We weren't convinced the Brita Vodka Filter would actually work, so we decided to buy the cheapest bottle of vodka we could find, filter half of it and compare the filtered vodka with the unfiltered vodka. Max stole the Silver Screen Kid's Brita filter with a brand-new filter and started pumping vodka through it. KillaMatt from MurderDeathKill Clan came by to help test the results.
We poured half into this handy vessel, so as to preserve the full flavor of the unfiltered Taaka in its orinal bottle.
Look at it go!
Round 2 for the filtered vodka. We filtered it about 6-8 times. I lost track.
Max said that vodka should be chilled, always. So we put the unfiltered in and started cold-filtering the good stuff.
The Test
The Unfiltered Taaka:
The Filtered Taaka:
Conclusion: The filter didn't make the $6 bottle of Taaka into a $20 bottle of vodka, more like a $10 bottle. The filtered vodka was actually better than Smirnoff, according to Max. It basically made shitty vodka into less-shitty vodka. Next time we'll have to test a middle-shelf vodka and see if we can boost it up to top shelf. We've got the Brita jug in the freezer now full of filtered Taaka. Hopefully nobody mistakes it for really cold water.
Saturday
The Great Brita Vodka Challenge
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Yesterday was my first therapy session, and that's how it ended. Not being the most forthcoming person at any time in my life, this was one of the most difficult hours I've spent.
Choked up most of the time, wet eyes, unable to convey what was needed. Part of what I went through but didn't bring forth just how far I'd let myself sink. That will come, I'm certain, sometime during the next sessions.
I know now that having to cold turkey off the anti-depressents was a big contributing factor to what happened, combined with my inability to ask for help when I was desperate for it.
Yuck
Hey "Storm Trooper" the Poop Scoop,
Well, thanks for the large contribution you giant turd. No disrespect or anything, but you could have said something about vodka when you were spouting out that nonsense. You are a weak minded fool and i wish you the worst in life. Get out of my face.
yes i must try this test at home with my alcoholic girlfriend.
im more of a rummy myself, couldnt live without it. shitty rum is all i ever seem to drink because im a scrub.
but if it worked on vodka itll work on rum.
oh and p.s.
what the fuck is storm trooper ranting about?
Storm trooper doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
alright. heres the lowdown kids:
a brita filter is a mesh of 1.0 micron filters. which obviously means it holds back anything measuring 1.0 micron or larger. most alcohols found in recreational beverages average 4-32 microns in size (depending on the type of alcohol; grain alcohol - or more specifically ethanol - commonly measures from 3.5 microns to 10)
form your own conclusions.
a company named Millipore produces 5 micron filters that can be found easily on the internet for as low as $35(USD), and as a general rule of thumb they become cheaper as the micron spec becomes lower.
of course then, youd have to find out what impurities are in your particular drink of choice and how large they are in microns.
hope this info was helpful.
dueces.
(btw....scotch or die trying)
Glenlivet, the length of methanol (grain alcohol) molecules is measured in ANGSTROMS, not microns. In other words, the molecules are about 10,000 times smaller than you report (one source says they are 5.5 angstroms in length). So ethanol has NO PROBLEM going through a one micron filter.
Oops, I said "methanol" in my first sentence when I should have said "ethanol."
very nice, that's good to know. We didn't all just THINK we were drunk!
Stroke of genius filtering pants Vodka! Though the results may have been purely psychological. I know when I have a shot of gash Voddie I'm going to cringe. However, the filter is bound to have done something so hats off to you! Glenlivet doesn’t know what the cuff he's talking about but fair play, his comment was a damn sight more relevant than Storm Troopers attempt.
Whoop - Whoop
yes, the alcohol having a small molecular structure has no problem getting through the filter (just like it gets through the blood brain barrier), hell, alcohol can be absorbed through the skin. However, vodka isn't all alcohol--and the nasties are big enough to be filtered out. So enjoy!
"We didn't all just THINK we were drunk!"
Well there have been a good number of studies where people where fed NA-beer and told it was real. They acted all sloppy drunk as if they'd been quaffing the real stuff. They sobered up pretty quickly when told the truth but some of them took some convincing before they believed it.
Ha, try that study on some of my friends and see what happens. I bet everyone just falls asleep.
question: if stuff is being filtered out then this would mean more of the end result is alcohol; does this mean it would be like 85-100 proof instead of 80?
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