5 Ways You Can Enjoy Vodka
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Let’s Vodka-Up
A wise man once said vodka goes with just about anything. It’s a true statement, but some things work way better than others. Vodka offers the perfect backbone for any number of drinks. Better still, you don’t need a PhD in mixology to enjoy its versatility.
Stereotypes say the clear spirit is only suitable for shots straight out of the freezer or sipped as a Vodka Martini or alongside some caviar. These things are accurate as far as they go, but that doesn’t fully explain vodka’s vast potential.
We’ve assembled a go-to list of the possible best ways to sip vodka when you are thirsty. They range from the well-known to the unexpected, and everything in between. So, take the leash off your favourite bottle of vodka and let it run free, mingling in the glass with these great options.
1. Enjoy your vodka straight
Pure vodka tastes fairly neutral and has a full-bodied mouthfeel. One common way to drink this alcoholic beverage is to take shots of vodka from shot glasses at room temperature. When drinking high-quality vodkas, consider sipping the liquid slowly from a tumbler glass.
2. Enjoy your vodka chilled.
Chilled vodka has less bite and a slightly thicker texture. Place ice cubes in a tumbler with vodka or place a bottle of vodka in the freezer until it is ice-cold before serving.
3. Mix your vodka into a cocktail.
Use vodka in a mixed drink to enhance its flavour and dilute the drink’s alcohol content. Some popular vodka cocktails are simple, such as a vodka tonic with tonic water, while others are more complicated and require several ingredients. Vodka pairs well with a variety of juices, including orange juice, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and lemon juice.
4. Infuse your vodka with flavour.
Although flavoured vodka is available in stores, you can make your own infused vodka drinks by pouring vodka into a sealable glass jar along with other ingredients. Popular ingredients for vodka infusion include thyme, cucumber, coconut, mint, and blackberries. For a sweeter option, place a handful of gummy candies into a glass jar of vodka. After several hours, retrieve the gummies for a sweet, alcohol-infused treat.
5. Drink your vodka alongside traditional foods.
In some countries of the world, straight vodka is typically served alongside appetizers. Try pairing food with your vodka to complement its flavour. Some foods that work well alongside vodka include sausages, salmon, fresh cucumbers, olives, and pickles.
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RASPBERRY PROSECCO COCKTAIL
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Sipping Bubbles
There is something about a raspberry prosecco cocktail that makes sipping bubbles that much happier.
This raspberry prosecco cocktail is going to be the hit of any party!
For those not familiar with Prosecco, it is a sparkling wine grown in the North-East Veneto region of Italy.
It’s fruity and light and sometimes has a hint of sweetness. Unlike Champagne, what we love about Prosecco and Riondo Prosecco in particular, it can be drunk every day and not only on special occasions.
INGREDIENTS
- 6 oz Prosecco
- 1 oz Chambord
- 3 raspberries, garnish
- 1 tsp mint, garnish
DIRECTIONS
- Pour 1 ounce of Chambord into the bottom of your glass.
- Slowly pour the Prosecco over the Chambord filling the glass.
- Add raspberries and mint for garnish.
- A fun alternative would be to add a teaspoon of simple syrup to the bottom of the glass with a pinch of mint and muddle the two together.
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Watermelon Vodka Cocktail
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Pure Awesomeness
Seems almost everyone has got a favourite “To-Drink” beverage when summer arrives. for some, it’s the Pina Colada, while for many others sunny California, classic margarita, and mojito are on their top list.
Watermelon Vodka makes up the perfect beach vacation cocktail with friends and most especially an all-girls beach retreat.
Some people like to infuse their watermelon with vodka, but I like to make these simple watermelon cocktails instead!
They’re so easy to make, refreshing and perfect for any summer occasion. They’re made with fresh watermelon, vodka, lime juice and some optional club soda, sparkling water or even sprite if you want them fizzy and extra sweet.
INGREDIENTS
- 8 cups chilled watermelon
- 11.5 oz. coconut water
- 4 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 cup vodka citron (citrus flavored vodka)
- mint, strawberry, and lime for garnish
DIRECTIONS
- Cut a hole in the top of the watermelon and scoop the top out
- Put the bottle in the hole and leave it for 6-12 hours (or overnight).
- Add the watermelon juice (you should be left with 1 cup) to a cocktail shaker with the vodka, lime juice and sweetener if using. Shake with ice.
- Vodka will absorb into the watermelon. Don’t forget to eat
- Pour over ice and enjoy! Make it
- Add mint,strawberry and lime wedge for garnish
- Drink responsibly!
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WHY BECOME A BARTENDER?
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Appreciating The Bartending Culture
Working in the world of hospitality can be lucrative, as some bartenders take home hefty six-figure salaries!
Signing up for the most profitable bartending shifts may cost you nights out with friends, It isn’t always glamorous and you never know when a customer will leave you a stingy tip. Like any other industry, you’ve got to hustle your way up the ladder, and even though there aren’t any technical requirements to become a Master of Booze, not everyone’s cut out for it. You’ve got to be able to think on your feet, be a self-starter and, most importantly, a team player.
Here are top five (5) reasons why you should become a Bartender
Bartending is a promising Market
Understand that people around the world need to drink, period! So when you are about to pursue this very specific career of yours, always remember drinking is a universal phenomenon.
This means bartending skills will always be in demand wherever there are people, hospitality and nightlife. And this automatically means there will never be a shortage of jobs for a skilled and confident bartender anywhere you go round the world. Hospitality is what moves the world. Do you see it?
You learn how to sell
A bartender is also a salesperson. It’s up to him to try to sell as much as possible, increase his commission, keep the customer satisfied, and get a good tip because of the great service provided.
There are multiple sales techniques that you constantly learn and practice by being a bartender, that you can use in many situations of your life.
Meeting new people and cultures
Working in a bar puts you in contact with people from all over the world. You meet new people daily and with it, you can have a lot of friends and create a new network of opportunities for yourself. Also, remember you can use your selling skills to convince your client and close up a good deal.
A bartender is known to be a high performance and multi-task worker when you dominate the art of the profession and really get into it, you will love what you do. Opportunities will never stop coming as bartending is a profession that allows you to work anywhere in the world.
With Experience, its possible to have your own business when you retire
In the whole of history, experience has proven to be one of the greatest teachers of mastery. With the amount of experience and knowledge gained from the bartending world, it makes it a good starting point to opening and owning your own bar, when you finally decide to retire.
You can also manage a company and assemble your own team of bartenders to attend events, explore the digital world, and also provide bar consultancy services and training, amongst others.
You are able to be a good host to friends and family
When you decide to be a professional bartender, you have also chosen to bring good vibes and happiness to your friends, family and loved ones. You initiate that through the art of cocktail making.
Just as food gives us pleasure, so does a good cocktail. A bartender knows how to welcome friends for parties, dinners, and even impress them with host ability, serving the right cocktail mix at the right time.
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Whiskey- Wooden casks for spirit maturation
The role “wood” plays in ageing and maturation of whiskey
Its no surprise that 60% to 80% of the total flavor in a whiskey whether scotch or bourbon, aged rum or tequila, is uniquely attributed to the oak in which it matures. Once the fermented wash is distilled, it is the decision of the master distiller to decide whether the new spirit has to be matured and aged, and which oak flavors to develop and try to attain.
Maturation and ageing of spirit is carried out in oak wood casks. Hence, there are different varieties of oak wood used to make casks. The process involved in the making of wooden casks starts from sourcing of oak, seasoning of oak, shaping of the cask by using staves, toasting & charring etc. The process involves harvesting of tall oak trees and then seasoning them by drying for six to eight months or more. Subsequently, the seasoned wood is cut into staves and shaped into a bulging cylinder and bound together by metal hoops in the cooperage. The head and bottom of the cask are flat and each is secured into the staves by a grove. No glue, paraffin, or nails are used in making barrels.
Below is the list of some of the important casks and their capacity used for the maturation of spirits covering whisky, rum, tequila, brandy and wines including fortified wines namely sherry and Port wine.
A British Barrel has a capacity of 160 liters whereas the American Barrel has the capacity of 200 liters.
A Firkin cask is a quarter size of the British barrel and has a capacity of 40 liters and used to store ale, whereas, a Quarter cask is a quarter size of the American Barrel and has a capacity of 50 liters and Scotch and American whiskey normally use this cask to get the intense oak finish.
A Hogshead has a capacity of 250 litres to 300 litres and is used to mature Irish and Scotch whiskey as well as wine and beer.
A Barrique is a type of a cask which has a capacity of 300 liters and is popularly maturing French wine and Cognac.
A Puncheon has a capacity of 450 litres to 500 litres and is used to mature Rum and Sherry.
A Butt has a capacity of 500 liters and used to store Sherry.
A Port Pipe is a tall cask and wide and rounder with a capacity of 650 liters and essentially used to mature or store Port.
A Drum has a regular capacity of 650 liters and used to store Madeira.
A Tun is roughly having a capacity of 980 liters and generally used for fermentation of beer.
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