On Feb 4, 1:00*pm, "Danny D." > wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:03:50 -0500, krw wrote:
> > Alcohol and water *CANNOT* be distilled above 95%.
>
> UPDATE:
>
> I visited a couple of liquor stores in town this weekend, here in the
> Silicon Valley, and I was shocked that neither had ANY grain alcohol
> whatsoever.
>
> I wasn't expecting the 190 proof (95%) Luxco Everclear because it's
> apparently illegal in California.
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear_%28alcohol%29)
>
> But I was expecting to find the 151 proof (75%) Luxco Everclear.
>
> The closest the two local stores had was plain old Vodka.
>
> So this search for the highest percentage ethanol I can find in
> California will be harder than I at first thought.

I don't understand what the big deal is. Just buy one of the
lesser brands of vodka. How much alcohol is involved in making cola
syrup? It's SODA, not a vodka and coke. Whatever amount
of alcohol goes into making a cola soda like Coke, it has to
be very small. Isn't it used to just extract the flavoring from
some of the other ingredients? Don't you put that other
ingredient in just an ounce or so of alcohol and the end
result makes gallons of soda? I bet I could find a recipe to
make cola that doesn't involve alcohol at all.