Re-distilling Jägermeister to see what happens (Ralfy review link in description)

Following on from the experimental whisky distillation, I thought it would be interesting to re-distill a bottle of Jagermeister through my water distiller to see what came out.
The still I used is a water distiller that is absolutely not intended for fancy distillation of spirits. It does a very rough all-or-nothing pass of the contents. I normally use it for distilling water to use in fog fluids and for low residue PCB cleaning. It's a Megahome water distiller from eBay.
Here's my brother Ralfy's video where he tastes the results:-
• ralfy review 875 Extra...
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[@thedude7726]

Imagine having a bar stocked full of these weird versions of the base liqour. The cocktail combinations are out of this world

[@EdgyNumber1]

Rocket fuel 👍

[@conodigrom]

Can i open an "Express Liver Replacement Clinic" next door to your bar?

[@TheRetroScene]

@@conodigrom lol

[@BuckFudweiser]

@@conodigrom liver replacement in 30 minutes or less or it's free!

[@jackbarrett8100]

Million dollar idea

[@SeanCleverly]

As an Australian, and therefore a drunkard, by way of geographic association, I wholeheartedly endorse your vitally important research. Keep up the outstanding work mate.

[@UmVtCg]

Don't exaggerate, you're not Irish. You are right about one thing though, it is outstanding work.

[@dailyshit6329]

You ain't nothing compares to our country. Finland

[@WarrenPuffet]

Daily shit! Finland... bahahaha

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

Hello fellow aussie

[@SnOwOkie]

@@UmVtCg nah get fucked with that :D

[@evandotpro]

I think the word "jagermeisterish" might be the most impressive thing I've ever seen KZbin auto-generated subtitles pick up.

[@evandotpro]

@@aidancommenting 3:50

[@hypnotoad28]

@@evandotpro you sure it was auto-generated?

[@evandotpro]

@@hypnotoad28 Not 100% sure, no. I haven't looked at the caption options when uploading, I've just been assuming the ones that are displayed per-word are generated and the ones that display line-by-line are added and timed by the creator. The word-by-word subtitles seem to always have the phonetically-similar mistakes that voice-to-text is notorious for making. That said, maybe KZbin offers a middle ground option where you provide the raw transcript text and let KZbin do the timing automatically. Now I'm curious and going to have to check, heh.

[@BC-yl3qb]

@@hypnotoad28 yes, it literally says auto-generated

[@kevinwestermann1001]

@Sound Design & Production Top notch would be "jägermeisterisch" or even "jägermeisterhaft". 😋

[@michaelschwenk9743]

In the early 80's, when I was about 12 years old, my grandmother moved into a nursing home and had about 40 gallons of various home made wines that were no longer fit for drinking. We (my parents and me a quick learner) ran the wine through a water distiller similar to what you use. We would add about a half gallon of water to a gallon of wine in the distiller. The alcohol floats to the top and evaporates first, after trial and error, we figured out approximately how much "mostly" alcohol we would get from a gallon of wine and half gallon of water. To test, we would take a tablespoon of the distilled liquid coming out of the distiller, if it lit on fire, we knew we were getting "mostly" alcohol, if the liquid would no longer ignite, we knew we were only getting mostly water. At this point we would stop the distiller and discard what was remaining. There was always some water left in the spoon after we lit it and the alcohol burned off, so it was not 100% alcohol, but still very high. There really wasn't much of a flavor left in the finished product, one could not tell what kind of wine had been run through the distiller.

[@retromodernart4426]

You left out the part where you guys made a fortune selling it at your roadside "moonshine" stand...

[@Whopoopedinmypants]

Low grade brandy wine lol

[@spiderpickle3255]

At first I was disappointed Clive didn't take anything apart. Then I realized I actually just watched him take apart Jäger. All is well. 😊

[@TheKb117]

nice catch!!!... good thing you pointed that out... kinda reverse engineering and creating something different. Noice and thanks!

[@Runoratsu]

But no hand drawn diagram… 😢

[@Paxmax]

There is still balance in the force that is Big Clive! =o)

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

You're onto something Clive. More of these videos please!

[@danteolsson3605]

Omg yes🤘😝🤘

[@markhodgson2348]

Put petrol through it

[@delboy198]

An excellent alternative for people who are diabetic

[@TilmanBaumann]

please don't encourage him

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

Whenever I see one of these videos I am reminded of the newspaper urban myth headline of unintended double-entendre "Bishop keeps his secret still..."

[@bbowling4979]

OMG Ralfy's reaction to the reconstituted Jaeger is priceless! I'm pretty sure he is going to burn the glass he poured it into.

[@ianhelsbyservices]

I fully expected Ralphy to throw the glass against the wall, or at least through the open door!

[@Flyingpapaya]

Big Clive has provided us with a cup filled with a liquid that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Jägermeister.

[@maurice_walker]

Yes, the way Big Clive functions is very interesting. However, no one knows quite why he does this.

[@tamlandipper29]

Share and enjoy

[@andersjjensen]

I understood that reference! :D

[@realtijuana5998]

@@andersjjensen You know where your towel is.

[@andersjjensen]

@@realtijuana5998 Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well :P

[@maximusironthumper]

Oh no, he's at it again! You're doing important research there BigClive :-)

[@rupert5390]

Well I’ll be fucked , I patron you and I wAtch Clive and as I’m sipping my gin in aus I’m thinking Maximus and Clive would make such a bloody great collaboration - again well I’ll be Donald ducked.

[@AdrianColes]

Maximus + Big Clive collab. Yes please!

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's proper science like they didn't do at school.

[@tomikuusla925]

This will encourage me to do much more science projects. 🥃

[@brolohalflemming7042]

This is intriguing. I'm not a fan of sweet drinks like Jagermeister, so this could be a fun way to make them less sickly. And then whether Gin+de-syruped Jagermeister would make a fun variation on a martini. It's probably easier for me to find than a decent dry vermouth.

[@stupot_64]

Surely since that Co-Op Vodka is in a 70cl bottle it should be Metric Vodka and not Imperial Vodka

[@BoB4jjjjs]

lol yes you are right, it is Metric Vodka!

[@kevinmorrice]

not even co-op, i see that everywhere, ive mostly heard it called "vodka brand vodka"

[@TheRealColBosch]

If it was properly Imperial Vodka, it'd be measured in arshins. (Yes I know that's a unit of distance, you goddamn pedants, that's part of the joke.)

[@Vladimir_Kv]

@@TheRealColBosch "Russian Imperial" Vodka would've been measured in vedro (ведро, "a bucket" so - in bucketfuls) because that's how alcohol was measured in the elite Royal Guard corps in 19th century. _"There was a celebration in honor of His Imperial Majesty during which the Royal Guard had drunk 2 bucketfuls of Champagne... per person"_ as the hearsay goes.

[@R.Daneel]

Oh, that's interesting. We used ml (this would be a 700ml bottle in Canada). You'd never see centiliters used. Who knew that'd be regional.

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

My best friend Brian and I were both young teens when we had our first taste of this "tonic." His Grandmother Victoria was full blown German and served Jäggermeister as a 'digestif' after meals, tiny little ornate crystal glasses. And straight from the freezer. It was MEDICINE...

[@kalleklp7291]

Nice video. :) However, please refrain from using a plastic funnel for high ABV sprits. It WILL dissolve some of it and leach into your spirits. Glass, copper, or stainless steel are the appropriate materials for distilling equipment. A stainless steel funnel only costs a few $ and lasts forever.

[@EEVblog]

Milking those thumbnails :-D

[@herr_barus]

OMG!

[@adamkocsis5769]

SOY!

[@pjkentucky]

Clive didn’t make it up to 780k subs by not being KZbin savvy.........

[@readysteadywhoa]

Re-distilling Jägermeister (GONE SEXUAL)

[@mikehunt545]

I literally👎on all the videos that do that.

[@TheTechnosasquatch]

So... You've managed to take one adult beverage and distill it into two different off brand spins on itself. Neat-o

[@verloser]

re-disills jager: ends up making it sugar free XD

[@lostboy2056]

I love the fact that you pointed out the clickbait thumbnail you made as you made it. You are amazing Clive

[@crusaderanimation6967]

"Are you seriously re-distilling Jägermeister by yourself ?" "NO I'M WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM ! "

[@StereoTyp0]

I wonder if Clive knows the meme you a referring to?

[@egg5474]

You can't just combine memes like that you monster

[@crusaderanimation6967]

@@egg5474 He he, meme combination goes brrrrrr

[@gmonkman]

+1 for using the ä

[@finonevado8891]

(after getting drunk on distilled jager) -*GREETINGS!*

[@Glopaticki]

BigClives new feature "Will it still?" That is until Clive descends into more weird and terrible alcohol choices. If there's something that'll ruin it, it'll be Baileys Cherry Chocolate liqueur

[@TheRealColBosch]

I am genuinely curious to see what happens to Malort. To the point that I'm trying to figure out how much it'd cost to send a 750mL to Manxland.

[@farmersteve129]

It's a bit like "Will it sink or float" from the good old days of Brainiac...

[@ExplosiveDisregard]

He needs to do a crossover show with Ordinary Sausage.

[@Archonicenergy]

will it soft serve? answer is almost definitely not but Matt is the expert on that.

[@daveb1930]

You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn’t stop to think if you should...

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Like a true man boldly distilling what has not been distilled before!

[@millomweb]

4:05 " make sure the glass is fully empty." Yes, Clive !

[@yuGtahT]

The self-aware thumbnail joke gets me every time!

[@K-o-R]

I wonder what Tom Scott's AI title generator would come up with based on Big Clive's videos?

[@msx0406]

Deadly destilled desk heater

[@Sprengi86]

Cheap chinese deadly distilled LED desk heater!

[@dodgeman777]

(With schematic)

[@ShockburnVR]

naughty pink chinese led lamp with schemetic

[@pyromen321]

Reverse engineering Ralfy (with schematic)

[@BobbyDukeArts]

I like the face. I did the same thing for my last thumbnail lol

[@1SmokedTurkey1]

Whatcha doin here Bobby! Didn't know you were into electronics. Neat!

[@DeanGulberry]

Weird. . I saw that thumbnail but click3d on Clive instead

[@rebeccagodfrey3859]

Bobby Duke 😁😁😁

[@generalgod4326]

Hi Bobby so alcohol or electronics

[@djmips]

@@generalgod4326 Why not both?

[@AsymptoteInverse]

By an accident of fate, I watched the first half of this video, but stopped before you tasted the reconstituted stuff. Later, I ended up watching Ralfy's review of both bottles. The difference in the reactions to that second bottle just proves that fate has a sense of humor.

[@turtledude01]

You go from random electronics to an alcahol science youtuber, love it

[@WhisperingShade]

He's so honest about the thumbnail pics and what gets views. And the sense of humor never leaves him through it all. Next he's gonna be wiring through the distillery while using it to clear out the sugar with many lights. H2-OH JESUS THE DISTILLER IS ON FIRE. Lovely sport of a man. Makes my day brighter to watch all his vids.

[@mwintersteinsmith]

Hi Clive. Greetings from Gibraltar 🇬🇮. I love watching your videos so much. You don’t take yourself too seriously but your enthusiasm is very addictive. Awesome 😎👏👏👏

[@emperorpalpatine7364]

This is truly the cutting edge of science and human exploration. Your research is visionary Clive

[@jamesthepuerilis]

LOL Ralfy's face when he tried the second bottle, laughed my ass off.

[@strayling1]

/careful sip/ "It'll take some getting used to." /2 seconds pass/ /swig/ It's not bad!"

[@jeremey2072]

The second drink always tastes better!

[@jazeenharal6013]

I was too busy gaping in awe at the sheer immensity and grandeur of that beard. Good lord, Clive. Teach me.

[@gratefultedd969]

It would be interesting to take this a step further and start with a short path distillation set up. pulling off the sugar, color and flavor into separate vessels. And finally the spirits. I'm just intrigued with short path distillation.

[@fireandcopper]

I really really want to see the horror that would be distilling Bailey's Irish cream

[@KonradTheWizzard]

...it might put a premature end to this promising series by destroying the still. Is it worth the risk? Maybe?

[@bigclivedotcom]

The bottle is here and ready.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's definitely worth the risk in the still.

[@fireandcopper]

@@bigclivedotcom I don't know how you're going to rehydrate the dairy and sugars, half and half vodka to water? There's no telling what it'll do, probably curdle

[@jimmyrustler8983]

@@fireandcopper Baileys curdled with Lemon juice is a cocktail known as "Cement mixer".

[@Juraj_H.]

I'm sure Ralfy can't wait to test it too

[@garrysekelli6776]

Now this is the type of quality youtube content that im talking about.

[@ryanbowman8541]

This man already peaked my interest in the first 20 seconds. Easiest sub in a while.

[@lichansan1750]

I started watching BigClive for disassembling electronics. Now i watch him dissassemble liquor! Me Gusta!

[@ProffyChaos]

Clive has a knack for finding things that I never knew I was interested in finding out about until I see his videos. Genius.

[@hommydc2]

I've been a channel watcher for a while, have always like your fun and interesting videos!

[@vapenation.2566]

Instantly liked and subscribed not for the bottle review but just the quality of the review itself👍👍👍 thumbs up.

[@iconnectlearning6379]

Mummy, Mummy... Look what I made ... Vagemeister lol !

[@Mike_Hughes]

Sounds like a German remedy for Thrush...

[@NuclearTopSpot]

@@Mike_Hughes In der Tat, Vagemeister helps to reduzier thrush by quite a prozentage (while Vagmeister just gets you laid)

[@RobertSeviour1]

@@NuclearTopSpot Aufdemrueckenmeister, worthy of considerarion too.

[@zachaliles]

Vagemeister sounds like the stage name of a porn star in a poorly made porn horror movie.

[@imbw267]

You mean Vapormeister ja?

[@AdrianColes]

If you really want to annoy Ralfy, start a third channel doing trashy drink reviews and see how long it takes until you get more subs than him

[@Shenorai]

Honestly, I'm enjoying watching your experiments, then hopping over to Ralfy to see what he thinks about it [all while remarking about how you're taking the piss outta him XD]. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@danforbes3573]

Your right Clive.That does look a pretty damn good result. Right,Im now off to see what brother Ralfy thinks about you efforts,Clive!

[@LeoStaley]

I don't drink and I don't know who this is but I watched the whole thing and want more.

[@vegas272007]

I don't know how we ended up here, but I want to stay

[@schwantzrossi1266]

@@vegas272007 me too how did i get here? im staying.

[@feliciavale4279]

Same.

[@Dream0Asylum]

A man re-distilled Jagermeister; this is how he went back in time.

[@wellnessfun4444]

Watched you dissect the smart meter with interest, as the one we have has developed lying tendencies. Now watching your whiskey / still experiments. Awesome

[@CBdesigns70]

go for another bottle and use the Jäger syrup to make some 30 second microwave toffee....

[@TheKb117]

now that IS some next-level innovation haha.... interesting!!!

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

microwave toffee, good, but be careful it can be a dangerous process.

[@xxTyphoid]

MOAR distillation videos. Also put the clear liquid in the soda stream

[@DaveGully]

The algorithm brought me here, I'm happy with this recommendation.

[@jper1245]

Why is this guy one of my favorite people to watch on YT?!?!

[@arson8582]

It's his soothing voice

[@Sashazur]

Perhaps you like the bears?

[@conodigrom]

When it comes to distillates, bigclivedotcom is my go-to channel. Next: vacuum sous-viding with Thunderf00t

[@antkoos]

i'm beginning to think that you could clone any alcohol-containing drink like this

[@geniferteal4178]

This is the first time I saw your face. Hopefully I can continue watching your videos. I still love them.

[@VetusMundus]

Didn't expect much. To my surprise this is neither stupid nor useless. Thanks for sharing these great results.

[@simonmikkelsen]

So ginger beer must be next.

[@stupot_64]

Is that Vodka added to a distilled Scotsman?

[@davidsirett5560]

I actually loled at the "shake it like a polaroid picture"

[@TheBurnsStuff]

I love your sounds, Clive!

[@derekloudon8731]

I loved Ralphy's reaction to the tasting test.

[@joeharveyoswell1785]

Good work with the thumbnail clive - i clicked straight away, liked and subscribed for the first time (been watching for years)

[@bazwillrun]

"It'll take a bit of getting used to"....as he slugs the rest of it down

[@DEADJ0E]

Another excellent experiment we never knew we needed. Good job!

[@Gav_Rez]

You never fail to make me smile and cheer me up, thank you Clive. Where did you buy your water distiller by the way?

[@bigclivedotcom]

eBay has everything.

[@ParedCheese]

Gin next? Or a liqueur? Maybe.... banana liqueur? 🤔😬 (The way your face relaxed after the thumbnail was marvelous. 😁)

[@assassinlexx1993]

Just no to banana. There is some liquor that should stay in the bottle forever.

[@jpdemer5]

If you distill gin, you get . . . gin.

[@chefnerd]

"Jägermeister, Leberkleister" - as we use to say in good ol' germany :D

[@DaXande135]

Servus.

[@tomirenfors2344]

Liver paste?

[@enricodrawe8362]

his voice, his accent, and his bass filled mic make the listening experience really nice

[@markgordon6216]

This would be a good way to prank a friend who knows their sprits. “It tastes like Jager but.....”.

[@michaelhorton6166]

That's a great result. I think everyone should see it.

[@pooveyfarms]

you've made jäger digestif and now I have to too.

[@4.0.4]

Jäger itself is a digestif, no?

[@pooveyfarms]

@@4.0.4 maybe technically, but it's too sweet for me to call it that.

[@mallow173]

Well that was quite the experiment! I'm impressed!! Thanks for sharing and may have to conduct something similar! U rock Clive!

[@onelegdis]

Big Clive does chemistry, loving it!

[@debeerpaul]

3:21 When you're that guy who cleans the spittoon in the Saloon.

[@JonathanStory]

It took me until just now to realise that the maker of these silly, yet seductively appealing, videos and the electronics wiz are one and the same. Mind blown.

[@UsLay1]

Never knew i wanted to see this done. But within the first minute I needed to see it done.

[@staalefo]

The potstill will not remove all flavours, even some sugar would be carried over, but mostly the strong flavours are carried over together with the alcohol. That's the beauty of a potstill.

[@fredbloggs5902]

Sugar being carried across is highly unlikely.

[@sootikins]

@@fredbloggs5902 I would think that the same physical process that makes steam distillation work would cause a little bit of sugar to come over.

[@fredbloggs5902]

@@capturedflame even if they did, it would be well above 100 degrees centigrade due to the molecular weight, but you’re right, they don’t.

[@RobertSeviour1]

@@fredbloggs5902 This is correct, but what is in the early distillate which tastes sweet? If I didn't know that there is a cocktail of ketones et al, which are not good for you, I would enjoy the first shots, because they are sweet and full of flavours.

[@fredbloggs5902]

@@RobertSeviour1 The early distillate supposedly has more methanol (if any is present) because it has a lower boiling point. Ethylene glycol is sweet but boils around 200 so it isn’t that, as you say it’s probably a cocktail of various esters and ketones.

[@sbrazenor2]

I literally laughed out loud at the 'soy face' remark. That was awesome!

[@KarldorisLambley]

And he hearts comments as readily as his "little brother" does. having a 'celebrity' read and respond to a thing i did invariably makes my day.

[@jammin023]

It's good that you're keeping the ancient art of Alchemy alive.

[@scottwade3904]

that $5 hat is going to make you a ton of views

[@pd4165]

The cap is discombobulating - it's in my school colours (I still have the tie) but our caps were blue - we were forced to buy them and nobody EVER wore one. It's just feckin' weird!

[@Megatog615]

so without the sugar... would this be DIET JÄGERMEISTER?

[@bigclivedotcom]

No that would have sweetener in it.

[@sapienscarnivorus]

@@bigclivedotcomThat would be an idea for a taste test, artifically sweetened Spirits.

[@davidbroughall3782]

Just watched your brother Ralfy's side of this experiment. Your mixing the residue with the vodka made it undrinkable.

[@benjaminwadsworth9228]

I love how this guy gets straight to the point

[@stevenspmd]

I kind of expected a good result because the alcohol gets added after afaik.

[@mbak7801]

Near where I live is a homeless man who sits on a bench often clutching spirits and gurning at everyone who walks past whilst making various grunting noises. I see you employed him for your thumbnail. A very charitable act I must say.

[@mistakay9019]

You got the video to my first reccomended option on KZbin, normally I have to search and find you.... Damn the algorithm!

[@Hypnausea]

OMG! Clive, sticking your finger into that syrup just reminded me of a mistake at the age of 5, thinking the goopy brown liquid in the bottom of the kitchen garbage bin was pepsi or coke... You're just a big kid and I love it!

[@fama5736]

Clive Cheeto’s and Jaegermeister would be interesting to see your expression after trying that combination together

[@jimmyrustler8983]

That's what Trump uses as fake tan, I think.

[@tech1238]

You nailed the soy face it caught my attention immediately 👍

[@Arelias95]

I was waiting for it, more mad experiments from my favourite electrician.

[@jeeptrail08]

this would make a great new series! Good Job Clive:D

[@IparIzar]

These alchemy videos are gold

[@SpikeXtreme]

I was expecting you to spit it out covering the camera then a high pitch tone with the classic 'Technical Issues' sign displayed thereafter.

[@cannedmusic]

Thank you, you've helped me make up my mind about purchasing an air still.

[@decorumlopez9147]

When Mr. Clive is having fun, he's having fun!

[@martinpanks992]

It makes me chuckle how you and Ralphy look so alike, it’s as tho it’s one person doing the two channels..haha

[@SilverTopFlyer]

I thought the same thing about the nemmin brothers

[@rallokkcaz]

Watching you say "throw a soy face on" and then do it makes me cry laughing.

[@worldtraveler930]

You have piqued my interest enough I might actually try this, thanks!! 🤠👍

[@wekker090]

Yes you nutty professor.. very nice experiment. and Polaroid is doing wel and no shaking required.

[@vezzosetto]

One suggestion, if I may, is that the most efficient way of mixing solutions is by inverting the bottle upside down as it is the air bubble that mixes the solution. Shaking it sideways is counterproductive as it doesn't lead to the liquid moving a lot.

[@ICBMPIRATE2]

Buckfast next lol love it

[@nexviper]

My first thought too. Adding a bottle of vodka to the remains though...