When you "bruise" alcohol, what happens to it?!
When you "bruise" alcohol, what happens to it?
It is said that when you mix drinks at home, to put the ice in the glass first, so you dont bruise the alcohol. Does anyone know what happens to alcohol when you "bruise" it?
Answers:
Connoisseurs say that gin or vodka is bruised when too much water is mixed with the alcohol from the ice or when too many chips of ice break off and melt into the drink. It takes away from the flavor; they suggest you use a chilled glass or stir the drink instead of shaking it. I normally chill my glass or bottle anyway because I don't like the watered down taste.
edit: I just read that a bruised drink is only a cosmetic thing. The introduction of ice chips and air makes the drink cloudy, it shouldn't take away from the taste. If it is a mixed drink it is irrelevant. I guess its just something that liquor snobs say to make themselves sound knowledgeable.
Sudden temperature change will cause separation of molecular "flavors" if you will, and...
Ah, hell...
I'm just making that up...
It gets swollen, calls the cops and you have a Domestic Violence case you are going to jail for!
Never heard of "bruised" alcohol. Traditionally, the booze goes over the ice, the mixer(s) goes in and mix the drink. Good bartenders will shake it and then throw it in the glass, or stir up once the straw goes in.
I suppose it says ouch, just like you and me.
The reason you pour the alcohol over the ice and not drop ice into the alcohol is to keep from splashing the drink out of the cup. Never heard of bruising alcohol.