Brown 1 gallon jugs

[cimbaliw]

Growing up, my neighbor's dad used to make country fruit wine. Yesterday I stopped by and was gifted 8-1gallon jugs. My neighbor said he has always been curious as to what anyone would need 200 proof alcohol for. I thought perhaps medical specimens? Images below.

 

[sour_grapes]

It is a common solvent used in chemistry research.

 

[cimbaliw]

Thanks. After the post I did a search and quickly found... (probably should have done that first eh )

For nucleic acid purification and precipitation.
Ultrapure molecular biology grade ethanol is used for the purification and precipitation of biomolecules such as nucleic acids and proteins.
It is also used in histology to prepare staining and destaining reagents and for dehydrating tissues prior to embedding.
Ethyl Alcohol