I will let it infuse for a bit, first taste did not have a strong flavor, just not plain cheap vodka taste.
Internet version is to soak popped corn in vodka for a few weeks.
Back in my youth I was taught that the way to judge the quality of vodka is to rub some on the back of your hand, let it evaporate and if there is no residual smell it is good enough to drink.
Of course that didn't work on Zubrowka with the bison grass in it but at the time that was by far the cheapest alcohol available.
Of course that didn't work on Zubrowka with the bison grass in it but at the time that was by far the cheapest alcohol available.
Yupp, National Public Radio did a bit on this a few years back. Most US vodka comes from the same EtOH refinery and it's diluted down to drinkable.
I remember using anhydrous EtOH in a grad course in organic chemistry, but can't remotely remember the experiment!
I have never understood the idea of premium vodka, after the first sip they all taste the same when drinking it straight. Most times it is used with something else from fruit to a Martini and then I suspect not much matters.
Back when I leased background music tape players to restaurants vodka made a great head cleaner.
Back when I leased background music tape players to restaurants vodka made a great head cleaner.
People with Much Experience have assured me very sincerely, that different brands of vodka produce different magnitudes of hangover. The loudmouth whose opinions I trust the most, promises that the inexpensive Scandinavian brand in the blue bottle ("look for a pair of Ys") gives the least hangovers per percentage of ethyl alcohol.
I'm sure everyone remembers that Proof = 2 * Alcohol_by_volume .. thus "151 Rum" is 75.5% alcohol by volume. It's a mathematical fact.
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I'm sure everyone remembers that Proof = 2 * Alcohol_by_volume .. thus "151 Rum" is 75.5% alcohol by volume. It's a mathematical fact.
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As someone who has processed a fair share of corn squeezins, I can tell you that there are differences.
The amount of runs is one thing that matters.......those iconic X’s you see on the jugs reference how many times it’s run through.
Limiting fusel oils is another factor......those that try to wring every drop will result in ‘popskull’ liquor due to the high fusel oil content.
There’s rushed ‘sellin’ liquor and then there’s ‘drinkin’ liquor.......big difference, but both start the same way, it’s all in the details.
The amount of runs is one thing that matters.......those iconic X’s you see on the jugs reference how many times it’s run through.
Limiting fusel oils is another factor......those that try to wring every drop will result in ‘popskull’ liquor due to the high fusel oil content.
There’s rushed ‘sellin’ liquor and then there’s ‘drinkin’ liquor.......big difference, but both start the same way, it’s all in the details.
Recall the movie "The Flim Flam Man" -- George C. Scott 1967 -- an itinerant hustler of corn likker and bibles.
Westerhall "Jack Iron" rum comes in at 70% ABV, but apparently there is a version only available in Carriacou that is labeled 99% ABV. See Carriacou Jack Iron Rum 99% Proof! | Tan Rosie Caribbean Food Blog
I don't recommend that and never saw any there, the 70% is OK but lacks the character of a saner rum. In a tiny bar in Carriacou I ordered a "Jack" and the proprietor pulled a bottle of unknown provenance from under the bar, it was pretty good and definitely strong.
You need to pick the next one
https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalo...Insite-_-prodRecCold_xviews-_-prodRecCold10-2
I seriously doubt $5.99/5th vodka is required to be reagent grade anywhere. There are always cogeners present depending on starting product. I could tell Absolute from Stoli blind 100% of the time.
Vodka from different manufacturers has a different taste. Moreover, even with one manufacturer, but produced in different parts of the same country, the taste can also vary significantly. I myself prefer wine and will gladly buy non-alcoholic wines if they start to be produced and sold widely.
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Thanks for grabbing the link.
Yeah I was too lazy to click around for the 200 proof stuff at 99.9x% purity, although I'll probably have a bottle or 3 of it in a cabinet next to me at work. At least here in CA (for another couple weeks before heading north), alcohol taxes are so low (now that's a rarity) that it's not worth even entertaining shenanigans. Never been much of a connoisseur of vodka -- not even sure I've had it straight! Always for infusions/cocktails/etc, where any subtleties would be lost.
Right not like wine (magnums = 2 bottles). We buy spirits only for holiday family gatherings.
I bought one of these for $23 at Costco just yesterday. The big box liquor store down the street sells it for $30. The gourmet independent grocery store, where you can buy caviar all year round and not just in the last two weeks of December, sells it for $35.
Doing some Negroni experiments.
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Doing some Negroni experiments.
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