In fact, I want to clarify here that the fake liquor case in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province used industrial alcohol, and the methanol content reached 36 1g/L, which was 902 times of the national standard. However, methanol is very toxic, and drinking 10ml can make people blind, so people will be nervous when they talk about fake wine.
In fact, everyone can relax. In the current social environment, the probability of using industrial alcohol to prepare fake wine is zero. There are two reasons: first, people's awareness of prevention has improved, and there is no market for this fake wine. Second, the consequences of using industrial alcohol are very serious. Once discovered, almost all of them will go to jail. Using edible alcohol is not only low-cost, but also has a lower risk of not dying. Therefore, industrial alcohol has disappeared in the liquor market at present.
So can edible alcohol be drunk? Here I want to give you a popular science!
First of all, according to the literal meaning of "edible alcohol", you can guess one or two. Since there is the word "edible" in the name, the state recognizes that it is certainly edible. Because of GB 3 1640-20 16 national standard of edible alcohol for food safety, China has strict requirements on the physical and chemical indexes of edible alcohol. You can see the following table:
It can be said that the current edible alcohol is much safer and healthier than the previous industrial alcohol, but it should be noted that "edible alcohol" is only relative. After all, its production purpose is for drinking, but it is safe compared with industrial alcohol, and external use is greater than internal use, such as disinfection, and internal use should be less, for example, as some pharmaceutical ingredients.
So you can drink edible alcohol, but drink less, and drink less before drinking. After all, the alcohol content is over 95%, and everyone can't stand drinking it directly, which is too harmful to the stomach. After all, sterilized alcohol is only about 75%. With such a high alcohol content, stomach cells can't die in groups.
But then again, we drink, not pure wine, and no one drinks for the sake of drinking. Why?
First of all, alcohol tastes bad. First of all, the fermentation cycle of alcohol is very short, only 72 hours. Compared with 60-90 days of Luzhou-flavor liquor and 30 days of Maotai-flavor liquor and Fen-flavor liquor, the fermentation cycle of edible alcohol is too short, and there are few flavor components in it, just like pigs, chickens and cows. Mature in the market for two or three months, the quality is very poor. Moreover, because of the short fermentation period and storage period, the taste is far less delicious than that of liquor stored for 1 ~ 2 years. So the motive of its production is not to sell alcohol, but to obtain alcohol. Its quality can be seen. The reason why it is used by some lawless elements to make wine is only driven by economic interests.
Secondly, cassava, molasses and grains, as raw materials of edible liquor, are far less demanding in quality than the brewing raw materials of liquor grains. Alcohol may bring in some uncertain harmful components, which may cause potential harm.
Therefore, the production of edible alcohol is not for people's daily drinking, but relatively safe alcohol, which was just kidnapped by criminals. Why pay for it?
To sum up: edible alcohol can be drunk, but it tastes bad and has potential risks. I hope you are careful.