Not recalling all the details of my physiology here, but there is an additional ethanol metabolism pathway that is not engaged or not fully engaged until someon

Not recalling all the details of my physiology here, but there is an additional ethanol metabolism pathway that is not engaged or not fully engaged until someone is very very drunk or is chronically pretty damn drunk. IIRC, the enzyme involved does not put out the same toxins through oxidation that affect the nervous system and give that drunk look. Instead you get the 'functional alcoholic'. Based on what other people are saying here, my guess is, that's what we've got going on here. My common sense says there is probably a measurable, but insignificant effect by the enzyme in the yeast. Edit: also, the theory is just that the stomach is a mixing bowl, so the poor man's field test is here is pretty trivial, maybe I'll have some fun tonight with a blender, some yeast, and a bottle of cheap hooch.