Originally Posted by
Rowan
Isn;t that what he said in his post? Denatured alcohol is denatured with methanol, and cannot be drunk, either. He referred to research grade alcohol, which is supposedly pure ethanol. But a cycle tourist would have to be desperate to want to drink stove fuel.
I think I may have posted initially and said alcohol rather than ethanol. That may be the source of confusion. Just to underline. Anything with methanol in it is poisonous and must be avoided. So that's Heet and denatured alcohol which is a mix of ethanol with a bit of methanol. Research Grade Ethanol is 99.9% ethanol and ok to drink, but it really needs to be mixed with something to make it in anyway pleasant. Everclear (grain alcohol) is 95% ethanol and also makes good fuel as well as an interesting cocktail. Also butane does not in anyway make an interesting cocktail, score one for ethanol.