Post #766887 by AceExplorer on Mon, Aug 1, 2016 9:28 AM

On 2016-08-01 08:36, Jeff Bannow wrote:
The 166 proof McCormick burns better than 190 proof grain alcohol, so there's something else going on there.

Interesting! I wouldn't have guessed that, thanks for sharing. It also makes me wonder what "lemon extract" actually contains besides alcohol. Is it the oil from the yellow part of the skin? I think it is, and the alcohol is somehow used to dissolve and help leach the oil out of the lemon skins. There are a bunch of "how to make lemon extract at home" articles in Google, but I don't have time to drill down into those now.

I made a list of things to test-burn a couple of years ago, then because taking pictures was kind of a hassle at the time, set it aside and ended up forgetting all about it. I think when I find that list, I'll make the tests, just so we have that data posted here for the benefit of others. And cuz its fun to make some zombies and burn stuff! ha...