Two spellings here. Is that Ethanol? That's booze, isn't it? You can drink it, but it is 100%, compared with whisky at 40%, and you just can't taste it mixed in beer.
Been there, had that done to me, at a chemical-packers Christmas party. VERY quickly VERY drunk, no real hangover. If you got what I got and tried to drive home, you would be LUCKY to be breathalysed. I went from dancing to not being able to walk in 15 mins.