Ethanol Molecule beer T-shirt
by Tom Warin
(Salem, MA)
Ethanol Molecule beer T-shirt
(ThinkGeek)
Celebrate the cruel geometry of intoxication, laid out for all the world to see, in this offering from the expert shirtologists at ThinkGeek.
It is true that there are other alcohols, but none have captured the human imagination as much as ethyl alcohol, aka ethanol. Such is our commitment to the production of this molecule that some have suggested that human beings are merely an ethanol molecule's way of making more ethanol molecules.
The layout of this sworn enemy of sobriety was first mapped in 1808 by Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure, a date that this Ethanol Molecule beer T-shirt proudly commemorates. Is it true that seeing the formula for this infamous molecule can drive men insane? No. It is not even a little bit true.
Other compounds in beer have occasionally stolen the limelight from ethanol. We love the flavinoids for their cancer-fighting prowess. Isomerized hop alpha-acids provide our favorite beverage with the bitter edge that we crave. A host of aromatics seduce our nostrils with their beguiling scent.
But in the end, without ethanol, beer would be nothing more than hop-flavored soda pop. Go Team Ethanol!




