Nasty. Still, brown colour is a dead giveaway of NO2 gas.
Nitric Acid (HNO3), i think, reacted with water:
3 NO2 + H2O <--> 2 HNO3 + NO
Or something. Dont think it was the alcohol.
Then again, my last chemistry class was a long time ago.
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