Is it possible to drink it? and can you die from it?
2006-11-11 16:29:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
No...to the first.
Yes to the second.
No you can't drink it...that's what the methyl alcohol (methanol) is for. It's to make it toxic so you can't drink it...or if you do, you die.
Beverage alcohol is heavily taxed. If you need ethyl alcohol for some non-drinking purpose, to avoid the beverage taxes, methanol and jet fuel are added to make it toxic.
2006-11-11 17:26:42 · answer #1 · answered by Trid 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alcohol produced from wood (methyl alcohol) is used in methylated spirits and surgical spirit. Some down and out alcoholics ('meths' drinkers) drink this type of alcohol because it is cheap. Methyl alcohol is poisonous and can cause blindness, coma and death.
(Methanol is often called wood alcohol because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood. It is now produced synthetically by a multi-step process.)
2006-11-11 21:43:46 · answer #2 · answered by Byjiar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can drink it, you can drink any liquid, but it will do very serious damage to your body and yes, you will probably die. Dont drink it.
2006-11-11 18:20:05 · answer #3 · answered by Rossco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use that to polish cutlery. Better be careful when drinking it, if you really want to.
2006-11-11 19:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by Dav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋