Thursday, March 19, 2009
I-search What
I know what I like in flavored alcohol. I know that I have a lot of questions to answer. I know the more you filtrate vodka the cleaner and better the taste is which at first seemed a little off subject but to properly flavor the alcohol I think you probably need a fairly clean taste, kind of like a blank canvas. I know that you need a still to make alcohol and there are many kinds of stills and alcohols. I know that flavoring is more common today than infusing, but that infusions are gaining in popularity. I have a good feeling that most alcohol manufacturers purchase their concentrates for flavoring. I'm pretty sure most vodkas don't take long to make and are not aged for a long time. I'm not certain beyond a shadow of a doubt how they determine the right flavor, smell, or look but I think that it is done through a test panel and a series of trials. I know it is illegal to make alcohol in your own home in Maine, but I know there is a manufacturing facility in Lewiston so there is a way to make it in a place of business. I think I should probably focus on where to buy meat flavorings, how to clarify them if they aren't clear, and possibly if it's cheaper to buy alcohol and flavorer it than it is to make alcohol and then flavor it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
My mother was such a good customer at the local liquor store that when the owner had a chance to buy a million cases of unlabelled vodka, he offered some of his prime customers, including her, the opportunity to design their own labels, which he slapped on her caseloads before sending them over to her house, which is how there came to be such a thing as Patsy Brand Vodka with her smiling face on every label....
ReplyDeleteVodka is pretty cheap. All the rest is buzz, sizzle, bottling, snob appeal, and mark-up. I'd be very surprised if it was cost-efficient for a start-up to distill.