Recently I have heard that diluting down alcohol containing substances such as Dettol with grape juice can make a cheap tasting wine. I found this information on a site and it said that using ones that only contain the alcohol ethanol is perfectly safe so long as you use the right amount. I am not interested in doing this as I am not so broke that I cant run over to the off licence and pick up a bottle of wine or a 6 pack of beer but I am amazed that some people actually do this, and I just dont get how drinking Dettol isnt harmful to your body... I mean the bottles have the warnings on them such as "If consumed, contact your GP" and the little orange signs with the black X that say harmful or corrosive. So anyone know anything about it?
2007-01-24 11:12:49 · 28 answers · asked by Mark Casey 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
no dont think about doing that
2007-01-24 11:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by king 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is ridiculous, you can buy a cask of wine these days for about $8 why would you try to make it out of dettol and grape juice (which would have to cost at least $6) when you can spend $8 get the real thing. I think whoever posted this info is trying to trick stupid people into try it. (and probably succeeding)
2007-01-24 12:11:18 · answer #2 · answered by Dan C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethanol and all wood type alcohols are potential injurous, basically its meths. Pastis and Absynthe for example are either licenced or banned here in France, both were developed some 150 years ago for cheap alcohol and the problems only realised about 100 years ago. A famous painter went blind thru drinking it here in France.
The current recipies do not use the original wood alcohol though, hence the licences.
2007-01-24 11:35:42 · answer #3 · answered by rinfrance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Dettol contains alcohol at all. There are different types of alcohol-ethyl alcohol which is drinkable and methyl or wood alcohol(methanol) which is extremely poisonous. There are others too.I wouldn't touch anything that was not intended for drinking. When alcohol is distilled, the condensing temperature of methanol is nearly the same as ethanol which is why you hear of people who distil their own going blind or dying.
2007-01-24 11:28:20 · answer #4 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never, ever do this! Dettol is found in products such as Lysol or other antiseptics and is not to be taken internally.
2007-01-24 11:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by shendley04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just be careful, don't drink or make detol an alcohol drink, this all are lies, and detol could be the name of a chemical that is different from the chemical cleaner that u use at home.
alcohol in not healthy anyway, I think you want to be healthy, and just don't worry about what you have just mentioned.
not eveything you read on the websites is 100% right.
Ask a doctor and listen to you GP.
2007-01-24 11:18:53 · answer #6 · answered by Summer O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible to make high proof alcohol without distilling it. You may have created some toxic substances in the process-I doubt the concentration of those is very high either, but these are the chances you take when you experiment.
2016-05-24 05:41:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is safe! I made up a batch a bot ago and downed it in one swig and thne,e flwkef dsk ... oops, I seem to be losing my albity tu tipe werds.... what the?? kwdsj lkej dang it lkdsdlka c
(We're sorry, this responder could not finish his post, as he had taken a drink of some bonehead concoction he found found on the internet....)
2007-01-24 11:23:24 · answer #8 · answered by davidinark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make your own wine, it's safe to drink. I did it for 3 years. If you do it as a hobbies go for it but it's less bother and even cheaper to buy one from the shop.
2007-01-27 07:43:47 · answer #9 · answered by van n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hair-lacquer & lime was an old favourite in Glasgow during the 50s. Paint stripper & bleach was Vivs favourite in the Young Ones. Hey, you only live once, give it a bash...! At best you will only go blind.
2007-01-24 11:52:34 · answer #10 · answered by Merovingian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
welcome to moon shine .
wow it's amazing what people put out there ,on site's .
I would say honest ,don't try it sounds weird and dangerous .
as a child i remember a home remedy for stomach worms .
a teaspoon of turpentine with sugar .
Today if i try to give such crazy remedy ,they would put me in prison ,or better the crazy house .
not everything you read it's true.
2007-01-24 11:21:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋