A man who works in the alcohol industry has detailed what you should be looking for when you buy vodka , including the types that will give you a ‘horrible hangover.’ Trevor is known as @everythingboozie on TikTok , where he has more than 312,000 followers thanks to his educational videos about adult beverages. He went viral after sharing the ‘101 on vodka’ as part of his popular liquor series, which he started earlier this month. ‘As a disclaimer, I am over the age of 21. I do not condone underage drinking. Always drink responsibly,’ he began.
‘I am not being told to sell any of these products. This is just my humble opinion after having spent four years in the industry.’ Trevor explained that the vodka industry is ‘unfortunately’ driven by marketing, so it is helpful to know how to read a bottle. ‘Vodka can basically be made from anything from potatoes to wheat. Anything that has a starch and a sugar combined can be used to make vodka,’ he said. He pointed to a bottle of Blue Ice Vodka to show that is made with potato followed by Haku Vodka, which is made from Japanese rice.
‘The key to a good vodka is to have a flavorless, odorless spirit… In order for that to happen, companies will distill it multiple times — 5x distilled, 10x distilled, 10x filtered,’ he continued. ‘The reason they do that is to bring down the “flavor” of vodka and get rid of that rubbing alcohol flavor and make it so it doesn’t influence your drink.’ If you are looking for a flavored vodka, he recommended trying one infused with natural flavors because they tend to be less overpowering. ‘They are not super, super crazy sweet, but they are really good to add to cocktails to enhance the drinking experience,’ he said.
Trevor noted that if he were buying flavored vodka, he would ‘go for ones that have a higher alcohol percentage because they don’t have as many of the high sugars.’ ’30 per cent alcohol vodkas typically are very, very, very sweet, thus causing the horrible, horrible hangovers,’ he explained. Trevor also pointed out that price is not necessarily an indicator of quality. ‘There are really good cheap vodkas that are often overlooked, and there are really bad expensive vodkas,’ he said. ‘Because at the end of the day, vodka is a lot of marketing. ‘Some companies have really, really, really great marketing and a pretty decent product, but not super great. Other companies don’t market at all, but they’ve got some of the best product in that bottle that you can find.’
Trevor ended with his key takeaways, saying, ‘ Find something that’s distilled multiple times and filtered multiple times, and that’s going to reduce that alcohol burn and lead to a better tasting vodka. ‘ Also, steer clear of things with low alcohol percentages.’
The video has been viewed more than 700,000 times and has received hundreds of comments from fans — many of whom wanted to know his favorite vodka brands. ‘Please make top five best vodkas as far as smoothness goes and easy drinking. And do the same for tequila please?’ one person asked. ‘Can you list the example of the not advertised but best product?’ another responded. ‘So much great information on vodka! Thanks for sharing what you know!’ someone else added. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12455039/alcohol-expert-choose-best-vodka-avoid-hangover.html?ito=msngallery
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