The math on this doesn't add up if you were to scale it. If this works, it's only because "vodka made from milk" is a neat marketing ploy that's bringing in pre

The math on this doesn't add up if you were to scale it. If this works, it's only because "vodka made from milk" is a neat marketing ploy that's bringing in premium prices. If several people did this, it would end quickly. My math: Milk is about 5% sugar. Typically for distilling you want to get a wash of at least 10% sugar. So for this to add up milk would have to be half the price of 10 brix simple syrup, and it definitely is not. A gallon of 10 brix simple syrup would cost about 40 cents and that's if you're just buying the sugar at a grocery store. Average price of milk is over $3/gallon. Also, you can buy enough bulk neutral spirits from MGP to fill a bottle of vodka for about 40 cents. It would take 1.6 gallons of milk to end up with that same amount vodka, and that's if your distillery ran at 100%, which it doesn't, so it'd be close to 2 gallons. (I'm comparing retail to retail prices. I don't know