I recalled reading about the Ispropyl issue some time ago. It's been sticking in my head so today I did a bit of digging on a different board and came up with some information written by Oldmac who taught me a GREAT deal, both directly and via his writings to others in various forums and boards. He was an AWESOME mentor. I have not seen him online for some time. OM I hope you are OK. We miss you!

Anyway, OM recommends using grain alcohol. I see the logic and it is the route I will go if I ever go down this road. I hope this adds to the knowledge base here and the discussion!

Quote Originally Posted by Oldmac
By law each 100ml of "denatured" alcohol must contain no less the 355mg of sucrose octaacetate and no less then 1.4mg denatonium benzoate. These, especially denatonium are also added to anti-freeze, windshield wiper fluid etc. to keep people, kids and animals from ingesting such items. But signifacant amounts remain after denatured alcohol evaporates and even tho both are benign if ingested orally, the burning of denatonium benzoate has been shown to be a carcinogen.

Since I have spent the last 25+ years providing mj to cancer treatment patients and also hospice care patients (I see many from the first group later in the second group) I find that anything that falls into the carcinogen category offensive. Especially so when cause (exposure) to effect (cancer) can be 10, 20 or 30 years later.

If you want to take the chance...fine by me, but I would appreciate it if you did not pass along such a recipe to others. Especially since an alternative, grain alcohol, is available.