We are going to Vietnam this year for holiday and I’ve read horror stories of poorly distilled alcohol in cocktails and such. Several tourists have died from methanol poisoning.

Would it be feasible to build a small detector for methanol? I’m okay with either a small chemical identification test or something like an IR spectrum analysis.

There are commercial test kits for professional laboratories but I need something affordable for regular consumers.

  • Jerkface (any/all)
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    2 days ago

    Man, if I were half a planet away from home in a government and policing regime I didn’t understand, in a foreign culture, the last thing I would be doing is getting intoxicated, let alone getting so drunk I risked dying.