Well to think hydrochloric acid is chemically even close to the same as citric acid would also be far from the truth. Both have their own chemical properties, w

Well to think hydrochloric acid is chemically even close to the same as citric acid would also be far from the truth. Both have their own chemical properties, which invariably produce different chemical reactions. Now to ask how citric acid in any way neutralizes, reduces, or some other factor x, the effects of alcohol, would be a better question.