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Old 11-14-2002, 11:54 PM   #3
HotRoddin
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Originally posted by lyonsd
If it was pure, then wouldn't be 200-proof?
technically you're right ... but that last couple percent is water and the only way you can get it out is in a laboratory, so they call 197 proof pure.
The stuff is actually pretty dangerous because its so strong that you can pretty easily kill yourself from alcohol poisoning drinking to much of it to fast.
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