It's Monday, so of course it is an appropriate time to discuss how you will drown your sorrows. 

As a recent grad, or still in college, you understand the need for a good drink every once in a while. However, as either of those things, you are also most likely strapped for cash to buy the good stuff. 

Have no fear, just because you have to settle for the $6 bottle of Popov doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good drink.

The folks over at Gizmodo found a way to make even the lowest shelf vodka taste like it belongs somewhere in the middle (hey, they aren't wizards, nobody can turn bottom shelf to top sorry). 

The tools you need:

Coffee filters

Two funnels (or plastic cups with holes cut in the bottom)

Regular drinking glasses (two should do)

Cheap vodka that you hate

The key ingredient: Activated carbon

At a cost of $25 you are still saving huge. So go ahead, have another.