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sweetnumb t1_j6b3cwn wrote

Reply to comment by extacy1375 in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream

I know this doesn't really answer your question. But if you filter cheap vodka through like a Brita water filter a few times it'll begin to taste a lot more like expensive vodka.

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jayhawk618 t1_j6bkqjf wrote

We did this in college. I don't know how much of it is placebo, but we did it for a year or so and thought it worked.

Heads up to anyone contemplating this - it makes your filter taste like booze. If you're going to do this, set one filter aside just for vodka and don't use it for water.

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DrDarkeCNY t1_j6cxi02 wrote

MYTHBUSTERS did this to test the theory - they claimed it was "Busted" because filtration doesn't make bottom-shelf vodka taste as good as top-shelf, but filtering it five times through a Brita/Pur type filter does make it taste better to both a vodka "expert" and to Jamie Hyneman. (Kari Byron picked the unfiltered bottom-shelf "control" as second-best and top-shelf as worst, to everyone's amusement!)

Sorry for the crappy copy, but since Discovery Channel now owns WB they're charging for copies of MYTHBUSTERS....

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extacy1375 t1_j6denxy wrote

That was a great video to watch.

They made a great point. It cheaper to buy the top shelf vodka than to run it thru the britta filters. Those filters can be expensive. Especially when using it only once 6x.

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tranding t1_j6bgdba wrote

Yes this is the point I came here to make as well. Smirnoff to grey goose 'taste' after Brita filtering.

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extacy1375 t1_j6b6ecg wrote

I always read about it....never tried.

I dont like any alcohol... especially non clear ones. Unless in a mixed drink. Tito's I can drink straight....without making that face....lol

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