how to turn crap-ass vodka into high-quality vodka

[rone]

Take a jug of crap-ass vodka, run it through a Brita filter thrice, and pour it back into an empty bottle of high-quality vodka.

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[chaosrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link; I just found my bottle of crap-ass vodka, so this couldn't be more timely.

I'm considering whether this method might also work on the bottle of crap-ass gin (it would probably cut the flavor of juniper, but I'm not likely to care).

[nyar.livejournal.com]

What exactly is the point of gin without the juniper flavoring...?

[vatine]

And here I was thinking the "proper" method was to simply take a filter paper, in a funnel, and add in some activated charcoal (NB, needs decent filter paper, an ordinary Melitta filter is not fine enouigh to stop charcoal from going through) and simply fiter the crap-arse vodka through that.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

That's the quick-and-dirty method, yeah. The experimenters were inspired exactly by taking activated charcoal tablets in order to cut down on hangovers.

[vatine]

Oh. Ah. Yes, the "sane" method would (obviously) be to re-distill the vodka. Duh. Why didn't I think of that?

[wisn.livejournal.com]

I'm trying it right now. The 3x-filtered stuff has less odor than the unfiltered stuff (I'm putting aside samples of each pass). I haven't tasted any of them yet.

The first couple passes are going to be grey. Know how you're supposed to soak the brita filter in water for an hour before you put it in the pitcher, and then they tell you to throw out the first pitcher of water you pass through it? Right. By the third pass, it's reclaimed the charcoal dust, but you'll want to rinse out the pitcher and jug at some point in the process.

The first pass is going to be incredibly slow. The later ones speed up. If you were going to sit around and watch vodka drip, it would be tedious. If you're occasionally filling a pitcher from a jug and vice versa, you can treat it as part of the day's chores.

I plan to use the result to make fruit and herb extracts. If this process really does remove the vodka flavoring, it's going to be better than using top-shelf stuff.

And, um. $11.65 plus sales tax for the 1.75 L jug of Crystal Palace, plus (mumble) for one of the two year's supply of Brita filters in the basement.

[mrbalihai.livejournal.com]

Somebody give you a bottle of crap-ass vodka for your birthday?

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

Or did somebody give you a Brita water filter for your birthday?