Alcademics

Experiments with Spike Your Juice, a product that turns juice into a fizzy alcoholic beverage. Read more →

In this ice experiment, I compare large blocks of ice frozen at the highest and lowest freezer temperatures to see which is more clear vs. cloudy. Read more →

I bought a stalk of sugarcane at the farmer's market and tried to extract the juice from it at home. It's not easy! Read more →

In my last set of icesperiments, I froze, melted, and refroze (tap) water to see if it became clearer on successive refreezings. It did not. This time I compared tap water with distilled water to see if one would freeze more clearly than the other. I froze it, then melted... Read more →

I am trying a series of experiments to find the best and most practical way to make clear ice in my home freezer. Future experiments include distilled vs. tap water, boiled vs. not boiled, hot vs. cold water, different shapes of containers, etc. For this experiment, I started with plain... Read more →