FYI, methanol isn't concentrated in any portion of the distillate, it's found in all parts, heads tails and hearts. Secondly, unless drinking the equivalent predistillate would kill/blind you, it's near impossible for the final product to, since distillation doesn't make extra methanol, it only concentrates it. Lastly, methanol being associated with home distilled spirits is a holdover from Prohibition from when the Feds intentionally poisoned batches with methanol to scare people away from illegal liquor still operations.
I understand it has to do with temperature and that you can get most of the bad stuff out early as methanol and alcohol are released at different temps....or so I read somewhere long ago. It's been awhile since I went down the distilling rabbit hole, thanks. I also read that methanol is a pretty useful solvent (just don't drink it).
FYI, methanol isn't concentrated in any portion of the distillate, it's found in all parts, heads tails and hearts. Secondly, unless drinking the equivalent predistillate would kill/blind you, it's near impossible for the final product to, since distillation doesn't make extra methanol, it only concentrates it. Lastly, methanol being associated with home distilled spirits is a holdover from Prohibition from when the Feds intentionally poisoned batches with methanol to scare people away from illegal liquor still operations.
~10k more people murdered by their own government.
I understand it has to do with temperature and that you can get most of the bad stuff out early as methanol and alcohol are released at different temps....or so I read somewhere long ago. It's been awhile since I went down the distilling rabbit hole, thanks. I also read that methanol is a pretty useful solvent (just don't drink it).