Everclear & 100% alcohol

[lurch]

fractional-distillation-by-freezing works to a point, as anyone who has ever left a
barrel of hard cider out by the barn in the wintertime and then thrown the floating ice
away can attest.  However, it is likely necessary to put the bottle of vodka in a bath of
salted ice or perhaps use dry ice to get the temp low enough.

Barry Ornitz can likely shed some light.

73 de ka9egw

Murray Leshner wrote:

> I dunno about fractional distillation by chilling...it works for boiling,
> however (except the alcohol leaves first). From my chemistry education
> however long ago, I recall that water and simple alcohols are very miscible
> (mix very well). The bottle of vodka I have in the freezer right now (my
> normal storage place, except I don't drink it any more;I guess we'll have to
> pull it out when we move!) will not freeze at whatever temperature that
> freezer is...it just runs a litle thicker. It's been there for years.
>
> Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Morris <morris at COGENT.NET>
> To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
> Date: Saturday, June 17, 2000 1:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Everclear & 100% alcohol
>
> >You can always buy a bottle of cheap proof vodka and put
> >it in the freezer section of your refrigerator overnight.
> >Here in the California you can get 100 proof, it may be
> >different in other states.  200 proof is 100% alcohol,
> >100 proof is 50% alcohol, you can figure from there.
> >
> >No matter - freezing it locks up the water in the original
> >bottle, and since alcohol freezes at a much lower temperature
> >it stays liquid allowing pouring the alcohol to a rag for
> >cleaning something, or even pouring the alcohol into a
> >separate bottle for storage...
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >At 07:02 PM 06/16/2000 , you wrote:
> >>Taking up on some advice given in several recent letters, this morning I
> >>went to the local liquor store and drug store for everclear and 100%
> >>alcohol.  I was told at the liquor store that everclear was taken off the
> >>market a year ago.  The pharmacist said he did not sell 100% alcohol.
> >>Any more ideas?
> >>The liquor store claimed that the college kids brought the everclear to
> >>an end.  I guess they aren't kept as busy at the schools now as we were
> >>40 years ago. ......
> >>Joe.
> >
> >
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