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

[@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.

[@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.

[@hardassteel]

It’s distilled to 90% then diluted back down to 40%

[@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.

[@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

[@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’.

[@yellowmelow25]

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

[@Literally_Deez_Nuts]

Shh...

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@hungrytime3343]

How to know foreshort head terminated ?

[@Laflame-s6w]

Why we can't short sell equity in india?

[@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

[@NeoHomoSapien]

I use orbeez for homemade vodka distillation. ❤

[@NWsmallbatchBrewing]

Very nice. High Five !

[@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.

[@AM2PMReviews]

He meant 90proof right? Not 90% abv.

[@stone156]

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

[@therealballashotcalla0161]

Who else is drunk looking this up 😂

[@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?

[@somebodywhocares9293]

So much ingredients for vodka

[@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

[@ynycu]

Araq 😋 🤤

[@splinterdavies1644]

Warts and Yeast. Sounds like a condition.

[@averywilliams7236]

Just follow those simple steps, no big deal 😂

[@sampratijain6642]

Unlimited supply cheat activated

[@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)

[@Johnxxscott]

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

[@topaz2821]

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

[@AgnOudistic]

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

[@Duolingos_1th_minion]

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

[@iljak]

Без углевания это спиртовой раствор

[@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.

[@caidenhash7787]

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

[@georgeh5075]

Vodka is more usually 40%-50%

[@omppuplays7147]

yes so?

[@morrismonet3554]

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

[@edwhitson9873]

Not 90% abv, but 90 proof

[@omppuplays7147]

yes 90 abv

[@lmyhoosier]

So you basically made everclear and watered it down

[@omppuplays7147]

that's how you make vodka

[@p.c-3314]

Fck vodka. Im gona make a single malt whisky

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

Rice vodka

[@blackbluebox7574]

ഇത് കേരളത്തിൽ നടക്കൂല

[@MundusTransit]

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

[@sonnyraine3445]

No taters?

[@Ballistichydrant]

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

[@Obi-Tod-Kenobi]

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

[@alexander-jp8jf]

this is filuded moonshine. vodka is potatos or wheat

[@omppuplays7147]

vodka can be other than potatoes or wheat

[@Ieeon]

Dont let king cobra see this

[@Kittra.kaibyo]

😂🖤🤘🏽

[@billyb6001]

It’s vodka. Just use sugar…..

[@shadow4280]

Jesse!

[@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؟

[@samojosovajput]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@marcvskulper2874]

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

[@rOBot0birrd]

Whole yecca

[@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

[@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.

[@Tizzle-t1l]

This dude doesn't know what vodka is

[@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.

[@Maxxyeditz-n2o]

Why are you saying it vadka

[@burtman9649]

Barley contains PEA

[@Doug-c6g]

It's not vodka.

[@Tonycbear]

Chemistry 🧪 is fun! 🤩

[@jeremystein7376]

Not vodka 🤣

[@Vodka_guy]

Hallo

[@michaelsacy]

That’s multi-grain moonshine

[@gasfrommyanusi0i594]

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

[@omppuplays7147]

yes

[@idcHedumpedme]

Complicated

[@ChodeMaster]

Waste of grain 0/10

[@burtman9649]

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

[@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.

[@WilliamEbarb-d2i]

So what

[@ClawhammerSupply]

So what!? We did it for YOU William!

[@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.

[@gigginbig3]

No potatoes comrade? Then no good 🇷🇺

[@Jordan-c2b]

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

[@omppuplays7147]

false

[@ReynanBugoy]

In Philippines whe have Jen red horse

[@mattargyle9670]

whiskey not vodka

[@justanormaldefaultpfp9309]

Vodka can be made out of anything

[@BigDRandy1243]

Not at all, you can make vodka from anything. Whiskey isn't distilled until it becomes a grain neutral spirit.

[@erikenqvist9081]

Vodka is made from potatoes. Not sure what you made.

[@whyomgwhywtf]

Vodka can literally be made from anything. Unlike other spirits, vodka doesn't have a mash bill rather it is classified based on it being distilled to 95% ABV.

[@yearginclarke]

Potatoes are just one thing it can be made from.

[@BigDRandy1243]

Tito's vodka? Corn. Ciroc? Grapes. Grey goose? Wheat. Black Cow? Milk. You can make vodka from anything.

[@FloydTheBreathless]

You made american whiskey...

[@BigDRandy1243]

Not even close. Ingredients don't matter with vodka, just the process.

[@crazyscott2646]

This is not vodka! It is just a gain alcohol with vodka flavoring!

[@BigDRandy1243]

This is the dumbest in a sea of dumb comments, oh my god.

[@dshmlsh]

это не водка

[@whyomgwhywtf]

Yes it is. The final distilled product was at the abv requirements to meet the classification of vodka, which btw is the only requirement for a spirit to be classified as vodka.

[@dshmlsh]

@@whyomgwhywtf госты почитай и из чего изначально делается сырьё, умник

[@whyomgwhywtf]

​@@dshmlsh vodka can be distilled from any suitable material at or above 95% ABV. There are no other requests for neutral spirits to be classified as vodka. Corn Potato Beetroot Oats Malts Barley Wheat Grapes Literally anything that can be fermented then distilled up to 95% can be classified as vodka.

[@dshmlsh]

@@whyomgwhywtf у вас там это "водка", хотя по факту просто moonshine. Нормальная водка только из зерновых делается, а не из того что ты перечислил

[@whyomgwhywtf]

​@@dshmlsh the globally recognized mash bill for vodka is literally anything that can be distilled to 95% abv. It can be anything that i listed above and any combination of anything else, as long as it is distilled to 95%. There may be local or traditional recipes and there may be company preferred ingredients but unlikely whiskey and bourbon, there isn't a requirement for any particular grain or starch to be in the mash.