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In the United States, it is illegal to sell 190-proof Everclear in [[California]], [[Florida]],<ref>2009 Florida Statutes, Title XXXIV </ref> [[Hawaii]], [[Iowa]],<ref name="Iowa">{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/08/after-drake-everclear-incident-new-rules-for-highly-concentrate/ |title=After Drake Everclear Incident, New Rules for Highly Concentrated Alcohol in Iowa |work=[[Politics Daily]] |author=Wanek, Amy Lynn |date=2010-03-08 |accessdate=2010-07-12}}</ref> [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[Montana]], [[Nevada]],<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-202.html#NRS202Sec065</ref> [[New Hampshire]], [[North Carolina]],<ref>http://watchdogs.blogs.starnewsonline.com/14287/abc-commission-to-end-sales-of-190-proof-booze/</ref> [[Ohio]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]] |
In the United States, it is illegal to sell 190-proof Everclear in [[California]], [[Florida]],<ref>2009 Florida Statutes, Title XXXIV </ref> [[Hawaii]], [[Iowa]],<ref name="Iowa">{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/08/after-drake-everclear-incident-new-rules-for-highly-concentrate/ |title=After Drake Everclear Incident, New Rules for Highly Concentrated Alcohol in Iowa |work=[[Politics Daily]] |author=Wanek, Amy Lynn |date=2010-03-08 |accessdate=2010-07-12}}</ref> [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[Montana]], [[Nevada]],<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-202.html#NRS202Sec065</ref> [[New Hampshire]], [[North Carolina]],<ref>http://watchdogs.blogs.starnewsonline.com/14287/abc-commission-to-end-sales-of-190-proof-booze/</ref> [[Ohio]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]]. |
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Revision as of 19:45, 13 November 2012
 A bottle of 190-proof Everclear. | |
| Type | A distilled beverage consisting only of corn-derived alcohol and water |
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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 |
| Related products | 190-proof Everclear is legally a neutral grain spirit in the United States |
| Website | www |
Everclear is the brand name of a colorless, unflavored, distilled beverage bottled at two different high strengths: 151-proof and 190-proof, meaning respectively 75.5% and 95% alcohol by volume. It is distilled by Luxco (formerly the David Sherman Company).[1]
Everclear is distilled from corn (maize) and is nearly identical in taste to fine-grade unflavored vodka, although it contains more alcohol. Both Everclear and fine-grade vodka are very low in congeners, which are agents that develop during fermentation or are added later and that lend flavor and color to whiskeys and other liquors.
Because of a legal regulatory definition in the United States, only the 190-proof version of Everclear can be designated as a neutral grain spirit. Other distilled beverages sold in the United States (such as vodka, whiskey, and brandy) are typically bottled at 80- to 120-proof, containing 40% to 60% ABV. However, some rums are sold in the United States at 151-proof (Bacardi 151 for instance).
Since 95.6% alcohol and 4.4% water form an azeotrope (meaning that simple distillation cannot remove any of the remaining water), 190-proof spirits are the strongest that are available from the distilled beverage industry.
Availability
Due to its high alcohol content, Everclear is illegal, unavailable, or difficult to find in many areas.
Canada
In Canada, Everclear is sold in the province of Alberta but not in most other provinces. In British Columbia, it is available for purchase only with a permit for medical use, research use, or industrial use.
United States
Some municipalities, such as Chicago, have banned Everclear even though the states in which they are located allow it to be sold.
Consumers may legally purchase Everclear in Pennsylvania but must first obtain a permit for it and agree that it shall not be consumed as beverage alcohol and shall not be furnished for any reason to another person.[2]
190-proof
In the United States, it is illegal to sell 190-proof Everclear in California, Florida,[3] Hawaii, Iowa,[4] Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada,[5] New Hampshire, North Carolina,[6] Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.
151-proof
It is illegal to sell 151-proof Everclear in California, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Washington, and West Virginia.
Uses
Everclear, as well as other brands of neutral grain spirit, is typically added to a variety of other drinks, such as soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit juice, and iced tea. It is sometimes added to cocktails in place of vodka or rum and is used in Jell-O shots.[7] It is also used to make homemade liqueurs, such as limoncello, and in cooking because its high concentration of alcohol acts as a solvent to extract flavors.[8]
190-proof Everclear is in regular use among fine woodworkers and luthiers as the preferred shellac solvent in French polish finishing.[9]
Everclear can be used as an antiseptic,[10] as a fuel in camping stoves,[11] and as a cleaner for the restoration of smoking pipes.[12]
Everclear 190 is considered an excellent, odor-free grade of ethanol for use in fine perfumery or tincturing. Manufactured to be of beverage grade, it is not denatured, i.e. it contains no chemical additives to render it undrinkable.[13]
In popular culture
Literature
- Everclear is featured in Minnesota humorist Garrison Keillor’s novel Lake Wobegon Days.[14] 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.
- Tucker Max discusses the consumption of Everclear multiple times in his book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.
Music
- The Jerrod Niemann song "For Everclear" and the Roger Creager song "The Everclear Song" both refer to it.[16]
- Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys tells in his song "Ever So Clear" how drinking Everclear resulted in his eye being shot out.[17]
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.
- ^ Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. "Application for permit to purchase grain alcohol".
- ^ 2009 Florida Statutes, Title XXXIV
- ^ Wanek, Amy Lynn (2010-03-08). "After Drake Everclear Incident, New Rules for Highly Concentrated Alcohol in Iowa". Politics Daily. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-202.html#NRS202Sec065
- ^ http://watchdogs.blogs.starnewsonline.com/14287/abc-commission-to-end-sales-of-190-proof-booze/
- ^ "Drink Recipe Browser: Everclear drinks". Drinknation. 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ Walton, Stuart (2000). An Encyclopedia of Spirits & Liqueurs and How to Cook with Them. London: Hermes House. ISBN 1-84215-154-1.
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- ^ McDonnell G, Russell AD (1999). "Antiseptics and disinfectants: activity, action, and resistance". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 12 (1): 147. PMC 88911. PMID 9880479.
- ^ ZenBackpackingStoves (200–2005). "Alcohol Stoves". ZenBackpackingStoves. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ Thomas C. Wolfe (1982). "Pipe Restoration". Seattle Pipe Club. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ http://www.basenotes.net/threads/234204-Everclear-Why-and-why-not
- ^ Keillor, Garrison (1985). Lake Wobegon Days. Viking Books. ISBN 978-5-551-14676-6.
- ^ THE DISCOVERING ALCOHOLIC (30 April 2009). "Art Alexakis of Everclear at The Discovering Alcoholic". Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ Niemann, Jarrod (13 July 2010). "For Everclear". Warner/Chappell Music. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ Staff writers (3 February 2005). "Bushwick Bill Of The Geto Boys Reacts To Houston's Loss Of An Eye". SoundSlam. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
External links
- Luxco official website
- Everclear information and recipes at Drinksmixer
