Tag: Vodka
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Review – Crafthouse Bottled Cocktails
Bottled cocktails, mixers and the like are something I’ve usually shied away from. Â Typically something that comes from a bottle is going to taste, well, like it came from a bottle. Â The fruit juices are flat, the herbal notes are muddy, bleh. Â So, I was naturally a bit apprehensive when I was offered review samples…
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Review – Iceberg Vodkas
As far as spirits go, vodka does not have much character. A really good vodka will taste only of clean alcohol with very little else to distinguish it. One way to add character would be to flavor it, but those who have shopped with me (Elisabeth especially) know how horrified I am by the flavors…
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What I’m Drinking Now: Maple Mule
Shortly after I posted a tweet two weeks ago about having won the Crown Maple shot competition, one of my best friends sent me a text with a picture of what he was drinking that night. More than apropos, it was a Crown Maple based Moscow Mule. A Maple Mule, if you will. The drink…
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Review – Pinky Vodka
Flavored vodkas have been around for a long time. Truly good flavored vodkas have been around for a while. But unique, truly good flavored vodkas? Those are far less common. One of the first to pass through my lips was Pinky Vodka. Flavored with rose petal, violet and strawberry the first thing you’ll note is…
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Review – Bakon Vodka
Everyone who enjoys cocktails, or rather, drinking in general, has dabbled in infusing spirits. Most stick with straightforward combos: mango vodka, strawberry tequila, vanilla rum, etc. The next step in that process is fat washing. Specifically you’re adding a flavorful fat to a spirit and the alcohol and water soluble flavors in the fat are…