15 Unusual Uses for Cheap Vodka

Step 15: Drink It!

To enhance (remove) the flavor of cheap vodka, run it through a charcoal filter multiple times.  The charcoal will get used up quickly, however, and if you're using brand-name filters, it may end up costing as much as a nicer bottle of vodka in the long run.  Instead you should refill your charcoal filter at home!

Comments

[Hexpigge]

It doesn't work like that, vodka only gets worse as it gets through charcoal filter. Even mythbusters have tried that.

[clevernonsense]

I've done this several times and it works VERY well--mythbusters agreed!

[apayne-1]

That episode of Mythbusters proved that each time they filtered it, the vodka got BETTER, and the vodka expert and Jamie both ended up putting all of the shots back in the correct order, while everyone else was close, but not quite spot on.

[Davidfromcali]

Commercial Vodka produced outside of the primary Vodka countries often is purified by running it through activated carbon filters. In the countries that have long been traditional Vodka producers they don't use it.

[lug big lug]

Illegal importation involves mixing it with dye, shipping it here as something similar to glass plus or rubbing alcohol, then running it through a reverse osmosis filter then an activated carbon filter

[lovetoputter]

The filter system "works" for cheap tequila too. We bought a super cheap tequila to test this out with a Brita filter. The tequila turned "drinkable" after about 6 runs, but not pleasant. Same for vodka - drinkable, but not pleasant.

[stretch51]

If you are going to filter cheap vodka run hot water through the filter first.

[nmvb]

not a very "unusual" use, but hey, it works :D

[Sequimania]

You can also use a dilute solution of vodka as spray starch for your laundry while ironing. Yes, it's true, some people still iron their clothes!

Actually I learned this tip from quilters who like their tiny pieces of fabric to be stiff when they sew them together. I believe the formula is 1/4 C cheap vodka and 2 C water. The vodka is cheaper than spray starch and doesn't leave a sticky starch film all over your ironing board, shoes, floor, walls, dog lying under the ironing board. . . Does not leave an odor.

[scoochmaroo]

Ok, I am totally doing that now. I never knew how much I liked starch until I became a costumer, and now I miss it for my home laundry! I don't want things stiff, but it's amazing at getting out wrinkles!