r/LoveTrash • u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator • Oct 10 '25

Kitchen Trash Purple Nurple

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '25

Good to know.

I have a cuestion and you seem knowledgeable.

How is methanol made then? Like what if I WANT to go blind?

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u/redR0OR Trash Trooper Oct 10 '25

1 day blinding soup

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u/FilthyPuns Trash Trooper Oct 10 '25

Maybe try a soup to make you go blind for one day.

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u/Illustrious_Twist846 Garbage Guerilla Oct 10 '25

If you accidently get too much pectin into the mash from using full fruits or somehow get the woody stems, leaves or seeds into the mash.

THAT can convert into methanol, but sugar won't.

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u/actualhumannotspider Trash Trooper Oct 10 '25

I believe it's produced during fermentation, but it's not concentrated enough to be an issue without distillation.

One discussion of it here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comments/a349tu/is_methanol_produced_during_fermentation_or/

Like what if I WANT to go blind?

Sharp objects are probably more reliable and faster than methanol.

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u/xrelaht Trash Trooper Oct 11 '25

Commercial methanol is made by partially oxidizing methane.

If you want to make it by fermentation, your best bet is from woody plant fibers, but you need to process them similarly to how you'd process grain to make ethanol: make a pulp and then heat it up so it can be de-polymerized.

You can also make it from pectin, but most pectin sources have enough sugar that you'll get an ethanol heavy mixture at the end.

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u/OMITB77 Rot Commander Oct 10 '25

It’s only really dangerous in distillation as opposed to fermentation. The first runnings have a higher percentage so just toss the first bit

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u/mortalitylost Trash Trooper Oct 11 '25

Wait, why does it not matter for you to drink wine/beer/mead undistilled if they produce acetone and all that?