How to dilute alcohol to get vodka.

It is no secret that today it is very easy to get poisoned by alcoholic beverages purchased at the store. Neither laws on mandatory certification nor product quality checks save. Somewhere at some stage of production or trade, an enterprising “snare” appeared - and “write - was gone!”

The ideal option is not to drink alcohol at all. A good way to protect yourself can be considered the purchase of alcohol-containing beverages at an expensive price - high quality and in proven, reputable supermarkets. But if these two options for a person is unacceptable?

Then there remains the only way out - making vodka at home in the presence of proven quality. But in order to dilute alcohol, we also need certain knowledge and skills.

If a person knows, correctly, then he can produce not only primitive vodka at home, but also other beverages containing alcohol in the base. For example, 40% vodka with additives and seasonings (cloves, vanilla, nutmeg), aged for half a month on oak bark, will turn into a cognac drink.

And if you dilute the alcohol with juice up to 18%, then it is quite possible to get a very tasty drink that resembles port or vermouth. Make it sweeter - you get liqueur. And you will dissolve spirit "tarkhun" or strong herbal broth - you can enjoy balm.

Before you dilute the alcohol, you need to thoroughly clean the water. In no case can not use water from the tap! It contains too much salt and other impurities, so a solution of alcohol with water may become cloudy. You can dilute the alcohol with distilled water or boiled and cooled to 20 degrees. Water obtained by melting ice can also be considered distilled.

You can use activated carbon. Several tablets should be thrown into a jar of water, leave the mixture at 22 degrees for three hours, then strain through several layers of gauze.

Sometimes before diluting the alcohol, flavoring agents are put into the purified water. It can be acetic and citric acid, milk, flavors, as well as sugar, glucose or honey. It should be remembered that these additives should not be abused. For example, acid is enough a tablespoon to three liters of finished products, and honey or glucose - no more than 40 grams.

The quality of alcohol plays a major role in this process. The spirits of the class “Lux” are recognized as the best, in the second place is the medical and “highest purity”.

It should be remembered, before diluting the alcohol, that:

1. it is not water that is poured into alcohol, but alcohol into water;
2. dilution should be carried out at a temperature of 20 degrees;
3. diluted alcohol need to defend a week in the dark and cool (temperature - not less than 4 degrees);
4. extract only improves the taste of the drink;
5. proportions in the dilution of alcohol can be viewed on the table Fertmana, but you can use the ratio of 2: 3;
6. the best option is to measure the strength of the resulting drink with a special device - an alcohol meter;
7. when the solution becomes cloudy, activated charcoal is added to it, asserted and filtered.

But the most important rule that applies to all people dealing with alcoholic beverages is that, in addition to quality, the amount drunk is of great importance! Do not forget about it ...

Alcohol ... How to breed it yourself at home? This question is especially interesting for those people who set a goal not to purchase a vodka product in a store, but to make it at home.

It should be noted that such a “chemical” task is rather simple, but to solve it, some knowledge of this science will still be useful. After all, to dilute alcohol to 40 degrees, it is necessary not only to mix it with ordinary drinking water (as a result, the total amount of the mixture will decrease), but to do it in the right and right proportions. Otherwise, arbitrary mixing will lead to an arbitrary result, which can adversely affect human health during the drinking of the resulting drink. In addition, the safety of the final alcohol product depends not only on the ratio of liquids, but also on the quality of the ingredients themselves.

Alcohol: how to breed at home

Necessary utensils and ingredients:

It should be especially noted that for self-preparation of a vodka product it is necessary to purchase only high-quality drinking alcohol. How to breed it, we consider a little lower. By the way, in order to choose such an ingredient correctly, you must remember that, depending on the degree of purification, alcohol is divided into:

• extra, or 96.5%;
• high purity, or 96.2%;
• first grade, or 96%;
• lux, 69.3%;
• medical.

How to dilute alcohol with water

In a glass container (it is better to take a clean three-liter jar) should be poured 1.25 liters of 96% alcohol. It is desirable to do this through a large funnel. Next, you need to add 40 ml of 40% to the liquid. It can be easily purchased at any pharmacy. Then you need to pour 1 small spoon into the mixture. After that, a three-liter jar should be filled with regular drinking water. However, it should be noted that such a liquid must be very soft and contain a minimum of salts. The ideal option for the cultivation of alcohol is spring water. But if you do not have one, then you can also use plumbing, which has been filtered through cleaning devices.

Alcohol: how to dilute to vodka

To get a good alcoholic drink and improve its taste, dilute alcohol is recommended to add additional ingredients that will make the product softer. These additives include the following:

• fresh liquid honey;
• citric acid;
• granulated sugar;
• any fruit juice (for example orange);
• fresh milk.

Surprisingly, some people add to this drink and various oils. However, we do not recommend doing this, since after drinking such a vodka product, a person may experience severe headaches, nausea and vomiting.

After drinking alcohol is diluted with water, it must be insisted for some time (2-3 days). If this time is not, then the mixture is recommended to shake well and cool.

It would seem that it may be easier than to make a liquid suitable for drinking from alcohol. That is, dilute to 40 degrees recommended by the Ministry of Health.
  Although there are individuals who can absorb alcohol in its pure form, but we do not treat this, so we will dilute it.

How to properly dilute alcohol with water, what would a drink, ready to drink?

First we need:

• Food or medical alcohol96% strength. We take, of course, ethyl alcohol, which is suitable for ingestion. As you know, there is still methyl (technical) alcohol, which is a poison. He has completely different tasks and it is not necessary to take it. Even for nothing.
    There are, of course, techniques that make it possible to distinguish ethyl alcohol from technical (methyl) alcohol, but they all do not provide a 100% guarantee, therefore, the most reliable is to buy (take) alcohol in a safe place.
• Purified watercan be bottled, but rather distilled. Water from the tap, as well as boiled is not suitable, because it is hard, that is, it has a lot of dissolved salts. This will affect the taste of our drink and, moreover, such water may become cloudy during the preparation of vodka.
• Measured capacity

Preparation of pure vodka with a strength of 40 degrees without additives.

Take for example 500 ml  96% alcohol. This amount is required 700 ml. water. If you have a different amount of alcohol, then we take less or more water, respectively, that a proportion would be observed.
  If you want to get vodka from another fortress, or if your alcohol is not standard 96%, you must use special calculators online  or relevant tables  to calculate the required proportions.

Table of the ratio of alcohol and water in the preparation of vodka.
The amount of water indicated in 100 parts of alcohol. For example, to prepare a 40 degree drink from 95% alcohol, you need to take 144.4 ml of water and 100 ml of alcohol.

We first pour water into a container in which we will dilute our magic solution. Water should not be warm. Best of all, if it is not just at room temperature, but cooled.
  Important: it is necessary to pour alcohol into the water, and not vice versa. Otherwise, you risk getting a cloudy solution, a little like real vodka.
  Then mix or shake.
  Pour into storage container and close tightly.
  Let stand for several days. (well, or at least a few hours).

All pure vodka without additives is ready. But in order to drink it was more pleasant and tasty, certain ingredients are used, which are added at the mixing stage.
  Therefore, the second recipe:

Cooking vodka in the store and even better strength of 40 degrees

In this case, we need:

• Alcohol and water, as in the previous case
• Glucose (can be bought at the pharmacy)
• Honey, citric acid, lemon or orange juice - at will and choice
• Activated charcoal, 10 tablets.

Again we will proceed from the fact that we have available for this business. 500 ml  96% alcohol

The preparation procedure is as follows.

• Pour into container 700 ml. water and add about 20 ml.  glucose, honey, orange juice, as they say "to taste." Yes, and with the amount of glucose you can experiment.
• All mix thoroughly and then add alcohol. Do not forget that water and other components must be cooled at least to room temperature.
• Add activated carbon (pills better crushed into powder), mix and let stand for several hours to days (the more, the better).
• After that we filter through gauze with cotton wool or cotton wool inserted into a watering can. In any way that at the exit there was pure transparent liquid.
• Pour into storage container just below the neck and close tightly.
• Let stand for several days.
    Everything! After that, you can use, respecting the measure and propriety.

Alcohol is diluted with water and other ingredients to obtain vodka. Independent preparation of the drink is practically no different from the factory technology. The advantage of this cooking procedure is that you control everything yourself. And consequently - you will be sure that you prepare a normal product, with or without the use, to your liking, of various additives and without the risk of getting poisoned with counterfeit vodka. How to dilute alcohol and will be discussed in the article.

Ingredients preparation

Alcohol

Preparation of vodka from alcohol by dilution in water at the technologists is called the "cold method". This operation is often used at a distillery. Proven technology, proven, economical. As a result of dilution, a high-quality food product is obtained with a known intoxicating effect.

In this process, the main thing is to follow step by step the order of mixing all the ingredients. But first you need to prepare them. Choose alcohol from the list below:

• 96.5% extra;
• 96.3% - luxury;
• 96.2% - the highest purification;
• 96% - first grade;
• medical;
• anhydrous.

The best quality alcohol is the product labeled “Lux”. And the worst option (in the absence of the best) is high-purity alcohol. (Do not be surprised - this is true, one hundredth of a percent is very important!)

Water

After selecting the main raw material, it is necessary to prepare the water, in which later it will be necessary to pour the alcohol. This component can be filtered or distilled. Different results may be filtered, they depend on the hardness of the water and its mineral composition. And with the "distillate" options for failure is almost never (if it is really distilled product). You should never use tap (“Zhekovskuyu”) water without purification - spoil the final product, and simply transfer the valuable alcohol.

There are recommendations to use spring water, clean bottled water, melt clean water. With these options, everything is very ambiguous. Spring water is often hard, purchased water from a supermarket also does not differ in the purity of its parameters, and we generally do not recommend melt water (with our ecology). (The latter advice will be particularly relevant not only for residents of cities, but also for suburbs, small towns and villages located near industrial giants within up to 100 km.)

Supplements

As various additives in industrial production use various acids and additives. Acetic and citric acid are the most popular. Acetic is in honor of its cheapness and cloying odor, and citric is used to soften hard water (even filtered water can be hard). Sugar, aromatic essences are added as vodka additives, milk and honey are added in small amounts.

The use of these ingredients depends only on your taste preferences. Love the "bitter", real and burning, "so that it warms" - do not use supplements. If you like the product “soft so that it goes on itself” - experiment, adding a little bit, and get your perfect recipe.

Alcohol dilution ratio and preparation procedure

Long ago (more than 140 years ago) it was found that the optimal proportion for mixing vodka is 2 parts of alcohol and 3 parts of water. Unit of measure - mass. That is, to get 1 kg of vodka, you need to take 0.4 kg of alcohol and 0.6 kg of water. Using these weights, you get a classic "40 degrees" with a volume slightly less than 1 liter.

It is important to understand how to dilute alcohol. The mixing procedure is simple: alcohol is poured into the water. Not otherwise. The control is performed by a hydrometer (alcohol meter). Depending on the instrument readings, a little alcohol is added. (At the same time, we remember about water: it is no longer possible to pour it into the mixture.)

You can use scientific tools for dilution and control - special tables. For a classic vodka of 40 °, you need to take 100 ml of alcohol with a strength of 90 ° and pour 130.8 ml into a volume of water.

On additives, when it comes to industrial production, make massive (volume) amendments. For home cooking, in small volumes, you can ignore these volumes of additives.

Table "How to dilute alcohol with water." (The value in the cell is the amount of water in ml per 100 ml of ethanol)

Cleaning

After the finished product is slightly defended and cleaned. Cleaning can be done through a fabric or paper filter. Also, after mixing, you can pour a little activated carbon into the mixture itself, and after aging, strain.

To improve the quality of the finished vodka, add several tablets of activated carbon to the product. After the product is in such a state, it is settled for 2-4 hours in heat. The mixture is then filtered through a cloth.

Adding other ingredients

After you have managed to dilute the alcohol successfully, this is followed by the operation of adding the additives. To soften add honey, glucose, citrus juices. If there is no experience, then add in small portions. At 1 liter enough 30-40 ml of the ingredient, not more. Acids add even less - 5-10 ml per 1 liter of finished products.

  Next, you need to keep the entire composition in the dark and cold for about a week: diluted alcohol reacts with all the ingredients, the mixture gains the final taste. When the extract is finished, the finished vodka should be poured into bottles. It is important to seal the bottles tightly: if this is not done, then a part of the alcohol will evaporate, which will decrease the strength of the product.

At this stage, you will find another surprise: the finished vodka will be less - some of the substance will react and form new compounds, thereby reducing the final volume of vodka.

Note 1.  A number of sources suggest first to prepare pure vodka, without additives. Others suggest first to prepare the water: pour in and stir all the additives.

Note 2.If the table is difficult to use, then there is another simple formula for dilution of 96% alcohol: 1 liter of alcohol is required to be added to 1.4 liters of water to produce a 40 ° drink.

Note 3.  For the preparation of vodka is important temperature ingredients. It is enough to warm them up to 20 ° C. If this is not done, you can suffer with a “degree” fit in the strength: the difference from the standard 20 degrees (temperatures) may give differences in strength degrees from 1 or more per temperature unit.

Video instructions

How to dilute alcohol without risk to health

The classic recipe for vodka from alcohol is very simple and suitable for home cooking.

To do this, you will need to take:

• Alcohol 96% - 1 liter 250 ml
• Water - 2 liters
• Glucose solution 40% - 40 ml

Before you make vodka from alcohol you need to remember the basic rules for mixing liquids.

Alcohol should be poured into the liquid, nor should you do the opposite. Pour the required amount of water into the jar and then gently pour in the alcohol.

The resulting mixture should be mixed well. To do this, close the jar tightly with a lid and shake well several times. Alcohol mixture should be immediately put in a cold place - a refrigerator or freezer.

Homemade vodka alcohol is ready. Before use, it will need to be cooled for several hours in the refrigerator and prepare the appropriate snack.

What kind of alcohol do vodka at home?

The original recipe for homemade vodka from alcohol will appeal to lovers of spicy drinks.

  Ingredients Required:

• Alcohol - 2 glasses
• Water - 3 cups
• Dry lemon peel - 1 cup
• Cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg - to taste

To make a good vodka from alcohol you need to pay attention to the quality of the main components. Water should be clean and soft, and alcohol should be taken only food. It is important what alcohol is used to make vodka - you should not buy it in unfamiliar places, otherwise you risk your health. Poisoning low-quality alcohol can harm your body, so always check the documents for this product.

Before preparing vodka using alcohol, prepare a convenient glass jar with a lid. Pour water into it and add the required amount of alcohol.

The mixture should be mixed well and put in a cool place to cool. After a few hours, when the vodka is ready, the jar will need to be opened and dry lemon peels added to the liquid. You can use fresh lemon peel, for this it will need to be carefully cleaned. Put the drink to infuse in a cool place for 5-6 hours, after which you will need to overtake the lemon tincture on the moonshine.

For one liter of distillate will need to add 5-6 grams of cinnamon, 1 g of cardamom and nutmeg. It will be possible to increase the proportions of spices to your taste.

Vodka will need to again tightly close the lid and put in a warm place. It is best to wrap a can with a blanket or put it in a heated oven for 10-12 hours. After that, you will need to put the jar in a dark place for 10-12 hours, so that the drink is well infused. Strain the finished vodka through several layers of gauze, cool well in the refrigerator and you can try. You can add to the drink a little sugar or glucose - to taste.

How to make vodka from alcohol: proportions, how to dilute alcohol to vodka

The basic recipe for the preparation of vodka from alcohol is suitable for all lovers of good quality alcoholic beverages. The ability to properly dilute alcohol will help you in the future to prepare a variety of alcoholic beverages based on homemade vodka.

Preparation of homemade vodka from alcohol can be divided into several main stages.

Before you dilute the alcohol in vodka should prepare all the main components.

Water is one of the most important components of any vodka. Taste qualities of vodka depend on the water used. Water should be soft, transparent, colorless, without any extraneous tastes and smell. It is considered the best spring water or from the headwaters of the rivers. If it is tough, before preparing the drink it should be filtered using a special filter.

All recipes for the preparation of vodka from alcohol have a similar technology. Alcohol is poured into a liquid - water, juice or another drink, after which it is well mixed.

In order to make vodka from alcohol, the proportion is always about the same - alcohol comes in three parts into three parts of water. In some cases it can be diluted more or less, it depends on additional components.

You can add citric acid, juice, or other flavoring to the mix. Sometimes they are added not only to taste and smell, but also to give vodka a certain color.

To make the drink softer, it is recommended to pass the vodka through an activated carbon filter or overtake. After that, the drink is bottled and kept in a cool place for 7-10 and sometimes 14 days. If during the cooking process spices and herbs were added, the vodka will need to be further filtered. Before use, chill cool and give a few days to rest.

The recipe for homemade lemon vodka from alcohol

Lemon vodka made from alcohol is a great drink that turns out to be very soft and light in taste. Thanks to the fresh aroma of lemon, vodka is tasty and can be drunk in its pure form even without a snack.

Ingredients Required:

• Alcohol - 400 g
• water - 600 ml
• Lemon - 1 pc

Soft vodka from alcohol can be prepared in several ways - from lemon peels or from citrus juice.

  Lemon should be put in a colander, pour boiling water on it, wipe dry and peel the skin with a sharp knife. Cut the zest into thin strips and put in a clean bottle. Pour water into a separate bottle, add alcohol and mix well, leave the mixture in the refrigerator for several hours.

From the pulp of lemon squeeze the juice and pour it into a small jar or bottle. When vodka is infused, half pour into a container with the peel, the other half into lemon juice.

Both banks tightly close and put in a dry dark place for 14 days. Before drinking, strain the drinks and you can try.

To improve the taste of the drink, vodka can be distilled, after which you add a little sugar syrup.

Vodka from alcohol at home is very easy to prepare, even without having a moonshine. To do this, you just need to insist drink in a cold place for at least two weeks, strain and give it a rest for 2-3 days.

Making vodka from medical alcohol

Traditional vodka is made from medical alcohol by mixing liquids. The strength of the drink depends on the proportions that were used. Therefore, if desired, you can make a drink with any alcohol content - 30, 35, 40 or more degrees.

Ingredients Required:

• Alcohol - 6 liters
• Birch coal - 350 g
• White Raisin - 200 g
• Water - 9 liters

To make vodka from alcohol, the raw materials should be well cleaned. Thanks to this not complicated procedure, the quality of the drink will improve markedly.

Pour the crushed birch charcoal into a large glass bottle, top with alcohol and leave in a cool place for 3 weeks. In order for the coal to interact well with alcohol, the liquid in the can should be shaken daily - every 4-5 hours. Another 7 days alcohol solution should be at rest - it does not need to be mixed, the drink should rest.

The alcohol prepared in this way should be well filtered through a filter, drained into a clean jar, add white raisins to it and put for another 12 days in a cool place. The finished alcohol base will need to be drained and mixed with water. To overtake ready mix and to pour in pure bottles.

This way how to make vodka from alcohol soft and pleasant to the taste takes a lot of time. But the result will not disappoint you, because now you can not only drink the drink in its pure form, but also ennoble it with the help of various additives. Thanks to this, you can cook a wide variety of vodka, tinctures and liqueurs.

How to make delicious vodka from alcohol

Delicious vodka from alcohol can be prepared from a mixture of spices. For this you will need:

• Alcohol - 1300 ml
• Ginger - 50 g
• Kalgan - 50 g
• Mint - 50 g
• Anise - 50 g

All ingredients put in a glass jar, mix thoroughly and pour with alcohol. Put the mixture in a cool place for 18 days. After that, add 2 liters of distilled water and overtake on the moonshine.

Cool ready drink and you can enjoy spicy vodka.

The recipe for soft vodka from alcohol

You can make vodka from alcohol according to the recipe that was used by our ancestors. The old way of making a drink can be slightly changed if you cannot find all the necessary ingredients:

• Lemon - 5 pcs
• Alcohol - 2 l
• Water - 3 L
• Cinnamon - 50 g
• Badian - 50 g
• Cardamom - 50 g
• Muscat color - 20 g
• Nutmeg - 2 pcs

The production of vodka from alcohol begins with the fact that you should prepare the basis of the drink. Pour water into a large glass jar, pour alcohol into it and mix well. Put the vodka in the fridge and cool it well.

Wash lemons, wipe dry and peel. Fold the whole peel in a jar, pour it with prepared vodka and put on for several hours to infuse.

Tincture will need to overtake.

Pour the rest of the ingredients into a glass jar, pour the lemon-alcohol extract obtained by distillation, and close the lid. Leave the infusion in a warm place for 4-5 days. The temperature should not be below 35 degrees, so it is best to put the jar in a heated oven or wrap a blanket.

On the fifth day, the vodka will need to be drained and, if desired, add a little sugar. It will be enough to put 40 g per 1 liter of vodka.

The taste of a wonderful drink will surely be appreciated by your friends, especially if you present them with an unusual vodka.

Prepare 5 small bottles, pour the prepared vodka into them and add a dye to each of them:

in the first - cornflowers, in the second - saffron, in the third mint, in the fourth sunflower seeds, and in the fifth - the walnut peel. You will get an incredible palette of colors - blue, yellow, green, purple and brown drinks.