jesslessthemess (August 7, 2008 at 3:24 am)

much better as a fuel substitute than to drink...but to eacgh his own ;)

kdm4993 (July 20, 2008 at 11:54 pm)

what temp do u boil the pot at??because if its too hot it fucks it up

cro200 (July 8, 2008 at 7:53 am)

Man how did your drink turned out? Was good alcohol? Doesnt look like from the end of video.What kind of yeast did you use? Did you control the temperature of the fermentation?

extremevoid (June 30, 2008 at 5:43 am)

I lived...

jdawgsworld (June 20, 2008 at 11:13 pm)

pretty good demo...hope the atf didn't watch it...hope you put a pressure reliel valve on the rig, too...

rorytsewell (June 19, 2008 at 8:47 pm)

hey cna any one sujest a boil chamber or know what one like that is called? cheers its just the oen i ahve know isnt very good as the hole it escapes froma little small.cheers

TheZefMan (June 19, 2008 at 7:14 pm)

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he just produce ethanoic acid at the start? He allowed oxygen to reach the mixture so it should taste like vinegar? Not the kind of stuff that's good to drink? Shouldn't he have included a tube for the carbon dioxide to escape from, but put the end in water to stop other gasses (like oxygen) from reaching the mixture?

MattBeckstrom (June 12, 2008 at 2:49 pm)

NorcanDiaboli is right. There are trace amounts of methanol in fruit juice. Search wikipedia for aspartame controversy.

MattBeckstrom (June 12, 2008 at 2:48 pm)

Methanol is wood alcohol. If there is any woody, fibrous material in your mix, it may create small amounts of methanol. Since methanol has a lower boiling point than ethanol (the stuff you want to drink), methanol gets evaporated first, before the ethanol does. Therefore, the first few ounces of the distillation will contain a relatively high amount of methanol. Dump the first few ounces (or more depending on how much you're making) and the rest should be a relatively safe ethanol mix.

theprophetmaynard (June 10, 2008 at 5:41 am)

Yes sugar and yeast does make methanol in the first half pint, it has made many people blind and has killed many.