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Vodka

Vodka

Vodka is one of the world's most popular liquors. It is composed of only water and ethanol which some possible traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made from fermenting grains like rye, wheat, potatoes, grapes, or sugar beet molasses and then distilling the liquor. Vodka usually has a very strong alcohol content by volume (ABV), usually between 30 and 50 percent. The standard Russian, Lithuanian, and Polish vodkas are 40% ABV (80 proof).

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About Vodka

Europeans have a thing with liquor. For most of Europe's history, and world history in general, water was not a safe thing to drink. People emptied waste into the rivers and streams leaving them brimming with bacteria and parasites. The simple act boiling water was enough to kill the majority of the bacteria, but they didn't know that. They just knew they didn't get "the runs" when they drank fermented and distilled beverages.

This not only led to a slightly dulled state of mind, but unique flavors and beverages for each region. In England it was beer and whiskey, the Dutch had gin, the French had brandy and wine, and the Poles and Russians had what has become to be known as vodka.

Vodka's history is a bit cloudy thanks to the cold war and Soviet occupation of the Eastern Bloc countries like the Ukraine, Poland and Finland. Russia claims vodka as its own invention, with at least one scholar claiming the drink dates back to 1430 when a monk brought a distilled liquor made with grapes from Rome. However, there isn't much support for this claim. While references to Gorzalka (which refers to a low alcohol medicine) and wodka appear in Polish literature as far back as the 1530's.

One thing is for sure, I'd like some in a highball glass with ice, a splash of tonic water and a squeeze of lime.

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