Blavod

This is a drink I've only recently discovered. My daughter, (a trifle demanding at eighteen months) was away with her auntie for a few days and I deemed that reason enough to throw a big party and invite a few friends round for some beer, gossip, and cuddly toy abuse. Now, my parties are always B.Y.O.P (Bring your own poison), but I also tend to purchase some lager and a few bottles of something strong just to help the evening kick off a bit. I also tend to buy unusual drinks that people may not have tried before, reasoning that either a) they will be impressed by my knowledge of exotic brew or b) they’ll decide it's disgusting, leaving all the more devil brew ...  Read the complete review

Blavod, in case you haven't come across it, is a black vodka. Logically named then, but I do tend to refer to the stuff as "Blodka", mainly because it makes me giggle. (Yes I'm immature, but what can you do?!) I first noticed Blavod about a year and a half ago, on one of my evening trips around Sainsbury's. I was getting together with the boyfriend at the time, and we spent every night wandering around supermarkets, finding strange drinks to challenge each other to and even stranger meat to cook on disposable barbeques. In the haze that surrounded that summer, I still distinctly remember the day we stumbled across Blavod. Vodka is my all-time ...  Read the complete review

I rediscovered this sultry looking bottle one summer weekend lurking behind my weetabix. I was desperately looking for something lardy to eat, but the Blavod was a good find as we were having a party that evening, so I dusted the bottle down and deposited it on the kitchen counter with the other less bizarre looking spirits. Come sunday morning, when the garden was littered with the comatose bodies of friends and spongers, the frosted bottle of Blavod was practically unscathed, it's murky contents in place amidst the ravaged shells of smirnoff and the sucked dry green gin bottles. Blavod, for the uninitiated, is Black Vodka. That's it really. It ...  Read the complete review

Blavod is simply black Vodka. It's as strong as vodka and tastes as horrible as vodka. The only difference is the colour. So if you don't care what the spirit you're drinking looks like (ie: when you're really drunk), go for normal vodka as it's a bit cheaper. But if you're still sober and want to impress your mates, try some Blavok cocktails. When you buy a bottle of Blavod you get a little folder thing that gives you ideas of cocktails to make. It doesn't tell you the proportions of alcohol to use, but it gives you the main ingredients and what they look like. The easiest one to make is Black Bull. It's ...  Read the complete review

Ok so I'm starting to get worried now about how much I drink. Since dooyoo added all the spirits onto this site I've realised that I have drunk almost all of them, lots of them many times. However Blavod is a slightly different thing. I have drunk it, several times (I can't remember how many, but its more than a few), but I don't really buy it becuase its vodka but because its black. Normally with novelty drinks, I'll try it once, and regardless of whether I like it or not, not buy it again (unless I'm really drunk). I have my favourites and always go back to them. Blavod isn't really a favourite, but I still buy it. I think its ...  Read the complete review