In the United States real moonshine sometimes comes in a gallon jug that says "distilled water" or "purified water". It's part of the recycle reuse initiative. ♻️ They carry water into the woods in the same jug they smuggle the moonshine out.
is moonshine still illegal in much of the states? In my country of New Zealand, you can make your own alcohol and distil for personal use, can't sell it.
@@A.Martin the distinction between making it for yourself and selling it is a bit blurry, because it is easier to catch someone in the process of making/transporting of moonshine than in the actual selling.
@@A.Martin We have a bunch of stuff on the market called moonshine for marketing purposes. It isn't really moonshine though. I often here people say you can distill it in the states legally for personal use(drinking) but those people can never cite a law. They make unfounded claims. The only real legal personal use exception in the US is for fuel on a farm and that involves a lot of paperwork.
@@A.Martin In the US, it is still very much illegal to distill at home. Only registered/licensed distilleries can distill. The average person at home is only permitted to brew beer or make wine. The US government says that home distilling is illegal because there are the risk of explosion and the risk of creating toxic methanol. However, some people claim that most people making moonshine are safe and its just the government wanting to collect their taxes from the sale of distilled spirits.
@@matthewjbauer1990 I mean if you are really stupid and remove safeties you can blow up distillation apparatus, but as long as you know what you are doing, you are not really at more risk than like boiling a kettle of water on a campfire. You can create steam explosion if you plug up the holes and over boil it, but at that point you have to be trying to fuck up that badly. The real issue with moon shining is drunk people around fire. As for methanol, they sell methanol, and you can use it to clean things and stuff. Hand sanitizer is made from it for example. And you can just buy a tester for it if you are worried.
That was my first thought too, any dirt particles would be nucleation sites causing bubble formation which should liberate the dirt. Maybe add an ultrasonic bath too.
With all the electronics in that room, I was half-expecting a fire ball due to the highly flammable moonshine outgassing and spit take. I wonder if those ozone generators you keep playing with could ignite alcohol fumes. Stay safe, or you'll end up the life size fanny flambeaux.
You sir, are both a genius and a legend. Please don't change what you are doing one little bit. Your combo of humour and education, is the perfect antidote to modern life 👌
Anyone who not only carbonates but also spoonerises for science after midnight has my total respect. The “soda stream don’t recommend carbonating moonshine” aside had me in stitches. I came for the science and stayed for the brilliant commentary 😁👍
I use Everclear + filtered water to make my own home 70/30 disinfectant spray. It's food grade so I don't have to worry about using it in the kitchen around food and dishware.
not many people like or even drink straight 100 proof or higher, anything above that is very harsh on your mouth/throat/body. also remember alcohol is very hygroscopic and will instantly absorb any moisture you have within your mouth and digestive tract(until diluted down to lesser content). so chaser chaser chaser galore! my own limit is 151 rum and that's only special occasions(one small bottle in the last 10+ years), the rest is just too harsh without being mixed/diluted and it's all best suited for cooking/flaming dishes and flavoring. lol
Very funny BigClive. Have you tried tomato soup or V8 Vegetable Juice? It would be interesting to see what the soup does after it was carbonated then heated.
That's incredible. If a full litre of moonshine takes 22g of CO2 then at room pressure and temperature the same weight of gas would occupy 11.2 litres. It seems a bit high, but I guess the gaseous form contains a lot of empty space between molecules whereas the liquid doesn't. With hindsight, it would be interesting to know how much the volume (or height in the bottle) of the liquid increased with all of that CO2 in it. Great job Clive, I can't think of anyone else who would think of that experiment and perform it so skilfully. And I'm a scientist/engineer.....
That mix will be great to clean circuit boards of battery and capacitor leak damage as slightly acidic and with extra fizz to lift off those stubborn deposits. Perfect will be trying that as having a board to do so will update. Well my other half will think I have either gone mad or addicted to alcohol🎇
My first foray into spirits when I started drinking was taking a shot of 190 proof Everclear. My stomach cramped for like 5 minutes afterwards. It did work pretty well mixed with other stuff, though.
I adore your carbonation series. It's truly a sign that no matter what, humans will continue to experiment. Will It Blend, Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This, Red Hot Nickle Ball, Hydraulic Press... and now, Big Clive and his Sodastream. Also, love the the bear pride flag, king!
I am glad to see you taking one for the team in the name of SCIENCE! I laughed so hard at the end I literally hurt myself! Well done good sir, well done!
@@bigclivedotcom if using the alcohol content to categorize each liquor, then it gets very muddy. There are high proof rum's and vodka's, so does that make those moonshine? It's the ingredients that matter the most. Authentic shine is known as 'corn likker' to the redneck's in Kentucky. Now the question is what are the others? Vodka seems to use corn, wheat, and/or potatoes in the mash. Rum is made from sugar cane and/or molasses. Since every item used in a recipe can alter the flavors, I think these are the biggest factors in classifying alcohol, not the alcohol level itself.
With the proviso that you seemed unharmed at the end of the video, this was one of the funniest things I’ve seen all year. And there was educational content too! Thank you!
That was hilarious! One time *MANY* years ago, a close friend of mine and I decided to be frugal and instead of proper liquor for drinks when going on a double date we bought Moonshine! (I am from Tennessee USA home of "Popcorn Sutton") We bought the finest Orange Juice to mix! I think we had a good time?
Holy crap, that reaction! If I had have been drinking carbonated moonshine while watching you drink carbonated moonshine, it would have come out my nose.
Another great sodastream adventure, tempting me to try this myself lol, though I wonder: cold water holds more carbonation better, does that apply with alcohol?
This is exactly why we keep coming back. Glad you do the taste tests so we don't have to. I was looking at a bottle of 190 proof ethyl alcohol in the cupboard we've used for tinctures and the like in the past. Gone is my desire to carbonate it! Thanks Clive!
I love you you sternly tell us things are a bad idea. I'm not saying we didn't need this video to know that might be a bad idea. But it sure as hell drove the point home.
This is fantastic! Finally one can watch moon shine and sparkle on sparkling moonshine while drinking a nightcap of undiluted circuitboard cleaner. Oh and in finnish it's pontikka for moonshine and pirtu if it's 95-96%.
Thank you Big Cleve for the laugh today I needed it, similar to my experience had shine coming out my nose going down the wrong pipe effect. PJ in O-HI-O, USA
My Nan, who lived in England all her life, called any homemade alcohol, that wasn't wine or beer, the liniment! Probably not the proper name for moonshine in England, but it certainly made an impression on me.
In America, moonshine is also known as white lightning, mountain dew , mulelick, shine, white/corn liquor, white/corn whiskey, pass around, firewater, and bootleg. Be aware that there is also a non-alcoholic soda/fizzy drink brand known as Mountain Dew that was named after the moonshine product due to it being designed originally as cocktail mixer.
Highly recommend that you switch from a Soda Stream to a Drink Mate if you want to keep doing this format. The nozzle is separate from both the device and the bottle so you can clean it, and it has a fast release switch. I use it to test carbonated cocktails for my bar’s tap cocktail program. Making a whole keg of something is super risky if it won’t sell.
I don't know why I love these SodaStream videos so much. Maybe it because I have and use one often, but don't want to experiment with it. This one is hilarious! I need a screen cap of you coughing/spitting it out.
My friend got REAL, backyard brewed Moonshine from one of his clients (he's an animal doctor) and shared some with me, technically the second time I've tried the real homebrewed stuff, first time, the guy was getting fancy and made like an apple cinnamon one and it was actually really good. Second time it was just pure grain alcohol and it also was really good. Basically just Everclear. I now live in the deep south of Mississippi which is only ever so different from the lily white upper class suburbs of chicago.
In the US we have a soft drink called Mountain Dew. I was raised with a passing knowledge of Irish folk tunes, and it's always made me chuckle that Mountain Dew is also a sobriquet for poitin, that stock car racing has its roots in the prohibition-era distribution of moonshine, and that the soft drink brand is a long-time sponsor of NASCAR.
Straight out hooted with laughter at the end there :D Thankyou for doing science so we don't have to, Clive. That would make an excellent circuit-board cleaner for those times you can't use a sonic bath though - slightly acid with carbonation to lift the dirt clear.
I used to live near the Lambourn Downs (horse-racing country), where, if you know who to ask, Poitin / Potcheen / Irish moonshine is readily available. Strong stuff indeed and to be treated with much respect.
Weirdly, the science says that carbon dioxide has very low solubility in ethanol, but that's not what you're seeing here. I wonder why this is happening?
That was HILARIOUS!! In the United States that would be pretty much what Everclear is- a very basic grain Alcohol and it's gotten to be very expensive too. However in Ohio where I live you can only get the 150 proof (75%) version which in reality is plenty strong.
Expensive? Maybe in Ohio. I live in one of the 5 states that have the lowest liquor tax, so not that expensive. But everyone in the states has drinking problem Or not, depending how you look at it?
I remember getting a bottle of190 proof Everclear (aka 95% grain alcohol) back in my late teens. We cut a hole in a watermelon and stuck the neck in the hole to let the everclear diffuse into the flesh of the melon. Two days later and the fumes coming off the melon balls were still flammable. Even with the juice from the watermelon, the fruit was completely inedible.
I literally thought of this today, I wonder if Big Clive has "tested" moonshine yet, I didn't even think of using a legal alternative. Hello and thank you from Cape Breton Island!
Got a suggestion for the next thing to try: have a crack at carbonating absinthe. Not only can you play about with making it fizzy (and seeing if it affects the green->white colour change when water's added), you can give some to your brother and see how he gets on with it.
When I was at school (several / many decades ago) I remember the Head of Science (who was primarily a Biology teacher) reciting the mantra “Physics is fun”, probably because those teachers weren’t. Now if we’d had Clive teach physics my life might have been different (and kidneys would have failed years ago)
This is literally the first time I see your face. The profile picture matches that quite well! And I tOtAlLy didn't crack up laughing when you spat out the carbonated "moonshine", what gave you that idea? It reminded me kinda of Tom Scott and the vape...
From what I've had of the real stuff and living in Appalachia, moonshine is closer to a particularly sweet corn based vodka than it is a whiskey. While everyone has their own methodology for strength, most of what I've had tastes around the 100 proof mark. I don't think anyone selling anything actually drinkable goes much higher.
The best part of spitting pure ethanol all over your lab is that it will just evaporate - no extra cleanup needed! It probably also has the side benefit of disinfecting all the surfaces that got "sprayed".
I foresee this being quite dangerous if you could swallow it. The CO2 will force the exit sphincter of the stomach to spasm open, and dump the stomach contents into the small intestine, where alcohol is absorbed rapidly. (This is why people can be drinking champagne for some time, and then very abruptly go from quite mildly affected to sloppy drunk. Now imagine the same effect with 140 proof vodka.) And I think that's the most dramatic response we've seen to Clive sipping something since that time he decided to find out what denatured spirits taste like, although that also took longer. (He didn't spit it out until the bitter additive fought it's way through the alcohol that was probably dissolving his tongue.)
Voice-over, Sir David Attenborough : _It was at the precise moment that Clive took a sip, that he realised why the original bottle had stated to only use the alcohol in mixtures and never pure, as his mouth and lips immediately shrivelled up like dried prunes due to the concentration and the coldness of the alcohol_
First authentic spit take I’ve seen in ages.
reminds me of the methylated spirits video 😂
A Scottsman spitting out home made and all!
this was too damn hilarious!
In the United States real moonshine sometimes comes in a gallon jug that says "distilled water" or "purified water". It's part of the recycle reuse initiative. ♻️ They carry water into the woods in the same jug they smuggle the moonshine out.
is moonshine still illegal in much of the states? In my country of New Zealand, you can make your own alcohol and distil for personal use, can't sell it.
@@A.Martin the distinction between making it for yourself and selling it is a bit blurry, because it is easier to catch someone in the process of making/transporting of moonshine than in the actual selling.
@@A.Martin We have a bunch of stuff on the market called moonshine for marketing purposes. It isn't really moonshine though. I often here people say you can distill it in the states legally for personal use(drinking) but those people can never cite a law. They make unfounded claims. The only real legal personal use exception in the US is for fuel on a farm and that involves a lot of paperwork.
@@A.Martin In the US, it is still very much illegal to distill at home. Only registered/licensed distilleries can distill. The average person at home is only permitted to brew beer or make wine. The US government says that home distilling is illegal because there are the risk of explosion and the risk of creating toxic methanol. However, some people claim that most people making moonshine are safe and its just the government wanting to collect their taxes from the sale of distilled spirits.
@@matthewjbauer1990 I mean if you are really stupid and remove safeties you can blow up distillation apparatus, but as long as you know what you are doing, you are not really at more risk than like boiling a kettle of water on a campfire. You can create steam explosion if you plug up the holes and over boil it, but at that point you have to be trying to fuck up that badly.
The real issue with moon shining is drunk people around fire.
As for methanol, they sell methanol, and you can use it to clean things and stuff. Hand sanitizer is made from it for example. And you can just buy a tester for it if you are worried.
This is your best SodaStream video of all time. Peak entertainment. Well done!
I think the Baileys was the best. The look on Clives face as it rose out of the bottle was priceless.
Wait for sulfuric acid. ;)
@@stephenleader8065 it looked like a dog with diarrhea
yes the Clive in-built pressure release valve moment was when I lost it
God you could post an hour long marathon of this stuff and I'd be glued to the screen like it's a major production.
Taste and sensation aside, that might actually be a good way to make it clean better. Self-agitation due to the CO2 escaping.
That was my first thought too, any dirt particles would be nucleation sites causing bubble formation which should liberate the dirt. Maybe add an ultrasonic bath too.
@@chrishartley1210 the ultrasonic bath would knock all the co2 out of solution imidiately because of cavitation bubbles
Ultrasonic? Extra burny goodness.
That would give the old Clairol foot-spa some added 'hoof power' . . ."Just sit still Mother & I'll switch it on!" : )
@@chrishartley1210 Ethanol in ultrasonic? that's a recipe for a fire.
Truly a man of science! We appreciate your dedication to the cause Clive!
ROTFL! While watching I was having a sip of my coffee and I nearly spit it out when you realized you had made a big mistake. Gold!
That makes me wonder if you can carbonate coffee? (Cold coffee obviously).
@@Slugsie1 maybe Guinness gas or some heavy nitro mix. Not sure the CO2 would play nice with the oils in coffee.
or tea, perhaps
@@jonanderson5137Guinness shandy... Just ask a new bar person for a laugh.
@@Slugsie1 Barry Lewis and Ashens tried this out a few years ago, along with a few other "liquids". Just search for it on RUclips.
With all the electronics in that room, I was half-expecting a fire ball due to the highly flammable moonshine outgassing and spit take. I wonder if those ozone generators you keep playing with could ignite alcohol fumes. Stay safe, or you'll end up the life size fanny flambeaux.
With the amount of CO² in the concoction, it's probably got a built-in fire extinguisher 🤪😜🤪
Well done Clive! Thank you for your commitment.
So glad Clive did not have a open flame. The whole place could have gone up in flames.
Completely. Clive's stalwart commitment to science is commendable
I wish my dad was still alive to give me a Scotland appropriate term for your personality Clive. 😁
You have educated and entertained, thank you!
@BreatheScotland, thanks I will have to look them up now. Cheers Mark
Excellent work Clive. It saves us trying it out.😁😁
Is it really that bad? Has anyone tried?
@@perm.jensen7722 - If it's like the Poteen I had recently, then yes, it's bloody awful. Better than Meths, but not by much.
You sir, are both a genius and a legend. Please don't change what you are doing one little bit. Your combo of humour and education, is the perfect antidote to modern life 👌
That's one of the few times I have been genuinely worried for you Clive!, 😲
I hope you didn't burn your mouth,
@@Okurka. Your not questioning Clive's honesty, are you?
@@Okurka. With Clive it is most definitely real
@@Okurka. I doubt he’s that good of an actor. He seemed enuinely shocked at how awful sparkling moonshine tastes.
Most excellent spit take I've seen in a long time. Well done!
That's what she said.....
Only Clive would be carbonating "moonshine" past midnight 😂 (if that is a clock behind him)
The cutting edge of science, I am sure that there is funding available for such important research. Thank you for asking the questions others ignore!!
I bet moonshine pickles would go great with that.
Anyone who not only carbonates but also spoonerises for science after midnight has my total respect.
The “soda stream don’t recommend carbonating moonshine” aside had me in stitches. I came for the science and stayed for the brilliant commentary 😁👍
BC did also say that Soda Stream was missing out on some business.
That taste test was my exact reaction the first time I had everclear. It feels like licking a hospital wall.
It's why I'm not a fan of vodka, always smells like disinfectant to me
@@roidroid It smells like disinfectant because it is disinfectant :P
I use Everclear + filtered water to make my own home 70/30 disinfectant spray. It's food grade so I don't have to worry about using it in the kitchen around food and dishware.
I mean thats just how alcohol tastes, vodka that goes down easier probably has just other compounds that mute the alcohol taste.
not many people like or even drink straight 100 proof or higher, anything above that is very harsh on your mouth/throat/body. also remember alcohol is very hygroscopic and will instantly absorb any moisture you have within your mouth and digestive tract(until diluted down to lesser content). so chaser chaser chaser galore!
my own limit is 151 rum and that's only special occasions(one small bottle in the last 10+ years), the rest is just too harsh without being mixed/diluted and it's all best suited for cooking/flaming dishes and flavoring. lol
Very funny BigClive. Have you tried tomato soup or V8 Vegetable Juice? It would be interesting to see what the soup does after it was carbonated then heated.
Thank you for your contributions to the alcohol sciences.
That's incredible. If a full litre of moonshine takes 22g of CO2 then at room pressure and temperature the same weight of gas would occupy 11.2 litres. It seems a bit high, but I guess the gaseous form contains a lot of empty space between molecules whereas the liquid doesn't. With hindsight, it would be interesting to know how much the volume (or height in the bottle) of the liquid increased with all of that CO2 in it. Great job Clive, I can't think of anyone else who would think of that experiment and perform it so skilfully. And I'm a scientist/engineer.....
Wow, that ending was just spectacular!!!
Not quite the reaction I was expecting but priceless, and hilarious. 🤣 Keep the carbonation videos coming.
That mix will be great to clean circuit boards of battery and capacitor leak damage as slightly acidic and with extra fizz to lift off those stubborn deposits.
Perfect will be trying that as having a board to do so will update.
Well my other half will think I have either gone mad or addicted to alcohol🎇
How'd it go?
Wow that's actually a fantastic idea! Please get back to us on your results!
I'm wondering myself, whether the cleaning properties of Moonshine or even IPA improve when they are carbonated.
Your reaction at the end made this the best episode of this so far‼️ 👍🏼
My first foray into spirits when I started drinking was taking a shot of 190 proof Everclear. My stomach cramped for like 5 minutes afterwards. It did work pretty well mixed with other stuff, though.
Ugh. Don’t ever drink it straight. If you don’t dilute it, you’ll regret it.
love these experiments Clive. cheers as always
Ahh that was hysterical. Just the laugh I needed.
That taste test completely sanitised Clive’s mouth. Takes mouthwash to a new level 😊
Now there's an idea - carbonated mouthwash. Would the bubbles make it even more effective?
I adore your carbonation series. It's truly a sign that no matter what, humans will continue to experiment. Will It Blend, Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This, Red Hot Nickle Ball, Hydraulic Press... and now, Big Clive and his Sodastream.
Also, love the the bear pride flag, king!
Don't forget will it soft serve
@@sjmww1235 Never heard of it, but I'll have to check it out!
I am glad to see you taking one for the team in the name of SCIENCE! I laughed so hard at the end I literally hurt myself! Well done good sir, well done!
I didn't expect that! LOL
What if you bring it down to 50% or even 40% to make it non-lethal?
That would effectively be vodka or rum.
@@bigclivedotcom if using the alcohol content to categorize each liquor, then it gets very muddy. There are high proof rum's and vodka's, so does that make those moonshine?
It's the ingredients that matter the most. Authentic shine is known as 'corn likker' to the redneck's in Kentucky.
Now the question is what are the others? Vodka seems to use corn, wheat, and/or potatoes in the mash. Rum is made from sugar cane and/or molasses.
Since every item used in a recipe can alter the flavors, I think these are the biggest factors in classifying alcohol, not the alcohol level itself.
@@bigclivedotcom Rum? But that tastes nice! 🙂
@@bigclivedotcom Ooh, fizzy rum? Pirate Vimto!
The carbonation not the alcohol %
With the proviso that you seemed unharmed at the end of the video, this was one of the funniest things I’ve seen all year. And there was educational content too! Thank you!
That was hilarious! One time *MANY* years ago, a close friend of mine and I decided to be frugal and instead of proper liquor for drinks when going on a double date we bought Moonshine! (I am from Tennessee USA home of "Popcorn Sutton") We bought the finest Orange Juice to mix! I think we had a good time?
We know of him from the tv series, greetings from Ireland👍 🙂🇮🇪
Popcorn says go F yourself!
RIP
Holy crap, that reaction! If I had have been drinking carbonated moonshine while watching you drink carbonated moonshine, it would have come out my nose.
Another great sodastream adventure, tempting me to try this myself lol, though I wonder: cold water holds more carbonation better, does that apply with alcohol?
I think it does.
Intersting. Time to carbonate an ice cube!
@@Zebra_M carbonate dry ice 🤣
I do have a bottle of 96.4% ethanol in the freezer and I do own a Sodastream, now I'm curious...
@@monsterkater For science!
This is exactly why we keep coming back. Glad you do the taste tests so we don't have to. I was looking at a bottle of 190 proof ethyl alcohol in the cupboard we've used for tinctures and the like in the past. Gone is my desire to carbonate it! Thanks Clive!
I'm really looking foward to an tier listing of all the carbontion experiments. This one woukd be an F tier I guess...
Clive - you absolutely ROCK man, had me in stitches at the end - and I do so love the "will it carbonate" vids!!
Hehe, Clive's (upper) fart valve was tested as well.
I would be interested to see how much carbonation something like buckfast could take.
I think I carbonated buckfast.
Your scientific endeavors always brings me joy cheers 🍻
I love you you sternly tell us things are a bad idea. I'm not saying we didn't need this video to know that might be a bad idea. But it sure as hell drove the point home.
Your drawer collection is impressive. I just wish I could read all the labels providing they are named
I think that was the best response possible.
This is fantastic! Finally one can watch moon shine and sparkle on sparkling moonshine while drinking a nightcap of undiluted circuitboard cleaner. Oh and in finnish it's pontikka for moonshine and pirtu if it's 95-96%.
Thank you Clive! That was the best 4 minutes of my day!👍
I'm glad you didn't have any ignition sources nearby with that spit-take!
Thank you Big Cleve for the laugh today I needed it, similar to my experience had shine coming out my nose going down the wrong pipe effect. PJ in O-HI-O, USA
My Nan, who lived in England all her life, called any homemade alcohol, that wasn't wine or beer, the liniment! Probably not the proper name for moonshine in England, but it certainly made an impression on me.
That was comic gold. Definitely your best Sodastream video.
In America, moonshine is also known as white lightning, mountain dew , mulelick, shine, white/corn liquor, white/corn whiskey, pass around, firewater, and bootleg. Be aware that there is also a non-alcoholic soda/fizzy drink brand known as Mountain Dew that was named after the moonshine product due to it being designed originally as cocktail mixer.
There is no letter E in lightning. White lightening would be making something that is white a lighter shade of white.
Highly recommend that you switch from a Soda Stream to a Drink Mate if you want to keep doing this format.
The nozzle is separate from both the device and the bottle so you can clean it, and it has a fast release switch.
I use it to test carbonated cocktails for my bar’s tap cocktail program. Making a whole keg of something is super risky if it won’t sell.
I don't know why I love these SodaStream videos so much. Maybe it because I have and use one often, but don't want to experiment with it. This one is hilarious! I need a screen cap of you coughing/spitting it out.
science sometimes requires sacrifices, thank you Clive for this science!
Thanks for taking one for the team in the name of science
My friend got REAL, backyard brewed Moonshine from one of his clients (he's an animal doctor) and shared some with me, technically the second time I've tried the real homebrewed stuff, first time, the guy was getting fancy and made like an apple cinnamon one and it was actually really good. Second time it was just pure grain alcohol and it also was really good. Basically just Everclear. I now live in the deep south of Mississippi which is only ever so different from the lily white upper class suburbs of chicago.
In the US we have a soft drink called Mountain Dew. I was raised with a passing knowledge of Irish folk tunes, and it's always made me chuckle that Mountain Dew is also a sobriquet for poitin, that stock car racing has its roots in the prohibition-era distribution of moonshine, and that the soft drink brand is a long-time sponsor of NASCAR.
Straight out hooted with laughter at the end there :D Thankyou for doing science so we don't have to, Clive. That would make an excellent circuit-board cleaner for those times you can't use a sonic bath though - slightly acid with carbonation to lift the dirt clear.
Made me howl with laughter - science, silliness, and sound consumer advice there.
I half expected a resounding, "F***ing Hell!" but you kept your cool. We love you, Clive! James and Derek from California ;-)
I used to live near the Lambourn Downs (horse-racing country), where, if you know who to ask, Poitin / Potcheen / Irish moonshine is readily available. Strong stuff indeed and to be treated with much respect.
This be a very nice experiment! Even though the very smell of moonshine makes me look for more "official" options...
I took one look at that title and uncontrollably laughed! Thank you Clive! This is a wonderful experiment.
Weirdly, the science says that carbon dioxide has very low solubility in ethanol, but that's not what you're seeing here. I wonder why this is happening?
You are such a legend Clive, honestly.
I love you dude.
That was HILARIOUS!! In the United States that would be pretty much what Everclear is- a very basic grain Alcohol and it's gotten to be very expensive too. However in Ohio where I live you can only get the 150 proof (75%) version which in reality is plenty strong.
Expensive? Maybe in Ohio. I live in one of the 5 states that have the lowest liquor tax, so not that expensive. But everyone in the states has drinking problem Or not, depending how you look at it?
I remember getting a bottle of190 proof Everclear (aka 95% grain alcohol) back in my late teens. We cut a hole in a watermelon and stuck the neck in the hole to let the everclear diffuse into the flesh of the melon. Two days later and the fumes coming off the melon balls were still flammable. Even with the juice from the watermelon, the fruit was completely inedible.
I literally thought of this today, I wonder if Big Clive has "tested" moonshine yet, I didn't even think of using a legal alternative. Hello and thank you from Cape Breton Island!
Got a suggestion for the next thing to try: have a crack at carbonating absinthe. Not only can you play about with making it fizzy (and seeing if it affects the green->white colour change when water's added), you can give some to your brother and see how he gets on with it.
Now you need to test if this cleans PCB any better than plain "moonshine". Does the bubbling do anything?
Excellent. Big Clive does so we don't have to. You absolute legend.
Well you brightened up my day Clive. What a chuckle!😆
When I was at school (several / many decades ago) I remember the Head of Science (who was primarily a Biology teacher) reciting the mantra “Physics is fun”, probably because those teachers weren’t. Now if we’d had Clive teach physics my life might have been different (and kidneys would have failed years ago)
1:58 thanks for clarifying that it was the pressure release valve, I was a little worried there!..
I bet you can hear the fog, now, Clive
(F) To pay respect, to both Clive and his carpet.
Damn, the sacrifices you make for Science. I salute you, Sir.
Carbonated or not, drinking 70% Ethanol is not a good idea.
Taking the hits so we don't have to; much appreciated, sir.
That was not how I expected it to end! Lol! Nice work, Sir!
This is literally the first time I see your face. The profile picture matches that quite well!
And I tOtAlLy didn't crack up laughing when you spat out the carbonated "moonshine", what gave you that idea?
It reminded me kinda of Tom Scott and the vape...
From what I've had of the real stuff and living in Appalachia, moonshine is closer to a particularly sweet corn based vodka than it is a whiskey. While everyone has their own methodology for strength, most of what I've had tastes around the 100 proof mark. I don't think anyone selling anything actually drinkable goes much higher.
Splendid. I always didn't want to that anyway. Now you can spritz your boards without a pump sprayer. Good luck!
"Oh God, No!" A new Clive standard has been set.
I like the way you atomised that moonshine, good job you had no candles lit
Your bubbly sampling outburst reminds me of my Alpacas, at shearing time :) .
The best part of spitting pure ethanol all over your lab is that it will just evaporate - no extra cleanup needed! It probably also has the side benefit of disinfecting all the surfaces that got "sprayed".
I really feel like you should do this series outdoors, good fun though. Thanks for the content.
Didn't expect that reaction. Still waiting for carbonated Absinthe
The science is hard, but someone's gotta do it. 👍
Can I hear the fog? No, however I do now hear smoke on the water in my head.
I foresee this being quite dangerous if you could swallow it. The CO2 will force the exit sphincter of the stomach to spasm open, and dump the stomach contents into the small intestine, where alcohol is absorbed rapidly. (This is why people can be drinking champagne for some time, and then very abruptly go from quite mildly affected to sloppy drunk. Now imagine the same effect with 140 proof vodka.)
And I think that's the most dramatic response we've seen to Clive sipping something since that time he decided to find out what denatured spirits taste like, although that also took longer. (He didn't spit it out until the bitter additive fought it's way through the alcohol that was probably dissolving his tongue.)
Enjoying the reaction of Clive tasting and getting a volcano.
Awesome finale Clive, now we just need a reaction video with Ralph as tester....please 😁
You should market that drink as "Highland Fog".
I love your Soda Stream experiments. The English do have a word for Moonshine….. we call it ‘CelticBrainRot’ 🤣🤣
This video will/has gone down in history as one of Big Clive's funniest
The difference between screwing around and the scientific process is simple. As long as you record the results, it's science!
Only clicked for the thumbnail. Was not disappointed.
Voice-over, Sir David Attenborough : _It was at the precise moment that Clive took a sip, that he realised why the original bottle had stated to only use the alcohol in mixtures and never pure, as his mouth and lips immediately shrivelled up like dried prunes due to the concentration and the coldness of the alcohol_