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Originally Posted by Dudesky (Post 2980482)

Forget all the math and the heebus jeebus and just make a drink with the 100 and use your mixer for the same effect. :cool:

Yeah. :)

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Originally Posted by elchivito (Post 2980436)

The vast majority of commercial whiskeys are 80 proof. Those 90 and over are not the norm, although straight rye whiskeys tend to be in the 90 and over category. I have one in my stash, Old Potrero, that's actually bottled at barrel proof, 126 I believe. The makers recommend a splash of water or an ice cube to open it up a bit. It makes a killer Manhattan. 2 measures Old Potrero, one measure Lillet, 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters and a lemon twist.
In a bar, anyone who drinks 80 proof whiskey straight is going to notice their drink being watered pretty easily. The higher proofed stuff, especially in a rocks cocktail, can be hit with water and the average drinker will not know. Wild Turkey 101, let's say a bar wants to get 27 shots out of that bottle, at 5 bucks apiece retail. If the bar manager can weasel two shots worth of water into that bottle, nobody's going to know and that's 10 bucks pure gravy. It happens all the time.
The stuff I'm going to barrel is from a test batch made at a small distillery that is experimenting with rye but aren't marketing it yet. Anyone who gets any of it isn't going to complain about it being watered I don't believe. ;)

I think (and this may be complete hearsay in my defense) that some states have very strict laws regarding anything over 90 proof or somewhere around there. I do know in PA Everclear is illegal, as is various other liquors and wines, just because the state says so. Luckily they just got Sebastiani back into our stores, one of my favorite chards.

Some states do. AZ doesn't. We basically only have laws that affect the poor, the sick and the underage. Us well heeled adults can pretty much do what we want with our booze and our guns. Yeehaw!

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Originally Posted by elchivito (Post 2980492)

I used a gallon in the OP as an example. The actual volume is a number of gallons. .25gallon is 32 oz. A quart. Seems like a lot of water. I may have to do some experimenting tonight with various ratios. :D

Good Lord. I read that 3 or 4 times and didn't see 'gallon.'

Imagine your gallon is .5 alcohol. Adding 1/4 gallon water, or one quart, yields a quantity of 1.25 gallons, still with .5 gallon of alcohol.

.5 divided by 1.0 = .5

.5 divided by 1.25 = .4

You guys are all making a incorrect assumption. ~ The density of the mix does not change with the addition of water. Problem is the density does change.
I suspect the OP is measuring the concentration (%) using a hydrometer ~ that is inferring the % from the density.
Best the OP add about 1/2 the suggested water & then slowly add more until the required density (%) is obtained.