Every day, the demand for expensive and elite drinks is growing. As a result of this, a lot of fakes appeared on the market, the use of which often leads to severe poisoning. As a rule, counterfeit is quite tolerable alcohol. But at the same time, many pay for it, as for elite alcohol. So how to distinguish singed alcohol?
Where to buy alcohol
You can protect yourself from poisoning only by carefully approaching the choice of alcoholic beverages. Such products should be bought exclusively at those organizations that have the appropriate rights and certificates. Most often, singed alcohol is sold by private individuals who make it themselves. However, some types of alcohol can be sold not only by certain companies, but also by individual entrepreneurs. Such drinks should include mead, cider, beer and so on.
You should buy alcohol exclusively at stationary retail outlets. When buying, the seller must give a check. It should be preserved if the quality of the product is in doubt. Other points of sale of beverages containing alcohol are illegal. You should not buy alcohol through online stores, as well as with hands.
Price is the best guide
Singed alcohol is often bottled from elite and expensive alcohol. It is very difficult to distinguish by color or smell when buying. Therefore, in the first place it is worth paying attention to the cost of the product. Agree, a bottle of good whiskey or cognac cannot cost no more than 500 rubles. Often, such products can be seen even in small stalls. It just can't be.
Of course, remembering all the features of packaging of elite varieties of alcoholic beverages is not so simple. In addition, in a large assortment it is very difficult for a person who rarely drinks alcohol to navigate.
Stickers and Excise Stamps
If necessary, you can request alcohol certificates from the seller. However, if you are not a professional merchandiser, you are unlikely to understand the submitted papers. Particular attention should be paid to excise stamps and stickers. You should pay attention to this even when buying elite alcohol in supermarkets and specialty stores.
Excise stamp is a kind of quality guarantee. In order not to buy alcohol singed, always ask for a check. You simply will not be punched for counterfeiting.
What could be in the bottle
Poisoned alcohol poisoning is very difficult. Often after consuming such drinks, death occurs. Therefore, when choosing alcohol should be careful. Of course, if the bottle was just vodka, filled with burnt sugar, then such a product does not pose a great danger.
However, there are situations when methanol is sold under the guise of elite alcohol. This is a very dangerous product. In fact, methanol is a wood or methyl alcohol, which belongs to the category of technical fluids. This is a very dangerous and terrible poison. Because of him, people become disabled or die. Methyl alcohol is practically no different from ordinary. It is impossible to detect the presence of this substance in a drink even after opening the bottle. In color and taste, methanol resembles ordinary alcohol.
The first signs of poisoning: severe weakness, nausea, dizziness, pain throughout the body, slowed breathing and palpitations, coma, in which a person does not respond to irritants.
Effective methods
Singe alcohol is very difficult to distinguish from the present. However, there are several proven methods:
- To start, set the drink on fire. Ethyl alcohol burns with a blue flame, and wood alcohol with a green flame.
- If the alcohol is clear, then fresh potatoes can be thrown into it. In ethyl alcohol, it will remain white, and in methyl alcohol it will acquire a pinkish tint.
- You can lower the heated wire into a container with a drink. Ethyl alcohol will not smell, while methyl alcohol will sharply smell formaldehyde.