Freezing vodka.?
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Have none of you ever tried reverse distilling alcohol in a freezer ?
When I used to brew my own liquers (from boots kits) - You could get a rough 12-15% liquer which you could then place in a freezer (freeze the water content until it turned to a Slush Puppy like liquid) - then strain it through a gauze to trap the water crystals. You would then be left with a 20-30% liquer (or stronger if you wanted - depedning on how many times you do it - to a maximum proof alcohol depending on the temp of your freezer)
Hardly rocket science is it.....well unless you call it freeze or fractional distillation and for a better explanation of that you better look it up on wiki - becuase I can't be bothered to explain. Just look up Eisbock beer for a crude example.
When I used to brew my own liquers (from boots kits) - You could get a rough 12-15% liquer which you could then place in a freezer (freeze the water content until it turned to a Slush Puppy like liquid) - then strain it through a gauze to trap the water crystals. You would then be left with a 20-30% liquer (or stronger if you wanted - depedning on how many times you do it - to a maximum proof alcohol depending on the temp of your freezer)
Hardly rocket science is it.....well unless you call it freeze or fractional distillation
and for a better explanation of that you better look it up on wiki - becuase I can't be bothered to explain. Just look up Eisbock beer for a crude example.
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it does not do this..
VERY cheap vodka. Sold in places like Iceland (competitor? :/) for £6 a litre or something like that.
It's a ***** drink really, you see groups of em drinking it at night. tastes rank but being at uni it's better than not drinking and it's cheaper than drinking anything nice
Vodkat is a vodka that is about as appetising as bleach. Its vile.
It's about £5 for a 70cl bottle iirc. A few mates buy it, despite being a student I'll still try and get an acceptable vodka (although I guess someone people don't count smirnoff as acceptable
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inspired by this thread i've gone and picked up some...
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cant wait to slam it in the freezer and try some
Try it mixed with apple juice as well. 50/50mix. so truly awesome.
just the stuff from the supermarket or the freshly squeezed stuff? probably a stupid question
it smells nice. is the grassy bit in the bottle edible? anyone know?
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Ice cold skittles vodka ***. 
just the stuff from the supermarket or the freshly squeezed stuff? probably a stupid question
It must be ediable. but I expect it to have a horrible texture.
I prefer the chilled stuff, non cloudy variety, found in any supermarket.
will get some later on.
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What?
I've had many bottles of vodka in the freezer and they've been fine, come out nice a chilled.
Beer on the other hand will break as the contents expands when it freezes and the bottle will break...muppets did this at uni.
We did that, but in a can. We had beer icecream the next day
It was vile
We did that, but in a can. We had beer icecream the next day
It was vile
surely the can would pop open?
VERY cheap vodka. Sold in places like Iceland (competitor? :/) for £6 a litre or something like that.
It's a ***** drink really, you see groups of em drinking it at night. tastes rank but being at uni it's better than not drinking and it's cheaper than drinking anything nice
Vodkat is a vodka that is about as appetising as bleach. Its vile.
It's about £5 for a 70cl bottle iirc. A few mates buy it, despite being a student I'll still try and get an acceptable vodka (although I guess someone people don't count smirnoff as acceptable
Vodkat is only 20% though isnt it?
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I've had a bottle of Smirnoff red freeze in my freezer before. Not ice solid, but a sort of a slush puppy frozen. Smirnoff blue, absolut and grey goose have never done so.