yoda wrote: absolute ethanol food grade is 194 proof or 97% nasty stuff, where did you find 200 proof? almost impossible for food grade to be 100, reflux 97% with sulfuric acid with calcium oxide for hours and it is not 100% 2 oz drunk in an hour will kill extremely flammable - be very very careful Everclear is 195 proof and cost me US$10 for a bottle at the Champions Liqour store On FM 1960 in Houston Texas last year. Its probably Cheaper and safer to buy a bottle of Pure Cap (tm)- no affiliation.. I have done the Alcohol extraction method , and was not impressed with the outcome, As Jim Cambell says ":Don't do this" .. Evaporate the Alcohol rather than boiling it.... _________________________________________________________________ Luke in Oz