My Vodka collection

nozh2002

nozh2002

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This is "Jewel of Russia" (original Russian name sounds "Treasure of Russia"). Made by OST from Moscow Suburb Chernololovka - which is original Smirnoff manufacturing plant restored by Russian branch of Smirnoff family after Russia get rid of Commies. They start it as a "Smirnov lunch vine N21" (original name) but American Smirnoff sent lawer after them - now it is "Jewel of Russia" - top of the top Russian Vodka.

Recently it became awailable in Bev&More (even over WWW).

What fascinates me - each bottle hand painted in old Russian Palekh style. This with my natural Russian taste for good Vodka trigger me to start collecting this bottles - time to time I check out local B&M to find new "paining". So far I have five, one is empty and I started second...

Here it is:

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Close-Up:

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you may see - each painting signed by artist!

Thanks, Vassili.
 
I remeber thinking that that stuff was pretty expensive, for Vodka.

A friendly liquor store owner opened a bottle and gave me a glass.

It was quite good.

Leave it to me, I didn't look too closely at the label.:confused:

thanks for the info.
 
Hmmm I wonder if there are any places around my way that have the stuff. I am not a Huge Vodka fan but I am a fan of fine unique things.
 
Nice. Looks like this is available at the local BevMo. I'll check it out.
 
Im a Vodka fan myself.. You cant get the real stuff here in the states, but the Polish Zubrowka is incredible!
 
nozh2002 said:
No, not yet. In general I am not a big fan of any flavors and like pure taste of grain vodka.

Thanks, Vassili.
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I agree but have been wanting to try some "real" infused vodkas since first reading about them in some books by Martin Cruz Smith. Reading about the Russian tradition of flavoring vodka with whatever is handy made me remember a couple of old timers I've met who do the same thing here with moonshine.

As for the books, I don't know if they are a reliable portrait of Russian life in the communist era but they did introduce me to good vodka and Akhmatova's poetry. :)
 
Everyone knows the Ruskies stole Vodka from us! The best Vodka comes from POLKA. Wikipedia;

Poland
In Poland, vodka (Polish: wódka), has been produced since the early Middle Ages.

These early spirits were used as medicines. Stefan Falimierz asserted in his 1534 works on herbs that vodka could serve "to increase fertility and awaken lust". Wódka lub gorzała (1614), by Jerzy Potański, contains valuable information on the production of vodka. Jakub Kazimierz Haur, in his book Skład albo skarbiec znakomitych sekretów ekonomiej ziemiańskiej (A Treasury of Excellent Secrets about Landed Gentry's Economy, Kraków, 1693), gave detailed recipes for making vodka from rye.

Some Polish vodka blends go back centuries. Most notable are Żubrówka, from about the 16th century; Goldwasser, from the early 17th; and aged Starka vodka, from the 16th. In the mid-17th century, the szlachta (nobility) were granted a monopoly on producing and selling vodka in their territories. This privilege was a source of substantial profits. One of the most famous distilleries of the aristocracy was established by Princess Lubomirska and later operated by her grandson, Count Alfred Wojciech Potocki. The Vodka Industry Museum, now housed at the headquarters of Count Potocki's distillery, has an original document attesting that the distillery already existed in 1784. Today it operates as "Polmos Łańcut."

Large-scale vodka production began in Poland at the end of the 16th century, initially at Kraków, whence spirits were exported to Silesia before 1550. Silesian cities also bought vodka from Poznań, a city that in 1580 had 498 working spirits distilleries. Soon, however, Gdańsk outpaced both these cities. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Polish vodka was known in the Netherlands, Denmark, England, Russia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Moldavia, Ukraine and the Black Sea basin
Dziekuje
 
Zubrowka is THE BOMB.
Never tried it till I met a nice Polish girl. Unfortunately the inlaws were not able to bring the good stuff with them last time they swung by this continent. US Customs, I salute you! :jerkit:
 
You've exposed yourself Nozh2002. Now we all know how you've gotten all of your knives so sharp. I'm going to get drunk on vodka before I sharpen from now on...

Cool collection:thumbup:
 
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