for flavour.
  - totony 7y ago
    This [0] does not suggest that anything but ethanol/water and potentially some other volatile compounds are in the distillate. I'm not familiar with brewing and flavoring distilled spirits, but quite familiar with distillation and doubt that even oil would be in the distillate. [1] suggests that tannins are present in the distillate, but I have not found a tannin that is volatile and [2] names one that isn't in beer Flavor seems to be added after distillation from what i can see (and is potentially influenced by the volatile impurities) [0] https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/06/08/vodka/ https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/06/08/vodka/ [1] https://vinepair.com/spirits-101/how-distilling-works/ https://vinepair.com/spirits-101/how-distilling-works/

totony 7y ago

You can vape alcohol. Not familiar with it but I know it's a thing. You'd usually heat it up to get a buzz, but alcohol has a high vapor pressure so im sure if you vape it long enough unheated you'd get some sort of effect

jonathanco 7y ago

As a bartender in the 90's there were popular cocktails that did this. High alcohol, large round glass, set alight, put your hand over to extinguish, push a straw through fingers and suck out the vapour. The effect was very quick and very strong, much more so than drinking spirits alone. It was also short lived. I'm sure these were a terrible idea, but still, people using alcohol vapour to get a hit.