• BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Going blind from methanol poisoning really gives the visual hallucinations some nice oomph.

    • HamManBad [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      That doesn't happen from fermenting. This might make botulism though

      • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        You can absolutely get methanol from a bad batch of a fermented beverage. It's typically only a problem for distilled spirits because methanol's evaporation point is lower than ethanol, so you end up accidentally enriching your distillate; in non-distilled beverages there's enough ethanol to keep the methanol away from your liver enzymes.