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A drop of whiskey vs bacteria [01:01] (v.redd.it)
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[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: Former socialist countries like East Germany used to use some kind of phenolic smelling cleaning fluid. I smelled that shit every time I crossed the border to East Berlin at Friedrichstraße. A decade later, I had my first Islay malt which had a really similar smell... it was super weird.

To this day, I cannot drink a Laphroaig without being reminded of those times.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was 0.5% phenol, also sold as Dettol. The most potent surface antibacterial.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting. I never knew what they actually used. I had never encountered that smell in West Berlin at the time. And certainly not since the wall came down. Thanks for solving this mystery. 🙂