I got nerd sniped by 151 being “nearly twice as strong” as 80. Not because 151 isn’t 160, but because you can’t get stronger than pure ethanol at 200 proof. (Other alcohols, additives and dehydrating agents notwithstanding.)
From a certain perspective then, 200 proof would count as infinitely strong, and that’s reflected in the difficulty that exists in distilling pure ethanol. This is a lot like the amount of effort required to reach light speed, so maybe “relativistic” mathematics is required here.
Sooo, from this particular ~reference frame~ perspective, 151 is about “twice” 91 proof, and “twice” 80 proof is about 138, assuming I haven’t messed up the calculations.
And if my even sketchier algebra is right, 151 proof is about 2.324 “times” 80 proof.
(This would have been a lot funnier if 151 had turned out to be exactly “twice” 80 under this system, but alas it is not.)
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I got nerd sniped by 151 being “nearly twice as strong” as 80. Not because 151 isn’t 160, but because you can’t get stronger than pure ethanol at 200 proof. (Other alcohols, additives and dehydrating agents notwithstanding.)
From a certain perspective then, 200 proof would count as infinitely strong, and that’s reflected in the difficulty that exists in distilling pure ethanol. This is a lot like the amount of effort required to reach light speed, so maybe “relativistic” mathematics is required here.
Sooo, from this particular ~reference frame~ perspective, 151 is about “twice” 91 proof, and “twice” 80 proof is about 138, assuming I haven’t messed up the calculations.
And if my even sketchier algebra is right, 151 proof is about 2.324 “times” 80 proof.
(This would have been a lot funnier if 151 had turned out to be exactly “twice” 80 under this system, but alas it is not.)