[rescue] Re: Way OT: Never trust Best Buy.

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 06:28:42PM -0500, Andrew Weiss wrote:

> I am not much of a vodka drinker.  It just seems to taste like not much 
> more than alcohol and water.  It has that buttery smoothness and then a 
> harsh bite.  I like to taste the full flavor of the liquor evenly 
> through every mouthful.  It's the impurities that make alcoholic spirits 
> so nice.... speaking of which if you have a buddy or work in a chemistry 
> department at a university (the way I once did), you can try this 
> experiment yourself.  Mix up bloody mary's using 100% non-denatured 
> anhydrous ethanol from a lab.  It has to be USP grade (or it is 
> poison.... and this is hard stuff to get believe me)  It goes down 
> velvet smooth until it hits the stomach (lack of impurities)... then 
> fire.

I rate vodka (Absolut at least) higher than gin or Kirsch (a cherry brandy,
or so I'm told).  I really am not much of an expert on alchohol.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd