How to make Vodka!

[@barstoolbanter7212]

Vodka? Na brother, get a barrel. That's future whiskey.

[@dogguy8603]

Whiskey is just old vodka

[@GodMaxDrinkerofTea]

​@@dogguy8603 that's the point 🔥🔥🔥

[@Kiwi_Teen-2.0]

I think the difference is what abv it’s distilled at. This would have like no whiskey flavor

[@barstoolbanter7212]

​@@Kiwi_Teen-2.0 whiskey flavor comes from the barrell. The mashbill was already a great whiskey mash with 50% corn and 10% rye. I don't remember off the top of my head what the average whiskey stills at but they didn't specifically mention what abv the spirit run was, just that it was diluted back down to 40%. Sounds like it'd be a fine whiskey to me.

[@Kiwi_Teen-2.0]

@ it’s vodka so it’s distilled to at least 92% which will leave bugger all nicer notes that whiskey had. But I’d be curious to try aged

[@jeffhamolton]

vodka does not need to be more than 90% abv, in fact going past 90% abv would make it a neutral grain spirit that literally cant be classified as anything because it is literally almost pure ethanol, vodka is 40-90% abv.

[@BigDRandy1243]

Confidently incorrect. Vodka is a diluted grain neutral spirit. It has to be distilled to over 90% to be classified as a vodka.

[@DzigaJerkov]

It needs to be distilled to that proof to remove flavor then proofed down to 40% and with water. Otherwise it’d taste like moonshine/whiseky

[@entrepreneursfinest]

Vodka is a neutral spirit that's watered back down. That's the whole point - fermenting taters is so foul that you don't want to be reminded of it when you're drinking later.

[@DentZilber]

That's the point of vodka, champ. Vodka IS a neutral spirit. I do something a bit different. Preferable to make mine from dextrose and distilled water. I do a stripping run, but I proof it down to about 20% with Sweetwater (limestone aquifer water), do another stripping run, then a spirit run through a plate column. Finishing with charcoal filtration then proofing down with more Sweetwater for bottling.

[@esamuel420]

All vodka must start as a neutral grain spirit and then be diluted to proper proof

[@mikesmith8589]

How to make moonshine, in just a few seconds. Wish you made this video 20 years ago, ha. Love your videos, and the simple way you give your opinion on the final product. I've learned so much from all you guys there.

[@chancewilson9094]

No, it takes a little more to make mention

[@adammitchell3462]

You guys are awesome! You've taught me so much,I've purchased and built 2 of your still kits,which work fantastic! I've already cycled into other hobbies now but I still got all my kit for the day that I cycle back into shine!

[@ixstudiosix]

I thought vodka came from potatoes?

[@shredandburn2023]

That is one method, but its the cheapest method and its how most bottom shelf vodkas are made. Its worth a google search to see whats made of what if you want to change up what you choose

[@tristanweide]

Vodka can either come from potatoes or from grain. Realistically it should be hard to tell as vodka should be nearly tasteless from the creation process.

[@ixstudiosix]

@@tristanweide neat.

[@megatrip7061]

From potato cost less

[@malcomdryer5001]

Any carb will do. Some are even made from grapes.

[@CaosBoyCathian]

People if you do this don’t make a video about it, the ATF makes you get a brewers license and then people can just randomly drop by your place to make sure it’s ’up to code’.

[@ox6942]

Nope. Legal up to a certain amount for personal consumption. Different state to state. Illegal if you sell it because Uncle Sam doesn't get his cut (taxes). Sounds kind of like extortion or organized crime, doesn't it?

[@CaosBoyCathian]

@ Yep. Legal but also not. Setting up a distillery is unlawful without permitting in every state due to federal alcohol laws. You are allowed to make it up to a certain amount for personal consumption but you are technically required to register. Being on a registry.. for the ATF? They can then compare and contrast your brewers license and accuse you of alcoholism to deny you NFA items.

[@yellowmelow25]

Thanks will have a go at it with all the equipment which I have coincidently

[@Literally_Deez_Nuts]

Shh...

[@The_blessed_dead]

Thanks, this will help me up my moonshining game

[@titasvalaitis2144]

Eastern European here, Vodka is usually around 40% abv

[@hungrytime3343]

How to know foreshort head terminated ?

[@SeeNoEV1L]

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[@petergibson7287]

Please tell the folks at home why the heads and tails are discarded.

[@foosmonkey]

The heads have methanol, not ethanol, along with other volatile compounds. In addition to tasting nasty it can poison you and make you go blind.

[@brenosilvaaffonso2697]

Vodka is ideally only water and ethanol, however the fermentation and distillation processes generate other compounds, like methanol, which is very poisonous. Foreshots, heads and tails contain the majority of those unwanted substances and the fraction that is consumed, the hearts, is the purest one.

[@DanBlabbers]

is this sarcasm? i mean sure you can keep it and drink it yourself, but im pretty sure anyone who goes through the trouble to make their own vodka wants it to be the best possible product as they intend to share it with others and want to impress them.

[@foosmonkey]

@ I don’t think it’s sarcasm. They’re discarded so they don’t make people go blind.

[@pali3329]

​@DanBlabbers You should absolutely not keep it and drink it yourself, or anyone else for that matter. One of the things thats very dangerous about heads and tails is the methanol it contains thats very toxic.

[@DinoSapta]

How you know its the foreshots, head, heart and tail precisely?

[@NeoHomoSapien]

I use orbeez for homemade vodka distillation. ❤

[@kevind7617]

Wish they would've showed the "vodka still".. could kind of see what looked like a column but couldnt tell and couldnt see a reflux condenser

[@james10739]

Are they somewhere different vodka has always been like 40% and i have seen slightly higher like 50% or something but never seen vodka over like%50 something

[@hotpotato5587]

Obv not an expert, nor do I have time to hunt down the guidelines that say this, but U.S. regulations allegedly say 40% abv is the minimum to be sold as vodka, but that’s usually because companies dilute the ethanol to make it palatable to most people. Vodka is classified not by its ingredients but by being distilled to minimum 190 proof (95% abv). There’s also apparently other rules about not aging it in wood barrels or other acts that would add flavors that would no longer keep the pure ethanol characteristic of vodka. I was curious, so in case you ask too, yes, flavored vodkas exist, but those are allowed to be sold as “vodka” as long as the flavor is clearly labeled.

[@james10739]

I actually don't know why they said that because they said the watered it down to 40% at the end so it didn't make any sense

[@hotpotato5587]

@@james10739 They watered it down for taste. To make it more tolerable to them. Vodka isn’t defined by ingredients, only the fact that it’s pure unflavored ethanol, and to achieve that the U.S. standard is distill it until it’s at least 95% abv. As long as you don’t add flavor, vodka can be diluted as much as you like with water to lower the abv.

[@ericktothepoint408]

How much of the heads and tails is discarded? Is there a formula for figuring out the content of bad alcohols that needs to be discarded?

[@vasyapupkin4047]

Amateurs😂 vodka it is retification, not distilation. Its moonshine not vodka. At home you could do it. Just change step 2. It s a retefication column for home. Dont use with plates, use with spiral prizma addition and you will make it.

[@MoguMogu818]

vodka needs to bed 90% abv? Are you making moonshine or everclear?

[@somebodywhocares9293]

So much ingredients for vodka

[@laflameussain]

Why we can't short sell equity in india?

[@danielbotta8702]

well, to get a 90% abv distillate with two fermentations you must have discarded almost everything...

[@whyomgwhywtf]

Two fermentations? You mean two distillations?

[@yearginclarke]

@@whyomgwhywtf I assume that's what he actually meant, just typed the wrong word.

[@Ida-Adriana]

My grandpa in Transylvania used to make some kinda strong rum (raqiu/rakiu?!) with some kinda plum type fruits that grew in the garden and a witchy cauldron 💖

[@CS-zn6pp]

Can be made with all sorts of soft fruit but the best I've ever had was pear based from either Croatia or Serbia. (I can't remember exactly where I bought that particular bottle. 😬) It was like drinking a pear syrup that was extremely alcoholic.

[@omppuplays7147]

rakiu is not rum

[@NWsmallbatchBrewing]

Very nice. High Five !

[@uncledan2u]

Vodka is distilled beer. Right?

[@ynycu]

Araq 😋 🤤

[@xanderg7156]

Boy that ain't no damn vodka that's shine

[@YousofBakhtiari]

Who much forshute you gain by 10 liters liquid?

[@splinterdavies1644]

Warts and Yeast. Sounds like a condition.

[@davidcornell4463]

I drank 100 proof vodka for ten years, nearly every night. And now I know why I seem to have developed a gluten sensitivity.

[@averywilliams7236]

Just follow those simple steps, no big deal 😂

[@peligro_22]

Moonshine!, no vodka

[@madzoroark5396]

Vodka is made from potatoes, not grains. You made the precursor to whiskey.

[@Moabno]

It’s not, vodka was made way before potatoes got to Eastern Europe.

[@ForOdinAndAsgard]

Clearly the OP does not understand what vodka is as this is unaged whiskey. Vodka is made from potatoes.

[@therealballashotcalla0161]

Who else is drunk looking this up 😂

[@silambarasanbalasubramani8577]

How to remove Methanol?

[@whyomgwhywtf]

Included in the foreshots that were discarded before collecting heads.

[@justanormaldefaultpfp9309]

Toss out forshots also even if you don't it won't have enough methanol to hurt you unless you are just drinking the foreshots

[@tikkki25]

How do you determine how much is the foreshot to discard? (Serious question, genuinely curious)

[@tikkki25]

How do you determine how much is the foreshot to discard? (Serious question, genuinely curious)

[@newclearly]

Distill by temp; methanol and heads gets distilled between 140F and 170F. Hearts start around here, therefore switch over to measuring by proof and keep everything until you get to 35% ABV. Past that is tails, you're welcome.

[@josiahward6319]

Why not a sugar mash? Its certainty easier and wouldnt it be cheaper? After all, its juat vodka.

[@ankitmudunuri4542]

wouldn’t that just make rum at that point, albeit a shittier version I’m guessing (I could be mistaken though)

[@Billiamwoods]

​@@ankitmudunuri4542 Pretty sure rum is generally not made with white sugar, but molasses, though technically speaking the difference between white rum and vodka can be basically nothing since I don't think there's a standard way for it to be made.

[@petergibson7287]

@@BilliamwoodsI understand rum to be a wash from molasses and then stored and aged in barrels that previously stored fortified wine.

[@BigDRandy1243]

​@@ankitmudunuri4542it would be rum until you distilled it to 95%. At that high of an ABV, you'd have a grain neutral spirit and could then dilute it back down to a palatable proof to make it vodka

[@DanBlabbers]

i think grains were cheaper and so they were used to make vodka traditionally instead of pure sugar which is likely more expensive historically. but that's just by guess?

[@Believer3_]

Vodka does not need to be more then 90% 😂

[@Johnxxscott]

We ever just though about who came up with this and how long this shit took.? Nah we’re drunk too

[@georgeh5075]

Vodka is more usually 40%-50%

[@omppuplays7147]

yes so?

[@kcompton]

Vodka needs to be over 90 PERCENT?! 😳

[@henrymiley1318]

Vodka has no corn of any kind😂

[@nikolai-thorstenhouy7706]

You made an alcoholic beverage, but not vodka, you forgot the potatoes and the milk.....

[@alexander-jp8jf]

this is filuded moonshine. vodka is potatos or wheat

[@omppuplays7147]

vodka can be other than potatoes or wheat

[@AgnOudistic]

Technically illegal in the states, no? So no moonshine for us normal folk.

[@LD-qj2te]

Hmm I was thinking about doing this and then found it’s illegal with out a license 😟

[@sampratijain6642]

Unlimited supply cheat activated

[@blackbluebox7574]

ഇത് കേരളത്തിൽ നടക്കൂല

[@topaz2821]

At the end of the day, isn’t all liquor just distilled wine or beer?

[@Duolingos_1th_minion]

Thanks for free vodka and I'm only 10 I can use this to my advantage

[@supramur]

that's not vodka. You need to use fractionating column witch distills multiple times at the same time. What you've got is a samogon, or a moonshine. It's not bad, but it is not vodka. Vodka should not have any taste, you can use sugar, or even better - inverted sugar (just boil a sugar syrup with some lemon acid and boom - you've got glucose and fructose molecules separeted and yeast can eat it faster and more effectively). Less taste, less ingredients - better vodka. The thing is to make clean product and don't have headache in the morning.

[@Tonycbear]

Chemistry 🧪 is fun! 🤩

[@damirtagirov7483]

Sorry, this is not vodka, this is basically immature bourbon. To make vodka you need 100% wheat and a rectification process. I mean I love bourbon, and I think it is not bad at all, but this is not vodka.

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

Rice vodka

[@maciekorl]

Dude, 90 abv is spirit not vodka

[@iljak]

Без углевания это спиртовой раствор

[@taikucing3460]

just drink 40 % pure ethanol + 60% aquadest

[@caidenhash7787]

Can I have that corn that you just waisted for my pigs

[@edwhitson9873]

Not 90% abv, but 90 proof

[@omppuplays7147]

yes 90 abv

[@morrismonet3554]

Nope. If it's not from potatoes, I ain't drinking it. Support your local potato farmers. LOL

[@seanpatrick7041]

Them: "We did a stripping run which got it to just below 40% ABV, but Vodka needs to be more than 90% ABV" Also Them "Which was then diluted back down to 40% ABV" So how the fuck is that Vodka?

[@lmyhoosier]

So you basically made everclear and watered it down

[@omppuplays7147]

that's how you make vodka

[@CeToxihuitl]

The only thing i don't like about my language is that there's no word for stripping run

[@shadow4280]

Jesse!

[@billyb6001]

It’s vodka. Just use sugar…..

[@JoeL-ji7uw]

It's supposed to be 40%

[@W4lkingP4radox]

Vodka needs to be distilled higher to remove heavier particles that leave flavor after that it is diluted back to the legal minimum for max profit

[@SeymourLolis]

It gets distilled to nearly pure alcohol, and then watered down to 40-50% alcohol. That's what makes vodka nearly tasteless. Distilling it to very high proof removes most of the taste.

[@whyomgwhywtf]

Vodka is supposed to be distilled to 95% abv (190 proof) and proofed down to the desired final abv.

[@MacsenWeaver]

как ты смеешь покупать водку в моей стране

[@AM2PMReviews]

He meant 90proof right? Not 90% abv.

[@stone156]

no, 90% abv distilled then rediluted down to 40% abv to remove impurities

[@Ieeon]

Dont let king cobra see this

[@Kittra.kaibyo]

😂🖤🤘🏽

[@georgieippolito9924]

Put it in a car for free fuel! No dirty carbon burning alcohol

[@Ballistichydrant]

I was with yah until you added the last step. Now I know why vodka tastes so bad.

[@AbolfazlEshragh]

سالهاست که پیج شما و جسی رو مشترک هستم اما متاسفانه توی کشوری زندگی میکنم که نمیتونم کاری رو که عاشقشم انجام بدم . شما میتونید توی این زمینه بمن کمک کنید؟

[@p.c-3314]

Fck vodka. Im gona make a single malt whisky

[@sonnyraine3445]

No taters?

[@rOBot0birrd]

Whole yecca

[@MundusTransit]

What's the point of all the ingredients if you're going to distill it to a neutral spirit?

[@Vodka_guy]

Hallo

[@Wodenseyes]

Yeah no. Vodka is 40%. You’re making grain alcohol buddy

[@MagnoGetMoney]

It's diluted down to the more palatable 40% ABV, it's distilled higher

[@Wodenseyes]

Exactly. It’s grain alc until you dilute it

[@MagnoGetMoney]

@Wodenseyes Well he did that in the video, so I don't see an issue, the final step makes the product (Vodka) so he titles the video as such.

[@burtman9649]

Barley contains PEA

[@H3R854LIF3]

So its not vodka🎉

[@Tizzle-t1l]

This dude doesn't know what vodka is

[@angelakinnett6345]

That’s not vodka it’s whiskey.

[@melomelo420]

Whiskey is aged, typically in barrel And vodka can be made from grains too

[@melomelo420]

Idk i might be wrong

[@LusseB]

@@melomelo420not corn though

[@Billiamwoods]

Why are people confidently making stupid comments? No, it's not.

[@BigDRandy1243]

​@@Billiamwoodsthank you, everyone here is so dumb and so confident about it

[@jedmoser]

Vodka isn’t 90%

[@BigDRandy1243]

Vodka is always distilled to 95% to be considered a vodka. Always. No one said it's sold at that proof.

[@marcvskulper2874]

Talk faster please, I could, totally, understand what you were saying.

[@jeremystein7376]

Not vodka 🤣

[@Maxxyeditz-n2o]

Why are you saying it vadka

[@MrTk6969]

If you only got 80 proof from your first run you obviously have no business running a still you should get well over 140 Proof off your first run

[@whyomgwhywtf]

The stripping run isn't the spirit run. The purpose of a stripping run is to reduce volume not make cuts for a final product. If you don't understand the process they used, you have no business commenting.

[@Doug-c6g]

It's not vodka.

[@samojosovajput]

pure amateurs, I feel sorry for you, greetings from the Balkans

[@Obi-Tod-Kenobi]

That's hilarious. You said we and you had nothing to do with it. Except for you ripped off homies video

[@ReynanBugoy]

In Philippines whe have Jen red horse

[@mogac4066]

This is not vodka! Traditional vodka generally made out of patato (let me know if im wrong). You guys made whisky. Unmatured whiskey, this is called white dog and if you mature that in oak barrels (oak wood is enough) you'll have whisky.

[@Billiamwoods]

"unmatured whiskey" so, vodka

[@mogac4066]

@@Billiamwoods You're saying that patato or grain it doesnt matter its vodka cause vodka is a clear distilled drink. In this case rum, cognac, brandy those all actually vodka right.

[@Billiamwoods]

@@mogac4066 They're all closely related and the terminology is somewhat based on semantics, history, and laws. Brandy and Cognac (which is a type of brandy) aren't clear, though I don't know if they're distilled in the same way as vodka. As the video points out, most places require vodka to be distilled to almost plain ethanol and then be re-diluted to upwards of 40% ethanol to be called vodka. I couldn't find a standard for how rum is made (except for what it's made from), but I do think some white rums could technically meet the legal definition to be called vodka. Like you said in your original comment, this is technically unaged whiskey. Whiskey is defined by how it's aged, but also what it's made from. Could you make potato whiskey? Technically yes, the problem is a lot of places wouldn't let you call it whiskey and people wouldn't buy it. The reason people don't sell unaged rum as vodka is probably because it's a niche market with more upside. Also, ultimately vodka has historically been made with grain for a long time, not just potatoes.

[@johnnyfettslem7439]

People in Kievan Rus’ were distilling mash as early as year 1000. At this point it was produced with basically anything people had on hand. Grains, vegetables or fruits. The earliest use we’ve found of the word Vodka is from 1405 in Poland, it was used as a general term to refer to medicine as well as other chemicals. Potatoes were never used to make vodka until the year 1746 when a Swedish scientist discovered that you can make it with potatoes. Even then it was made with a mixture of potatoes and grain.

[@Moabno]

Traditional vodka is made from grain, potatoes weren’t widely used for vodka until the 1800s.

[@idcHedumpedme]

Complicated

[@gasfrommyanusi0i594]

90%??????????!!

[@omppuplays7147]

yes

[@burtman9649]

Wine is fine &Liquor is quicker, but beers are for ______!😂

[@michaelsacy]

That’s multi-grain moonshine

[@WilliamEbarb-d2i]

So what

[@ClawhammerSupply]

So what!? We did it for YOU William!

[@ChodeMaster]

Waste of grain 0/10

[@Jordan-c2b]

Bro it isnt vodka if it isnt made with potatoes.... fact

[@omppuplays7147]

false

[@RPdante200]

How to go blind

[@justanormaldefaultpfp9309]

It won't make you go blind that is mainly a a myth

[@RPdante200]

@@justanormaldefaultpfp9309 No, its a reality that pure methanol can cause optic nerve damage that leads to blindness. Most likely to not happen here because they do it correctly.