The alcohol is surprisingly persistent in the viscous residue. Varnish behaves like this. The solvent in varnish would evaporate completely (open dish, no heat) in an hour. But entrained in the varnish, it’ll take a week or longer before the thin layer of varnish is no longer tacky.
That doesn’t mean much. As Annie said, you want food or USP grade. We used that in our labs. The good stuff always has a Federal tax stamp.
Except on a military base.
Good to know!
I paid less then $30 for 1.75L of 190 Everclear.
Yup! I get mine at the local base, too.
5-6 years ago you could still order 190 everclear online for 35$ a half gallon.
A lot of places have banned any alcohol greater than 151 proof to "protect" people.
The grocery discounts on bases aren't nearly as big as they used to be. When I was in the military in the 90s I remember being able to buy a carton of Newports at the commissary for $11 which was less than half the price of a carton off-base. I don't smoke anymore, but I picked up a carton at the commissary last week for my wife, and the price was about the same as off-base ($94).
We could really use an eye roll emoji they don't have it at Edwards. I usually have to pick it up on the rare occasion I drive to Port Hueneme.
They are trying to disincentivize smoking. I find overall I save 30% or more over off base food purchases. IMO that and our medical insurance seem to be our most valuable benefits.
Another method to try to get people to quit, and a source of easy profits. I make smokes for us now.
You would be wiser to use that, regardless of the cost.
Sin tax
As long as they make windfall profits you can have your poison. That only made sense to me if that tax was put into an account to pay for smoking related illness. So yup I am with you on the obscene profit motive.
You should ask if they can special order it, it's not like they don't have access to it.
I did ask and was told they have lists they can order off of depending on the class of commissary. Apparently having a Class 6 in the back of the Stop n Rob doesn't get you the better liquors. I enjoy the trip to Hueneme it's lovely out there. Oh and they had it at Vandenberg too, go figure.
Yeah, that's what I figured. I remember back in the 90s AAFES threw a fit because the commissary was selling cartons of cigarettes for way less than the base exchange was able to so the commisaries were forced to raise their prices to make it "fair" to AAFES. Medical is definitely the best benefit. I go to the VA for all my medical needs still because, even with medical insurance, everything is so ridiculously expensive that it makes no sense for me to not use the free care I get from the VA.
Ours is in the BX. I'm surprised with the number of people on Edwards they can't order it, Beale is a lot less populated.
I don't know what's up with their choices. But I can get it from NEX and it's a nice trip.
I know, that was my old stomping grounds. There used to be a really good seafood restaurant on the edge of the harbor there, but that was decades ago.
