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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Vodka is a distilled beverage, a liquid containing water, ethanol purified by distillation from a fermented substance such as grain or molasses, and insignificant amounts of other substances: impurities and possibly flavorings.
Although vodka is traditionally drunk neat in Eastern European and Scandinavian countries of the "vodka belt", its popularity elsewhere owes much to its usefulness in cocktails and other mixed drinks, such as the Bloody Mary, the Screwdriver, the vodka tonic, and the vodka martini.
Vodka consumed in sufficient amounts, as any alcoholic beverage, can cause dehydration, digestive irritation and other symptoms associated with a hangover because these are inherent properties of ethanol, even if to a lesser degree than the methanol, fusel oils, and other alcohols which are absent in pure vodka.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=vodka   (3060 words)

  
 Life: Distill my heart - OCRegister.com
The result: Chocolate-orange flavored vodka is rich in bittersweet-chocolate character, and balanced by the slightly sharp, slightly sweet fruitiness of a California orange.
Modern Spirits vodkas are found in upscale bars, where patrons are encouraged to sip the vodkas chilled and straight, so that the nuances aren't overwhelmed by mixers, and in restaurants, where chefs pair dishes with the vodkas, looking for both similarities and contrasts.
Modern Spirits vodkas are surprisingly smooth, lower in alcohol (35 percent by volume compared with the 40 percent of most vodkas), and are made from fresh, quality ingredients such as Oregon truffles, Temecula grapefruit, Belgian chocolate, wild honey and Indian spices.
www.ocregister.com /ocregister/life/food/winespirits/article_1341005.php   (1292 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Although vodka is generally drunk neat in its Eastern European and Scandinavian homeland, its growth in popularity elsewhere owes much to its usefulness in cocktails and other mixed drinks, such as the Bloody Mary, the Screwdriver, the Vodka Tonic, and the Vodka Martini.
Vodka may be distilled from any starch/sugar-rich plant matter; most vodka today is produced from grains such as sorghum, corn, rye or wheat.
Vodka consumed in sufficient amounts, as any alcoholic beverage, can cause dehydration, digestive irritation and other symptoms associated with a hangover because these are inherent properties of ethanol, even if to a lesser degree than the methanol, fusel oils, and other alcohols which are absent in pure vodka.
stron.frm.pl /wiki.php?title=Vodka   (3326 words)

  
  Vodka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although vodka is generally drunk neat (not mixed with other liquids) in its Eastern European and Scandinavian homeland, its growth in popularity elsewhere owes much to its usefulness in cocktails and other mixed drinks, such as the Bloody Mary, the Screwdriver, the Vodka Tonic, and the Vodka Martini.
Vodka may be distilled from any starch/sugar-rich plant matter; most vodka today is produced from grains such as sorghum, corn, rye or wheat.
Vodka and the EU Vodka producers in Finland, Poland and Sweden are campaigning for EU legislation that will categorize only spirits made from grain and potatoes as "Vodka" instead of any spirit made from any ethyl alcohol (provided, for example, from apples and grapes).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vodka   (2844 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Vodka : A Users Guide
This entry lists a number of different vodkas of interest, with a note as to what they are.
These vodkas should not be mixed, keep your vodka in the freezer, and serve it ice cold, but not over ice.
Vodka has as much flavour and quality as whisky, but it also has the advantage that the very best vodkas are much less expensive than a whisky equivalent.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2469666   (700 words)

  
 Adams Market Research Alcohol Beverage Industry
Vodka now accounts for more than 25% of all spirit sales in the US, and as flavored vodkas flood the market (there are approximately 100 individual brand flavors now sold in the US) indications are the sky's the limit.
Vodka was supposed to be the spirit without taste or flavor, and odorless to boot.
Vodka martinis are historically associated with the sophisticated, upscale experience.
www.beveragenet.net /cheers/2003/0305/0305vdk.asp   (1840 words)

  
 vodka
According to the Vodka Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Mendeleev thought that the perfect percentage to be 38, but since spirits in his time were taxed on their strength the percentage was rounded up to 40 to simplify the tax computation.
As alcohol had long been used as a basis for medicines, this implies that the term vodka is a noun derived from the verb "vodit,'" "razvodit'" ("водить", "разводить"), "to dilute with water." Hence "vodka of bread wine" would be a water dilution of a distilled spirit.
Vodka may be distilled from any starch/sugar-rich plant matter; most vodka today is produced from grains such as rye (rye vodka is generally considered superior to other types) or wheat.
www.culturecentric.com /Life-V/vodka.php   (1575 words)

  
 Vodka, Vodka Mixed Drinks, Blue Vodka, Absolut, Vodka Bottles, Shakers Vodka!
In Russia, the first written usage of the word vodka in an official document in its modern meaning is dated by the decree of Empress Catherine I of June 8, 1751 that regulated the ownership of vodka distilleries.
While most vodkas are unflavored, a wide variety of flavored vodkas has long been produced in traditional vodka-drinking areas, often as homemade recipes to improve vodka's taste, or for medicinal purposes.
Vodka Vodka and the EU Vodka producers in Finland, Poland and Sweden are campaining for EU legislation that will categorise only spirits made from grain and potatoes as "Vodka" instead of any spirit made from any ethyl alcohol (provided, for example, from apples and grapes).
www.kipaddotta.com /vodka.html   (1575 words)

  
 Seeking Polish or Russian vodka - Spirits - Chowhound
I myself don't like vodka much and anyway I can't drink more than a glass of wine a week due to meds I take for what we old timers used to call rhumatiz.
The Polish vodka I see around the most at Polish and Russian places is Chopin...
It is probably the very best value in potato vodkas (much cheaper than Chopin and Belvedere) and is based on an old pre-war Polish recipe, although it is actually made in Austria.
www.chowhound.com /topics/312753   (426 words)

  
 VODKA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Vodka is essentially neutral spirits distilled from various grains, potatoes, or beets.
The distillates come off around 190 proof and then may be fiItered through substances such as charcoal before being diluted by distilled water Being almost entirely neutral, vodka is the ultimate cocktail spirit as it takes on the flavor of the mixer.
It is more viscous and oilier tasting than the other vodkas on Tarpy's list.
www.psgrill.net /Liquors&Spirits/NuetralSpirits/Vodka/VODKA.html   (338 words)

  
 Nightclub & Bar Magazine - Upselling Vodkas
Early into 2006, the red-hot vodka category still is dominating bar dollars, and the explosion of flavored vodkas has opened new doors with mixing and selling premium and super-premium flavors, as well.
No longer is fine vodka relegated to Russia, although RU recently has been in the beverage news for its Beverage Testing Institute score.
The list of brands that do better than well is an extensive one, but Gamlin says he does have a few recent favorites.
www.nightclub.com /NCB_Magazine/NCB_March_2006/Upselling_Vodkas   (1128 words)

  
 Icy and pure, vodka warms the spirit in winter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Since vodka needs no extra flavoring that other spirits get through infusions, barrel-aging and the like, it is moved directly on to purification methods which, handily enough, are usually further distillation or filtration.
Many brands make quite a stir over the number of times their vodka has been distilled -- two or three times is perfectly appropriate, but vodkas distilled four or five, even seven or eight times have been marketed.
There are even special vodka chillers, with ice chambers and removable vials, as well as shot glasses with ice-bearing bases, all calculated to assist in your vodka-chilling needs.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06047/655838.stm   (833 words)

  
 Potemkin Russian Bar & Restaurant: 144 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1R 5DP - Authentic Russian cuisine - toptable
Beneath a minimalist ground-floor bar, serving over 130 vodkas and award-winning cocktails, lies the composed sexiness of a curved basement restaurant - very attractive in its simplicity, its padded dark blue and red seating, and gilt-framed nooks guarding Khokhloma vases.
The range of drinks is excellent, particularly the vodka obviously but the Georgian wine was also excellent.
Potemkin restaurant is surprisingly small but stilish, we started with some vodka cocktails at the bar and then we were taken to the main restaurant, the staff is very friendly and the food was delicious, special good value for money with the special offer.
www.toptable.co.uk /details.cfm/qs/rid|1063/spos|659   (780 words)

  
 Nancy Hands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I'd gone there to meet Martin and to talk to him about his whiskies - there are over 100 of them on his whiskey list, nearly all single malts and some very old and rare, but as he showed me around I could only marvel at some of the work he's done.
Martin went off to fetch a wine list with 72 wines; a vodka list with 63 vodkas; a whiskey list with 100 Scotch malts, 31 Irish whiskies as well as blends and bourbons, plus menus for me to look at.
The list contains ample tasting notes and information and I discovered that I'd been doing it wrong all these years - a little water should be added to release the full aroma of the malts.
www.foodandwine.net /reviews/197.htm   (1051 words)

  
 AlcoholReviews.com Reviews Polish Potato Vodka- Luksusowa, Quotes, & Chopin
Vodka, you likely know, can be made from a variety of field products- rye, assorted wheats, and potatoes.
It is the result of a collaboration between Q Projects (a Polish vodka web consulting firm) and Lancut Distillery of Lancut, Poland.
Sharply packaged, this tripled distilled potato vodka is much more viscous than Luksusowa and complex on the nose and palate.
www.alcoholreviews.com /SPIRITS/potatovodkas1.shtml   (380 words)

  
 Vladivar Vodka Information
Originally made in Warrington by the Greenall Whitley distillery, the brand was sold in 1990 to Whyte and Mackay and is today made in Scotland.
Despite this, the drink still lives on in many people's memories as "Vladivar Vodka from Varrington" (said with a strong Russian accent), as featured in major advertising campaigns in the 1980s.
View a list of authors or edit this article.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Vladivar_Vodka   (76 words)

  
 Adams Market Research Alcohol Beverage Industry
On the vodka side, the latest Smirnoff Twist flavors from Diageo are fl cherry and watermelon, while Pernod Ricard released two new flavors, Black Cherry and Orange, in its Seagram's Vodka line.
While flavors are all the rage in both vodkas and rums, the market for each spirit type differs.
Some citrus vodkas are flavored with one fruit, such as lemon or orange.
www.adamsbevgroup.com /cheers/2005/0504_chrs/0504ff.asp   (1739 words)

  
 Vodka wonder | Vodka | Popular spirit of modern days | Vodka in cocktails
Vodka is one of the most popular spirits of modern days; the spirit that uplifts the spirits of many a liquor lovers.
But however the traditional Vodka producing countries do not conform to this law as these Vodkas find expressions in home made recipes with its flavor and properties retained as a result of minimal distilling and filtering.
Vodka delights a person who actively indulge in gustation to satisfy his sinful cravings in multiform varieties of flavors like lemon, orange, fl current, cherry, apple, buffalo grass, red pepper, fruit flavors, chocolate sans a sweetener and cinnamon.
living.oneindia.in /cosmopolitan/vodka-wonder.html   (388 words)

  
 Adams Beverage Group
So it is significant that the top three brands listed here not only posted double-digit percentage gains, but also broke the 2 million case mark for the first time in 2005.
Vodka dominates with eight entries, tequila and rum each show up twice, as do liqueurs, while whiskey appears once.
At four years old or less, these brands are the newcomers to retail shelves and restaurant wine lists, and find themselves competing with the more established brands and fellow neophytes for the proverbial spotlight.
www.adamsbevgroup.com /bd_03_2006_feature.asp   (3508 words)

  
 Zin Drink List
absolut vodka mixed with a splash of triple sec and a splash of chambord liqueur, shaken over ice with grapefruit juice and fresh lime
an artistic blend of ketel one vodka, mixed with a splash of gran marnier and a dash of chambord shaken over ice and served straight up
ginger infused brandy and ketel one vodka shaken til icy cold with a squeeze of lime
www.kansascitymenus.com /zin/drinklist.html   (495 words)

  
 Australian Restaurants - Borsch, Vodka & Tears, Prahran, review & details
It's a world that is occasionally enhanced by the mythical list of vodkas.
Borsch, Vodka & Tears is primarily a vodka bar 105 vodkas are available but there's also has a great kitchen attached to it.
With its distressed paintwork and huge feature lights, this vodka bar and cafe is a far fancier operation but the good news is that Helen's influence remains in the kitchen, supplying chefs Ashley Moorhead and Anthony Cooper with her wonderful pierogi, bigos and borsch...
miettas.com /Australia/Victoria/Prahran/Borsch_Vodka__Tears.html   (739 words)

  
 The Best Vodka Cocktails - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Well, consider this: Bartenders are no longer simply bartenders, but have had their status elevated to "mixologists" or, as some more overzealous press releases claim on behalf of their clients, "bar chefs." Talk about title inflation.
Ultimately, flavored vodkas are the fastest growing sub-category of the fastest growing--and largest--category of spirits.
Vodka, whether flavored or not, is ridiculously cheap to make and, as this allows for huge margins, the potential profits are as alluring as some of the cocktails in which vodka is used.
www.forbes.com /lifestyle/wine/2005/03/16/cx_np_0316feat.html?partner=rss   (837 words)

  
 Gothamist: A Very Vodka Evening
One section of recipes focuses on vodka infusions (many of which are used in other recipes), where fruit, herbs, or spices are placed into plain vodka, left to steep for a period of time, then strained out, leaving a vodka infused with the flavor combinations of your choice.
We declared the currant vodka to be the winner in this round, and continued on to round two, at the Temple Bar, a few blocks away.
The Temple Bar is definitely not Russian, and their list of over40 vodkas listed contenders from probably a dozen countries.
www.gothamist.com /2005/10/28/a_very_vodka_evening.php   (749 words)

  
 Welcome to Shag Vodka Bar - Omaha, Nebraska; Vodka List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This Polish vodka combines the taste of potatoes, the smooth texture of wheat and the crystal clarity of vodka.
Absolut's Ultra-premium Vodka attains a perfect balance of smoothness and character achieved by its combination of two distillation methods.
This wheat-based super-premium vodka is made from water from a sub-terranean lake formed during the ice-age in Sweden.
www.shagavodkabar.com /vodkalist.shtml   (814 words)

  
 Downtown Denver Restaurants & Colorado Fine Dining - The Brown Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Featuring a library atmosphere with bookshelves lining the walls, and rich, leather wingback chairs and couches, the Churchill Bar creates an ambiance for cocktails either before or after dining in any of our exceptional restaurants.
Its menu includes the area's most extensive list of vodkas, single malt scotches, small batch bourbons and premium wines and spirits.
A customized humidor with a selection of over 60 cigars, as well as an elaborate ventilation system, has been included to attract the cigar aficionado.
www.brownpalace.com /dining/churchill_bar.cfm   (210 words)

  
 Favored flavors: rums and vodkas with a little extra now a staple behind the bar Cheers - Find Articles
Restaurant- and bar-goers are continuing their love affair with highly flavored cocktails--as the spirits industry pours out new flavored products, most notably in the vodka and rum categories.
On the vodka side, the latest Smirnoff Twist flavors from Diageo are fl cherry and watermelon, while Pernod Ricard released two new flavors, Black Cherry and Orange, in its Seagram's Vodka line.
While flavors are all the rage in both vodkas and rums, the market for each spirit type differs.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQE/is_3_16/ai_n13672761   (786 words)

  
 PCQuote | Empowering the Individual Investor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Alley's cocktail prediction for the New Year is that the popularity of flavored vodkas will remain strong.
He sells vodkas flavored with grape, pomegranate and a couple of local favorites made with huckleberries and the noble spud.
Vodka is popular, he thinks, because it's inexpensive and doesn't have a strong flavor.
www.pcquote.com /stocks/newswire.php?storyid=1752114   (661 words)

  
 Assorted spirits - Albers tasting notes and reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I don't think any of the vodkas they list are as good as the Lithuanian vodkas I have had.
Lithuanian vodka (yes that is the brand name) is my favorite vodka.
Don't mistake this for the crappy western "flavored" vodkas, this is not sugar water, it is not even sweet.
www.santafe.edu /~albers/personal/food_drink/assorted_spirits/assorted_spirits.html   (479 words)

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