Purified vodka tastes much better, and does not cause a hangover and headache the next day, because after filtering, impurities are removed, due to which a person falls off his feet when intoxicated.
If you want to drink really high-quality products, clean the liquor. The process is carried out at home, using folk methods and tools. Special skills for the procedure are not necessary, most importantly, consider the recommendations that are described below.
The best folk methods for cleaning vodka and alcohol
Consider the most effective methods of cleaning alcohol products using home remedies.
Milk
A great way to achieve the desired result. To filter 20 liters of alcoholic liquid, you will need one glass of milk. It is recommended to use store pasteurized products of 1-1.5% fat content.
Add milk to vodka or alcohol and insist for five days. Shake the container from time to time. The final step will be filtering through several layers of cotton wool. The result may be cloudy, but fixable - put any citrus in the liquid and the problem will go away.
Egg white
Able to remove various oils from vodka. For 1.5 liters of hot drink, take one medium-sized egg white. Before adding to vodka or alcohol, prepare the egg mixture. Beat the protein, mix with 1 cup of water at room temperature and pour into alcohol. Insist up to 7 days, and then filter through cotton wool.
Freezing
Freezing will help clear alcohol of impurities. Pour vodka into an aluminum container, tightly close the container with a lid and place it in the freezer. The procedure lasts an average of 12 hours. It is important to consider that after freezing the fortress becomes higher.
Infusion and activated carbon
Put activated carbon at the rate of 2 tablets per 3 liters of liquid, and insist for three days. Next, filter using cotton wool.
Rye bread
Use exclusively fresh black rye bread. The yeast that is in the bakery product helps to eliminate the unpleasant aftertaste and relieve turbidity. For 1 liter of alcohol, vodka or moonshine, 100 grams of bread crumb is taken. Infuse the drink for about 7 days, then filter.
Potassium permanganate
Small violet crystals are able to clean vodka with alcohol well. Add the powder to the liquid at the rate of 2 grams per 1 liter of alcohol. Place the container in a dark place for two weeks. After the liquid becomes transparent in color and sediment precipitates at the bottom, filter using cotton swabs. In some cases, a conventional filter is used to purify water.
Oil
Take refined oil at the rate of 100 ml per 3 liters of vodka, close the container with a lid and shake well. Leave for one day. Since the oil will float on top, draining the finished purified drink is not difficult. In addition, filter through cotton wool.
Soda
It will help inexpensively and efficiently clean vodka at home.Use about 10 g of the product per 1 liter of alcohol. Settle for a day, at the end of the process remove the sediment.
Fruits
Fruits not only help get rid of unnecessary impurities, but also give an unusual taste, adding bright notes. The most commonly used are orange, apple or lemon.
In a three-liter bottle filled with alcoholic beverages, add 1-2 fruits, sliced into slices. They stand for 2-3 days and filtered through a cotton swab.
Why and when to clean
The most dangerous substances found in home-made liquors are fusel oils. They adversely affect human health in general, and it is because of them that the head breaks the next day after consumption. To avoid this, purification is carried out in the considered ways.
Useful Tips
- To filter any alcohol use cotton wool, cotton pads or gauze, folded in several layers.
- To improve palatability, it is recommended to add hops or bee honey.
- All sorts of herbs, berries or citrus fruits give a pleasant smell to vodka or alcohol.
How to make vodka from alcohol?
Making homemade vodka is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance. The main thing is to maintain the necessary proportions and terms.
The main stages of the transformation of alcohol into vodka:
- We prepare water. It should be cleaned (store in bottles), ideally - spring. The use of distilled is completely excluded. The best option is soft, purified water with a minimum salt content.
- We prepare alcohol. To get vodka, ethyl alcohol or medical alcohol is taken, which is diluted with water, and the fortress is monitored with a hydrometer.
- Additional ingredients. An auxiliary substance in the production of vodka is glucose. Its preparation is simple: dissolve 1 kg of sugar in 1 liter of water, boil the liquid, removing the foam.
- If desired, honey, citric acid, citrus juice are added.
- We mix all the ingredients based on 100 ml of alcohol and 130 ml of water. Glucose and aromatic additives will not affect the fortress.
Preparing vodka is not a big deal, but alcohol abuse does irreparable harm to health. The main thing is to have a head on your shoulders and not get carried away. Take care of yourself!
