Test Your Good Stuff
Hi i came across this simple test on-line for testing the quality of your good stuff, how accurate the test is i don't know but it seems like a lot of testing in this game requires your judgment rather than set in stone.
Take a glass that you would normally drink out of and rinse it heavily with water- there should be no soap residue. Then dry the cup with a clean towel (to prevent mineral salts from being left behind after the water evaporates).
Pour in a little of the spirit you are testing, and swirl the glass around until the spirit has totally coated the inside of the glass.
Once there is a thin "film" of alcohol covering the inside of the glass- pour out the excess alcohol (drink it), and leave the glass somewhere where it won't be broken.
The next morning, smell the glass
If there is a nice perfumed aroma (for aged or other flavored spirits) or absolutely nothing (for vodka), congratulations- you've made good booze.
If there is any brackish, sour, solvent-like, or wet cardboard flavors- shame on you- you got greedy and ended up with heads or tails in your spirit.
That's all there is to it. Suprisingly effective test, considering how easy it is.
Take a glass that you would normally drink out of and rinse it heavily with water- there should be no soap residue. Then dry the cup with a clean towel (to prevent mineral salts from being left behind after the water evaporates).
Pour in a little of the spirit you are testing, and swirl the glass around until the spirit has totally coated the inside of the glass.
Once there is a thin "film" of alcohol covering the inside of the glass- pour out the excess alcohol (drink it), and leave the glass somewhere where it won't be broken.
The next morning, smell the glass
If there is a nice perfumed aroma (for aged or other flavored spirits) or absolutely nothing (for vodka), congratulations- you've made good booze.
If there is any brackish, sour, solvent-like, or wet cardboard flavors- shame on you- you got greedy and ended up with heads or tails in your spirit.
That's all there is to it. Suprisingly effective test, considering how easy it is.