Quote Originally Posted by ShlupQuack View Post
That's not a theory, it's a hypothesis.
My post is not a hypothesis. It has viability in pactice as I have sampled 40%v/v alcohol in a lab in cork using a micro-pipette, a number of sterilized beakers. And a GC-MS for safety. So no not a hypothesis. A basic Theory. Just not published.

Quote Originally Posted by Aerith's Knight View Post
And a very sketchy one at that, seeing as the glass is drained, surface tension plays a far greater role than polar bonds.

But then again, it is a chemist's hypothesis, so what do you expect.
Hey Chemistry is as much an intrinsic science as physics. And even in bead form, inter-molecular forces play a role so alcohol directed polarity will still exist in a drained glass. As you should know if physics was so important to you!