Originally posted by: Atheus
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: Howard
Water
Vodka is 95% alcohol, so they must mix something else in to substitute for it.
95%? Surely not...
/edit: checked - classic Russian vodka is 40%
and the rest of it is sugar and water
non-alcoholic vodka would be drinking whatever fluid exists before the fermentation process starts, basically sugar-water, with whatever fruit/grain is being used for the fermenting.
That means it could have a taste of grape, potato, grain or a few other things
edit: the reason beer has a distinct taste is because companies add "hops" to their product. The same hops can be added to non-alcoholic beer I imagine to give it a similar taste. But with vodka, the strong taste is mostly from the high conc. of alcohol.