You’d have to run industrial scale distilling to get enough methanol off sugar fermentation to be dangerous.
Locals told the AP they suspected a popular herbal drink with high alcohol content, known as “Monkey Tail,” was mixed with methanol, causing the deaths.
A trader who sells the concoction in Odigbo, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being arrested, told the AP there are two versions of Monkey Tail: an original, safe version, and another version which is unsafe.
You’d have to run industrial scale distilling to get enough methanol off sugar fermentation to be dangerous.