Posted on 03/22/2010 8:49:59 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Mmm Bacon...Flavored Vodka?
By Richard Goldsmith - FOXNews.com
America's favorite straight stuff gets an injection of flavor.
Once upon a time, vodka was popular for being virtually tasteless, delivering all the punch of alcohol without all of that annoying flavor. It was the ultimate blank canvas, melding with pretty much any mixer a bartender could pair it with. As vodka popularity grew in the ‘80s and ‘90s, liquor distillers realized there was money to be made through product extensions, so companies dove in head first. Thus, the tidal wave of flavored vodkas was unleashed.
Flavored vodkas have actually been around for a long time, they've just not been as popular as the straight stuff here in the New World. The first of these were fairly innocuous - based on fairly traditional liqueurs and flavors from vodka producing countries like Russia, Poland and Sweden such as lemon, pepper, black currant, and a few others.
With vodka firmly established as the number one selling spirit in the country, the recent added attention from “Sex and the City” wannabes swilling down Cosmos by the pitcher opened the floodgates for flavored vodkas to be the next big thing. Today, shelves are packed full of some of the most bizarre flavors known to mankind - cilantro and green tea are just the tip of the iceberg. And with bacon vodka hitting the market recently, who knows what could be next? Navigating this minefield can be a brutal exercise in trial and painful error. The following are a few flavors worth trying, assuming you're not too busy making homemade Skittles vodka.
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I already had my Kettle One vodkatini for today. Maybe tomorrow I'll try eating some bacon and chasing it with a vodka martini?
Cheers!
EVERYTHING is better with bacon.
Even Jell-O.
/mark for later
The recipe for the bacon flavored vodka drink:
Black Rock Spirits Bakon Vodka - Dear lord, it really does taste like bacon. Floating over the top of that familiar vodka burn is pure smoked porky goodness. In fact, the bacon flavors are a bit too pronounced to make this vodka to sip straight up, let alone as a shot. However, it begs to be mixed creatively. When paired with the right ingredients, there’s all sorts of fun to be had. Not surprisingly, it makes for what is quite possibly the best Bloody Mary of all time. Better yet, 1.5 ounces of Bakon with a raw oyster and a few dashes of Tabasco just begs to be a remedy for a brutal morning after. For mixed company, a better approach might be to swap the usual vodka in a Mudslide for the pig-laden variety, blending 1 ounce each of Kahlua, Bailey’s and Bakon over ice for an incredibly creamy pork-bomb. Just don’t forget to check if any of your guests keep Kosher before you do.
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have you tried sweet tea vodka?
Imagine what that will taste like the day after....
No.
I’ve had Stoli blueberry and Stoli raspberry. I’m boycotting Stoli now and just drinking Kettle One and Belvedere (for special those occassions.)
Bacon flavored vodka? This could mean Bloody Marys for breakfast.
Oh, yeah!
Is travesty! (to be delivered in rolling, Russian-accented baritone)
Flavored vodka is an abomination. Good vodka (and only good vodka) should be drunk ice cold so it has the consistency of syrup and the subtle flavors it naturally has can be tasted over the alcohol.
I nursed a bottle of real potato vodka (kosher to boot) that some Polish mathematical physicists gave me as a present when I invited them to a conference for years. A Russian colleague who had it at one of the departmental parties I served it at went wide-eyed and exclaimed “This is good!!”
Mixers, bah! Martinis should be made with gin, that tastes like gin!
It the #1 drink of liquor pigs.
Alcohol and pork. Put that in a glass and serve it to a terrorist.
LMAO!
Eye-Openers! Delicious. My mouth is now watering.
(Mmm, with a healthy splash of Tabasco and Lea & Perrins...)
agree on your brand choices
lol
Yeah, I keep mine in the freezer too. It’s like syrup when it’s been resting in the freezer.
Of course the only true martini is made with gin. I like both Tanqueray and Bombay.
I remember reading that Winston Churchill liked his (gin) martinis poured straight up with the bartender only looking at the vermouth on the shelf...
Add egg flavored vodka and you have a nice breakfast.
Why not? At one time the Russians had a very popular vodka that was flavored with paper.
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