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>>12636246
Some would say that more expensive/higher quality liquors have less impurities that lead to hangovers, but I think it may just be that people tend to drink smaller quantities of expensive liquor.

>>12636246
This is only (somewhat) true about vodka, since the entire point is to get a completely neutral liquor through distillation without any added flavors, and in general the price reflects how much was put into the distillation process. Yes, I also find it weird that ever other plastic handle says 5X or 7X distilled, but I guess there's just more to in than running it through the still over and over.

>>12636293
This.
Also, placebo effect.

>>12636293
>higher quality liquors have less impurities
See, this seems like it would make sense, but exactly when throughout the distillation process would impurities enter the ethanol? The process for distilling is pretty straightforward across the board. Also expensive alcohols are often aged for a very long time in charred wooden barrels and other vessels that would "add impurities" to the alcohol yet they still provide less of a hangover.

>getting hangovers

plebs the lot of yah

>>12636322
>I also find it weird that ever other plastic handle says 5X or 7X distilled
A few major corporations own almost every single liquor brand, and even fewer major distillers create alcohol for these brands. For example almost every whiskey brand in the U.S is created at one massive distiller in Louisiana. I honestly believe the cheaper alcohols are spiked with something that purposelessly makes them a lesser quality compared to their more expensive products which are released to the public without tampering.

>>12636339
How seasoned is that liver of yours?

>>12636293
>Some would say that more expensive/higher quality liquors have less impurities
They use better water as a base and have stricter codes of cleanliness amongst a smaller team of employees - simple. Multiple those factors by method of distillation and brew and you have a genuinely, better alcohol. You don't worry yourself in even the slightest that you might be drinking something less than hangover-inducing.
>and people still wonder what the point of craft beer and high-end spirits is
>(the ones that aren't commercially manipulative, like Grey Goose or Elysian)

>>12636331
That is not the placebo effect but i get what you mean.