Sweetie Shots. (Absolut 100 Proof Vodka)

Member Name: Little Miss

Product:	Absolut 100 Proof Vodka
Date:	04/05/01 (2029 review reads)
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Advantages: Stylish

Disadvantages: Hangovers

When I think of Sweden I don't really think of Vodka, I guess most people don't, but you should. This is an excellent vodka, it comes in a lovely bottle, quite plain and chunky but still very stylish looking, you must know it's shape from the Absolute adverts. If not check out their website as they are defintely worth a look. It has that same air about it as Ikea furtniture, simple stylish and affordable, even better it's even available at Ikea. So next time you've just bought half your local Ikea, add a bottle of this to your basket, it certainly makes putting all that furniture together a lot more fun.

This vodka can certainly hold it's own so if your a real vodka fan, I recommend keeping it in the freezer and drinking it neat. If not not that much of a fan you can try mixing it with all the usual mixers, coke, orange juice or cranberry juice if your posh.

You may have also seen the Absolut Vodka bars where they have numerous flavours of vodka. I always wondered how they did this until recently when I was at a party and some Swedish friends brought some Mint Humbug vodka. Apparently it is very easy to do, all you have to do is to take you sweets and crush them into a powder, put them into the vodka, give it a shake and put it in the fridge. It should be ready the next day. Now I was a little sceptical about this, I mean I really didn't want to waste a full bottle of vodka. So instead I drank 3/4 of the bottle first (I got a friend to help me but this isn't necessary) and made a small test with some crushed werthers originals. So I popped it in the fridge and waited, I will confess I did keep going back to the fridge and examinning it to see if anything was happening and giving it another shake. Anyway finally the time arrived to test it, well ther were a few bits floating around in the bottom of the bottle, this could be normal, my local barman doesn't normally let me examine the bottle so I reall
y wouldn't know. Or else it could have been careless crushing by me, or perhaps I added too many werthers, I'll try adding less next time and let you know. Anyway the bits kindly stayed in the bottom of the bottle when I poured myself a glass. The result, I was rather suprised it was actually rather nice although I would say this is definitely a shot drink than something to savour.

One other thing I like to do with this vodka is make vodka watermelon. I saw this on Jamie Oliver and as my culinary skill are not the best it was the perfect opportunity to impress my friend with my Jamie Oliver recipe. Take one Water melon, one funnel and a bottle of Absolut. Make small deepish hole in watermelon just big enough to fit the funnel in. Fill the funnel with vodka and let it soak in. You then repeat this, moving the position of the funnel to evenly ditribute the vodka. It's best to do this the day before you want to serve it, also remember watermelon doesn't have such a strong flavour and not everyone likes to be over powered by vodka. This is very good to served at a barbeque on a sunny sunday afternoon just becareful that any small children who may be around don't get hold of it!

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