PRODUCT: Wodka Vodka ~ Low Cost, Premium Taste

This inexpensive, “generic” vodka scores big with us. Photo courtesy Wódka Vodka.   Some people in the spirits business are amused by the lengths to which consumers fall for the marketing of premium vodka. Premium, super-premium and ultra-premium are marketing terms, not industry standards. There isn’t much quality difference between high-priced and lesser-priced vodka. Mid-priced…
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PRODUCT: Crystal Head Vodka

While both are in the spirit of Halloween, a skull of vodka may be an even better gift than a bottle of Death’s Door Vodka. The packaging of Crystal Head Vodka is based on an archaeological mystery: Thirteen crystal heads have been found in regions around the world, from the American southwest to Tibet. They…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Your Own Lime Juice Cordial

Back in June we wrote about grenadine: How most commercial brands are made of high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors and colors, and how you can make your own natural (and better tasting!) grenadine with pomegranate juice and sugar. The same is true with lime juice cordial (also called lime cordial, and essentially lime…
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HALLOWEEN: Cocktail Drinks For A Spooktacular Party

You don’t have to throw a monster mash for Halloween. Inviting friends for Halloween-themed cocktails—costumes optional—will do just fine. Here are our choices for a creaky cocktail party menu: Bloody Cocktails Blood Orange Cocktails Bloody Vampire Cocktail Bloody Eyeball Martini & Bleeding Brain Martini   Pick Your Favorite “Spirit” Cocktails Halloween Brandy Cocktails Halloween Gin…
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PRODUCT: Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka

We celebrated National Vodka Day today with Zu, a brand of zubrówka* (pronounced zhu-BRUF-kah), or bison grass flavored vodka. Made by a number of distillers, zubrówka is also referred to as buffalo grass vodka. But it was bison, not buffalo, that roamed the Bialowieza Forest of eastern Poland—cousins of the bison that once populated the…
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