Results and Experiments

[mishalak]

I have added 250 ml of plain white sugar to my very red half liter of vodka from which I removed the half pound of chopped up cranberries. Very tasty and still tart enough.

My new experiment that I plan on running for a few weeks is a small one. 150 ml of toasted buckwheat soaking in an equal amount of vodka. I think it will give a nice toasty rich flavor that I plan on complementing with just a touch of honey. We'll see if it is any good in, say, two weeks.

Comments

[armoire-man.livejournal.com]

I just realized that one reason I get such a kick out of your vodka experiments is that my dad used to do stuff like this all the time, so it feels familial. Have you ever thought of becoming a science teacher? I'm sure you could teach the kiddies a lot.

Somewhere I have his recipe for faux Kahlua, which he called "Caffalco #17". Yes, it took seventeen tries before he got it right. He was dedicated, was dad.

What are you going to do with the buckwheat afterwards? Make pancakes? Just set it on fire to warm the kitchen?

I want to try the cranberry vodka - I'll have to go back and look at your original post.

Damn it, I need to drink more.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Well I hope that I'll have removed so much flavor from the buckwheat that it will be trash. I measured my amounts very carefully so that when/if I thin it down I'll know exactly what I have done and I can do it more easily next time.

Chop up half a pound of cranberries (that should be a volume of about half a liter when unchopped a standard package is 12 ounces so you need 2/3rds of it), add to a half liter of good vodka, tightly cover and let sit for a week. Press and strain into a 750ml bottle. Add basically a cup of sugar.

I hope that his recipes are around somewhere. It would be a shame if it was lost after so much work.