Read more vodka stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13164/vodka.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:11:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67989/vodka-tampons-a-ridiculous-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Internet’s been all atwitter with talk of vodka-soaked tampons and anal beer bongs, supposedly new fads in teenage intoxication. The talk stems from an Arizona TV news piece in which a rehab spokeswoman, Stephanie Siete, said teens were shoving liquor into their unmentionables to hurry it into the bloodstream....http://www.newser.com/story/67989/vodka-tampons-a-ridiculous-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 15:00:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63295/bacon-flavored-donuts-fine-vodka-fine-but-coffee-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBacon has been popping up everywhere, observes Hattie Garlick for the Times of London. Store shelves teem with chocolate-covered bacon, bacon-flavored vodka, and bacon-flavored donuts, but she almost couldn’t believe the latest culinary staple to get the pig treatment: coffee. “It's a beautiful marriage of two culinary powerhouses—providing an...http://www.newser.com/story/63295/bacon-flavored-donuts-fine-vodka-fine-but-coffee-no.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55297/kosher-tequila-passover-choices-widen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe kosher alcohol scene has long been dominated by sweet Manishevitz, but that old standby is getting a run for its money as premium wines, and even hard liquor, are crossing the kosher barrier. Making kosher product has many restrictions, but entrepreneurs seem to think Jewish tipplers are in the...http://www.newser.com/story/55297/kosher-tequila-passover-choices-widen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 17:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47094/worlds-strangest-liquors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNecessity may have been the mother of invention for these traditional brewers, but a good marketing scheme has never hurt sales, either. (Remember the worm in the mescal trick?) Travel and Leisure gives us the world's most bizarre liquors: Pizza Beer (Illinois): A chef couple wanted a beer to pair...http://www.newser.com/story/47094/worlds-strangest-liquors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 12:42:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44246/big-lebowski-revives-white-russians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce derided by cocktail enthusiasts as more of a milkshake than anything else, the White Russian is becoming a signature drink among hipsters, writes Steven Kurutz in the New York Times . For this, we can thank the 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski . The drink—a mixture of vodka, Kahlua,...http://www.newser.com/story/44246/big-lebowski-revives-white-russians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 16:24:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44105/lift-a-glass-to-birthday-girl-bloody-mary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeventy-five years ago today, a bartender at the St. Regis Hotel in New York added Tabasco sauce to a hair-curling tomato-juice-based cocktail known as the Red Snapper, and a classic was born. Fernand Petiot gets credit for inventing the Bloody Mary, but did he? Epicurious investigates the origins of the...http://www.newser.com/story/44105/lift-a-glass-to-birthday-girl-bloody-mary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Dec 2008 15:58:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/23015/pernod-spirits-high-after-83b-absolut-buy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrench liquor giant Pernod Ricard's spirits were soaring after its $8.34 billion bid won it ownership of Sweden's state-owned Vin & Spirit, the parent company of Absolut vodka. Pernod topped US-based Fortune Brands in an auction for the purchase, the Wall Street Journal reports, and is now the wine...http://www.newser.com/story/23015/pernod-spirits-high-after-83b-absolut-buy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Mar 2008 9:14:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21898/docs-not-toasting-ladies-vodka.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA made-for-women vodka touted as the perfect salad accompaniment has sobered Russian doctors, who fear high-end spirits like "Ladies" will only worsen already-high rates of alcoholism, Reuters reports. Estimates peg 10 percent of Russia's 142 million citizens as alcoholics, and the chief of one rehab center says 60% of his...http://www.newser.com/story/21898/docs-not-toasting-ladies-vodka.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Mar 2008 16:56:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19580/not-your-parents-russian-vodka.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf a shot of Georgi isn’t your style, Russian vodka makers are rushing to sell a new wave of premium bottles, the Los Angeles Times reports. Vodkas from France, Finland, and the US have gained popularity stateside over the past few years, but buyers couldn't find anything Russian other than...http://www.newser.com/story/19580/not-your-parents-russian-vodka.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Feb 2008 20:15:00 CST