Comment by someothherguyy
1 day ago
> Do those larger alcohol compounds have known downsides similar to ethanol (e.g. carcinogenicity)?
From a cursory search, yes. It is more toxic than ethanol, even in gross terms like LD50.
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/isoamylol#section=...
Longer alcohols also contribute a lot to hangovers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusel_alcohol?useskin=vector
Nice, so we can have a beer that doesn't get us drunk, but does give a hangover?
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