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Does anyone know if there is any truth to expensive alcohol making you less hungover? Grey Goose vs. Smirnoff,etc, or is that bs?
I found the answer, and its an obvious yes.
There are more refined and expensive methods of distillation that allow for better control of the toxic substances in the final booze, and at least one very expensive "hangover-proof" vodka is made by deleting the fractions with the most fusel oil. Better, though, is aging in hardwood for at least eight to 10 years. Hardwood aging is essentially a very controlled evaporation with the most volatile compounds like higher alcohols and aldehydes evaporating first. Not only does the bad stuff get out by slow evaporation, but the ethanol leeches minerals, tannins, and carbohydrates back out of the wood and into the hooch, replacing some of the distillation losses. So there really is a justification for shelling out more for expensive liquor like Cognac, 12-year-old Scotch, and Anejo rum over well brands.
I found the answer, and its an obvious yes.
There are more refined and expensive methods of distillation that allow for better control of the toxic substances in the final booze, and at least one very expensive "hangover-proof" vodka is made by deleting the fractions with the most fusel oil. Better, though, is aging in hardwood for at least eight to 10 years. Hardwood aging is essentially a very controlled evaporation with the most volatile compounds like higher alcohols and aldehydes evaporating first. Not only does the bad stuff get out by slow evaporation, but the ethanol leeches minerals, tannins, and carbohydrates back out of the wood and into the hooch, replacing some of the distillation losses. So there really is a justification for shelling out more for expensive liquor like Cognac, 12-year-old Scotch, and Anejo rum over well brands.
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