How to make homemade alcoholic goodness
I know I am not the original creator of what is about to be explained, but I would love to take all the credit I can for this. For the most part, those of you who read my journal are college students and we have a love affair nearly every weekend with the same woman (or man). Her name is alcohol. Whenever new ideas pertaining to a better way to consume and therefore get shitfaced comes about, we tackle it and make it our own. Here's something I came across by luck and fortune, and I am passing it on to you.
Okay, so it isn't all the way homemade. But for the most part instead of buying that 50 dollar bottle of Grey Goose, you can buy that piece of shit 11 dollar bottle of Aristocrat. Here are the following things that I used to accomplish and conquer this experiement:
1. Cheapest bottle of Vodka you can find (mine was $11.99)
2. Water filter system (Brita or Pur)
3. One beer (or anything to cleanse the palate) (and yes, Rolling Rock is the best beer ever)
4. A Denver Bronco shot glass (yes, it makes the experience better)
I wish there was an intricate system of steps for doing such a task, but this is really easy. Filter the vodka at least 5 times. Yes, it does make a difference to filter it more than once or twice. The taste really equals out around the 4th filtration, but to make sure I'd say do at least 5.
Here's me filtering:
Close-up picture of the filter:
And now, the test. I did 6 filtrations. I tested the filtered vodka vs. the unfiltered vodka.
Taking the shot (unfiltered first)
The aftertaste
I didn't take a picture of me cleansing my palate with the beer, but it really is necessary to gain full grasp of the change in flavor.
I didn't take a picture of me taking the second shot, so here's the first one again:
Here's my facial expressions after the filtered shot:
Expecting something horrid:
Totally fucking suprised by no aftertaste:
So in essence, I filtered the vodka six times, took shots of both the filtered and unfiltered, and noticed the difference right away. I'm not sure of the science behind such actions, but it made the cheap shit taste like Grey Goose. I advise all of you do the same, since I know 90% of us don't have rich parents and are living on student loans. The water filter thing was $19.99 (and I can use it over and over) and the vodka was $11.99. Collectively together, it was less than an equal size bottle of Goose.
I also made a mixed drink composed of the following: 2.5 shots of filtered vodka, 1 shot grenadine, .5 shot of banana schnapss and it tasted delicious.
Yum yum, I hope you all benefit from this.
Okay, so it isn't all the way homemade. But for the most part instead of buying that 50 dollar bottle of Grey Goose, you can buy that piece of shit 11 dollar bottle of Aristocrat. Here are the following things that I used to accomplish and conquer this experiement:
1. Cheapest bottle of Vodka you can find (mine was $11.99)
2. Water filter system (Brita or Pur)
3. One beer (or anything to cleanse the palate) (and yes, Rolling Rock is the best beer ever)
4. A Denver Bronco shot glass (yes, it makes the experience better)
I wish there was an intricate system of steps for doing such a task, but this is really easy. Filter the vodka at least 5 times. Yes, it does make a difference to filter it more than once or twice. The taste really equals out around the 4th filtration, but to make sure I'd say do at least 5.
Here's me filtering:
Close-up picture of the filter:
And now, the test. I did 6 filtrations. I tested the filtered vodka vs. the unfiltered vodka.
Taking the shot (unfiltered first)
The aftertaste
I didn't take a picture of me cleansing my palate with the beer, but it really is necessary to gain full grasp of the change in flavor.
I didn't take a picture of me taking the second shot, so here's the first one again:
Here's my facial expressions after the filtered shot:
Expecting something horrid:
Totally fucking suprised by no aftertaste:
So in essence, I filtered the vodka six times, took shots of both the filtered and unfiltered, and noticed the difference right away. I'm not sure of the science behind such actions, but it made the cheap shit taste like Grey Goose. I advise all of you do the same, since I know 90% of us don't have rich parents and are living on student loans. The water filter thing was $19.99 (and I can use it over and over) and the vodka was $11.99. Collectively together, it was less than an equal size bottle of Goose.
I also made a mixed drink composed of the following: 2.5 shots of filtered vodka, 1 shot grenadine, .5 shot of banana schnapss and it tasted delicious.
Yum yum, I hope you all benefit from this.