Clear for takeoff: Distiller's vodka-fueled motorcycle sets land-speed record
Raise a glass to Missoula couple's ingenuity.
Vodka
Shakers vodka a close cousin to ethanol in Minnesota
You certainly can drink Shakers vodka, but you might be tempted to pour it in your gas tank.
Ethanol "tastes just like vodka"
Jacek Koziel and Hans van Leeuwen, professors at Iowa State University, are looking to put a new put a new twist on the notion of drinking and driving. The duo has a $79,000 grant from the state-run Grow Iowa Values Fund to develop a cheap process of turning ethanol developed for fuel into a food-grade alcohol which can be used in beverages, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.