Greetings from a new member!!!

[Gordy]

water / vodka is used to thin the VG down a bit

[Perpetua]

Vodka will also give you slightly more throat hit to your mix FlipFlop . . . which de-ionised water won't, although you only use very small quantities so it's almost negligible the difference I find.

It can leave a slight smell/taste in a mix if you've a sensitive palate/nose . . . but I'd suspect a lot of mixers tend to use it, as it's a drink that many of us have ' in stock '.

Should say, apologies to James for going way off topic on his thread . . . sorry. :-[

[flipflop]

Thanks perps/gordy.
And sorry james, my fault.