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| Type | Neutral grain spirit |
|---|---|
| Alcohol by volume | 95.0% or 75.5% |
| Proof | 190 or 151 |
| Manufacturer | Luxco |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Color | colorless |
| Flavour | neutral, contains no flavoring |
Everclear is a brand of neutral grain spirit that is available at concentrations of 75.5% alcohol (151 proof) and 95% alcohol (190 proof),1 in contrast to hard liquors such as rum and vodka, which typically contain 40%–60% alcohol (80–120 proof).
Since 95.6% ethanol and 4.4% water form an azeotrope (meaning that simple distillation cannot remove any of the remaining water), 191-proof spirits are the maximum proof that is available from the distilled beverage industry. As Everclear is a neutral grain spirit, it is relatively low in congeners.
Everclear is manufactured by Luxco (formerly the David Sherman Company).2
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Availability in market areas
Because of its high alcohol content, Everclear is illegal, unavailable, or hard to find in many areas.
It is illegal to sell the 190-proof variety in some states of the United States, viz.: California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,3 Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. In some of these states, the 151-proof variety may be sold.
In Canada, it is sold in Alberta but not in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and most other provinces.
Consumption
Everclear is commonly added to a variety of other drinks, such as soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit juice, and iced tea. It is used in some cocktails4 and sometimes used in place of vodka or rum in Jello shots.
Everclear is also used in cooking because alcohol extracts flavors exceptionally well. It is used to make custom liqueurs such as rosé or limoncello. It is infused with fruit and then diluted with simple syrup to 30% alcohol (60 proof).
Everclear in popular culture
Everclear is featured in Minnesota humorist Garrison Keillor’s novel Lake Wobegon Days. 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. The story is obviously fiction because a shot of Everclear in a cup of coffee would not “burst into flame”; its flash point would be far too high.
Everclear is referenced in the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In a flashback scene, Tommy asks Hedwig if she is drunk — to which she replies, “No, just enjoying some rainwater and Everclear.” This drink alludes to Jack D. Ripper in the film Dr. Strangelove.
In American Pie Presents: Band Camp, Matt Stifler spikes the camp’s fruit punch with several bottles of “Cannon Rum,” a fictional brand of rum. This was an obvious spoof of Everclear because the bottle was labeled “200 proof ” and displayed the infamous ear of corn.
In his book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, Tucker Max credits Everclear as the primary alcoholic ingredient of a drink called “The Tucker Max Death Mix.”
A song is also dedicated to Everclear called "The Everclear Song" 5 written by Mike Ethan Messick (who also performed this song on his album "Bootlegger's Turn") and covered by Roger Creager on his album "Having Fun All Wrong".
See also
External links
References
- ^ luxco.com (brands)
- ^ luxco.com (company)
- ^ 340A.506, Minnesota Statutes 2007
- ^ Cocktails with Everclear
- ^ The Everclear Song on Amazon.com
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- This page was last modified on 6 January 2009, at 02:44.
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