by cowdery » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:26 pm
This is just to reinforce what Mike said, all of which is correct.
Everclear is vodka. There is no difference between Everclear and vodka. The only difference between Everclear and vodka is proof, i.e., how much water is added. In fact, it is likely that Everclear and most U.S.-made vodkas are the exact same stuff, i.e., products of the same recipe and the same distillery. Most companies that sell vodka don't make it. They buy GNS (i.e., Everclear) from ADM or whomever, dilute it and bottle it. Sometimes they perform some additional filtering or other processing.
Everclear is supposed to be used to make cocktails, as you would use vodka, but with the mixers providing the dilution rather than starting with a spirit that is already 60 percent water. My main experience with the stuff was in college when it was mixed with Kool Aid to make buckets (literally) of party punch.
The very high proof Everclear is used in the production of crack cocaine and, I think, also methamphetamine, which is why it is prohibitted in some markets, Chicago being one.
Although vodka fantasists usually disagree with me on this, in doesn't matter what grains are used to make GNS/vodka, because the high proof of distillation erases all of the grain character but, in fact, most GNS is a pure corn product.
On the other hand corn whiskies, such as Georgia Moon and Mellow Corn, contain small amounts of rye and malt. A bourbon white dog would contain slightly more rye (or wheat) but not much more. As Mike says, Georgia Moon is the best way to demonstrate white dog, and much better than Everclear. The only differences are that slight difference in small grain content and the proof.
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cowdery on Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.