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submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by FauxPseudo@lemmy.world to c/cooking@lemmy.world
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I've had this basil soaking in 190 proof Everclear since last year.

I started trying to clean up the workshop and realized I needed some painkiller to make that happen. I also had some black cherry Kool-Aid.

I cannot recommend this as a taste about beverage. But I can say that the flavors are subtle and complex when mixed together. They're not unpleasant. I'm pretty sure I could make a stunning cocktail out of this with a bit more sugar.

Why am I cleaning the workshop? Because temperatures are getting warm enough where wood glue works again. And the workshop is a hot mess.

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[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 26 points 10 hours ago

I am so lost with this post. The only thing I understood is the need for cleaning the shop

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

How to make flavored booze.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Is everclear just alcohol?

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Extremely potent alcohol. Vodka is typically 40 to 47 percent ethanol and the rest is water. Everclear is upwards of 95% ethanol and just 5% water. It's a solvent. It's extremely flammable. You could run a vehicle off it. But it might break your hoses though. It's alcohol strong enough to do productive chemistry with.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

I see. Why call it everclear and not just ethanol then? I can get 95% ethanol in pretty much any grocery store here. Is it a specific brand or something?

[-] nostradamnit@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

Everclear is the brand name

[-] obelisk_complex@piefed.ca 10 points 9 hours ago

The 95% ethanol you can get at the store is typically methylated, so it will make you sick or kill you to drink it. I think that has to do with the alcohol lobby.

But anyway, it is possible to buy up to 100% pure anhydrous ethanol, it's just a specialty item and illegal in some states like California. Probably easier to make it, if you have time on your side.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Getting past 75% purity is not easy and getting to 100% on home equipment isn't really possible. Ethanol pulls water out of the air because it is sticky due to the molecular polarity of both molecules. You need speciality equipment just to get to the 151 point.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Not as far as I know. Must be some kinda american thing. Ours is sold next to all the other alcoholic beverages and liqueurs. The most common one is literally made by a juice company.

The bottle says to mix at least 1:1 with water for drinking.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

It is a specific brand. If you send someone to the store to buy ethanol that could result in them buying vodka. Send them to buy Everclear and there is no risk of confusion.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I guess. But if I send somwone to the store and they bring me vodka I will rightfully consider them dumb as bricks

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

There is a reason you picked them to get out of the house instead of someone else.

[-] baconmonsta@piefed.social -2 points 9 hours ago

Americans talk like that. Brand names are part of their vocabulary.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Sounds like you’ve rediscovered Jägermeister!

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I grew up on jager. My parents were both bar tenders in middle school. We didn't have NyQuil in the house. Jager was cheaper and more effective if you were sick. This was the 80s before jager really took off.

This would need some fennel or licorice to get even close to the flavor of jager.

[-] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 12 hours ago

I feel attacked, posting pictures of my shop like that.

Maybe I should do some tidying today.

[-] nostradamnit@piefed.social -4 points 13 hours ago

Everclear is stupid, and deadly.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 6 hours ago

There's no way to make certain things (like extracts) without it's high ethanol content.

That you don't know how to use it doesn't make the product stupid...

[-] nostradamnit@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I've seen too many deaths from Everclear overdoses to agree with this. Young students don't get it, and end up dead, every year, in US universities in any case.

[-] scoobford@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 12 hours ago

Everclear is excellent for making tinctures and liqueurs. You're not supposed to drink it. 

[-] nostradamnit@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

I agree with you're not supposed to drink it.

[-] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

You’re not supposed to drink it.

You're not my parent, you can't tell me what to do! If I want to drink a thimble full of Satan's burning pee, by golly I will!

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

So is Kool-Aid

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Flavor Ade is worse.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Only because they don't have a black cherry flavor. Otherwise they are identical.

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