Quote Originally Posted by Crosis
Which brings up the question, "Why can't they keep the ethyl liquor...and remove the water altogether?" You'd get more drunk if it were 100% ethyl liquor. I bet it'd burn like hell though.


Ethanol molecules are extrodinarly polar, and are attracted to water (H2O). It's almost impossible to have 100% ethel alcohol because water will be so attracted to it, that in moments you will have something like 95%.