Alcohol Filtration with Water Filter System

[Vodin]

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Alright there has been some scientific taste testing done. A cheap Vodka was purchased. It was run through a Sports Berky Portable Water Filtration System. And this was the process that was preformed.
1> Tasted Plain Jain unfiltered Vodka.
Result: Neeya it is an alcohol liquid that has a rough drink taste and feel.
2> Added it to the Portable Water Filtration System. Enuf to give a definite buz.
Result: The initial taste was a smooth alcohol tasting liquid. It was not ruff like the original sip.

The beverage will not be consumed until the end of the work day. I may have to answer phone calls or such.

Initial finding: It makes a better tasting Vodka. This will need to be tested on Home made wine, beer and other liquid delights.

I will write up a final finding about 5:30 MST after the beverage has been finished.

[jamesneuen]

I would bet that you won't be as happy with the wine and beer run through it. I would also suggest you disassemble and clean it before switching beverages.

The reason I think you won't be as happy is because the wine and beer get their flavor from the residual things floating in them. Vodka is a clear alcohol that is "filtered" by distillation only and then usually bottled. Any drink that has a process besides that done to it will lose its distinct taste.

Take something like Tennessee whiskeys. Yes, they distill it to refine the alcohol from the barley/wheat/whatever, but it may only be one or two distillations and then it is allowed to age in an oak barrel. That's why you can get the clear liquors in such higher alcohol percentages than anything with "color" to it.

[eagle326]

DAMN THE FILTRATION !!! Drink my hearty warriors for tomorrow may never see the sun rise!! If there are chewy life forms in our liquor then all that means is we have a full course meal !! :p

[realist]

Fresh horses and whiskey for my men.............not filtered, sometimes the harshness is good.

[Fidel MD]

All you can filter out is the flavor....Light alcohols (like ethanol) are 100% miscible in water...

[Vodin]

But Vodka does not have a flavor that is the reason why it is clear. Did I misunderstand your position Fidel MD? The more higher caliber Vodka's goes through multiple filtering was my position.

[Fidel MD]

But Vodka does not have a flavor that is the reason why it is clear. Did I misunderstand your position Fidel MD? The more higher caliber Vodka's goes through multiple filtering was my position.

Vodka has many different components of it's flavor (and yes, it has flavor-which is why cheap vodka and expensive vodka taste different). You can filter cheap vodka through a carbon block filter and make it taste like the more expensive versions, (Mythbusters did that, I believe)...but at the end of the day you can't filter the alcohol out of the water.

[ak474u]

Vodka has many different components of it's flavor (and yes, it has flavor-which is why cheap vodka and expensive vodka taste different). You can filter cheap vodka through a carbon block filter and make it taste like the more expensive versions, (Mythbusters did that, I believe)...but at the end of the day you can't filter the alcohol out of the water.


What in tarnation! Who would wanna filter out the alcohol? Lol

[jamesneuen]

VODIN!!! I need results!! did you try this?

[Vodin]

Sorry jamesneuen,

It filters the flavor out as well. That is why I was talking about Vodka. Cheap Vodka has a nasty flavor. Expensive Vodka doesnt. So when I filtered it a few times the bad Vodka taste was removed. It does it with Ice Tea as well you lose the flavor and just have the water taste.

Have not tried filtering the Tennessee whiskeys but it goes with the process that the color and flavor will be removed. You should just have a filtered basic alcohol.

[jamesneuen]

Alright, that's what I thought but it never hurts to hope

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[FLPrepper]

If you are not looking to spend much on vodka you can filter Popov or Fleischman's four or five times and improve the taste greatly while significantly reducing hangover potential. You won't really be improving the flavor, so you may not be able to turn the cheap stuff in Grey Goose, but at least you'll get something cheap and drinkable. Works for gin too. When I get to the end of the useful life of a water filter I always do this - not advisable to put vodka through your Berkey before you are ready to replace it. TRUST ME!

[Kesephist]

I'll stick with my Jack in the Black as it comes out of its square bottle. Motlow and them put much effort back in postwar Tennessee to come up with this stuff as it is. I count myself fortunate to be able to mix up instant coffee without poisoning myself, so trying to fiddle with JD... pass.

Good experimental effort, though, and yes, Mythbusters did the filtration shtick with vodka, but they used fresh filters, IIRC, and up to ten passes (not ten passes through the same filter, though; a fresh filter each time) and had pros taste test in the blind. Don't remember the outcome; likely it's on their site.

[Gunfixr]

All that work to make cheap palatable seems like a waste, unless your time is also worthless.
Just buy better stuff to begin with.

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[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Throw some ice in it and let it slide..............I'm a Stoli's man myself. Always stuck with the "original" and used to get it on the way back from deployments duty free. About $4 a quart, that was a case per deployment for me. There were some benefits to being on a Navy ship.............SUPPLY AND DEMMAND! You wonder why we were stereo typed "like a drunken sailor"??????

[Domeguy]

Just do what the man on the platform says and just stick to drinking the Koolaide.

[Socalman]

Why spend the money for a filter? Just put that money into buying better quality hooch.

[Kesephist]

Throw some ice in it and let it slide..............I'm a Stoli's man myself. Always stuck with the "original" and used to get it on the way back from deployments duty free. About $4 a quart, that was a case per deployment for me. There were some benefits to being on a Navy ship.............SUPPLY AND DEMMAND! You wonder why we were stereo typed "like a drunken sailor"??????

BWRR, during the Bad Old Days, and even now, Ivan produced this brown vodka called Starka...

SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH.....

designated as an export only item, but the big shots could still lay hands on it. Last I heard, it was going for about $100 per liter, and the better bars here in Vegas, last I heard, were doing shots at $20 per.

Had one shot once. I can't drink any more vodka for the rest of my stretch, 'cause that shot was the top.

The barkeep was smart, he filled up an Old-fashioned glass 2/3 full of ice, put the shotglass in the ice, poured the (cooled bottle) Starka directly into the chilled shot, and let it sit a few minutes, THEN served.