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DIY wine produce methanol, dangerous life
2014-08-26 16:05:18

 

    Went to the wines of the season, however, the recent one "easy to drink wine brewed methanol poisoning," the news on the Internet are frequently forwarded, so that some try to "DIY" wine people fear. Public Wang said some time ago he bought a few pounds of fresh grapes, stuffed the two cans of wine, you can open cans seeing taste, "toxic" to say let him become more worried. 
     Since people drink wine suspect poisoning 
     Recently, Lee Street, Zhucheng Tobu brewed drink wine because almost an accident. According to Mr. Lee recalled, a few days ago, he drank some home-brewed wine that evening suddenly felt rapid heartbeat, chest tightness, and blurred vision. Family found his body trembling, his lips purple, immediately call the 120 emergency call, he rushed to the hospital. After treatment, Mr. Lee body was better. Doctors diagnosed him because of the excessive drinking of wine caused by methanol poisoning. According to reports, methanol does damage to the central nervous system, affecting the brain dominant feature, and also have adverse effects on the liver. 
     Brewed wine really will produce methanol it? Experts said that brewed wine during fermentation, if on the environment, temperature control is not good, it is indeed possible methanol exceeded. 
     Not all of methanol exceeded brewed wines 
     Today, the house wine is very popular, but the reporter asked several wine enthusiasts, and said I do not know will produce methanol, methanol removal process does not use. 
     According to the staff Zhucheng Food and Drug Testing Center presentation, not all will produce excessive methanol brewed wine, mainly to see the environmental controls. Large companies generally are in a fully enclosed environment brewing, under normal circumstances, the possibility of methanol is small. But the home environment may produce a lot of bacteria, but with grape have a great relationship, as long as there is bacteria invade contaminated, it could produce methanol. If grape mildew, will produce methanol. Wine fermentation process, in fact, fructose is converted to process alcohol, in the role of pectinase or thermal decomposition may also generate methanol. Environmental control well, will be very small amount of methanol produced, not harmful, but the family is often brewed limited conditions, the majority of home-brewed wine process is not the process of methanol and fusel oil is removed, so the self-brew when the system and drinking should be careful to avoid such toxic and hazardous substances to cause any harm. 
     Unfit to drink 
     Methanol is one of the main components of industrial alcohol is a toxic and hazardous chemicals, fake liquor past events that methanol to blame. It is rapidly absorbed by the digestive tract can lead to blindness and even death. However, there are ways to reduce the generation of methanol
     Experts advise, do not use tape while grape wine brewed moldy, mildew will produce large amounts of methanol, in addition, should juice brewed brewed wine, add water or add wine are wrong. 
     Also note that brewed wine fermentation process will produce a lot of gas, it is best to prevent the growth of bacteria in emphasis added potassium sulfite, pectinase. However, considering the home-brewed environment, experts recommend the public is best not to self winemaking. 
     Some people think that drinking wine brewed up more confidence, in fact, this view is wrong. Although affordable brewed wine, but there are some security risks does not fit to drink.