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Revision as of 00:22, 27 November 2010
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| Type | Neutral grain spirit |
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| Manufacturer | Luxco |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Alcohol by volume | 95% or 75.5% |
| Proof (US) | 190 or 151 |
| Color | Colorless |
| Flavor | Neutral, contains no flavoring |
| Website | www |
Everclear is a brand of neutral grain spirit manufactured by Luxco (formerly the David Sherman Company).[1] Everclear is relatively low in congeners and is available at concentrations of 151- and 190-proof, which is 75.5 and 95 percent alcohol.[2] In contrast, other hard liquors such as rum and vodka are typically 80 to 120 proof, which contain 40 to 60 percent alcohol.
Availability
Due to its high alcohol content, Everclear is illegal, unavailable, or difficult to find in many areas. In Canada, Everclear is sold in the province of Alberta, but not in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and most other provinces.[citation needed] In British Columbia, it is available for purchase with a permit for medical use, research use, or industrial use only.
190-proof
Concentrations of 95.5 percent ethanol and 4.4 percent water form an azeotrope such that simple distillation cannot remove any of the remaining water; 190-proof spirits are the maximum available from the distilled beverage industry. In 1979, the Guinness Book of World Records listed 190-proof Everclear as “the most alcoholic drink”, and has since banned all alcohol-related entries from the book.
In the United States, it is illegal to sell the 190-proof variety in California, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington.[3][4][5]
Everclear 190 is legally sold in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho,[6] Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,[7] Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, and in some military stores within the continental United States.
151-proof
The 151-proof variety is legally sold in California, Florida, Iowa,[4] Michigan,[8] Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, and some other states.
Uses
Everclear and well as other neutral grain spirits are often added to a variety of other drinks, such as soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit juice, and iced tea, and in some cocktails and sometimes in place of vodka or rum in Jell-O shots.[9] It is also used to make homemade liqueurs, such as limoncello.
Everclear is also used in cooking because its high concentration of alcohol causes it to extract flavors well.[10]
Everclear can be used as an antiseptic.[11]
Everclear is perhaps the best cleaner for the restoration of tobacco smoking pipes. [12]
In popular culture
Literature
- Everclear is featured in Minnesota humorist Garrison Keillor’s novel Lake Wobegon Days.[13] In one scene, a housewife throws her husband’s cup of coffee onto a kitchen fire to douse it, whereupon the coffee bursts into flame. She later finds a bottle of Everclear labeled “DON’T THROW OUT” under the kitchen sink, and correctly surmises that her husband had put a shot of it in his coffee. However, a shot of Everclear in a cup of coffee would not “burst into flame,” as the flash point of this mixture would be far too high.
Music
- Jerrod Niemann has a song called "For Everclear" which references Everclear.[14]
- Roger Creager has a song called "The Everclear Song" which also references Everclear.
- Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys has a song called "Ever So Clear" which references Everclear and how it caused him to shoot his eye out during a suicide attempt.[15]
Video games
- In Commander Keen episode 1, Marooned on Mars, Commander Keen’s spaceship uses Everclear as fuel.
See also
References
- ^ Donn Lux (12 November 2010). "President's Message". Luxco. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Everclear's Product Specifications". Luxco. 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ "Title XXXIV, Chapter 565, 565.07". 2009 Florida Statutes. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ a b Wanek, Amy Lynn (2010-03-08). "After Drake Everclear Incident, New Rules for Highly Concentrated Alcohol in Iowa". Politics Daily. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ "340A.506". 2009 Minnesota Statutes. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ http://www.liquor.idaho.gov/PriceBooks/catpricebook.pdf
- ^ "Everclear". PA LCB Product Catalog. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ "August 1, 2010 Price Book" (PDF). Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
- ^ "Cocktails with Everclear". Drinknation. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ Walton, Stuart (2002). An Encyclopedia of Spirits & Liqueurs and How to Cook with Them. New York: Hermes House.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ McDonnell G, Russell AD (1999). "Antiseptics and disinfectants: activity, action, and resistance". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 12 (1): 147. PMC 88911. PMID 9880479.
- ^ http://www.seattlepipeclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=969877&module_id=16774 Pipe Restoration
- ^ Keillor, Garrison (1985). Lake Wobegon Days. Viking Books. ISBN 978-5551146766.
- ^ Niemann, Jarrod (13 July 2010). "For Everclear". Warner/Chappell Music. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ "Bushwick Bill Of The Geto Boys Reacts To Houston's Loss Of An Eye". SoundSlam. 2005-02-03. Retrieved 2010-10-26.