my biology teacher in 9th grade told me a story that he had some kids chug the hand sanitizer because they thought it contained, well, alcohol.they were rushed to the hospital immediately after.
not fermented, but aged.Its stuff unless you let it age.
well it does technically i guess (methanol)its just a lot more lethal
almost all ethanol products on the market are denatured. denatured ethanol is ethanol that's been contaminated with trace chemicals rendering it unfit for consumption- perhaps it's too disgusting, but usually it's also outright toxic. the reason these hard-to-remove chemicals are added? consumable alcohol gets alcohol tax.
you can distill rubbing alcohol using readily available lab kits and remove all non-ethanol ingredients