[btreecat]

> Rather you discard the heads and the tails from a fractioning still because that's where stuff that isn't ethanol comes out.

This is also incorrect. It comes out throughout the distillation process, with a higher % concentration in the tails, but an over all reduced volume due to lower % distillate.

> Someone suffering methanol poisoning from DIY distillation is equivalent to someone landing in the hospital after failing to cook his chicken all the way through.

It's more like taking raw packs of chicken and rubbing your eyes. That has to be intentional.