Wood you like a drink? Japanese team invents 'wood alcohol'

Hopefully it doesn't take 100 years, like it took Nikka Whiskey, to become world class.

In other news:

http://abc7news.com/health/study-claims-2-drinks-a-day-more-likely-to-extend-life-past-90-than-exercise/3114291/

If it turns out as good as some of the Japanese Whisky that's available then it would worth investing in a bottle.

not sure also that the extra 6 months of life are worth not drinking

But that extra six months without alcohol will seem like forever. :-)

Probably good for cleaning my kitchen worktops. Yesterday a friend sent me a gift of The Glenrothes Single Malt distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2010. Very nice so I'm good for a year.

http://www.oaksliquors.com/p/glenrothes-1998-bottled-2010

techall, this version is ethanol, not methanol, which is why they put wood alcohol in parentheses.

Sure, nothing wrong with drinking something that makes you blind (as in sightless).

I’ll be rooting for their success, and hoping that they aren’t barking up the wrong tree.

Most likely another pipe dream from a government-funded institute. Why is our tax money wasted on devising a weird, at-best niche market alcoholic beverage? Leave sake-making to the private sector.

The most disgusting way of making alcohol was the so called: latrine Brandy.

Sawdust brandy

Pretty sure they made wood alcohol (methanol) during prohibition. Many died from the poisonous booze.

If beavers had a hanami, this wood be their drink of choice.

Not syure we need more ways to make booze.

although Simon, not sure also that the extra 6 months of life are worth not drinking.

Not a surprise. Alcohol can be produced from any plant material that ferments. Ask the jungle animals.

But making it palatable would require a somewhat degree of innovation and skill.

Good luck to them.

excellent, in other news: The Risks of Drinking Even Moderately Are Much Worse Than We Thought, Study Shows https://www.sciencealert.com/the-standard-alcohol-guidelines-drinking-drops-life-expectancy-6-months

another poison released onto the market, banzai!!!

Excellent for the environment.