What is Vodka Made Out of?

Answer 1

Vodka is a typically colorless liquor, usually distilled from fermented grain or potatoes but also from other raw materials (see "Production" below). It is thought that the term is a diminutive of the Slavic word "voda" (woda, вода) for "water."

Except for insignificant amounts of flavorings, vodka consists of water and alcohol (ethanol). Vodka usually has an alcohol content ranging from 35% to 70% by volume ("Vodka Rassputin"). The classic Russian vodka is 40% (80 proof). Some have attributed this number to the famous Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, though others suggest it was adopted from the proof of gin established by the British. According to the Vodka Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Mendeleev thought the perfect percentage to be 38, but since spirits in his time were taxed on their strength the percentage was rounded up to 40 to simplify the tax computation.

Although vodka is generally drunk neat (alone, with no mixer) in its Eastern European and Scandinavian homeland, its growth in popularity elsewhere owes much to its usefulness in cocktails and other mixed drinks, such as the Bloody Mary or Bloody Caesar, the Screwdriver, the White Russian, Geezer Sauce, the Gimlet, Vodka Martini, a dry martini made with vodka instead of gin (also known as a Vodkatini)and the Green Bastard.

Answer 2

Vodka may be distilled from any starch/sugar-rich plant matter; most vodka today is produced from grains such as sorghum, corn, rye or wheat. Among grain vodkas, rye and wheat vodkas are generally considered superior. Some vodka is made from potatoes, molasses, soybeans, grapes and sometimes even byproducts of oil refining or wood pulp processing. In some Central European countries like Poland some vodka is produced by just fermenting a solution of crystal sugar and some salts for the yeast and distilling this after a few weeks.

Answer 3

Grain or potatoes. There is a variety in Scandinavia also called Aquavit which is a Scandinavian flavoured, distilled liquor, ranging in alcohol content from about 42 to 45 percent by volume, clear to pale yellow in colour, distilled from a fermented potato or grain mash, flavored with caraway seeds or cumin seed, others that may be used are lemon or orange peel, cardamom, anise seed, and fennel.

Answer 4

Vodka is typically made from fermenting potatos.

Answer 5

Bad stuff that u should not be drinking i heard that the stuff it's made out of could kill u if u have just aright amount. So good luck with that and if u drink that stuff think twice the next time u r about 2 put that bottle 2 your mouth. GOD BLESS

Answer 6

vodka

Answer 7

Distilled mash potatoes!

Answer 8

fermented with potatos

Answer 9

russians,

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Answer 10

potato