I've heard of running cheapass vodka through a brita. Well I bought a $10 bottle of Kentucky whisky over the weekend, brita filtered it three times, and it is very smooth. Filtering basically takes a whisky only suitable for well drinks to a sipping spirit.
In these "tough economic times", and with Taxachusett's new alcohol tax, I think I'll do this again and again.
Gordon's $10 vodka also is super smooth too.
+1 to cheapass liquor and the brita. I may even go to a $7 dollar bottle.
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Part of this experiment was having a brita just sitting around after putting in a new fridge with ice and water. But I did run about two batches of water through the filter between whisky and then vodka. The second pass water was fine. The first pass, had liquor traces. So, with a few passes of water after the liquor, you'd be fine.
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I've heard of this but have yet to give it a shot. I wonder how it works with other hard alcohols... Maybe Ill do it over the summer whilst mixing up some jungle juice or something.
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I bet it still doesn't taste like good whiskey. If I'm getting whiskey, it's going to be good bourbon (not Jim Beam and not overpriced Makers or Woodford). I would think it would filter some of the alcohol (maybe that's partially why it's smoother).
Heh, yeah there's no filter that will turn Dewars into Lagavulin Although I bet it'd take the bite out of a cheap whisk(e)y. Probably by absorbing more than a little of the alcohol.
I remember they did this on Mythbusters and had a professional alcohol taster test it (man what a job!). They took plastic-bottle vodka and ran it through a brita filter 10 times, after each time saving a shot. The last shot was high quality top shelf vodka. The taster knew which was which. He said the taste definitely got better the more times it was filtered, but the top shelf vodka still tasted better than the filtered cheap vodka.
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With the cost of the filter (not sure what it is) and the cost of the cheap whiskey...might as well step up to a better quality whiskey...like a wild turkey 101 or a buffalo trace...all around $20.
Cheap Whisky + Brita = Smooth
Although I bet it'd take the bite out of a cheap whisk(e)y. Probably by absorbing more than a little of the alcohol.
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