Source: I was poor in college and had the misfortune of dancing with Karkov on more than one occasion.
For those of you who have never had the misfortune (it only comes in plastic bottles): https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/karkov+vodka+usa
Source: I was poor in college and had the misfortune of dancing with Karkov on more than one occasion.
For those of you who have never had the misfortune (it only comes in plastic bottles): https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/karkov+vodka+usa
typically from cutting the heads too shallow. ethanol's boiling point is 173ºF, where the alcohol that is giving you your headache is lower. cutting the heads (or lower evaporating alcohol) too shallow gives you more of that alcohol.
now, as to taste, I disagree a little bit with the gp post in that enough complex sugars also make it out in that slurry if you're using a pot still (even triple distilling), or even using a reflux still, that there can be a marked taste difference between "neutral" spirits.
source: I've made quite a lot of vodka (most of which has been turned into gin)
My assumption here is because gin tastes good. :grin:
their whiskey was world-class. shame they never sold any of it without blending it into their product. thankfully the distillery did after it was sold, and ended up being some amazing product.
>(c) Class 3; gin. “Gin” is a product obtained by original distillation from mash, or by redistillation of distilled spirits, or by mixing neutral spirits, with or over juniper berries and other aromatics, or with or over extracts derived from infusions, percolations, or maceration of such materials, and includes mixtures of gin and neutral spirits. It shall derive its main characteristic flavor from juniper berries and be bottled at not less than 80° proof. Gin produced exclusively by original distillation or by redistillation may be further designated as “distilled”. “Dry gin” (London dry gin), “Geneva gin” (Hollands gin), and “Old Tom gin” (Tom gin) are types of gin known under such designations.
>i) Class 9; ... flavored vodka, ... “flavored vodka,” ... vodka, to which have been added natural flavoring materials, with or without the addition of sugar, and bottled at not less than 60° proof. The name of the predominant flavor shall appear as a part of the designation. If the finished product contains more than 2 1/2 percent by volume of wine, the kinds and precentages by volume of wine must be stated as a part of the designation, except that a flavored brandy may contain an additional 12 1/2 percent by volume of wine, without label disclosure, if the additional wine is derived from the particular fruit corresponding to the labeled flavor of the product.
Can you explain that a bit? I thought alcohol is ethanol. C2H6O. And headaches in bad stuff comes from bad distilling ethanol, so different (even dangerous) byproducts like methyl alcohol can be inside that make you feel bad.
ethanol is an alcohol, but not all alcohol is ethanol.
an apple is a pome, not all pome are apples.
amyl (isobutyl carbinol: C5H12O) alcohol is also an alcohol, that has a boiling point of 131.6ºF - that means it comes in the heads (lower temperatures). methanol comes in at 148ºF.
other alcohols come in the tails, but typically have more of an oily texture to them.
coming from a language where "pomme" is the translation of "apple"... wat ?
can't win them all.
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-an-apple-called-a-false-fruit
E.g. a strawberry is not a berry, but a pineapple or a banana is a berry. A pepper, cucumber, pumpkin, or squash is a fruit. An apple or pear is not.
Pomme frites -- "french fries"
Not all pomme are apples. Sometimes they're potatoes.
(Though this could be utterly irrelevant and have nothing whatsoever to do with what was intended by the GP.)
bear in mind that there are other substances that ALSO boil around 80c-90c and that fermentation of a given substance or mixture or solution of substances will be varying byproducts (from your ethanol-questing perspective...)
the sheer notion of distillation being some precise and quantized quantifiable process is likely suspect...
think of cooking, and how the ingredient list is only part of how a given dish may turn out...
a column, typically a reflux still, is generally what is used, yes. it provides a much higher alcohol concentration to be extracted in one single pass. at highest efficiency, you'll get 95% alcohol as a return.
you can also make multiple (5-10) passes in a pot still to get the same purity, it's just nowhere near as efficient (because of the multiple runs).
[0]: http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2006/04/episode_50_bullets_fired_...
To me that was quite telling.
personally, I prefer monopolowa, but it's mostly personal preference at that point - but I find the price of $19.95 is a little more palatable (wow, it was $9.95 last time I bought some!)
Let's be honest, ethanol gives you a hangover. Your body breaks it down into acetylaldehyde. Ethanol is a pretty shitty alcohol to use as an intoxicant. People have played around with making hangover-free alcohol from the higher alcohols over the years but it never went anywhere.
Bottom-shelf vodka is bad, but anything above that is virtually indistinguishable.
However the difference between a $20 bottle and a $45 bottle of vodka isn't that noticeable, especially when you consider the difference between equally priced tequila, whiskey or wine.
I wonder if they’ve gotten better - or if just their marketing has.
I've heard mixed results on the reports. It's certainly removing some things, and leaving others. The results likely depend on just how bad it was when you started. But given that Brita filters aren't exactly cheap, you might have better luck just buying the $20 vodka rather than the $10 vodka.