Quote Originally Posted by mobyone
My one BIG observation is that the boiling point seems to be about 170F because it didn't matter how much flame I used the temp would never go higher than that and after establishing a boil
I just googled it and sure enough, the boiling point of ethanol is 172.94F.

Now the question is....does the rate of boiling matter other than affecting how fast the alcohol evaporates...hmmmmmmmmm