WEST VIRGINIA STOPS SALE OF 190-PROOF GRAIN ALCOHOL

AP/The Spokesman-Review | 10-17-2005 | Lawrence Messina

[RichInOC]

Ah, yes. Good point.

Good times...

[RichInOC]

Safety tip of the day: Blow out the flame before you drink the shot.

[hiramknight]

Just check their thumbs for burn scars. That's a sure giveaway.

[SouthernFreebird]

Those were the days....can't remember much of my early twenties thanks to that punch.

[Tijeras_Slim]

What the heck will they wash their oxycontin down with now?

[beaver fever]

"Wouldn't 190 proof qualify as an explosive?"

It certainly qualified as fuel in the old A/Gas class in drag racing.

[BossLady]

We called it Whoosh! LOL!

[Ramcat]

Safety tip of the day: Blow out the flame before you drink the shot.

In Morgantown on home football Saturdays, it's customary to drink the shot then light the flame.

[Zeppo]

"But the biggest sale of it was for labs and stuff. "It's used as a cleaning solvent."

I think that I used to use the stuff to clean off residual resin soldering flux from printed circuit boards that I was repairing. Never thought of actually drinking it, though...

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

[blau993]

Fraternities far and wide are in mourning.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The spud gun principle...

[IranIsNext]

"Of all the liquors, grain, especially the 190-proof, is purchased solely to get drunk on."

And this is different from regular liquor because...

[Tao Yin]

Whoosh? That sounds about right. But make sure you turn out the light first. Awesome blue flame. I only melted my thumb once.

My favorite was 1 cup boiling water mixed with lots of flavored gelatin. Then add 3 cups of grain. 140 proof jello! Burns on the way down. Very dangerous stuff.

[TexasCajun]

I'm surprised I haven't seen my town drunk down at the Ethanol Pump getting himself a gallon corn liquor from his begging change.

Probably comparable to MD2020, less the food color.

[capydick]

Grain is good for you

[IranIsNext]

"This should be enought for anyone." Not in North Carolina. Funny thing is until roughly around August of this year beer above 6% ABV was illegal.

[xsrdx]

I can still taste the straight up shot of 151 I did back in the day.... not recommended.

[IranIsNext]

Grr messed up quote formatting..

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Well put. I had the opportunity to interview David Boaz of the libertarian Cato Institute yesterday, and he made similar remarks regarding both alcohol and drugs.