In 2001 we had a housewarming and someone left a big bottle of vodka in the freezer. Recently when moving to a smaller home the wife threw it out - we don’t drink very much, you see.
Anyhow, wondered if one could have still drink it were it still there.
It would get cold. Vodka is best kept in the freezer so it is always ready to drink. It won’t freeze.
Ignoring the criminal waste of alcohol, it would have been fine.
Yep. I have a half-empty bottle of vodka in my freezer right now that’s been in there for about 3 years (on account of the fact that I am a rare imbiber). It’s just one cold ass bottle!!
Vodka and cold go well together, NEVER throw it out again. It will probably last pretty close to forever.
I meant to say I had a half-full bottle of vodka. I’m not a Debbie Downer. I’m a Betty Brightside.
M: And you finished off the whole bottle?
L: I had to, it’s vodka. It goes bad once it’s opened.
M: I think that’s another of mom’s fibs, like “I’ll sacrifice anything for my children”.
I’ve heard that vodka put into the freezer instead of freezing takes on a treacly (syrupy) consistency. Does anyone know if this is true? I never tried it.
It doesn’t. There is very little else in vodka except water and alcohol. And the alcohol content will be high enough to keep it from freezing at all.
Yes- ice cold vodka seems to flow out of the bottle with a syrupy-looking ease. It isn’t syrupy when you drink it though. I keep gin in the freezer too BTW.
Seconded, but mine is about five years old now. A Russian friend assured me that it would never, ever go bad (and he would know).
In my experience russians know nothing about what happens to vodka when you store it.
Heh. Joke about Russians and Vodka:
A man walks into a bar in Moscow, buys a bottle of vodka, sits at a table, and pours himself a drink. At another table, out of earshot, two locals watch him. One says, “look, he’s an American.” “How can you tell?” “He put the cap back on the bottle!”
Agreed, I’ve had a bottle in the freezer for several years, when you pour it it’s almost like cough syrup, a little thicker than room temperature consistency. No where near like treacle though.
Yes, I’ve seen that to some small degree, but I wouldn’t even call it syrupy. For some reason it does seem to have greater surface tension than at room temperature.
Let the record show that in my very ancient freezer a bottle of vodka did freeze solid. It was mighty mighty cold in there.
My parents have a bottle of Russian vodka with a beer style bottle cap. Once opened you can’t put it back, and have to drink all 500ml of it.
Not enough info, the brand would help a lot more. Most vodkas will have a slightly thicker consistency once they’ve been in a freezer over an hour, some (the cheaper brands) will pour with ice particles clogging the neck, really cheap bottles (or ones in a freezer which is colder than usual) will freeze solid.
If it’s a regular vodka the alcohol content should keep it free from any nastiness, although no vodka has lasted more than a few months in my house.
I prefer half-finished. I guess that makes me a Terry Tipler.
I just pictured someone throwing a bottle out, going to the dump, finding that bottle, bringing it home and throwing it away again.
Just so you know - The freezing point of 80 proof vodka is -27° C or -16½° F, while the temperature of most home freezers is around -17° C.
You could make vodka lollies in an industrial freezer but if you touched one with your tongue - you would stick and burn.