184 Proof

[Iolaus]

http://www.xmarksthepub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75

[Jerry]

184 proof is very close to pure grain alcohol. Due to the chemical properties of Ethanol (grain) you cannot get 100% pure alcohol by distillation. At somewhere around 95% the Water is boiled off with the alcohol, giving 190 proof. However, you can make 100% (200 proof) Ethanol by chemical reaction. The lab at the chemical plant where I worked as an Instrument Tech had that grade, but it was kept under lock and key. Anyone who had reason to go into that storeroom had to sign in and out. At 184 proof, the remainder would be water with some flavoring elements added.

[KiltedKnight]

Yes, that 200 proof is used extensively in research hospitals. I wonder what kind of research those hospitals are into...?

Chris. :confused:

[646guy]

Last time I had grain alcohol was about 10 years ago. Some friends had a big party and dumped fruit into the alcohol to flavor it. Being the dummy that I was I started eating the fruit thinking that I wouldn't get drunk....

Hoo boy was I wrong...

[davedove]

The only time I had grain alcohol was in college (where else). They had mixed it with Hawaiian Punch and that's what it tasted like. I was sitting there drinking glasses of the punch and others kept refilling the glass. Finally, I had to get up to refill my glass and the legs just didn't want to cooperate.

That's the same night I slid UP the stairwell.

[TimC]

184 proof whiskey.....good for shining chrome, removing tarnish from copper, silver and brass. As a matter of fact, it cleans EVERYWHERE it goes

[UmAnOnion]

184 proof whiskey.....good for shining chrome, removing tarnish from copper, silver and brass. As a matter of fact, it cleans EVERYWHERE it goes

A friend had a similar 'cleansing' experience with 150 proof rum i had brought in while at college ...

I hate to think of what 184 proof would do....

[Jerry]

184 proof whiskey.....good for shining chrome, removing tarnish from copper, silver and brass. As a matter of fact, it cleans EVERYWHERE it goes

Your vehicle would also run pretty well on it too. But at the price they are more than likely to chatge, Gasoline would be cheaper anywhere in the world.

[mddock58]

At 184 proof, the remainder would be water with some flavoring elements added.

I was joking, at 184 Proof, there's not much room for anything else!

Everclear was a popular party additive at parties in NoCal in the 70's, We'd have it picked up in Nevada (couldn't buy it in CA) and liven up the party!

[GlassMan]

Man that brings back what few memories are left of a shot contest my senior year in college when I prevailed against other men far larger than I by going through 12 shots of 151 proof rum at about 1 in the morning after having been drinking other shots and beer continuously since 6 pm the previous afternoon.

I really don't have much of a memory of the night except for one large football player picking me up off the ground and telling me that I was more of a man then most of his team.