Hey guys, this is something I've been curious about for a long time now. My best friend told me awhile back that you could take Vladmir Vodka and run it through a nice clean coffee machine + filter, and it comes out as Grey Goose. For those who are sub 21, or those who don't drink, that means taking shi[/i]tty vodka, and converting it into quite expensive vodka.
Anyways, I took it as a myth, until I started hearing more and more people saying it. So, i was wondering if any of you know anything about distillation processes, or whether or not this is fake. Seems like a nice way to get decent vodka for darn cheap if it's real - however I lack the vodka, coffee machine, and motivation to try right now.
[i]Edited, Mon Jan 17 09:25:28 2005 by scubamage
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Edited, Mon Jan 17 09:30:15 2005 by Atomicflea
Edited, Mon Jan 17 09:30:15 2005 by Atomicflea
Awesome, thank you guys! :)
Now I wonder if it works for banker's club, lol.
Edited, Mon Jan 17 09:31:59 2005 by scubamage
Now I wonder if it works for banker's club, lol.
Edited, Mon Jan 17 09:31:59 2005 by scubamage
lol one thought about the observations of how "smooth" or "less disgusting" the vodka became after multiple filterings/shots: "duh". ditch the brita and buy a couple more bottles of that shizzle, same effect :p
To distill liquor you first need a fermented mashed grain (or other fruit/vegetable) mixture. It's production is similar to beer. For the distilling process,the mixture is heated about 170 degrees farenhieght(sp?). This temperature is high enough to vaporize alcohol but low enough not to vaporize water. The alcohol vapor is then put into another cooling vat where it goes back to a liquid state. The resultin mixture has less congeners and water, in proportion to alcohol, than the previous mixture. This process is repeated several times until the desired proof and purity is reached. Unfortunately, you need a liscence to distill liquor, unlike beer and wine making, an the DEA is a total *****.
Personally, I don't think the coffee maker would do anything but add a layer of filter paper. As far as I understand, a coffee maker filters hot water through ground coffee beans and some of the grains issolve into the water. If you had several beakers and a few feet of tubing you might be able to do it.
should I use breaks on this?
Personally, I don't think the coffee maker would do anything but add a layer of filter paper. As far as I understand, a coffee maker filters hot water through ground coffee beans and some of the grains issolve into the water. If you had several beakers and a few feet of tubing you might be able to do it.
should I use breaks on this?
i see some cheap lemon drops in my future
Myth.
Just FYI, any taste or imperfections in a quality vodka are in your imagination. The supposed lack of taste is a hook to get you pay big bucks for something which is no different than your average Smirnoff or run-of-the-mill vodka.
Totem
Just FYI, any taste or imperfections in a quality vodka are in your imagination. The supposed lack of taste is a hook to get you pay big bucks for something which is no different than your average Smirnoff or run-of-the-mill vodka.
Totem
Gee thanks.
I can't take these guys on their word so you've doomed me to yet another weekend of drunken 'adventure.'
I can't take these guys on their word so you've doomed me to yet another weekend of drunken 'adventure.'
Well, T, I can assure you that if you tie one on with your buddies using a coffee filter as a drink dispenser, you'll be hitting the bathroom faster than shi[i][/i]t goes through a Grey Goose. That much I can promise you.
Totem
Totem
Sounds pretty adventurous, at least.
With a coffee maker? No. With a Brita, that uses charcoal in it's filter? Yes.
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Myth.
Just FYI, any taste or imperfections in a quality vodka are in your imagination. The supposed lack of taste is a hook to get you pay big bucks for something which is no different than your average Smirnoff or run-of-the-mill vodka.
Totem
Just FYI, any taste or imperfections in a quality vodka are in your imagination. The supposed lack of taste is a hook to get you pay big bucks for something which is no different than your average Smirnoff or run-of-the-mill vodka.
Totem
You have never tried Kettle One.
I submit that if you take house vodka, Grey Goose, Smirnoff, and any other brand out there, pour them into unmarked shot glasses, and ask a drinker to identify the maker, he'd not be able to do it except by guessing. Especially if the vodka is chilled sufficiently.
Totem
Totem
The science behind the brita filter explains it. I'm thinking they're not talking about actually taking shots of the vodka, but rather tasting it along the same way as you'd taste wine. If you're just going to shoot the alcohol it really doesn't matter what you get.. Vlad is fine.
However if you're going to be making a nicer mixed drink or something (a vodka martini comes to mind), a better tasting Vodka would probobly make a difference.
However if you're going to be making a nicer mixed drink or something (a vodka martini comes to mind), a better tasting Vodka would probobly make a difference.
I can attest to the poor quality of cheap vodkas. Russeika, in particular. I can promise you that I can differentiate between that and Grey Goose.
I'm going to take a three day weekend coming up and I think I'll repeat this experiment. Enquiring minds want to know.
I'm going to take a three day weekend coming up and I think I'll repeat this experiment. Enquiring minds want to know.
Granted, if the vodka still has chunks of potatos floating around in it you'll likely taste the difference, but for any grocery store shelf quality vodka it's just a marketing scheme to bilk drinkers from their hard earned money-- especially for a layman who is going to mix it with other substances and liquors. Now if the person consuming the booze is drinking it neat and is a discriminating vodka-snob, then perhaps a quality vodka can be picked out from the bathtub varieties, but ordinarily, no.
The funny thing is, most vodka manufacturers actually add substances to their product to give it flavor, so as to appeal to the typical drinker. And no, I'm not talking about the citruses and vanillas and whatnot, but in the plain vodka so that it has some form of taste that the drinker can identify with, much like bottled water manufacterers. The sodiums and other minerals give both an indistinct and unobtrusive taste.
Totem
The funny thing is, most vodka manufacturers actually add substances to their product to give it flavor, so as to appeal to the typical drinker. And no, I'm not talking about the citruses and vanillas and whatnot, but in the plain vodka so that it has some form of taste that the drinker can identify with, much like bottled water manufacterers. The sodiums and other minerals give both an indistinct and unobtrusive taste.
Totem
Me pissing or shooting a wad of Totem-juice into your vodka-- that'd be obtrusive. Minor additives like imperfections not leeched out by osmosis or filtering are unobtrusive.
See the difference? Assuming you see my spooge floating around like a hunk of phlegm in your shot glass, then yes, I imagine you would...
Totem
See the difference? Assuming you see my spooge floating around like a hunk of phlegm in your shot glass, then yes, I imagine you would...
Totem
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Granted, if the vodka still has chunks of potatos
Dan Quayle?
Yeah, you'd prolly taste the vodka if you had bits of Danny floating in the swill too...
Totem
Totem
definitly need to check this out; vodka consumption will be reaching its high point when the in-laws come to visit
Bah...Vodka's for pus[/i]sies. Get some real sh[i]it like Jagermeister or Goldschlager or anything else German.
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