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Three lies here - > Lead and methanol poisoning rates rise Lead is just made up Methanol doesn't happen unless you are making 1000's of liters of distilled p

Three lies here - > Lead and methanol poisoning rates rise Lead is just made up Methanol doesn't happen unless you are making 1000's of liters of distilled product for gas and also are drinking it and get it mixed up. Industrial processes for non food grade products can have problems if you drink it. Homebrew spirts have less methanol than Laphroaig or Caliber because they have to keep the methanol since that also has the flavor. > In Australia, backyard stills are a smallish "thing" with many migrant communities And every 'Ozie Ozie Ozie Oi Oi Oi' student group. Stills are in all the homebrew stores (For "essential oils" / no one cares) e.g. air stills from their half brothers where it's legal - https://www.homebrewshop.co.nz/product/still-spirits-air-still/ https://www.homebrewshop.co.nz/product/still-spirits-air-sti...

ggm 2y ago
"Lies" is very emotive language. Lead: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00016616.htm#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20this%20problem%20can%20result,L%20of%20lead%20(1) https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00016616.htm#:~:te.... Methanol is a product of the first flows if you have bacterial contamination or high pectin levels in the wash. As long as you don't drink it, you're fine but pretending home stills don't have a Methanol risk because of volume is a bit odd. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028366/ Backyard still deaths: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/diy-drink-at-your-peril-experts-warn-it8217s-not-charming-it-can-kill/news-story/66e3a7144c20ffcc1e6ca7f11f2287fe https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/diy-drink-at-yo...