Add pure gold leaf glitter to whisky and other spirits.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- And off on another random tangent we go. This video shows how to add pure edible gold leaf to clear drinks. The gold leaf is easily available on eBay, although you have to specifically look for the pure edible gold as some cheaper versions use a base material with a gold layer on it.
Since it's TT time here on the Isle of Man (Motorbike racing Tourist Trophy) it seems fitting to use a commemorative whisky that was bottled in a limited edition for the Joey Dunlop Foundation. Joey is a legendary TT racer who sadly passed while pursuing the thrills of his sport.
This is also a good time to mention my brother's whisky channel on TH-cam, which features distillery tours and whisky reviews from "The Manx bothy".
/ ralfystuff
I'll also include a link to the Joey Dunlop Foundation which continues his legacy of helping people with disabilities enjoy holidays on the Isle of Man.
www.joeydunlopf...
If you enjoy the videos on this channel you can help support it with a dollar for coffee, cookies and glittery beverages at / bigclive
The Smirnoff product uses a carbohydrate based polymer called gellan gum to help suspend the gold leaf. You will also find this added to many non-dairy "milk" products like soy or almond milk. It creates what is called a fluid gel which allows suspension with minimal increases in viscosity. It is tricky to get this to work in high alcohol systems. I know since my company assisted Diageo in developing their vodka.
Yummy, Mr Clark.
Very interesting - thanks for sharing!
Gellan gum, eh? Interesting. The first thought that occurred to me was xanthan gum, but then I realized it doesn't do so well with large concentrations of alcohol.
Plum Bit: nothing wrong with gellan gum; it's a natural fermentation product... rather like the liquor itself. ;)
Furr Bear My comment wasn't sarcastic :)
In almost every instance, a 6 watt LED from China will in actual fact be 3watt. 99% pure gold from China...... 44.5%?
and that would mean that it is 55.5% lead right?
Yeah no way in hell I'd be eating that gold from China
I kind of doubt china will care. Good luck taking anyone from china to court. It will need to be a crime in their own country, not yours.
yeah, china is communist, so you would literally be suing china..... good luck
I don't drink alchohol, so I get my kicks by eating ferrero rocher with the wrapper on.
Flash git.
ambassador, you are spoiling my intestines
Do not waist your money on a bottel of Whisky if your going to put gold in it
You make the randomest videos I've ever seen. But I love it!
nah men, nothing will bit his "shitter-glitter pills" video, search it on the chanel, you won't be disapointed.
Amusingly, the very first sentence out of Clive's mouth on that video is "I have been accused of having a very random channel". Lol.
I wonder if Clive knows that his Shitter-Glitter capsules are due to expire this month?
Well, considering this is bigclive's channel, there needs to be LEDs involved. Add some warm white LEDs to the bottom of the bottle so there is a sparkly golden glow coming from it :D
then we have a convection current due to the heat generated and the leaf will rise again :D
a lavalamp huh :)
***** yep
My god, I didn't know Ralfy was your brother. Haha, what a coincidence that I watch both of you regularly
they're like the Scottish Kardashians of TH-cam.
dustlesswalnut well, with 99 % less arse and they are 120,000% more bearable
+Harry Emmott you mean to say you never knew bigclive got his start with a leaked sex tape? ;)
dustlesswalnut haha...
with 1 billion more talent that is !
Clive, I absolutely loved the scene with both the bottle and the measuring cup directly below the camera lens - I swear I could smell it... ahhhhh. Thanx.
thank you for once again tackling a subject often speculated over but never dealt with... some of us have to wonder about it. on that note thanks for popping the solder in the tesla lighter...
I have never understood the use of gold leaf in food, it's just such a silly idea.
It's concentrated decadence.
Some people aren't born into nobility, and have to acquire it gradually by absorption of noble gasses and metals.
let me just snort some helium real quick...
I wonder if that's the actual story behind King Midas...
I think that is the whole idea. To have sparkly poo, though I don't know who you would show it to.....
Nice one CliveAnd thanks for the shout for Ralfy, looks like I'm into him too now
Wow that's crazy.. I was thinking of Ralfy when i saw the thumbnail of this video because he had the bottle on his shelf in the manx bothy for a while and i always wondered about it in his reviews... But i never would have guessed that you are brothers. You two are actually the only two youtube i support on Patreon.. still can`t believe the coincidence.. :)
I was waiting for the jump cut at the end , empty bottle of whiskey and just you screaming "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEEEEDOMMMMMMMM" Hahaha
OMG I have been watching Ralfy for years and you for years, never knew you were brothers!!!!!!
wow ralfy's brother lol I would have never known, awesome, his videos are superb
Can't wait to add this to my Buckfast to add a touch of class 🍸
Tha's a braw idea. Gonna try it in the special brew.
Wow, this looks so nice. I never heard of gold in drinks, only on food. You always provide such cool and unusual diy ideas.
Chinese writing, you sure its not gold painted lead?
The 1% lead is implied.
eraldorh my hometown NanKing is famous for making this. It is a very tedious process to make and it was made by hand only 20 to 30 years ago. Not sure what about now.
Even if it were, there's not enough to cause any harm. There are very few substances that could be harmful at this dosage.
I've been subscribed for years to Ralfy's channel and didn't even knew he had a brother. Furthermore I discovered this channel through Ashens. So now I'm subscribe to two awsome Scots who are on top of that brothers. :D
Such a tragedy for poor Joey but an informative video and a good way to raise awareness. Nice one Clive!
"Edible gold from China" Contains gold along with lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, antimony, beryllium and nuclear power station waste for good measure.
It'll give one superpowers. :v
If Clive stars jumping into phone boxes then emerges wearing a cape and his underpants on the outside then we know why.
Clive, come on, at least show the electrostatic test with the flakes, 'ya you might want to try that out" or at least standard kings gold melt. Calibrated agents welcome, but 99% aint 99.999%. From my metal working, you don't need to add a separation to make leaf, just pound the crapp out of it and fold, repeat 500 times. A bad flashback to Goldschläger 20 some odd years ago.
Wait your brother is Ralfy. I've been subbed to both your channels forever, mind blown.
Clive has spoiled us with frequent uploads. When I check on this channel and there's nothing in 4 days, I start having withdrawals. My life is not complete without Clive's trashy yet invaluable work! :D Truth be told though, I've learned SO much from this channel. I've also ordered countless products that were featured. I'm very thankful for all the reverse-engineering as well. Ahhhh!! XD
the whiskey guy is your brother? that's cool! funny how you are also the joule thief guy. the world is so small!
Stop saying that on every comment, you dour man.
***** What I'm saying is, there's no need to correct every spelling error, "m8"
Could you also tell me what the difference is? My phone's auto correct lists both.
Both spellings are correct but they apply to different brewing locations, and I presume changes in the English language over time. For example in the UK we spell colour, some countries spell it color.
Even Google added an "e" to Scottish Whisky Long and short of it:-
Scottish whisky www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/Irish whiskey www.masterofmalt.com/country/irish-whiskey/
Whuskei
Quite nice and beautiful video, Clive. Thanks!!
If some random chinese ebay seller says its 99% eatable gold that must be true for sure.
You can buy it in your local shop and pay way more for them to import it from China.
you can hardly fake leaf-gold ... if the gold is less pure it'll be harder and wont flatten to such a degree, and golden looking plastics & co you could check its conductivity :D
+TheKnaeckebrot or density.
with such a thin sheet, you can not really check for density.
Maybe its %66?
Joey was an utter legend.
I once had the pleasure of sampling an interesting bottle by Lagavulin. Now while I to tend to enjoy the flavors of Islay more than most.. This packed a tremendous peaty/smoky punch that brought back memories of boarding up burnt down houses with my father as a youth. Yeah... That "house fire" flavor, complete with the burnt tire, ABS, and electrical wire-esque rubbery feeling it leaves on your tongue, is something you won't soon forget.
Wait a tick. Ralfy is your brother?! Ralfy.com... Ralfy? Amazing. I've found you both at different points in time but enjoy watching both of your channels! What are the odds. You both are great!
Well I would have never known Ralfy was your brother, I watch his channel from time to time. Very small world hey.
There's going to be an upcoming more-expensive-than-normal bowel movement.
I always wondered if it passes straight through and gives a "golden dawn", so to speak. Might be good for the old arthritis, that touch of gold. I'm trying to think of an excuse to justify trying it.
Gold is pretty non-reactive, absent industrial processes or electricity. I'd say you might just poop a bit o' shiny poop! You might have to spend more time than you'd like investigating the issue to see it, however. There's not a lot of gold involved, after all.
mharris1270 Right (thanks for your reply; I just looked this up), but these were gold salts preparations. Those are *much* more bio-available than the elemental form. I'm sure a small amount of Clive's gold was oxidizing and such, but forming a salt with a not-so-reactive metal like gold takes deliberate action and energy.
elemental gold is about as non-reactive as it gets. You can probably eat your way through all the gold reserves in the world with no ill effect (if you wash the gold first. Be hygienic!)
Also, the amount of gold in a gold leaf is beyond tiny.
An Irishman, a Scotsman and a priest walk into Fort Knox...
Nice one Clive I din't have you down as a rider, respect to you sir
Holy shit. Ralphy is YOUR BROTHER? Christ, it's a small world. Never in a million years would I have guessed that.
From the first video I saw in this channel, I knew it.
I knew it was so good that at some point you were going to be shitting gold.
Literally.
I've never seen your brothers channel. Definitely going to check that out
I like big chunks of gold floating around my whiskey. Gold the size of golf balls :P
Opening a limited edition bottle of whisky. You monster. :)
A soft brush is the way to handle gold leaf.
So reading up on the reviews for a similar product on amazon, it seems many people are complaining the leaf isn't actually gold.
Is there a clever way to determine if the sheets are actually made of gold? Perhaps by looking at the conductivity of the sheets?
The amazon reviews were of burning the sheets, but I'm not sure that's a good way to determine if the sheets are gold.
The gold "vodka" you described as sold by Smirnoff is actually branded as a cinnamon flavoured liquor on the tag I have had it a few times at parties and it does taste like a cinnamon vodka but I guess they maybe had to call it a liquor due to whatever they did to stop the gold leaf floating up. I have also had it on a shelf in my cupboard for a while and it has stayed very well distributed through the bottle. Great video as always!
If the label says "liqueur" instead of "liquor" it just means it's been flavoured and sweetened. Nothing necessarily to do with making the gold float, although a higher viscosity product thanks to sugar could certainly aid in that. Liquor is just a generic North American term for any distilled spirits.
Frankly it just sounds like Smirnoff's version of Goldschlager, a Swiss cinnamon schnapps with gold leaf added. Not terrible, actually, at least as I recall from being 18 with more money than responsibility.
+thewuurm sorry it was liqeur! Autocorrect on my phone
Hey, no need to apologize. The distinction between liqueur and liquor is just one that most people I know don't realize exists, so I figured it was that. That's my faulty assumption there; I didn't even think about the possibility of autocorrect mangling the meaning.
Great video! am a big fan of Ralfy,, subscribed, keep up the good work
my time to shine!
I work in an off sales and we sell that cinnamon flavoured gold smirnoff, this is somthing I have found interesting before, we do not shake them, and neither do customers. Somehow the gold does seem to have a way of distributing itself around the bottle, my initial thoughts have been a minute convection current forming in the bottle as the temperature raises during the day.
Whoa, whoa, whoa... hold on a minute.
Ralphy's your brother!?
Went to his site, and saw a link to "my brother's site" clicked on it and sure enough, it was Clive's site.
I agree, how neat is that? I've watched Ralphy for years and had absolutely *no* idea of the connection as well until last week. The two most easy-going and listenable people on TH-cam are brothers. It makes me very happy for some reason knowing this now.
Wayne Koebel Seriously, right? Without Ralphy, I would have never discovered the beauty that is Laphroaig!
Oh! I didn't know you were Ralfy's brother! Cool!
Quite often sugar is added to vodka to "soften" it.
Perhaps this also helps keep the gold leaf evenly suspended in the liquid?
you're probably one of the most likeable people on youtube
My question is: Would dropping the gold in the plastic jug you used work? You would just have to pour it in
That might work, but it's the "dropping it in" bit that's the hardest. It wants to cling and stick to anything in the vicinity.
Try to grab t with a clean painting brush and just dip it into whatever you want. If it can get it on the walls and statues, it will get it in the whisky
Did you try blowing it in when you had it in the neck of the bottle? I guess it might just flap about or actually get blown out but it would be worth a shot.
also, the surface of the plastic looks somewhat rougher than the glass, so some of the leaf might stick, and trap some of the whiskey to it
I'm pretty sure gold leaf is handled with soft brushes similar to the ones used for finger-printing.
I bet your number two's look great!
Do you watch the race live, and if so will you be recording it and posting it up?
Can I scrape the gold of the contacts from the old mainframe boards I have and consume them in gin?
No
+jordan greene gold is gold 😂
It might be contaminated with lead solder tho and lead is lead
+jordan greene Mmm leadtastic!
making your own goldschlager there bud? good video as always!
Amazing, totally ordered some ! Helps if you have a friend named Goldmann with an upcoming birthday I must say ..
Cool, I've always been curious about this.
You and Ralfy ar brothers ? Mind Blown!
Would it have worked better getting it into the bottle with a puff of air?
Do you think they raise the price of whiskey because of the gold.they also use editable gold with chocolates
Clive, why put metal into whisky? i dont see the point.
The same reason metal gets put on people; it looks nice.
[Citation needed]!
lol thats nonense ! they dont make cuts whatsoever ,thats a dumb urban myth ! its purely for decoration
So there's gold in your poo?
3:39 - "Mr. Goldfinger, I presume?" I didn't know Clive was in to Bond movies. ;)
Would a ultrasonic cleaner filled with some whisky shred up the gold leaf?
just why do we need to consume gold? any benefits from gold.good video clive i'm now subscribed.
Clive, I've got a bottle of the gold leaf Smirnoff in the drinks cabinet - I haven't touched it since it was bought for me at Christmas 2014 (I'm a big of a vodka snob and so haven't felt the need to drink it - I like smooth vodka, and Smirnoff is cheap and nasty even if it does have precious metals in it). So, just to scotch your theories It looks exactly like it did when I put it in there - the gold is still in suspension and distributed evenly in the bottle...
I could be wrong but I think a small amount of food grade glycerine is added to some "gold leaf" drinks. I know one of the gold leaf schnapps has 10% glycerine but I'm not sure if that is specifically to keep the leaf in suspension or to give it it's syrupy texture. Maybe try 1% in Vodka or something?
gold in whiskey or a deep dark anejo tequila.....such luxury.
+Gary Lloyd *snooty
holy shit clives brother is Rafly?! mind blown! thats so cool lol
does your brother ever take off his cap?
does his brother have a channel if so what is it called ??
TheWyot the link is in the description
It has happened on occasion. Look at review nr 300 for example. :)
I think he only has his cap off in a absinthe review video, no 300 IIRC.
Even though I have no real interest in drinking whiskey and spirits I have watched quite a few of Ralfy's vids now and there is another one where he takes his hat off "whisky review didgerydoo(3 of 5) - Glasgow's Whisky Club Presentation at Arran Distillery"
as kid I used to get the same effect by eating chocolate cake whilst swigging a large bottle of orange drink !!! ,on hot summers days it was quite a delicacy !!!
Ummm... you'd trust edible gold from ebay? Man....... I don't know....
Better chance of china providing real gold leaf compared to the tungsten gold in fort knox. :p
99% pure gold.
99 Chinese percents pure that is.
What are you thinking, anodized aluminum or gold-plated lead?
dunno, they did put pretty pure melamine in the baby formula.
We're all thinking lead and a possible some radioactive cadmium mixed in...
Nice one, never knew that existed!
Ill be keeping an extra close eye on your tear down videos for the coming months.
Minute gold slivers mixed with electronics could produce some interesting results. :D
Next time we'll be covering lead flakes in moonshine.
Jeez-o Clive, I never kent your brother was Ralfy!
I never bought or tried Smirnoff's gold vodka, but looking at it on the shelf, it was obviously much more viscous than straight vodka, so they seem to have added a thickener to keep the gold in suspension.
Nice job, gold finger 👍🏻
Anyone else go off and find one of Ralfy's videos, get 30 seconds into it, say nope and come back to watch Clive's video?
I was in our local one day recently and I saw a bottle of vodka with gold glitter in it and I thought of Clive because he likes glitter lamps. I hadn't got round to contacting him about it and how he migh like to make it happen, as he does! - but here it is! :)
The Smirnoff gold liqueur has, I think, a higher viscosity due to the addition of sugar. I guess this acts to hold the gold in suspension. I work in a retailer that sells the stuff and I can confirm that, unless disturbed by handling, the gold particles remain in the same relative positions pretty much indefinitely.
Smirnoff did something to their gold vodka to make the gold float. I have a bottle at home, and it has been stationary on my shelf for about a year now, and the gold still just "hangs" in the vodka.
Also when using it in cocktails the gold drops to the bottom when you mix any other liquid in the vodka.
Why not put the gold in the half that you put in the measuring cup then stir and finally pour the altered whiskey back into the bottle?
... so... why not add the gold leaf into the bit of whiskey you poured out into the other wide topped container, then pour that with the gold leaf through a funnel?
I do wonder about where you shop Clive, 'Poundland' and 'Banggood' who thinks of these store names?
How difficult would it be to mine the gold back out?
That looks great.
Is ralfy genuinely your brother? I've been watching his videos for years. I do love me a whisky.
I've seen a lot of fake gold foil on ebay. How do test it to make sure?
Best video so far. Idea for next video: Gold leaf on LED for light dispersion? :-)) Greets from Holland!
how can I find edible gold easier? eBay just kinda gives me a bunch of non edible gold, at least in the German eBay it does
I wonder if Ralphie died a bit inside when you carbonated Poundland* wine. (*Probably wasn't but might as well have been.)
Are you sure that this was actually pure (well 99%) gold? I would be worried about that it the Chinese had manage to "mislabel" it.
How much current can it deliver without melting?
I bought a bottle of the gold flake smirnoff (because shiny things..) and I remember it being slightly thicker. It was a cinnamon flavour if I recall and it was almost syrupy, but only slightly. I thought it was to keep the flakes suspended, but may have been a consequence of the flavouring
worthy of a "golden shower" !!!
I did not realize that ralfy was your brother. I did remember seeing a link to his brother's website on his site, which I realize is yours.
Big Clive, do you like Buckfast?
Coming home quite buzzed on a Saturday night I don't know if I can stomach another drink. But hey, if there's gold in it... maybe it's worth a shot.
Cheers, watching this makes me thirsty.
Does clive always have a band aid on his thumb?
obviously you can do vodka and whiskey, could you make say.... "henry westons, old rosie" gold? in the same way? or does it have to be a spirit or liquer?
it can actually be spelled either way, so neither is technically "right"
***** Not necessary, but thanks. I knew that. I suppose the point I was trying to make is that while legally they may be different, they're for most intents the same thing.
So, will there be a wee video about golden flecks in yer jobbies?
I have seen some of these "golden spirits" with added xantan or guar gum as a thickening agent, thus increasing the settling time of the gold flakes.
Interesting concept, I've never seen any gold whiskey here in the states.
I have a few bottles of Smirnoff vodka with gold leaf. I can confirm that the leaf never settles, and the vodka has a slightly thicker viscosity than normal.