It is no secret that today it is very easy to poison with alcoholic beverages purchased in a store. Neither laws on compulsory certification nor product quality control can save. Somewhere at some stage of production or trade, an adventurous “sneak” appeared - and “write - it's gone”!
The ideal option is not to drink alcohol at all. A good way to protect yourself can be considered the purchase of alcohol-containing drinks at an expensive price - high quality and in proven, reputable supermarkets. But if these two options are unacceptable to humans?
Then there remains the only way out - the production of vodka at home in the presence of a proven high-quality ethyl alcohol. But in order to dilute alcohol, you also need certain knowledge and skills.
If a person knows how to dilute alcohol correctly, then he can make at home not only primitive vodka, but also other drinks containing alcohol in the basis. For example, 40% vodka with the addition of burnt sugar and seasonings (cloves, vanilla, nutmeg), aged half a month on oak bark, will turn into a cognac drink.
And if you dilute the alcohol with juice to 18%, then it is quite possible to get a very tasty drink that resembles port or vermouth. Make it sweeter - you get liquor. And if you dilute alcohol with a “tarragon” or a strong herbal decoction, you can enjoy the balm.
Before diluting the alcohol, thoroughly clean the water. In no case should you use tap water! It contains too many salts and other impurities, so a solution of alcohol with water may become cloudy. You can dilute alcohol with distilled water or boiled and cooled to 20 degrees. Water obtained by melting ice can also be considered distilled.
Activated carbon can also be used. A few tablets should be thrown into a jar of water, leave the mixture at 22 degrees for three hours, then strain through several layers of gauze.
Sometimes, before diluting alcohol, flavors are added to purified water. It can be acetic and citric acid, milk, flavorings, as well as sugar, glucose or honey. It should be remembered that these supplements should not be abused. For example, acid is enough a tablespoon for three liters of finished products, and honey or glucose - no more than 40 grams.
The quality of alcohol plays a major role in this process. The “Lux" class alcohols are recognized as the best, in the second place - medical and "higher purification".
It should be remembered before diluting alcohol that:
- not water is poured into alcohol, but alcohol is poured into water;
- breeding should be done at a temperature of 20 degrees;
- diluted alcohol must be defended for a week in the dark and cool (temperature - not lower than 4 degrees);
- exposure only improves the taste of the drink;
- the proportions for dilution of alcohol can be viewed on the Fertman table, but you can use the ratio of 2: 3;
- the best option is to measure the strength of the resulting drink with a special device - an alcohol meter;
- when the solution becomes cloudy, activated carbon is added to it, sedimented and filtered.
But the most important rule, which applies to all people dealing with alcoholic beverages, is that, in addition to quality, the quantity of alcohol consumed is of great importance! Do not forget about this ...