{"id":1653,"date":"2011-02-08T20:37:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T03:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2011-02-08T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T03:37:39","slug":"review-zu-vodka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1653","title":{"rendered":"Review – \u00c5\u00bbu Vodka"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ZuA bit back, I was offered a sample of \u00c5\u00bbu<\/a> bison grass flavored vodka.\u00c2\u00a0 Having seen it on the shelves a few times I couldn’t resist the chance to try it out.\u00c2\u00a0 Before I get to reviewing the actual product, let’s take a quick look at what exactly bison grass and bison grass vodka are.<\/p>\n

Bison grass<\/a> is a wild grass native to both North America and Europe.\u00c2\u00a0 It has a couple other names that may be more familiar to some of you: sweet grass, buffalo grass, manna grass and vanilla grass.\u00c2\u00a0 The grass has a distinctive sweetness which plays into the flavor of the vodka.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, how about that bison grass vodka.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c5\u00bbubr\u00c3\u00b3wka<\/a>, or simply \u00c5\u00bbu as it’s sold in the US, is a Polish vodka distilled from rye.\u00c2\u00a0 After distillation the vodka is infused with bison grass extract and finally a blade of bison grass is added to each bottle.<\/p>\n

\u00c5\u00bbu has a lovely light yellow\/green color from the grass extracts.\u00c2\u00a0 As you bring it to your nose you get a mild herbal note, a touch of grassiness and a subtle sweetness.\u00c2\u00a0 The flavor is truly interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 Subtle sweetness and mild herbal notes, just like the aroma.\u00c2\u00a0 The herbal notes are similar to a very light herbal tea rather than the flavors you find in herbal liqueurs.\u00c2\u00a0 I would certainly drink this on it’s own or over ice.\u00c2\u00a0 The flavors are complex and interesting without being overwhelming.<\/p>\n

\u00c5\u00bbu’s herbal notes are sure to play well in lots of cocktail applications.\u00c2\u00a0 But I wanted to try something simple that would accentuate the vodka.\u00c2\u00a0 One recommendation is to mix it simply with apple juice.\u00c2\u00a0 I first tried with an equal part apple juice and found this mix to be quite good, but a little unbalanced.\u00c2\u00a0 Next I upped the apple juice to two parts and found a real winner for me.\u00c2\u00a0 The herbal flavors play off the fruitiness of the apple juice extremely well with neither stealing the show.<\/p>\n

I’m excited to try this in some other vodka classics like the Apple Martini<\/a> and even a simple Vodka Tonic.\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re looking for a new vodka for your shelves, give this one a go.\u00c2\u00a0 I think you’ll find it intriguing.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u00a0 The product reviewed here was provided to me as a free sample. If you’re wondering what that means check out my sample policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bit back, I was offered a sample of \u00c5\u00bbu bison grass flavored vodka.\u00c2\u00a0 Having seen it on the shelves a few times I couldn’t resist the chance to try it out.\u00c2\u00a0 Before I get to reviewing the actual product, let’s take a quick look at what exactly bison grass and bison grass vodka are. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[207,165],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-review","tag-zu-vodka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}