$ .89 a gallon at a grocery store near you. Giant Eagle in my case. Ended up $ 46.32 as they sucked me into a bunch of additional purchases.
Uses:
Humidor seasoning.
Humidification device recharging.
Refreshment for the truly paranoid.
Charging of commercial products that serve it’s same purpose.
Initial thoughts:
Appears to be real distilled water. Odorless and colorless. Possesses that “absence of flavor” so sought after by distilled aficionados.
Experience:
Poured a quick glass. Cool and refreshing. Noted the absence of all flavor. Subtle hints of nothing peaked out from a pale palette of odorless and tasteless coolness. Was quite refreshing and overall 10 of 10 in my distilled experience. (As always) It’s nice to get a product that has such consistency and continuity purchase after purchase. Spilled some on my jeans when I was pouring and almost got out some club soda… thought about it and moved on. (Estimated cost $.01)
Wiped down the insides of a humi that I was going to start using again. Light wipe just enough to change the color of the cedar. Waded up a plain white paper towel and soaked it in distilled as well. Put a coffee cup dish with the paper towel on it in the humi and closed it up. Should be ready to go in a day or so. I’ll check and rewet it tomorrow if needed. I think this works more effectively than the shot glass method as there is a tremendous amount of surface area to wick off the distilled. I believe wicked of distilled still functions as advertised. Just need to get the cedar lining to absorb to its stasis point of 60-70% or so. (Estimated cost $ .0
Refilled the Cigar Oasis II in the office cab. Always a hassle as it is buried under boxes and has a very small orifice for filling. (Dirty thoughts deleted) Poured in about ¼ gallon. Spilled a cup or so on the carpet. No biggie. Active humification is the right answer for large cabs that you open frequently. I use beads as well for stabilization and as insurance. (estimated cost $ .25)
Beads - Too many beads. Large sacks, small sacks, big tubes little tubes. 16 different bead containers ranging from 60% to 70% RH beads. Charge them in different ways. Sacks – have one of those basting devices and drip onto them sporadically. Tubes – a quick dip and hold vertical. After the first time the beads don’t seem to crack much. (Estimated cost $ .12)
So in conclusion, distilled is the magical elixir of cigar storage. Buy it fresh, buy it old, just buy it.