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DreadCarcass
AeonQuasars
Drinking is good for you, soon you are unconstrained
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
Drinking is good for you, here comes the womanizer
MuaddibISR
Vodka from Ali Express
stonecoldstevebuschemi
How do they separate the methanol from the ethanol (as well as any phenols)? I didn't see any source of temperature regulation. Drinking that might be able to kill you. The whole "going blind by drinking bad moonshine" idea.
phobosorbust
That was heavily overstated during Prohibition to scare people out of drinking illegal booze.
Less risky than raw steak, and it looks like they discarded foreshots anyway.
Most of those methanol poisoning cases were intentionally poisoned alcohol (thanks feds) or scammers who were fermenting sawdust.
eiger3970
Thanks Polish friends, great invention! Swedish Vodka is very smooth too.
Schlagerfuzzi
blinded by the shite!
illmx
That’s a lot of work for potato juice. I prefer mashed potatoes
CaptainHyperbole
Yeah those mashed potatoes looked way too good to not eat.
vanfem
It's all downhill from there.
Beelsebooob
ehhh... boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew.
ThisIsTheShortestUsernameICouldFind
Was gonna say, stop half way through the first video, add garlic, butter, and chives and I’m sold
grandestgrandeur
Same, even halfway through I'm like "Oh... well that's a LOT of water for mashed potatoes.. you could still turn it into a potato soup.. oh booze ok..." lol
Thanshin
Also why peel the potatoes if they are going to be fermented? My grandmother never peeled the potatoes for vodka; only clean, cut, boil, and smash.
LilyJack
I made a version of this during lockdown (cos my country decided to ban alcohol sales) using the same techniques but sans the long fermentation process (used normal yeast to speed it up). Guys. It was Not Good. But it worked and I didn't die of alcohol poisoning! Yay me!
Flopdong
I have never seen someone hold the potato peeler like that. Has everyone I know been doing it wrong this whole time?
3nd3rwiggin
Lot of people are taught to always cut away from yourself so might be that.
OhIfIMust
No: It's the lady in the video who's wrong.
MissChickle
That's how I do it
Kegmoisking
mirrorz
I think she's just really bad at making mashed potatoes and the vodka was a happy accident.
AyatollahBahloni
I'm teetotal but this was highly interesting to me. Never knew how vodka (or Baijiu) was made.
TheHappyFrenchCanadian
Just gonna leave that info here. Most vodka are made with cereal, the whole potato vodka thing is mostly a myth in the modern world. Not saying it doesn't get made with potato just that the vast majority of vodka we've ever drink were cereal, corn syrup, maize even fruit based
kimwimgoddess
My babcia made potato vodak for my grandfather in the '30's, US.
TheHappyFrenchCanadian
Yup not saying it doesn't happen, but it's really rare to buy a potato made vodka now these days
bjompen
1. Make mashed potato. 2. Don't eat the mashed potato. 3. You failed and ate the mashed potato.
kimwimgoddess
MMmmmmmmmm mashed potato
agent00six
this is where I fail every time
lapus
That is exactly my problem
vicmango201410
3. Drink the mashed potatoes
Chowphat
That's my problem with making vodka - I reach a certain point, and the compulsion to make gravy becomes unbearable. The sausage-and-country vodka was good, though.
SnoopyDancing
Potato quality
spliffen
so...
step 1) have huuuge ass potatoes :D
step 2) mess up the mashed potatoes...
AnUnfortunateFreezeFrame
I'm wondering what it taste like if you use sweet potatoes
kimwimgoddess
https://distilling.com/distillermagazine/americas-first-sweet-potato-vodka/
AnUnfortunateFreezeFrame
Grizabellakat007
Boil em, mash em, stick em in a brew
nvrsurius
This kills the potato
muzzyb
Ahhh! Drinking potato’s, my favourite!
Cranbananarama
So vodka is mashed potatoes.
Paullovespizza
Always amazes me how people originally came up with these recipes. Lets grab some potatoes and make some alcohol.
Crispy4Skin
darthstormer
I mean......just drink it straight from the bottle like a grownup. An alcoholic grownup.
Snuggelapolous
Awww. This reminds me of my grandmother.
NeverShaveYourDuck
Needs more vodka.
22Guys1Trenchcoat
Remember kids, homemade liquor can blind you. Better hand it over to me so I can keep you (*hic*) safe.
stronomer
How to spoil perfectly made mashed potatoes.
Blast4Cash
how is the efficiency of this distillation method versus a typical moonshine style copper still?
Hendlton
Since there isn't a large pipe for the vapor to go through, you have to heat it up very slowly so it doesn't just escape into the air. A lot still escapes though. Another problem is that you can't really separate the fractions which will negatively impact the taste.
LeftRightThere
Can I used boxed mashed potato flakes?
Hendlton
Probably. Those are just cooked and dried potatoes, no?
zombiejedediah
The most important thing in this process is the amylase enzyme that turns starch into sugar.
Once you have sugar in solution, yeast will happily turn it into alcohol for you. If at that stage it's drinkable, just skip the distillation.
Source: homebrewed mead from apple juice & honey
phobosorbust
Depends on whether they added any preservatives that might kill the yeast or interfere with the starch digesting enzyme. I'd give it good odds of working, but you'd have to try specific brands.
This is why you should run a test fermentation on any new ingredient.
Also, don't do this without a license in the US or the ATF will become deeply unpleasant.
NonFungibleUsername
What if I rehydrate the potato flakes with vodka?
drgonzo67
Yeah, but you get Vodka powder.
3nd3rwiggin
Just add Vodka!
InsertUnimaginativeUsernameHere
That waste at the "bottling" stage...
trustworthyfart
Also a little worried that they poured the first container back into the other two. I would be worried about the methanol that is produced at the lower distillation temps being reintroduced.
C0baltBlue
I winced when I saw that. Gotta take off the heads and tails!
Hendlton
Only one of those is for methanol. (Whichever is first, I'm not familiar with the terminology.) The other is just for taste.
C0baltBlue
It only takes a moment to search. You still want to be separating your distillation, not just mixing it all back together and hoping it doesn't taste awful or make you blind.
https://help.stillspirits.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021479173-What-are-the-heads-hearts-and-tails-in-distilling
Hendlton
I come from a country where distilling your alcohol is very common. I know how we do it. I've never heard of anyone going blind, but I have tasted some truly awful stuff.
MiquelA
I’m quite confident that they removed first few spoons. But even if methanol wasn’t removed it is harmful only if there is no much larger amount of ethanol. For example in a wine there is methanol in it, as in all fermented productions.
Radix865
Not sure if they did reintroduce it, they used the spiky one first, then took it out with just little in it. They did reuse it later but I imagine they threw that small bit at the beginning away.
Vebrandsson
I had that concern too. How is that not an issue with this particular process?
Thanshin
Very much, but you can buy cheap strips of paper-like thing that tells you when methanol stops, by color.
TheDildoOfConsequences
It's almost like we shouldn't be taking distilling advice from the same people we shouldn't be taking medical, financial or psychological advice from.
DontKnowTheSource
Random strangers on the internet? But if that's the case howd I get so good at python and astrophysics (I am not good at astrophysics)
Spidey209
You've had first distillation. What about second distillation?
Flopdong
In college I used to buy bottom shelf vodka and run it through a Brita filter to distill it further. Worked surprisingly well, and saved me a bunch of money
3nd3rwiggin
Mythbusters actually tested that.
Spidey209
And?
3nd3rwiggin
They found that the more the Vodka is filtered, the better it is.