Ethanol or any denatured alcohol for OHN
Hi everyone,
I'm starting to prepare OHN and I was wondering if any denatued alcohol (90% or 96%) can be used while making OHN.
I can get this sort of alcohol easily and way cheaper than vodka, whisky or other commercially available alcohols.
Thanks
Top answer
NO
-Denatured alcohol is ethanol with additives or chemicals that make it taste bad or smell bad so that nobody drinks it. Remember, ethanol is poisonous if it is consumed in large quantities, so ingredients such as methyl ethyl ketone, acetone, and denatonium are added to make sure that doesn’t happen.-
first we have to remember is in KNF if u cant eat it dont use it IMO excluded (dont eat IMO) also in the recipe it calls for a 70 proof only about 35% alcohol this is to tincture the herbs properly and not strip n burn the materiel im sure theres a number of reason as to y its done this way tincturing herbs has been done for 100s of yrs id guess that most mistakes have already been made and the process is pretty sound
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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Drake says OHN needs alcohol above 35%, because it drives the compounds into the cell. (Office Hours Ep. 12, 1:07:17) He says any hard alcohol over 35% works, and to avoid something as strong as Everclear. (Office Hours Ep. 51, 26:05)
The sources differ on the range. Cho's literature calls for 35% alcohol or higher. (Office Hours Ep. 13, 26:15) The brewing steps say to top the jar with 30-35% alcohol. (Office Hours Ep. 60, 29:24)
The Student's Manual fills the jars with vodka or other alcohol. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 25)
The library does not cover denatured alcohol. It also says nothing about diluting 90% or 96% spirit down to this range.
Sources
- 1:07:17 Office Hours Ep. 12 (Dec 2021) — Desert IMO Collection, Lawn Biochar, WCA Bone Ratios · “you need alcohol above 35% because it drives the compounds into the cell”
- 26:05 Office Hours Ep. 51 (Oct 2022) — OHN Pour-Off Ratio, FPJ Squeezing, Maltose Recipe · “any hard alcohol over 35% works; avoid something as strong as Everclear”
- 29:24 Office Hours Ep. 60 (Dec 2022) — Master Cho's OHN Recipe, Herb Ratios, and Pig Deep Litter · “topping with 30-35% alcohol for ten to fourteen days”
- 26:15 Office Hours Ep. 13 (Jan 2022) — OHN Pour-Off Ratios, KNF Sprayers, Piglet Diarrhea · “Cho's literature calls for 35% alcohol or higher”
- p. 25 Student's Manual, Basic Course · “Fill all 6 jars with vodka (or other alcohol), nearly to the top”
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Jan 24, 2022
Thanks for your answer. I didn’t like much the idea of using this kind of alcohol, but I thought maybe someone was already using it successfully.
About the % of alcohol, that wasn’t a problem, if it was an acceptable solution, I would’ve diluted it to get 35/40%.
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