After Drake Everclear Incident, New Rules for Highly Concentrated Alcohol in Iowa
At the end of February, the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Commission (IABC) met at the University of Iowa to make a formal recommendation on the fate of grain alcohol in the state of Iowa after a Drake University student nearly died from Everclear overconsumption. The recommendation included four parts: consider drafting a rule to require registration for highly concentrated alcohols (called HCAs, these consist of at least 50 percent alcohol, meaning they're greater than 100 proof), limit HCAs to one listed size, limit listed products to no higher than 151 proof, and investigate opportunities for ...
Everclear Alcohol Incident at Drake University May Lead to Ban in Iowa
What started as a typical Saturday night for a Drake University student turned into a life-threatening nightmare when he drank so much of a potent liquor called Everclear that his blood-alcohol content hit .50, six times the legal limit of .08. Nathan Erickson, a freshman pledge of Drake University's Phi Delta Theta fraternity, spent the evening of Nov. 7, 2009, drinking 151-proof Everclear at an unofficial frat house referred to as "The Carter." Early Sunday he was found passed out on the couch by Alexander Timm, a Phi Delta Theta resident, who was returning home from a night of bartending. ...
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