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Vodka (Polish: wódka; Russian: водка; Swedish: vodka) is a clear distilled alcoholic beverage.Different varieties originated in Poland, Russia, and Sweden. [1] [2] Vodka is composed mainly of water and ethanol but sometimes with traces of impurities and flavourings. [3]
A History of Vodka (Russian: «История водки», Romanized: Istoriya vodki) is an academic monograph by William Pokhlyobkin, which was awarded the Langhe Ceretto Prize. Although the work had been finished in 1979, it was published just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
Egyptian brewing began in the city of Hierakonpolis around 3400 BC; its ruins contain the remains of the world's oldest brewery, which was capable of producing up to three hundred gallons (1,136 liters) per day of beer. [8] Symbolic of this is the fact that while many gods were local or familial, Osiris was worshiped throughout the entire ...
This is a list of vodka brands. Vodka is a distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol, sometimes with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation of fermented substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits or sugar. The classic preparation is performed using grain or potatoes.
Societies and cultures around the world have made use of intoxicating substances, with alcohol as the most popular, featured in temple rituals for ~2,000 years. In Mesopotamia , the world's oldest known recipe for beer-making can be traced back to 3200 BC, with related pictographs dated to 4000 BC. [ 5 ]
Tito’s Handmade Vodka is and always has been a company dedicated to giving back and lending a hand to those that need it, from one underdog who made it to the next. Lukken elaborated:
Smirnoff (/ ˈ s m ɪər n ɒ f /; Russian: [smʲɪrˈnof]) is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo.The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898), but its modern incarnation traces back to the 1930s, by American liquor distributor Heublein. [1]
Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, in southern Sweden. Absolut is a part of the French group Pernod Ricard . Pernod Ricard bought Absolut for €5.63 billion in 2008 (equivalent to €7.59 billion in 2023) [ 1 ] from the Swedish state.