What Alcoholic Beverage has the most alcohol?

[Zeus]

The subject pretty much explains it all, I am looking for the hardest shit around. It doesn't matter if it has to be mixed or not, I just want to know what has the most alcohol content.

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[Slithy Tove]

Everclear

[Andy]

I've about 5 litres of absolute ethanol in the lab. That do the trick?

[Silo]

Everclear (which is NOT availible in all states) is 190 proof (200 proof is pure), moonshine can be 190-200 proof. But man, that stuff doesn't taste too good.

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[JamesCarroll]

Where did you get pure ethanol? It would have to be chemically created (as oppossed to distilled) and that stuff usually is denatured with methanol.

[msattitude]

I think everclear is available in the states. I believe I have seen it. I know I've smelled it. STRONG!!! Never tasted it without it bieng in something.
:)

[Andy]

Originally posted by JamesCarroll:
Where did you get pure ethanol? It would have to be chemically created (as oppossed to distilled) and that stuff usually is denatured with methanol.

It's 99.99% ethanol, not denatured, no water, methanol or cyclohexane in it. And no duty paid on it either ;). Supplier: Aldrich :)

[neutron star]

I believe you need a permit to get pure ethanol in some states. It's mostly used for extractions and whatnot in chemistry, I think.

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[Joe_Cool]

Yeah, we used to use pure ethanol in chem lab for cleaning glassware, etc.

[Rysdad]

I've drunk Everclear. It's panther sweat. A little dab'll do ya. A little too much will do ya in.

[Andy]

Originally posted by Joe_Cool:
Yeah, we used to use pure ethanol in chem lab for cleaning glassware, etc.

It could have been pure, but was more likely the usual lab grade, containing 5-10% water and a little cycohexane to make you vomit if you drink it :).

[NickyLarson]

Without being as extreme as all these others, I think the strongest drink you can get in all 50 states is Bacardi 151 rum. 151 proof translates to 75.5%; if that's not enough knock the feet out from under you, then you need to step in front of a bus.

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[DrFidelius]

android:

I don't need no stinkin' cycohexane. My friends can aver that I have vomited after drinking alcohol without it.

[Zeus]

Wow, 190 proof? That shit will probably burn a hole in your fucking throat. That is exactly the kind of stuff I was looking for. I couldn't find that much info on Spirytus, though. I definitely have to try Everclear this weekend.

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[NickyLarson]

Zeus, take it easy, I don't want to be reading about you on Monday...

[Azathoth]

Thread hijack in progress...

[Azathoth]

Ack! I didn't hit submit reply! I promise! :)

Anyway, here's what I meant to post.

Back when I was in college, I had a bottle of this lying around in my apartment (left over from a Halloween party). I was, at that time, suffering from a canker sore, and being such a wise and knowing young man, I thought to myself, "Well, these things are probably caused by evil germs of some sort or another. Alchohol kills germs, right?" So I decided that I could rid myself of this painful sore by using the Everclear as mouthwash.

Ouch.
Ouch ouch ouch.

Don't do this! :)



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[MadPoet]

Everclear fireballs are pretty cool. Though anything over 100 proof or so should fireball too.

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[Rysdad]

Originally posted by NickyLarson:
Without being as extreme as all these others, I think the strongest drink you can get in all 50 states is Bacardi 151 rum. 151 proof translates to 75.5%; if that's not enough knock the feet out from under you, then you need to step in front of a bus.



I saw Everclear in a Wisconsin liquor store about a month ago. I didn't check the proof, but I doubt that it's been watered down.

No matter. That stuff is a fuel, not a beverage. I'll never touch it again.

[Markxxx]

The Guinness Book of World Records lists Everclear as 190 proof (95% alcohol by volume),

The record goes to Estonia. Between world wars it made an drink marketed by the Estonian Liquor Monopoly that was 98% alcohol (196 proof) distilled from potatoes.

[Doug Bowe]

Uhhh, Zeus...
I think Everclear was ment to be put in party punches to give them a little zip.
One swallow of that stuff neat will probably close your throat right up.
And I see you're in Texas. It's okay to sell it in the state. Ask around about local liquor laws...especially if you're in the North half of the state.
Years ago local liquor laws in Texas were much easier. The top half of the state was mostly dry and the bottom half was mostly Catholic.

[Markxxx]

Doug also has a point. Guinness points out Everclear is to be used for a mixer.

[Konrad]

In Poland there's something called Spirytus which is about 96% pure alcohol.

[malaka]

Zeus,

Careful with the Everclear. Had a bottle with us on spring break one year. Everyone took turns drinking sips from the bottle cap, until one genius decided to gulp down an entire mug of the stuff and vommited instantly.

In our sink. :(

[Zeus]

Well, I wouldn't want that happening, so I guess I'll just have to mix it with something. :)

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[AHunter3]

If you're going to drink it straight, place a sip in your mouth and let it touch all the surfaces of the inside of your mouth. After a moment or two your mouth will quit trying to turn itself inside out and will feel as hot and dry as the floor of Death Valley and as puckered as a sundried tomato, but not painful. Gradually let a cc or two go down your throat, which will react in much the same manner. Continue working on the sip until your stomach takes notice with a sharp stab. Wait until the stab turns into heat before continuing. At this point you are acclimated and can take entire sips as if it were ordinary liquid of some sort, which is when you innocently offer some to your buddy while sipping nonchalantly (albeit slowly)... :)

Being acclimated enough to it to be sipping it is a dangerous position to be in. Remember that your poor stomach lining has to cope with this stuff.



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[Padeye]

Zeus, use a little caution as you get into your experimenting with alcohol phase. I'm not trying to be Carrie Nation with her hatchet but there is a lot to be said for staying at least a little bit sober. A lot of inexperienced drinkers trying to outdo one another at a party can be an extremely dangerous mix. it's more amusing to watch the drunks vomit over themselves than to actually be one.

Don't judge your manhood by how you can hold your alcohol. Your fellow drunken frat boys will "respect" you for drinking until you spew chunks. The women will respect you for stopping when you've had enough.

Oh, and have fun.

[Shagrath Borgir]

Yeah, and remember this... A nurse friend of mine told me that most of the alcohol poisoning cases they get in the ER are everclear related. For god sakes be careful with it. My advice: Mix 1/2 shot of it in a glass of orange juice, drink it. Wait about 30 minutes. ;) Try to put 15-30 min between drinks. The reason people get poisoned so easily is because it takes so little to get you so wasted. They drink way too much way too fast. So please be careful. And if you end up in the ER getting your stomach pumped, fuck you i told you so. :)

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[Zeus]

I know when enough is enough, but thanks for caring :).

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[AWB]

I used to use Everclear as the "punch" in my college punches. I'd soak fruit overnight in it, then make about 20 gallons of Kool-Aid (in a brand-new plastic trash can) and pour in the fruit. On Halloween, I'd add dry ice for effect.

Until a few years ago, you could get Everclear in Virginia. But now, you need a prescription (!).

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[Bucky]

My experience with straight Everclear is that it seems to work as though it were MORE than twice as strong as 10 proof stuff.

My dad, who used to teach biology, once made some moonshine in the lab; lacking copper tubing, it ran through those little rubber hoses during part of the process. I had a few sips of it--mmm, great rubber flavor and you're almost instantly drunk!

Other side note: a little Everclear (very little) a lot of mixed juices, and some dry ice make for a tasty and fun party punch.

Bucky

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[Padeye]

Sorry to be preachy.

Man, I hadn't thought about college punch in ages. I remember mixing a whole ice cooler full of fruit juice, fruit, sangria and rum. The stuff started fermenting on its own. I need to sit down, feeling a little woozy.

More memories. On the Ranger (aircraft carrier) we made wine from stolen pineapple j uice. It has a pleasant bouquet somewhere between 120 octane aviation gasoline and JP5 jet fuel. <urp>

Jolo's tavern at the end of Magsaysay Street in Ologopo City on Luzon Island in the Philippines. A pineapple, rum and uh, "purple" concoction called mojo. Foggy memories of the bar girls asking me to buy them a drink and someone bringing out an 8mm movie projector. A girl...and, eww, a pig. Damn, it really is curly. Sorry, this goes in a different thread.

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