Due to its toxicity, the 190-proof version of grain alcohol is considered illegal in many U.S states including California, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Washington. To put it simply, drinking shots of Everclear can kill you.

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Both Everclear and Moonshine are unaged spirits; however, Everclear is made from grain and Moonshine from corn. Everclear is a brand name of a neutral-tasting, very potent grain alcohol. Moonshine is a general term used to describe illegally produced corn whiskey.

The 190-proof version is illegal in many states, and in other states you may need a permit because it’s classified as a hazardous substance due to flammability. In most of Canada, you need a permit to use it industrially. It’s not illegal to sell, buy, or possess 151-proof or 120-proof Everclear in California.

States that currently ban the sale of Everclear include California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Washington, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Minnesota.

190 proof (95% alcohol) Everclear is illegal in Florida (as in California, Maine, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Iowa, Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia, and Ohio too) – the highest percentage of alcohol sold legally in Florida is 151 proof.

According to the manufacturers, Everclear is not meant to be consumed straight, rather it is considered an “unfinished ingredient” intended to be diluted or used to make alcohol of a lower proof.

You see, moonshine is around 180 to 190 proof, or about 85% – 95% pure alcohol. The closest legal thing you can get is Everclear which is sold in both 151 proof and 190 proof. In other words, you can buy legal alcohol that is the exact same thing as illegal moonshine.

Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol while everclear is ethanol alcohol. While isopropyl alcohol is poisonous ethanol is not as deadly. Everclear would work in a pinch though because it is a higher concentration but if its not a life or death emergency and you can’t get to medical help its better than nothing.

Everclear is essentially high alcohol vodka though it is not labeled that way. It is a vodka made from grains. It contains 94.5% alcohol(191 proof). It is often used as spirit to remove strains.

There really is no material difference between the two. They are produced by essentially the same processes, basically distilling grain spirit in column stills. Vodka begins life just like Everclear, distilled to more than 95% alcohol, but water is added at bottling to bring it down to 40%-50%, depending on brand.

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Polmos Spirytus Rektyfikowany (Rectified Spirit) Polish Pure Spirit is a 190 Proof or 95% alcohol volume, in a 500ml bottle.

The 95% is not as important as the total amount of alcohol consumed. That is, if you can keep the stuff down, you can drink as much of a drink containing 95% alcohol as you can any other drink containing the same amount of ethanol. 12 oz, 6% beer has less than an ounce of pure alcohol.

70 % isopropyl alcohol is by far better at killing bacteria and viruses than 90 % isopropyl alcohol. As a disinfectant, the higher the concentration of alcohol, the less effective it is at killing pathogens. Coagulation of surface proteins proceeds at a slower pace, thereby allowing the alcohol to enter the cell.

Used as a solvent and cleaning agent. Denatured Ethyl Alcohol. This chemical is designed for lab or educational use only – not for food, drug, or home use.

Scientific publications show even high concentrations of alcohol (50–95% ethanol) do not cause skin dryness, allergy or irritation, and do not significantly penetrate the skin. There is no skin damage associated with regular application of alcohol on the skin.

Summary points and conclusions on the safety of topically applied ethanol. 1. Topically applied ethanol (e.g. in the form of cosmetics or hand disinfectants) on un-lacerated human skin will not cause acute or systemic toxic effects, which can only occur if applied on damaged skin especially in children.

(2007) measured serum and blood ethanol levels in health-care workers after intensive and repeated use of ethanol-based sanitizer and confirmed that although in a small minority of subjects ethanol could be detected in blood and breath samples, the breath levels were too low to register on the screening breathalysers …