When we did the DNA daiquiri, we tried a 40% vodka as well, but that definitely did *not* work.
151 proof / 75% rum or everclear is pretty easy to find here, so we went with that. DNA extraction with 75% works beautifully, but not surprisingly, the resulting drink winds up being very strong and rather harsh.
If you can find a 63% rum, it's definitely worth giving a try. If it works, it should make the cocktail much more enjoyable. I'd still recommend people swirl their glass before drinking though!
(And yes, as we've shown, you don't need any detergent, salt, or protease if you do frozen strawberries and 151 proof rum.)
Patrik
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:53:44 AM UTC-7, TRolandB wrote:
--Thanks for all the replies.We're following this recipe, so looking for a rum ideally, that we can buy in London by Sunday (We do not plan to drink anything that is not sold *for drinking* (we use 70% IPA for ordinary precipitation), and we know the difference between alcohol % and proof!)We're probably going to buy a bottle of wray and nephew, test it and go for the daiquiris if it works. Apparently accounts for 90% of all rum sales in Jamaica, so if we find it anywhere, we'll find it in Hackney!Cathal, seems your 60% figure isn't right for the UK if tesco are selling it. Unless of course you accuse Tesco of ever breaking the law.On 8 May 2013 07:41, Cathal Garvey (Phone) <cathal...@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
"Fermented/distilled potato" probably isn't explicitly illegal, but 60% is (IIRC) the max legal EtOH concentration in drinks and home distillation is illegal. As there's no market big enough to support industrial scale watered down poitín, there simply isn't any at all. Legally, that is. There are plenty of backroom distilleries if you know who to ask.leaking pen <itsa...@gmail.com> wrote:They are looking for something to drink, specifically. And why is poteen illegal? I show several websites showing stores selling it in the uk.On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Cathal Garvey (Phone) <cathal...@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:--Get some bioethanol on ebay for ethanol stoves, it's the purest I've found on the British Isles without a license. It's methylated so don't drink, obviously, but perfect for DNA.
Easier still: get 70% isopropanol (or 100 if available) at your local pharmacy, sold commonly as a disinfectant and more effective than ethanol. Not drinkable ofc!william...@gmail.com wrote:No everclear in the UK, but thanks for the rum gel tip. It will be at -20.On 7 May 2013 18:42, leaking pen <itsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
From what I recall, temp is just as important, and at the lower temps of ethanol we usually used, rum is going to turn into gel. I'd extract using Everclear or similar, and then mix.--On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:25 AM, <william...@gmail.com> wrote:--We're going to make some DNA daiquiris for the London Hackspace spacewarming party this Sunday 12th May. The original recipe calls for a 75% rum, but not wanting to spend £80 on alcohol, we're looking at a cheaper 63% rum.What's the minimum % you can use, and will yield be lower at lower ethanol concentrations?
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