Posted on 06/29/2010 11:12:50 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Prepare your palate for carnivorous cocktails.
The Alaska Distillery in Wasilla just recently launched its Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka, about a year after the Seattle-based Black Rock Spirits introduced a bacon-flavored vodka.
Both savory spirits were intended to complement Bloody Marys, but are finding wider uses among mixologists.
''I think there was some madness and some drunkenness involved, honestly,'' said Toby Foster, an Alaska Distillery partner and the one charged with coming up with new flavors with Alaska themes.
Foster's intent was to market a local vodka which would stand out among the numerous other bottles on the liquor store shelves.
''I was trying to think of something Alaskan. What's more Alaskan than smoked salmon? It was one of those epiphanies, I suppose,'' he said.
The idea turned out to be the easy part. Finding the right formula was a little more challenging.
Foster and Scotti MacDonald, another partner, said the current formula took 48 tries, and some of the first 47 attempts were downright disgusting.
''Definitely the first few times we had our heave bucket close by,'' MacDonald said. ''It was pretty bad, and you know, greasy.''
''But once we got it down and honed in on where the real secret was in making this, it was fun and games after that,'' she said.
Vodka is the highest selling spirits category in the country, and in the last five or six years, flavored vodkas have been taking off, said Danielle Eddy, spokeswoman for the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.
Fruit flavors were first, followed by vegetables and herbs -- even a Russian garlic vodka.
''In the past few months, Bakon Vodka came out on the market. However, smoked salmon vodka is the most unique that we've heard of,'' Eddy said by cell phone from Scotland, where she
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Won’t see any of my business. I’ll stick with clean, fresh “Tino’s”!
Great, mix the smoked salmon vodka with cream cheese for a really novel cocktail.
Disgusting.
I really like bacon, but bacon flavored booze just doesn’t have the same attraction.
Homer would be happy though
garlic vodka?
oh joy.
Every Thanksgiving, there's a soda company that makes a gravy-flavored soft drink. It actually tastes worse than it sounds.
I think you mean Tito's? I've found that the best bang for my buck has been Seagrams. It's not top shelf, but it's very good for the price, and 5x distilled.
Set your skillet to sizzle because today we're frying up a bacon bonanza! First up, it's a sweet and salty combo - bacon ice cream - compliments of Delaware's "Woodside Farm Creamery". Then, Lowrey's Pork Rinds pop up inside your microwave! And, ham it up in Seattle at Archie McPhee's bacon boutique! Plus, gourmet pork on your doorstep every month of the year with The Bacon of the Month Club! And what about using crispy bacon on your cupcakes? Tee & Cakes Cupcakes in Boulder, Colorado does! And Big Fat Bacon makes a mouth-watering state fair treat - Bacon on a Stick. We're bringing home the bacon with these and more savory stories on Unwrapped.
Is that possible? ;)
Waiting for Jerky Gin.
“I think you mean Tito’s?”
...you’re right. My neighbors name is Tino and I get the confused. Also, my favorite artist is Tito Jackson. ~sarc
I always thought the best trait of a good Vodka was the absence of taste. Along the lines of Grey Goose, Absolut and even some of the bottom shelf stuff like Kamchatka. A crisp clean taste with no follow on funk.
Wonder if you would have bacon breath after a bacon Martini?
it sounds pretty bad
Maybe they can team up with Hillshire Farms for ads...
GO MEAT!
I’ll have a Bloody Liver, please.
What’s next?...chicken flavored cologne and after shave?
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