70%? I've got a bottle of 98% at home...
It's nice, but it fucks you up. Srsly
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 19:21, 1 reply)

No you haven't.
Well, to clarify, you might have but it's either a)98% proof so actually 49% ABV or b) the label on the bottle is total bullshit.

You can't have a distilled neutral spirit higher than about 95% because ethanaol and water forms an azeotropic mixture. The only way to get higher concentrations of ethanol, the sort of stuff we use in the lab, is to drive the remaining water off in a vacuum distillation with benzene (or something similar). So, yeah, 98% ethanol is possible. It's just it'd be 2% benzene as well, and it srsly would fuck you up, you'd be dead in seconds.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 13:12, closed)

Apologies, 89% not 98.
I'm pretty sure the label says 89.9% ABV though.

Hapsburg Hardcore
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 13:57, closed)

haha, I wasn't looking for an apology.
Simply establishing LIES ON THE INTERNET is all I need ;)

As an aside, anything that strong does become a fairly pointless drink. Since botanicals in spirits are carried in both the water and the alcohol, by taking it up to that level you're effectively removing half your flavour. I believe the strongest freely available spirit is Everclear 190, which is dead on 95% ABV. But since Everclear has, effectively, no flavour, that doesn't really matter.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 14:05, closed)

I had a bottle of that once.
Potent stuff. A shot of that with the flaming sugar trick is a far more effective wake up call than red bull could ever be.
(Woodlouse say it with flowers. Send her a Triffid, Wed 20 Feb 2013, 18:22, closed)