Shoot the Rainbow

[sleepymaggie]

Shoot the Rainbow, originally uploaded by applesticker.

Skittles Vodka is in progress.

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[elmo-iscariot.livejournal.com]

I like the white Skittle-cores in the bottom--it looks like an etched deco on the bottle. :)

Have you been shaking the bottles occasionally, BTW? In my go-round, turning the bottles end-over-end every few days really helped to dissolve 'em.

[hypatia42.livejournal.com]

They dissolve completely?

[elmo-iscariot.livejournal.com]

They did for me. I had the wixture together for about a week, shaking and turning every two days, and ended up with a solution that would separate out into two layers: sugary vodka on the bottom, and fat suspended in sugary vodka on top. It's the white "meat" of the candy that most of the fat seems to come from.

Frankly, it might be interesting to do a controlled experiment: half a batch with the whole Skittle dissolved and half a batch with only the outer layers dissolved off. The latter would presumably be less sweet (I assume most of the sweeteneres are in the "meat" of the Skittles), but it also might turn out that the outer layer is mostly coloring, without much flavor.

Mmm... Booze science... :D

[hypatia42.livejournal.com]

Interesting experiment idea. I think I would have to use the wild berry skittles though. Much prefer their flavor.

[siriciryon.livejournal.com]

I once worked at a Baskin-Robbins and had the stupidity to taste straight food coloring.
It's nasty-bitter.
So, if the coloring is primarily in the outer layer and the sugar is not (which seems likely), there would probably be a faint aftertaste not covered by the sugar, though it might be covered by the alcohol.

[sleepymaggie.livejournal.com]

Our skittles actually completely dissolved last night (approx. 6 hours after putting them in the vodka). We're trying to decide if we should wait another day before straining.

Right now we have bottles of opaque colored liquid with a mess of whiter solids on top.

[elmo-iscariot.livejournal.com]

I saw that in the Flickr gallery, and it confused me. I suspect it's because you used fewer Skittles than I did, but I suppose it could also be a difference in the vodka... :\