Let’s say I love Dr Pepper, and I want to make it “spicier” but not add any external flavor, can I add to it some ethanol, the same you use to clean infections and wounds? Of course, In small and calculated proportions ( for example a drink that would contain normally 30% vodka and 70% juice, make it in this case with 12% pure alcohol and 88% juice)?
Because on the Internet I see people saying that yes, you can, and It’s the same as drinking more pure vodka, and others say It’s really harmful and you should never do it and that it contains cancerous substances
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If it’s not denatured technically yes. But most forms of ethanol you find outside of liquor stores are denatured meaning it will kill you in different ways if you drink it. It’ll be more expensive and harder to find than actual drinking alcohol anyway. And your lab instructor will probably be pissed.
What you want for this purpose is everclear. Some states don’t sell 190 proof on account of too many people drinking it straight which is a bad bad idea. In those states they sell a 120 proof version.
In any case that’s pasically what you want if you just want to add alcohol to something random.
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